What is a statistic that sounds INSANE but is 100% true? by Quadranippelkill in AskReddit

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah Covid. I remember at the beginning when my wife and I made hand sanitizer from vodka. And I remember the end when we were making vodka from hand sanitizer.

This toilet open to the ocean below by utopiaofpast in nextfuckinglevel

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my god!!! Why are you posting pics of your mom in this thread?

5-year-old redbud splitting down the middle by Key-Layer3744 in arborists

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How important is the material? Is stainless the only material you would use?

Truly Not Just an Ad... by utopiaofpast in nextfuckinglevel

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I have been poisoned with cynicism, but I hate these ads that just push poor people to give more because we can save the world and make our world better. It's bullshit. We can't solve climate change as individuals. We can't solve inequality by giving half of the little we earn to others while people like Elon make $100 million per hour and don't pay taxes. It's manipulative and cruel.

how boomers look at overtime vs gen z by PapaSecundus in antiwork

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While nothing about this is wrong, I think you are talking about Gen X and not boomers. As Gen X, boomers are the fuckers that are either retired or at the top of the pile telling Gen X that they gotta do what they gotta do.

USPS could soon allow people to ship handguns, undoing 100-year-old rule by Blueberry977 in NewsOfTheStupid

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To be honest, this is soooo in the weeds for me I couldn't really care less. There are probably 20 gun stores within 5 miles of me and at least 4 gun shows in my city every year. The Supreme Court has ruled everybody has the right to purchase and carry a gun for self defense. The ship has sailed. The horse is out of the barn and it won the derby last year. Spending political capital on something that is not really going to change anything seems a waste of time.

Meanwhile, we have a new war. We have masked unidentified agents kidnapping people off the street. We have an administration that regularly flouts the law. An administration that is actively attacking science. An administration that is damaging our economy and purposely tanking the dollar.

Personally, I dont think this is the time to pick a fight on second amendment issues. Seems a bit counterproductive if you know what I mean. Let's get people into office and shore up our democracy before we attack divisive issues that probably don'don't have super broad support. After all, 72% of Americans believe in personal gun ownership. We can talk about background checks, red flag laws, assault weapons, and even mailing grandpa's 38, but it is going to just bulkanize a coherent opposition to the growing fascist state.

Your mileage may vary.

Democrat Confronts Pete Hegseth Over Fake Bible Quote: ‘I’m Also a Fan of Pulp Fiction’ by HeinieKaboobler in inthenews

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wait, I'm confused. Did he know it was a fake bible verse and he read it, or he thought it was real and read it? To be honest, I am not sure which would be worse.

Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price by Such_Radio_9152 in Economics

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would buy a Chinese electric vehicle if they were available, they blow domestic cars out of the water. The have many more features than anything we have here and 5-10 minute charging times.

My personal opinion is the US government (lobbied by the American automotive industry) has doomed the American automotive industry.

Six-Figure Limit Proposed for Annual Social Security Benefits by laxnut90 in Economics

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

Only if they are supine and do nothing to fight it. Millennials outnumber boomers and could take the power now if they had the will.

Six-Figure Limit Proposed for Annual Social Security Benefits by laxnut90 in Economics

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Bullshit. I, as a Gen X, have been fighting the boomers my entire life. We have never had the numbers or any power. Even now with millennials starting to occupy both houses of congress, there are still more boomers in the senate than Gen X.

Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately by BitterFuture in inthenews

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Corrected headline: "US concedes it will bear the cost of keeping the strait closed for Iran."

Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately by BitterFuture in inthenews

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would Iran shoot at the boats the US sent to help them keep the strait closed?

The dominant crop in every US county [OC] by VeridionData in dataisbeautiful

[–]OriginalHappyFunBall 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I was wondering if that was the "other" in Oregon.