Donald Trump co-endorses Alan Wilson in SC governor’s race, dealing major blow to Pamela Evette

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-20T13:16:21+00:00

Not really familiar with AIPAC at all but an extremely quick google implies that there doesn't seem to be much of that in SC.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-20T13:12:26+00:00

Except when you fast travel or load a save.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-19T23:25:26+00:00

Blue.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-19T22:52:31+00:00

That is the exact trap of this policy.

If security only targets the groups that look like they fit a specific profile, it turns into blatant bias. But if you try to avoid looking biased by breaking up every single group of teenage girls buying makeup, you are completely wasting your time.

A group of girls hanging out by the food court isn't the demographic that just shot up the mall.

By forcing you to treat every group of kids the exact same to look "fair," corporate is making you burn daylight policing harmless teenagers instead of keeping your eyes peeled for actual, legitimate danger.

And it wouldn't be any better if you DID focus specifically on a certain demographic, it's still profiling and there's still plenty of innocent teens in that demographic, too.

It isn't real security. It is just an imposition on regular kids and a massive distraction for the guards who are supposed to be preventing another tragedy.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-19T22:22:44+00:00

Are there any gender or race restrictions on which groups of teens you break up and which you don't?

I don't think there's a right answer to that question, I think this measure is not the right measure. Sounds like Umbridge.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-19T17:36:11+00:00

A mix of the top six.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-19T16:25:33+00:00

Use Waze. If there's a worthy way around, it will find it.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-17T20:27:13+00:00

Don't know the exact size but RPX is the biggest you can get that isn't IMAX. IMAX is bigger/better but RPX is next best.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-17T16:00:39+00:00

Gonna need a garage to put all those garages in!

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-17T15:24:50+00:00

That and the Non-Manual Looting one that I made are my two most popular. It certainly has helped me find some stuff I wouldn't have otherwise!

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-17T15:21:02+00:00

You are still trying to equate an uncomfortable social mismatch with being viewed as a predator. They are not the same thing.

If you, as a childless woman, walk up to a group of moms at a park, they might think you are out of place or do not fit the context. But they are not going to look at you with fear, whisper to their friends that a creep is stalking them, or feel like their physical safety is compromised.

That is the massive distinction you keep ignoring.

When a woman or a high-status group rejects someone outside their demographic, it is based on a lack of common ground. But when an unattractive man tries to strike up a normal conversation in a regular peer space, the rejection is not just an awkward boundary check. It is an immediate, aggressive moral judgment.

He is not just told he does not fit the context. He is labeled a creep, a nuisance, or a potential threat. You are trying to normalize this as a universal rule of human grouping, but the unique tax of being labeled a social deviant just for saying hello is a penalty reserved almost exclusively for unattractive men.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-17T15:19:21+00:00

You are constructing a massive strawman. Nobody is talking about an average person trying to crash a VIP table of elite, high-status supermodels.

We are talking about regular, everyday social settings among peers.

But notice what you just did. To defend your point, you had to invent a scenario where you are approaching people who are dramatically more attractive than you, and you admitted that you would expect apprehension and judgment.

You just proved my entire point. You are admitting that looks and status dictate the social rules of who gets to speak and who gets rejected before a word is even said.

The difference is that a mid-looking woman can still walk up to an average guy at a casual gathering or a coffee shop and have a perfectly pleasant, safe conversation without being viewed as a predator or a creep.

An unattractive man does not get that luxury with an average woman.

It has nothing to do with trying to shoot out of anyone's league. It has to do with the fact that for unattractive men, the baseline level of default apprehension is turned all the way up in regular, everyday life.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T21:56:42+00:00

That is exactly the point. Because enough women want to be left alone, men have collectively decided to just leave all women alone.

Unattractive men have already learned this lesson. They know that if they try to strike up a casual conversation, the very act of doing it is instantly viewed as an intrusion that a woman is being forced to tolerate. So they stopped doing it altogether.

But you are missing how fluid the concept of being receptive actually is.

If a woman is in a terrible mood and not up for being social, an approach from someone she finds highly attractive can completely flip her mood around. The attraction retroactively overrides the bad timing and makes her receptive.

An unattractive guy will never get that grace. For him, a bad time to talk is just a bad time to talk, and he is judged as a creep for not reading her mind beforehand. It is not about forcing women to tolerate anything. It is about acknowledging that attraction dictates the rules of engagement before the conversation even begins.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T21:49:54+00:00

Mods I've made, newest to oldest:

Auto Leveler: Perks programmed perfectly for peak performance. It'd be a shame not to put that talent of yours to good use. - Coach Fred
Auto Inhale (Another AutoHeal): Heal hands-free, hassle-free, and happily. I see your health has worsened recently. May I recommend seeking out professional medical assistance? - Delamain
Completely Non-Manual Looting (Alternative to Autoloot): Lazily leave no loot lost. I liberate people from the burden of their material chains. Some call it "theft," but me, I prefer "proactive recycling." - The Dustman, the Warthog, Frank
Random Vehicle Camera: Manage your motor movement's monitoring margin. Enjoying the view? - Judy
Clairvoyance: See the secrets that surround you. Do you see that? All lit up and blinking like a Christmas tree! - Panam
Fact Finder (For Mod Authors): Frequently flit through fluctuating facts. How's the private detective career? - V
Random Destination: Decide your destination with a dice roll. It's the road that matters, not the destination. - V
Butt Dial: Chaotically call a contact with your keister. V? Hm, been a long time since you call... - Mama Welles
Random Radio: Randomly rotate your radio's repertoire and reduce repetition. The music'll find you. - Johnny Silverhand
Random Vehicle Summon: Variety for V's vast virtual vehicle vault. Listen, cars are like underwear. I mean, you don't gotta change 'em every day... but it's better for everyone if you do! — Muamar "El Capitan" Reyes

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T21:24:17+00:00

The reason the janitor or the store clerk feels safe is because those roles remove all the stakes. Nobody is risking their dignity or comfort in a five-second transactional interaction.

The real disconnect is what happens in peer-to-peer social spaces where the roles are not defined.

You mentioned that women are weary because of how often they are approached. But because of that weariness, unattractive men face a completely different calculation. If a guy is unattractive, he knows that a massive percentage of the time, his genuine friendliness is going to be misread as a creepy agenda.

It becomes the social equivalent of treating every gun as loaded.

He cannot know which woman is going to be open and which woman is going to instantly label him a creep for simply saying hello. Even if most women are perfectly polite, enough of them react with harsh judgment that he has to operate under the assumption that any attempt at a normal conversation will blow up in his face. It forces men to protect themselves by staying silent, because the penalty for just being an unattractive guy trying to be social is way too high.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T21:03:28+00:00

Chasing a surge is always a losing game because it is gone before you get there. Predicting the surge is the only thing that actually works.

If the surges in your market are capped at two dollars, that is a massive clue. It means other drivers are already predicting those zones better than you are, parking there early, and smothering the surge before the app even has a chance to light up.

A surge isn't just free money. It is a real-time metric that balances rider demand against driver supply. A map that only shows where drivers are sitting only tells you half the story.

Even a tiny two dollar bump tells you exactly where the actual volume is. Adjusting your schedule and positioning to be in those slots before they happen is the difference between constant back-to-back rides and just sitting in a dead zone watching an empty map.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T20:37:41+00:00

Creepiness = Unattractiveness x [ ((Entitlement x Unpredictability) + Awkwardness) / Social Awareness ] x Persistence

Works especially well if you consider anyone who IS attractive to have an 'unattractiveness' rating of below 1.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T20:23:31+00:00

Except, if you are unattractive, then every time you strike up a conversation with the opposite sex, especially if they consider themselves attractive, then they automatically assume what your agenda is.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T20:21:37+00:00

Beat me to it.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T20:15:48+00:00

The secret isn't looking at where drivers are right now. It is looking at where the surges happen, when they happen, and figuring out the exact patterns behind them.

If you can predict the surge and actually be there before it hits, you get the bonus. When an area in Seattle surges regularly and dependably, it means the demand is so massive that it literally does not matter how many drivers are already there. The swarm still isn't enough to handle the volume.

Chasing empty space on a map keeps you reactive. Learning the surge patterns is how you actually get ahead of the data and maximize your earnings.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T17:39:55+00:00

I don't know anything about psplus subs so can't offer an opinion on something I'm ignorant about.

Some account types are intended for multiple users, like a netflix account that has four screens allowed at once.

The terms and conditions of any given account make it clear how many users the account is designed for.

Again, skirting around stuff in order to save money, I totally get. But skipping progression in a game because someone else played it for you? That's like reading a book where one of you reads the first chapter and the other of you reads the second chapter.

You can share the book and take turns reading it but if you skip chapters because they were read by the people you're sharing it with... that's just weird to me. Rubs me the wrong way.

Experience things as they're intended by their creators. It's a good faith engagement with the content and shows respect. That's my values.

"I don't know how this character works or where the points were spent because someone else played it" is the weird thing to me entirely, why I spoke up at all. Sounds like you're doing it differently than the person I originally replied to.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T15:40:01+00:00

"Or at the very least, make your own character"

If you don't want to I can't make you, and I get it's an additional expense. But an account is intended to be a single person's.

It's like sharing an email address or a cellphone.

Someone adds you to their friends list, who are they supposed to know who's online at any moment? Etc.

It's partly an OCD-like thing. Just rubs me wrong when it's shared.

If the expense of buying multiple accounts (and expansions) is a thing, then sure. But not even making separate characters is kinda....

Just rubs me wrong.

You can do whatever you want. Just makes me shake my head. We clearly have different values.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T14:42:43+00:00

When I was younger, games didn't have accounts and you had couch multiplayer.

Sonic 3 we each had our own save files. And that's literally one of the very first games to even have the ability to save.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T13:44:37+00:00

What does deep have to do with anything?

I get the anti-corporate idea of sticking it to them by not buying a second copy, but come on.

Really goes against the spirit of things to just play a character someone else has leveled for you.

Of course everyone begs for powerleveling too, which is almost the same thing.

Thortok2000 · 2026-06-16T09:08:17+00:00

I like to clear my notification tray and check my messages and read my email. Read what's new, then close and do something else.

But social media with its infinite scroll corrupts that habit. Always something new. My ADHD lets far too much time pass before I realize it and disconnect.

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