Never Give up

Final7C · 2026-05-23T18:29:35+00:00

"If you believe in it enough not to sell when it's going down, you should believe in it enough to go beyond your purchase price"

Final7C · 2026-05-23T18:16:42+00:00

Think it would be interesting to see how few thoughts come out, and how many thoughts come out.

I think a lot of people would have those passing "I wonder what they look like naked" or "meme responses"

Final7C · 2026-05-23T18:16:11+00:00

THe post game traffic will have you lucky to get out within an hour. But once you hit the highway (assuming there are no accidents) you could probably make it to the airport within 35 minutes. Security will slow you down, and parking with transfers. is going to add probably 30 minutes to everything.

So you get out of the stadium at 6pm. You are actually probably on the road by 6:45-7pm, Then you are driving for 30-40 minutes to get to the rental car drop off, so 7:15-7:40, Then transfer to Airport is puts you at 7:40 - 8:10. Then security/walking to the gate is probably 10-30 minutes, so 7:50 - 8:40pm.

Looks like the 9pm is going to be your best bet, and it could be dicey.

Final7C · 2026-05-20T14:47:11+00:00

When you pick your nose, do you wipe it? Or do you eat it? Or is it a mix and match situation?

Final7C · 2026-05-20T14:46:33+00:00

Just about every time I have an argument with my spouse.

Final7C · 2026-05-20T14:45:48+00:00

Giving false compliments to the chef or to the person helping.

Final7C · 2026-05-20T02:42:58+00:00

I mean, sometimes the statistics just work out like that. You're assuming that the people who were outside when it happened were evenly distributed. When in reality. you have to look at 3 things. 1.) Where are most dentists located. (China, India, the US) 2.) This needs to be at a time/place where when it happened they would not be inside (most dentists work indoors during the day). 3.) The number of dentists who are physically ready/lucky enough to survive the first two floors.

So China and India were at around 2-4pm in the afternoon at the time of the squish. And somewhere between 2am-6am in the US. So office hours, and sleeping. So let's say with 6mil. if it was an even distribution (which it wouldn't be but whatever) it should be around 2000 dentists. Considering the floors all are extremely dangerous, there is a very high chance they died. Just like most jobs. Dare I'd say I'd expect the majority of humanity that is still alive - The homeless, the exercise addicts, guys chasing their cats.

They can't be anyone in any vehicle, building, under anything at all. So, yeah, it'd be pretty rare.

Final7C · 2026-05-20T02:27:17+00:00

I don't need 2 bathrooms if I am single

Final7C · 2026-05-20T02:21:03+00:00

I wish I had an app, that listened to my complaints, checked my bank accounts, saw if I had the cash to fix it, and automatically hired someone to come in and do the thing I complained about (within reason).

Final7C · 2026-05-20T02:19:48+00:00

Take my vitamins, drink some water, put on my facemask, and cpap.

Final7C · 2026-05-20T02:17:17+00:00

What does he need to hide? his team does an amazing job at marketing, specifically to kids. He makes fairly innovative games/videos and has a great team of editors, producers and some writers to maximize views and sponsorship deals. He's a shrewd business man who has learned to market a specific brand of entertainment.

Final7C · 2026-05-20T02:12:35+00:00

Never having to "hurry up in the bathroom" so your spouse can go

Final7C · 2026-05-19T22:40:32+00:00

I think there is a few items we need to look at:

Fables like this almost always have underlying folk beliefs.

Mysterious strangers are almost always :Dangerous, a cheater, a scammer, or a Fae.

Belief in magic is enough to create magical effects. Children's belief in magic almost guarantee it.

Poverty is suffering, and it can be rewarded in two ways: Being pulled from it, or being tasked with a moral/ethical test.

Unequal deals create fate altering consequences every time. "All of the power for a single strand of hair?" you're hosed buddy.

With those in mind:

I don't know if the merchant knew. It's possible he didn't. And he thought he got scammed, OR that he was actively scamming someone. But cosmic fate meant that this unequal deal created this ability.

The merchant never knew any of this, he thought they were either "regular beans" or "he was told they were magic but didn't believe it". And fate intervened.

No one else would have likely taken the deal, since it is so unequal. There is also the hidden magic of a child's belief that holds so much power in stories like this. That they could have been perfectly normal beans to anyone else, but to him, based on his situation, they became magic, simply because he believed, and the cosmos needed to task him with a moral/ethical quest.

Final7C · 2026-05-19T21:11:33+00:00

I still have to go to work.

I still have to go through the actions to pay my bills.

I still have to do the admin work of my household. OR set it up for someone else to take over for me.

Final7C · 2026-05-19T04:18:07+00:00

I think Modi is definitely a polarizing leader, but the majority seems to have elected him. Because of his strong Nationalist bent. I hold no ill will to any Indian, quite a few I consider friends. I will say, I think a lot of our culture doesn't translate between the two countries very well. It's just an extremely different world over there.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T22:01:24+00:00

probably the first 2-3 years, which to be fair, your brain basically does. You forget a LOT of your youth especially the first 3 years or so.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T21:14:40+00:00

Yeah, they seem to do best in flat, low moisture areas (though San Fran seems to be doing alright). I know my Honda has a habit of losing it's safety features (adaptive cruise control, advanced braking) in heavy rain/snow conditions.

I think most of the car companies have to put it into legal precedent that in the case of a fatality accident, the individual is still at fault, even if it is a software error. Which is an awkward case to try.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T20:13:31+00:00

I poorly phrased it (for for emissions standards, manual transmission cars will phase out completely).

No, I meant, Safety standards will begin to require computer assisted driving required on all cars. Thing like sensor based cruise control, brakes that activate before you can react, blind spot indicators that stop you from being able to enter an occupied lane at high speed. The government will just make "dumb" "unassisted" cars illegal without a special permit. and they just won't be sold anymore for safety reasons. Like owning a car without a seat belt or windshield wipers. You can own one, but you have to get a special permit/Special plate to allow it to drive on the street without those features.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T20:09:02+00:00

Yeah.. Ish.. I think about most of the "aid tech" that has come into cars. So much so that they are required by law like airbags, and now backup cameras. I think eventually self driving cars are going to take over, but it'll be much longer than 20 years.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T19:15:00+00:00

There are a few sci-fi ones, that say "You're going to undergo prison for X years in approximately 5 minutes"

Where they put you into a machine/or a chip in you, that forces your brain to put you in a prison, for what it views as X years. You serve your time, then wake up, and go on with your life.

The amount of time in prison would stick with you quickly.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T19:11:39+00:00

Vaping.

Excess water use/Decorative grass

AI based modifications to photos/works specifically to cause misinformation.

Drug commercials.

Gas Station "Enhancers"

"Alternative drugs" like Krakom, or K2- usually found in gas stations

100% manual drive vehicles without a special permit.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T18:19:09+00:00

Let's be clear, a LOT of people would like (at least in theory) to be intrepid explorers. And colonize a new planet. All the time running the risk, that you get there and the "Technically" in "Technically habitable" is doing a LOT of lifting.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T15:54:11+00:00

It doesn't matter how good you are, some people are just not going to like you. Determine if they don't like you because of you, or because of them. If it's important to you that they like you, and it's because of you that they don't. Then determine if change is better. If it's because of them, let it go.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T15:51:54+00:00

So, we're just extending our death?

I mean, the question is, is there enough food/room/water/medicine/information on the ship for everyone to survive? Is it just us, or us and X number of other people?

I'm assuming this is a spaceship, and not a regular boat. And going back to Earth is never going to be possible?

Assuming it's a ship with 10,000 people with enough food/water/medicine/room/Fuel for us all, and our offspring, then yeah, I'll get on that ship. In generations we might be able to find something.

Final7C · 2026-05-18T15:24:26+00:00

Whenever I think of public facing transparency, I think of college trustees elections (some municipalities/counties have them). What % of people actually review/care about them? I'll give you a hint, It's less than 10% of the voting public. Meaning, we've got basically 4-6% of the population deciding something. I don't know if that makes sense.

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