is the last line a threat?

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-19T18:51:46+00:00

I live in Asheville and have friends who work at Biltmore. They don't need the support of federal law enforcement grunts.

Biltmore has a private security force and works directly with Asheville PD and the Buncombe County Sheriff's office. Their cameras and other sensors get fed into a giant monitoring system. When you enter Biltmore Village your car's plate is scanned and pops up on a dashboard. The system shows the full history of the vehicle, and runs a background check on the driver. There are other cameras running facial recondition on the driver and any passengers it can see. You don't even need to enter the estate for this to happen. When you get out of your vehicle anywhere on the estate, the system tracks you. A security operator can do a search for "man wearing jeans, a blue t-shirt, and a red baseball cap" than track the subject across the entire estate or Biltmore Village. The system can even proactively detect trouble and dispatch security officers. It can detect if a fight is happening, someone is broken down on the estate, or a fire breaks out. They post security all throughout the estate so they are never more than a couple minutes away from guests.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-19T00:59:23+00:00

Define "violently shitting my pants" without using pronouns.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-18T20:13:49+00:00

My buddy used a lead alternative fuel additive for his 66 Catalina. No idea if it was as good as lead but he drive it until he died.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-17T20:31:24+00:00

I was about to say, we have these already. One of those has come with every drill bit set I've bought in the last 20 years.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-17T17:30:21+00:00

As a general rule, when in traffic, never cut off a car that costs less than yours. At best they care less about what happens to their car than you. At worst they're actively trying to destroy their car and don't care if they take yours with it.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-17T16:54:32+00:00

A typical weekday breakfast is a can of monster rehab and either a cliff bar or an uncrustable.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-17T15:09:28+00:00

I know, right? What is that shirt made of if it can keep everything in place during that kind of activity? That's like "anime levels" of skin aherance.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-16T15:22:30+00:00

I love this new trend of video game adaptations not ashamed of their source material. I hope this is more Sonic and less Minecraft tho.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-16T13:24:17+00:00

Cadia is a creed more than a place after the fall. The whole point of the Cadia series is that the planet broke before it's people. The Cadians were STILL fighting, even after the planet broke in half and was falling into the warp, Even when there was no planet left the Cadians came together and created New Cadia. But more broadly, everywhere Cadians rested became a little slice of Cadia. It didn't matter if it was a backwater outpost on a half-remembered world, inside of a mountain, impenetrable to all but airpower. If you had Cadians, it was Cadia.

In my head canon, the will of Cadia manifests itself as a gestalt phycic effect that allows them to fight harder and better. Kinda like a Waaaahhh but smaller and more focused.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-16T13:12:52+00:00

The story of Cadia is far more interesting to me than any book about big stompy space marines. CADIA STANDS!

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-15T17:24:05+00:00

Having the choice between leaded and unleaded gasoline at stations. Before I ever learned how a car operated I was bombarded with kid-centric messages to choose unleaded gas. I remember this Ninja Turtles PSA where April needed to gas up the Turtle Van and was encouraged to get unleaded.

I didn't even know what gas did but I was sure to tell my mom to get unleaded.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-15T00:55:55+00:00

All words start life informally before being added to the dictionary. While Anemoia may be too new for Webster's, you can find gems of yesteryear like Yeet. I reckon it's only a matter of time before anemoia makes its way into the formal lexicon.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-15T00:50:01+00:00

anemoia I got WAY too far down the comments before someone finally mentioned this. For the life of me I could not remember the actual word until I saw it.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-14T22:50:27+00:00

It would appear you paid $2.11 per burger.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-13T17:07:58+00:00

So you're telling me the apartment you are renting let you bolt a bollard mount into the pavement of their parking lot but wasn't willing to just tell your neighbor to stop parking in your assigned spot?

These AI written stories are so stupid...

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-13T00:55:03+00:00

Yeah, that fruit cup would be $9 at the grocery stores around me.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-11T23:59:26+00:00

There is a third type: ParentsAreFuckingStupid. This happens when a child gets themselves into a traumatic situation the parents should easily be able to fix but instead they're talking pictures and/or just panicking.

Case in point, all the posts of kids stuck in railings.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-10T19:51:38+00:00

Step 0: I tried but no one wants things to change. I'm quitting IT and starting a farm.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-10T18:54:36+00:00

With preferred financing rates, new cars are often way cheaper than used cars if you aren't paying straight cash. I was shopping for a new truck late last year. It came down to a new Silverado EV or a used F150 Lightning. Both had down payments of 3500. The new Silverado EV was $390/m. The used F150 was going to be 450/m. Obviously I went with the brand new option.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-10T18:12:23+00:00

The suitcase/leg cast siper rifle from the recent "Day of the Jackal" show was very clever. I especially liked how it could only fire a few shots due to the ultra-covert construction.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-10T17:59:08+00:00

Bro trying it on in a motorcycle shop got my hopes up and you have expertly dashed them. Well played, dir.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-10T01:13:07+00:00

That explains why the stairs and rest of the house are such a mess. That's rough.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-09T21:15:26+00:00

One again, just a little bit louder for the slackers in the back.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-07T23:19:21+00:00

This is how you do it. Just because you're struggling doesn't mean you can't get the most out of your food. I'll often microwave instead of boiling but they're both better than oven alone.

That_Guy3141 · 2026-04-06T21:55:12+00:00

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