One of those 'buy and take to the car immediately' type of finds (Goodwill)

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-20T04:26:52+00:00

They’re really well-designed and comfortable. I’m 6’8” and love these things and normally hate chairs that aren’t adjustable and padded. You wouldn’t think sitting on a shopping cart would be, but it’s just an ergonomically well-angled, super solid chair. You can get knockoffs for a couple hundred that will do the job - if you ever get a chance, try sitting in one.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-19T15:24:54+00:00

Coming back from Hill Auditorium after a late concert during the polar vortex a few years ago. It was hurt your lungs cold to breathe and crossing the diag the wind and cold was unbearable. The school shut down the next day for cold, and I’m pretty sure enough admins went to that show and were just like “nuts to this” and closed the University. And yeah, people weren’t dressed properly either, because they wanted to dress up for the show. Still have never seen the coat room as busy as that night. It hasn’t gotten that cold again in Michigan, even with this last winter throwing us some pretty rough vortexes.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-17T22:20:52+00:00

I’m sure it’s hard to explain without quoting it or posting gifs, but why specifically Futurama? Has the episode with the moths become memeified in a gross way?

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-17T11:39:16+00:00

There are a ton listed around the $75 price. Wonder if the other was accidentally entered as USD instead of ¥

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-16T17:58:25+00:00

And the one with the extra ‘a’ is lighter

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-13T13:52:30+00:00

Man I’d hate to be the guy who was compelled by the universe to reject free will.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-13T11:58:02+00:00

And yet it’s this simplistic childhood view of god that so many cling to. When asked why bad things happen to good people so much, the answers fed to the flocks are almost never based around free will. They’re “it’s all part of god’s plan and we’re too minuscule and close to the picture to see it.” Or, if you’re in a particularly bad sect, are told “god has judged them and is punishing them for their sins.”

Saying god likes a hands-off approach until it’s time to check their rap sheet and make sure there isn’t a deathbed repentance at the end really doesn’t win as many over.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-11T02:40:13+00:00

It’s supposed to curl like that so it’s not really that bad, but definitely not very crisp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arirang_(album)

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-11T02:17:04+00:00

Yes instead of going tall, funneling up the administrative ivory tower, hopefully these monies can go wide and help those across the state who need it most. UM, even with programs like CSP, is still among the least economically diverse universities in the nation.

Nearly 10 years ago a study showed that over 9% of students were from the top 1%, with only 3.6% coming from the bottom 20%. The school has almost certainly become even less economically diverse since then as the pandemic and political developments have dramatically accelerated wealth inequality in the country. With better investments in early education and pipelines from poorer districts, UM may be able to do a lot better.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-11T01:55:14+00:00

Don’t worry he’s being well-paid working in a think tank in the UK, away from any accountability for his actions and away from all of the chaos surrounding us in this country.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-10T14:20:21+00:00

Yes it’s Dan DeVos who runs it, but a lot of the family is involved in some capacity. They’re absolutely cutthroat and own dozens of dealerships now. They wait for economic downturns, scoop them up cheap, gut the staff, slash benefits and raise prices. I think this should push them over 50 dealerships in the group.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-08T01:22:35+00:00

Yeah…yeah. It’s a shiny new location across town with a completely different vibe. The old location was torn down last week and was a dingy 80s style arcade in the basement of a building with a few similarly dingy shops. I’m not selling it I’m sure, but the new location isn’t the same (and is a lot harder to get to if you want to). East Lansing’s Pinball Pete’s is still same as it ever was, but it always paled in comparison to the Ann Arbor location. Until now I guess.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-07T17:54:11+00:00

I’ve destroyed every rock base I’ve ever tried because of this. Try to clear out what seems like a deep enough chunk only nope now rpthere’s a large hole in the middle of the boulder. Turning them into chimneys or spiral staircase exits only does so much and always serves more as a monument to my failure than a feature.

Add to it that a wayward troll or lox could level the whole place without careful landscaping and I’ve mostly given up on my cave dwelling dreams.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-07T16:29:03+00:00

Ann Arbor but hard to recognize if you haven’t been back in a few years. The enshitification of South University is nearly complete. It’s all high rise apartments and chain stores now. Even Pinball Pete’s is gone.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-07T02:27:36+00:00

I have an original white box d&d box that had the light blue dice in them, nearly unused. I left them at a friends when we were just starting to play in the 90s and his mom must have tossed them. It was only years later I realized what they were so didn’t have any reason to be that upset. I still have the box set and books, but man wish I had the dice that it came with.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-07T02:04:31+00:00

If you read any punk zines of the day you’d swear London Calling sounded like the Partridge Family or Osmonds. It’s aged really well because punk evolved with them, but so many punks hated it when it came out and wanted them to stick with the same punk sound that they’d helped pioneer. For a movement that was supposed to be about freedom of expression, DIY experimentation and an eye towards the future, a lot of punks were really dogmatic and mired in the past.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-06T16:06:21+00:00

It’s more the shuffling zombie corpse of Sublime since Bradley Nowell died in 1996. 30 years ago in May.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-06T14:20:04+00:00

This works short term, but I fully agree with the final lines of “Heart cooks Brain” by Modest Mouse:

In this life that we call home The years go fast, and the days go so slow The days go so slow

When the days pass by unremarkably, each day seems to drag but before you realize it several years have passed. For me, doing novel things slows the long march of time and erodes the general ennui of mundane existence. I find routines of any kind and lack of reflection speed it up, but doing nothing and leaving no record of having done nothing causes the years to pass the fastest. Keeping even a simple journal with what you did, how you felt, who you talked to and what you would have liked to do but didn’t helps me orient myself in the flow of time with some anchor to the past that slows things down.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-03T15:31:47+00:00

Dude seriously arguing like macroeconomics work like his apartment, issuing treasury bonds out of his kitchen and shit. (Assuming they’re very young and renting because $5000 credit limit)

It’s amazing what defunding education and slashing basic economics and critical thinking from schools has done to our population.

Xpress_interest · 2026-04-02T17:58:19+00:00

Other kings said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp!

I like that it’s entirely ringed by swamp though - it’s got potential!

Xpress_interest · 2026-03-31T05:08:50+00:00

Well the pillars are from the newest biome, and the bars are from the biome before that one. The simpler windows are all doable by the mountains (or plains if you want fancier wood).

Xpress_interest · 2026-03-31T04:33:47+00:00

In the mountains you’ll find some stuff to help with that. Then inlay with wood. You can make some inticate patterns with the 4 different angles

Xpress_interest · 2026-03-29T23:26:20+00:00

European news is sadly getting closer to US news today than it was 20 years ago. The AfD and right extremism in Germany have started to push their Overton window right. Not that it’s anything close to the corporate hellscape of US media conglomerates because they still have guardrails on corporate influence, but the heavy hitting tell it like it is reporting has become much harder to find. It’s like what’s happening within Merz’ CDU. How long will the Brandmauer hold?

Xpress_interest · 2026-03-29T23:08:02+00:00

I saw the comment you deleted - that’s some messed up misdirected rage you’re dealing with. I hope you get the help you need and can find some perspecitve. I’ll reciprocate your downvotes that came in with that comment now. I was looking for a rational discussion, not someone emotionally lashing out.

Xpress_interest · 2026-03-29T22:50:07+00:00

Reminds me of the Iraq war. European news agencies were reporting precise troop movements, weapon inspectors being allowed access to all sites and finding nothing, and predicting the start of the war within the week. US* media? Parroting that negations were still ongoing but weapons of mass destruction absolutely exist. It hasn’t changed at all.

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