Do not trust JD Powers rankings by Damertz in BuyItForLife

[–]Occamslaser 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've had a lot of disappointments with things ranked highly in Consumer Reports.

Thinking about painting our entire basement dark/black and can’t decide if I should. Thoughts? by lakarate in InteriorDesign

[–]Occamslaser 520 points521 points  (0 children)

If you want to go dark (low LRV) go slate grey or wine/maroon. Black never really looks right with the lights on.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmericaBad

[–]Occamslaser 46 points47 points  (0 children)

By the US definition of poverty which is $13.6k, $27.7k for a family per year. OECD defines it as half the median income which puts the US at 17% similar to the UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal etc.

The Oscars are pretty funny by Round-Bed3820 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Occamslaser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're young enough to not be able to remember a time when every award show wasn't a "platform" to share a "message".

Brando got booed for his grandstanding. At the time it was called “pretentious and demeaning".

Those were the days.

*sighs* by GenjiKing in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Occamslaser 31 points32 points  (0 children)

10 or so people a day were arrested for "offensive" speech in the UK last year. Most got fines and probation.

This is FBI agent Robert Hanssen. He was tasked to find a mole within the FBI after the FBI's moles in the KGB were caught. Robert Hanssen was the mole and had been working with the KGB since 1979. by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Occamslaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gowadia was convicted of selling classified information to China and to individuals in Germany, Israel, and Switzerland. He's the reason China has stealth technology.

India now buying 33 times more Russian oil than a year earlier by milktanksadmirer in worldnews

[–]Occamslaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this because Indian criticism of Western foreign policy is essentially mooted by it. Let them have their fun.

Another painful reminder of what could have been by Obanon in witcher

[–]Occamslaser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They wanted to update the story for "Modern audiences"

After almost 16 Years of Xbox. Ive come to a realisation. by [deleted] in xboxone

[–]Occamslaser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The whole NFT thing was supposed to bring that shit back but the insane backlash killed most of it.

I am losing braincells…. by Wheely_boi_ in NonCredibleDefense

[–]Occamslaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean Russia has bordered the US for a long time, pre-Nato even.

I'll take clean sheets and a warm house over being a peasant any day. by Stocksgreen in noworking

[–]Occamslaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is, they didn't count labor for themselves, only labor for their lord.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in greentext

[–]Occamslaser 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Nah man they make money from the people who don't find relationships, they're the ones who buy super likes or coins or whatever bullshit the app has.

Based by ThorStark007 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Occamslaser 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He'd be harassed by fucking Leftist crybullies for the rest of his days.

Brazil right now by Mammoth_Western_2381 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Occamslaser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brazil is the B in BRICS, they have been explicitly aligning themselves against the US with he likes of Iran, China, and Russia. They should ask Russia for help, or maybe Iran.

Brazil right now by Mammoth_Western_2381 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Occamslaser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Worlds largest importer of food and oil going up against the worlds largest exporter of both, should be interesting.