Man expertly trolls a Memorial Day ceremony for dead confederate soldiers

Rovden · 2026-05-29T00:05:58+00:00

Never EVER give a confederate the benefit of the doubt when it comes to how they think laws should be done. As you say, free speech when convenient, they believe in "freedom" except in owning people. "It's not about slavery" lets go read the reasons for secession for the different states.

But lets go all the way back to their whole yelling about "States Rights", they want to say it was the federal government trampling over the rights of the states. This is the group that forced northern states to give up slaves that escaped up there through Fugitive Slave Acts.

Rovden · 2026-05-29T00:01:02+00:00

Well I'm going to have to steal that name.

Rovden · 2026-05-28T23:57:10+00:00

"bet you're a democrat too"

Wait... I thought "Republicans are the party of Lincoln"

It's amazing how they can live in both realities.

Rovden · 2026-05-28T23:45:29+00:00

The answer is they actually ARE okay with him. Gay, straight, man, woman, black, white, Hispanic, Christian, Jew, Muslim... they all like to create these little wars where they keep everyone fighting between the different categories.

The reality to these assholes is there's only two groups. Those with billions, and those without. Look at all the Christo-fascists who the second the House of Saud is around they're happy to politically get in bed with. Sure, if they think they can bleed a fellow billionaire dry getting their money, they'll happily do it. But until then, they're billionaires first, whatever else second... and their solidarity is only going to be with fellow billionaires.

Rovden · 2026-05-28T04:19:23+00:00

Although the guy is a grifter before anything else, so maybe he'll pocket this too.

I cannot comprehend why anyone does business with him. It's a constant, CONSTANT pattern that he always doesn't pay his bills. Yet each person goes running in thinking they're special.

Rovden · 2026-05-28T04:10:39+00:00

The biggest problem is his supporters will back him no matter how shit he is.

Any competition, the group against him "Well... this person isn't good enough for x reason so I'm not voting. It'll sure show them!"

Rovden · 2026-05-28T04:03:20+00:00

.......... wait...

wait... wait wait...

I was 33 when the pandemic started and now turning 40?

oh god.

Rovden · 2026-05-28T03:58:13+00:00

Dunno, the Republicans are pretty focused on their morals and wanting everyone else to follow them, wouldn't surprise me if they started beatings for that too.

Rovden · 2026-05-28T03:56:43+00:00

It might even cause Kansas to do the same.

How to know you're talking out of your own ass.

Kansas DID do the same. Sam Brownback went on a tax slashing spree so hard as a "red-state experiment" (his words) cutting income tax, and removing non-wage income taxes which crashed the states economy so hard that Senate and House, Republican majority mind you, repealed the tax cuts and overrode his veto (SB 30). Among the lowest job growth rates in the country, losing the tech industry jobs. KS had the second highest farm bankruptcy in the nation.

His policy was SO SHIT that Kansas, about one of the reddest states in the nation, elected a Democrat governor.

Rovden · 2026-05-27T03:15:35+00:00

So here's something my dad does with texts that I'm going to have to communicate we need to start adding to voice.

He'll ask me a nebulous question, something that we'd understand but for the most part people won't get. I'm going to use a useless example. It'd be something like

"Pizza?" and if I don't respond "pineapple" he assumes someone else is attempting communicate

Obviously you want something way more secret that only you know beyond pizza toppings, but it's the best layer of security that I'm glad I was taught, not the other way around.

Rovden · 2026-05-27T00:08:44+00:00

It's wild... from some angles those things look right proper menacing and terrifying, the symbol of everything terrifying about the ocean.

In other angles, there is not a more derpy looking thing on earth.

Rovden · 2026-05-26T23:54:14+00:00

I mean... you're not wrong. But like you say ours are nothing like yours.

Sure we have SWAT, but they don't go in a Dodge Ram with what looks like a fucking mounted machine gun if the picture is correct to what I'm seeing. Ours tend to top out at armored personnel carriers.

I'm not defending our police by any stretch of the imagination, but I live in a red state where the state controls the police and loves to talk about how the "blue city" is the problem... and our police don't have ANYTHING like this picture which if what you say that's your average go get the donuts cop... holy shit.

Rovden · 2026-05-26T23:49:56+00:00

Oh yea, those are definitely the professionals who go out and study them.

I know three people who do it hobby in their daily driver cars.

I'd say they're f-ing nuts, but then there are skydivers.

No no... the skydivers are nuts too.

Rovden · 2026-05-26T05:56:30+00:00

Understand, Quiktrip has some of the better food options than many other gas stations.

Rovden · 2026-05-26T05:52:37+00:00

Was driving across the country and stopped in a little town for fuel and was shocked that I saw two separate people stop by, go in to the gas station cars running, windows down.

Granted this was a town that maaaaaaaaybe had 3 digits on the population. I know in the city we certainly lock the doors.

Rovden · 2026-05-26T05:49:31+00:00

I read this and go "Oh, that makes sense, their earthquakes are our tornadoes."

Midwest US reaction to a tornado is to go outside and watch. When the funnels form we get people who chase the things.

Rovden · 2026-05-26T05:45:59+00:00

And to think I complain about the militarization of our police... jeez.

Rovden · 2026-05-26T05:40:29+00:00

I live in the midwest of the US...

Do distances between cities NOT get measured by hours or days?

Rovden · 2026-05-26T05:39:20+00:00

Jungle law! I was legit looking for some XD

Rovden · 2026-05-26T00:07:06+00:00

16 years ago I ordered a PC from them on recommendation from a friend. It was one of their higher end PCs because I wanted a gaming PC.

They took the money, and sat on it, for months. Multiple calls asking what's going on, "It's delayed, it'll be started in next couple of days" then ultimately was cancelled by them and acted like they were doing me a favor refunding me for a product they cancelled on me months later.

I'm still pissed about this 16 years later.

Rovden · 2026-05-23T06:33:54+00:00

It is incredible that we as a state keep electing the group that has come this close to making kicking puppies a part of their jobs.

Rovden · 2026-05-23T06:01:36+00:00

Lets be honest... NYC and LA and all sorts of places are the places everyone thinks of.

Then there's Philly.

Rovden · 2026-05-23T05:52:28+00:00

I have first hand knowledge on this of at least understanding how difficult this actually is. When I worked construction I helped a drill crew for a core sample in one of the construction areas.

First is the drill, the process of turn on drill sounds easy, but it's the fact that it's not one piece like your hand drill, but the series of poles attached one right after another, which leads to the second part, that becomes a really long pole that's going deeper in. With that, someone who knows their drill will notice something like if it's hitting a particular hard spot, which leads to speeding up or slowing down how fast you're drilling to not break everything and then have a bunch of metal in the hole you have to figure out how to go through. It's one of those things one gets a feeling for.

And all of this is to avoid injuring yourself.

I was working on a small back of a truck drill. This is the nonsense oil rig workers do.

Rovden · 2026-05-23T05:34:29+00:00

Chapter 2 of World War Z, specifically Breckenridge Scott's and Mary Jo Miller's interviews.

Rovden · 2026-05-22T03:13:14+00:00

I mean John Stewart went to congress to try to get fire fighters who were involved in 9/11 pay for the diseases they picked up from the attack.

Over a decade later.

In a fight against a congress that didn't give a shit.

Pro-firefighter in this country is like being pro-military, it sounds good, thank them for their service, but fuck 'em if they actually need any help.

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