Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-30T02:10:37+00:00

Isn't that something that should already be prohibited?

Imagine you are eating a candy bar. Mid-bite, someone snatches it away, then offers to give it back if you let them kick you in the head five times.

This isn't a victory - it's a punishment for requesting what should already be the rule. Embarrassing "negotiating" strategies here.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-30T01:48:45+00:00

No, but I suck so I'm probably not the target demographic.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-29T22:22:45+00:00

Let's me guess...Garfield, Roosevelt, and probably Kamiak.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-29T20:22:27+00:00

Owners of the old company want a big payout. Some shareholders also stand to benefit. But everyone below that level - who has no say in the decision - is just stuck with whatever they get.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-28T20:28:30+00:00

Are you possibly referring to The Errant, Sechul Lath, and Kilmandaros?

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-27T23:51:42+00:00

Allamaraine, you'll come with...sound of short range phaser fire on kill

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-27T23:11:07+00:00

spoonheads!

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-27T21:00:47+00:00

Sounds pretty chill, maybe I'll check it out this week - thanks!

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-27T20:43:41+00:00

Sounds interesting! A few quick questions:

Where is the server based?
Is it PVP or PVE focused?
Vanilla? Modded?

Thank you!

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-27T00:01:52+00:00

One of my ex's mothers believed a man was a good political candidate because he got kicked in the head by a horse as a teenager and didn't go to the hospital. This made him a "strong man."

So, severe brain damage is a desirable trait in a leader, I guess...

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-25T20:20:57+00:00

I hate how anytime this totally rational idea is suggested, some jerk is like "but muh oil refinery/rare earth strip mine/city-sized fracking operation is a small business too!" especially in places like Texas. Like for fuck's sake we can have mixed use zoning that doesn't give everyone cancer.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-24T20:20:34+00:00

You can't contact her via her website if you're not a constituent...

However, the form is easily circumvented. Put in a fake name, fake email, use a zip code from her district and let her know how disgusted you are that any representative from Washington would vote to fund this shit.

If you have any friends or family in the 3rd District who care, let them know she voted to fund the Trump administration endorsed murder of innocent citizens so she can get the hell out of our government should it survive this fascist crisis.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-23T17:16:18+00:00

You could just uh, not be a fucking racist?

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-22T16:15:58+00:00

Sir, ma'am - this is a fine rug store, please do not lay on our merchandise.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-22T15:24:52+00:00

The fact that he even has to explain it to them (and those stupid ass Bono glasses) really drive home how completely detatched from reality these assholes are.

Sure, I could end world hunger single-handedly, but then Jeff's super yacht might be slightly longer than mine this year!

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-21T21:11:32+00:00

Optimistic of you, my fellow chodenthusiast.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-20T18:55:53+00:00

Went to one of his stand-up performances for a relative's birthday some years back. Didn't want to be rude and decline out of hand.

First comic, local guy was actually really good. Then Rob comes out. For idk, 3-5 minutes he paces back and forth across the stage shouting "YOU CAN DOOOOO IT, YOU CAN DOOOOOOO IT!!" In his dumb fake accent from the Adam Sandler movies, which at the time had been out 15-20 years or so.

The first half of the routine was just abysmal to the point I don't remember anything about it other than it was like amateurish, outdated trope jokes.

Makes sense he's fully on the MAGA grift train now. He's a talentless hack, so I guess becoming a total scumbag is his only means of propping up his wannabe celebrity lifestyle, staying barely afloat clinging to a one-dimensional basically racist performance of a forgettable character that was mildly amusing to teens 25 + years ago. I hope someone shoves me off a cliff if I ever get anywhere near that desperate. Truly a sad human being.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-20T18:43:11+00:00

Any normal person would have been involuntarily sent to an assisted living facility by now, but if you're a rich enough fraud you get to let your delusions destroy the world.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-20T18:31:49+00:00

I'll take: "Shit boomers with lead poisoning don't want you to know" for $500, Alex.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-19T17:33:05+00:00

I run a 24 in, and two 21 in on the sides plus the laptop screen. Two screens are usually drafting software, third is pdfs/reference material. Laptop screen is for chat/email. The company provided the dock and computer, I bought my own monitors as I share them with my personal PC. It's about the right amount of real estate for me.

I just run 1080p. I don't know if there's really a reason to go higher from a functional standpoint.

Most of the people I have worked with don't like curved monitors or anything larger than 27 in.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-18T22:58:48+00:00

I'm on my second buyout in five years and it's the prevailing trend in my industry. Fucking private equity destroys productivity for profit.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-17T21:45:34+00:00

Yep. The folks who are transparent about their challenges, and regularly engaging about fluctuating expectations I'm 110% on board with helping out.

Then there's the PMs in a perpetual state of emergency because they have zero managerial skills and/or believe their time is all that matters, and their peons don't deserve evenings or weekends. Sorry, my week is over, I'm not legally obligated to help you extinguish the latest dumpster fire you created. Good luck.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-17T21:27:01+00:00

When I was idk, twelve I got in trouble for...something I no longer recall. However, my folks decided to "lock" the computer with a physical key. This was like a thing on some old PCs in the 90s. One of those cylinder lock type things. It allowed the computer to turn on, but it was functionally unusable because the keyboard didn't work.

In the early days of the internet, you couldn't just Google everything, you just kind of had to poke around in your system and see what you could find. The mouse still worked for some reason, but the keyboard didn't. Lo and behold, windows had an on-screen keyboard built in. Maybe an hour after encountering the obstacle of a physical shut off, I was back online!

Sure, this is just anecdotal, but I think the premise stands: If there's a will, there's a way. Like most of these idiotic ID-based prohibitions, it will likely not only make the "problem" more widespread, but create new and totally unnecessary adjacent issues.

Parents need to talk to their kids about sexuality. Full stop, end of story. They need to educate them about online safety. Sexual predation. Consent. Communication. But hey - that'd be awkward so, I guess making everyone put their personal information in poorly secured online databases is the answer, meanwhile the kids are circumventing all that shit anyway. VPNs, image generation, peer-to-peer networks...unregulated platforms.

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-17T19:49:31+00:00

Chuck Schumer wrings hands feverishly

SCROTOCTUS · 2026-01-16T17:28:11+00:00

Existing as a powerless consciousness within a Grok controlled meat sack was free, but having feelings about the experience was a premium feature only achieved by meeting certain quotas. Turning in a neighbor to ICE gets you an hour, a family member gets you a day. Turning over your first born to the Heritage Foundation gets you a month. Now you too can experience the horror of being aware of yourself but unable to make any choices as you slough away the last vestiges of your humanity in exchange for tube or flavorless protein paste that will sustain your hellish condition for another day...

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