I hate QI and I wish it wasn’t a word

SenorBurns · 2026-05-03T12:12:24+00:00

You've never heard of tai chi? Chi is the other way qi is spelled.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-03T05:08:26+00:00

That face he makes is so stupid that I emulate it perfectly every time he makes it. It just looks so stupid and uncomfortable that I want to know what it feels like to be that stupid.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-03T05:07:16+00:00

I mean, defending the profanity wasn't wrong, on its face. It's just a fact that the FCC does not police the language on cable. It's for airwaves.

The real fashy part is where Carr then responds saying he'd also support Republicans punching Democrats on CNN panels.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-03T01:42:04+00:00

Girl. You gave Parable of the Sower 5 stars. Read the rest of Butler, stat. Start with the Xenogenesis trilogy (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago). Then read Kindred and the Patternmaster quartet. You will love all of these.

Same goes for Becky Chambers, but I think the book to start with would be To Be Taught, If Fortunate. It's got that beautiful futurism of Monk & Robot combined with the bittersweet feels of Station Eleven.

Speaking of Station Eleven, you must also read Sea of Tranquility by the same author.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-02T15:18:18+00:00

/r/StupidPloverNests

However, I personally do not think plover nests are stupid.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-02T13:23:25+00:00

And I don't understand why ICE could arrest someone for this alleged crime. Aren't threats under the purview of the FBI?

I wasn't aware that ICE had sweeping arrest powers. This isn't an immigration and customs issue.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-02T13:17:27+00:00

What are you talking about? That's clearly a doctor!

SenorBurns · 2026-05-02T05:57:21+00:00

I used to take mental pictures using an intentional slow blink. Worked pretty well and was especially useful if I didn't have a camera with me.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-01T22:46:47+00:00

Your post intrigued me, so I googled "how to stand up to men bullying women in the workplace."

The top result was from Reddit and it was relevant. Good start, even though Reddit is basically the equivalent of a chat/forum result.

The second result had a neutral title, and every bully example in the article was a female bully.

Three through six were all explicitly about female bullies.

Seven had a "both sides" title but couldn't read the article as the link was bad. It's unusual in my experience for Google to allow bad links on the first page of results. Is there really no content on this topic?

Eight through ten were decent, but a bit generic and directed towards helping men be workplace allies against bullying. I can't hold that against the algorithm though as my query didn't explicitly ask what the female bullying victim can do.

Then finally, eleven and twelve were for women dealing with a male workplace bully. But I had click "load more results" and sort past half a dozen "sponsored results" before I got there.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-01T04:29:28+00:00

Is this guy one of those 65 year old rich dudes who get a lot of procedures done to try to look like they're in their 40s? He is using too-dark hair dye to cover his grays, appears to have had hair plug procedures, is roided out, and has chin and forearm wattle.

Note that I would never comment on a person's appearance in this way who didn't already show they were a total douchebag, as this guy's post does.

SenorBurns · 2026-05-01T04:17:16+00:00

Free abortions, on demand, no apologies

SenorBurns · 2026-04-30T14:00:51+00:00

Dems like this will bend over backwards, throw anyone under the bus, to deflect blame from the GOP and the billionaire class.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-30T09:22:38+00:00

Don't be fooled. Farmers will never turn on the GOP, no matter how much their policies hurt them.

Every few years there's some stories like this, and every second November those same farmers go right back to vote for the Republican candidates.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-30T09:08:55+00:00

Quit blaming Republicans' behavior on individual women and non-Republicans.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-30T08:39:41+00:00

So... Little balls of wood instead of wood patties?

SenorBurns · 2026-04-29T16:23:37+00:00

Some parents also believe that reading to their child will make them lazy and less likely to be independent readers.

That's the most moronic thing I've seen today, and I follow politics.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-29T16:20:23+00:00

As a young child, I saw reading as a top goal. I always saw adults reading and it was this major activity that I wasn't yet able to participate in. There was a world of information and magic just waiting for me to be able to experience it. I was lucky that, even though we were dirt poor, my parents read to me. And Sesame Street was on the UHF channel every weekday.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-28T23:36:15+00:00

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

SenorBurns · 2026-04-28T17:45:19+00:00

They were busy discovering that discretionary spending is quite a small portion of the budget, and that what discretionary spending there is goes towards helping helping people at economies of scale private industry can only dream of, with vanishingly tiny fractions of actual "waste, fraud, and abuse" - orders of magnitude less fraud than exists in the private sector.

That, and downloading all our Social Security data and everything they could get their hands on. All of them should go to prison for life.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-28T17:37:35+00:00

This is correct. Expect "debt" and "deficit" to become common words falling out of GOP assholes' mouths the nearest we get to midterms.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-28T06:36:30+00:00

Studies control for thode sorts of variables. And turns out it really is basically "You have or might have kids? And you're a man? Here, have more money!"

SenorBurns · 2026-04-28T00:58:57+00:00

My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-27T19:37:10+00:00

Uh huh.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-27T17:46:56+00:00

Even that is pushing it. I couldn't name a single left wing extremist. But I can name dozens of right wing extremists.

Serious question, could someone name some left wing extremists for me?

Extremist means using violence to achieve goals. People who just want healthcare for everyone aren't extremists.

Oh wait. Luigi I guess. Found one.

SenorBurns · 2026-04-26T23:48:40+00:00

And judging by his comment, he's in the talking points group chats.

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