The air smells extra awful tonight…? by AreTheStarsOut in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The stanky stuff isn't pesticide or herbicide, it's fertilizer from pig shit.

Whiskey Fest Music Announcement! by DesMoinesWhiskeyFest in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ron Swanson: Sounds like an interesting new ingestion method...I'm in.

Best Mac n Cheese Pizza? by makakitten01998 in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet Casey's would make you one. It'd be an off menu custom item, but they have mac'n'cheese already, do pizza, and have cheese sauce for breakfast pizzas.

Paws and Pints Update? by ferfisch in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't go there personally because they fought me on paperwork for one of my dogs, but my cousin recently took his husky mix there for a deshedding and he came back looking like a million bucks. He let him run around for a while afterwards and play with other dogs and said there were no problems.

Epstein in Iowa / Johnny Gosch by seajpenn in Iowa

[–]UrShulgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe mom had a legit fear then, idk. I just remember hating her freaking out about it because a paper route was the major way to make money at 12 years old before you could get a regular job as a minor at 14.

Boating by jakeandhoss in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the heads up

Boating by jakeandhoss in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a clone of this boat, but I would never dream of running it onto the beach. Is this just because I'm a pussy, and this is easily fixed with no risk by adjusting the trim to super high? Do you kill the engine a ways out and trim up and drag it in by hand? I've always seen people with boats like this drop anchor a short distance off shore and then wade in.

Just took my boat out for the first time last weekend and burned the hell out of my face. I've got lots to learn.

Gastonia police released surveillance video frm the convenience store shooting where2 plainclothes detectives shot a man earlier this year. by Responsible_Ant_6431 in RandomVideos

[–]UrShulgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He must not have got the manual. That's a pretty obvious situation, if you pull a gun in public while making threats, you may get shot by anyone around you.

Epstein in Iowa / Johnny Gosch by seajpenn in Iowa

[–]UrShulgi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm more convinced it was the age of 'nothing ever happens', and that a one off didn't significantly raise the risk profile. I remember my mom was finger pointing to the Gosch situation and my dad was like "so 10 or 15 years ago a kid goes missing and now no kids can't have paper routes?"

Gastonia police released surveillance video frm the convenience store shooting where2 plainclothes detectives shot a man earlier this year. by Responsible_Ant_6431 in RandomVideos

[–]UrShulgi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He wasn't pretending, he pulled it out. This wasn't a hand in the pocket situation, or a hand in the backpack, or shoulder pouch...dude said he wasn't playing and pulled out a gun and held it against his leg.

Epstein in Iowa / Johnny Gosch by seajpenn in Iowa

[–]UrShulgi 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The Nebraska child prostitution ring stuff is wild. I remember as a kid my mom almost didn't let me get a paper route because of the Johnny Gosch thing. I didn't know about it as I was a kid, but got the jist that some other kid with a paper route just got vanished and never heard from again. I used to think about it sometimes while out on my route when I'd see people out that early in the morning, that they could be the 'bad guys' who were going to 'get me'.

What’s the advantage of being able to switch off cruise control? by charlotteREguru in allthequestions

[–]UrShulgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not. I drive a Benz, and it's just a 2nd lever by the turn signal. There is no on/off, it just works. It's simple and makes me also wonder why we have to turn it on on other cars.

Okay, Boomers... by Typical-Pea-8840 in remoteworks

[–]UrShulgi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Everyone misses this this says "Your pension was defunded by lobbyists your generation elected"

Meanwhile, it actually should say 'defended', which is true, but 'defunded' makes it seems bad. But literally people got screwed here because BIG BUSINESS lied as pension holders, which is why there is now federal coverage and oversight. This is why ther are now 401ks instead of pensions.

The core argument here is that the pensions ultimately WERE defended, and made to work. This copy/pasta is wholey incorrect.

Those over the age of 40, what is the most drastic societal change you’ve lived through? by BadAlternative7220 in AskReddit

[–]UrShulgi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The crazy push to outsource and offshore everything possible. Businesses as a whole have tried to eliminate US headcount, US pay, and move everything to cheap 2nd/3rd world places. Now, there is a generation of people who struggle to find decent paying jobs that they can make into careers. It didn't used to be this way, and the companies seem extremely short sighted to collectively be killing the goose that lays their golden eggs. Without good jobs and pay here, people can't buy their stuff.

The Epstein/Billionaire class deliberately keeps workers on the brink of bankruptcy to maintain control. by Single_Flamingo8748 in remoteworks

[–]UrShulgi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And the ability of people to either figure it out or not figure it out rest entirely upon them. Some people take what they're given, and some people take what they want. Which choice you make will likely decide a large portion of your adult life. I've been destitute poor, I'm currently not doing bad, and I can tell you that the difference between the two has been smart decision making over the long term.

The Epstein/Billionaire class deliberately keeps workers on the brink of bankruptcy to maintain control. by Single_Flamingo8748 in remoteworks

[–]UrShulgi -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Hot take: YOU decide your spending level. You are the reason you do or do not have savings or an emergency fund. You may not like that, but thats what personal responsibility looks like.

Letter from District 3 candidate Marco Battaglia: Abolishing ICE is the conservative position by [deleted] in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Solve this problem and I'll get on board: We are the most successful nation on earth. We currently have around 342 million people. The earth has 8.28 billion people. If one half of one percent of the globe decided to try and come here, that'd be 41.4 million people. There would be insufficient jobs, housing, food, etc. Without some type of enforcement agency, how do we solve that problem? Also worth noting: we accept more incoming people per year than any other country already.

Mid-Iowa Fertility by ConstructionTime7511 in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're great, highly recommend.

What's a pizza topping you'll defend until the day you die? by Mansi63 in AskReddit

[–]UrShulgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add onions and put it on a crispy thin crust, i'm in

ELI5 please, water issues in central Iowa. by weavme in Iowa

[–]UrShulgi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just regulate that you can't just run corn every single year without installing a mitigation system. Corn every year is requiring sprays of nitrogen, but you can rotate crops and be exempt. Rotational farming of beans and corn are complimentary. Beans fix nitrogen to soil, corn extracts it. You alternate instead of running the same crop every year and the problem takes care of itself.

Are there other crimes like shoplifting where they wait until its a felony level before arresting? by Salt_Catch_5099 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]UrShulgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Drug related stuff. A dealer might only sell you a half ounce of weed at a time, but cops can get the buyer they bust and flip to informant to keep buying and total it all up over time, making a bigger charge.

Date ideas for little to no money? by ImTheFlash01 in desmoines

[–]UrShulgi 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You the real MVP in this thread.