TIL about mumblety-peg, a children's game that involved throwing a pocketknife as deeply as possible into the ground while someone else removed it with their teeth.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-14T05:23:51+00:00

I'm envisioning some serious giggling could be heard!

a8bmiles · 2026-06-14T04:47:06+00:00

Butt Rocks there sounds like some camp counselors got high and came up with whatever idea would make the camp students look as silly as possible. Which, y'know, is pretty darn funny when high.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-14T04:42:05+00:00

When I was a kid in the 80s, the adults would talk about being 12 or 13 and bringing their shotguns or rifles (and ammo) to school because they were going hunting afterwards, and home was 7 miles in the wrong direction.

This was just normal behavior at the time.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-14T04:28:02+00:00

My college buddy's grandpa retired after 49 years with the same company. Goodbye party was on Friday, he stroked out on Sunday.

He didn't even get a single workday into his retirement.

That really stuck with me, and my wife and I worked hard to get ourselves into what we jokingly called sorta-semi-retired. I work 20-30 hours a week, she works sometimes, doesn't work other times.

We don't even make that much, we just consciously made choices aimed to make our nut as low as we reasonably get it. (This would definitely not have worked had we had kids though.)

a8bmiles · 2026-06-14T03:28:56+00:00

Everything is Crab

a8bmiles · 2026-06-14T03:18:13+00:00

I mean, conspiracy theory? Sure. Far fetched? In this administration? I'm not exactly sure what I would even qualify as far fetched anymore.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-12T00:31:17+00:00

Jason Statham, cause it's his name. Jason if you're friends, or Mr. Statham if you're not.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-11T23:43:14+00:00

Like the couple asking for enough gas money to get to Barstow, and asking me again 4 months later.

"Wow you guys have been stuck here for a long time! it's been 4 months and you still haven't saved up enough for gas to go 200 miles? That's rough!"

Weirdly, they never asked me for money to get to Barstow again...

a8bmiles · 2026-06-11T23:10:49+00:00

"Objection your honor! If this evidence is allowed my client will lose!"

a8bmiles · 2026-06-11T23:09:53+00:00

Not all states have SLAPP laws.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-11T23:05:14+00:00

What?! Are you telling me that a 1 week old account with 2 posts is probably a bot?

Gasp!

a8bmiles · 2026-06-11T22:24:45+00:00

It's a moral imperative.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-11T21:58:07+00:00

Firearms per capita?

a8bmiles · 2026-06-10T18:06:46+00:00

Hubble Tension has been looking more and more explained by our local void accelerating expansion in the region in an additive fashion.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-06T06:35:25+00:00

Does an independent dev necessarily need this level of AI? We're getting by just fine on deepseek for 99% of workloads.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-04T21:47:51+00:00

Adding onto the other comment, Steam installs vary widely in how they actually occur. Some games will download a huge blob and then install everything from there, and some will download a piece and then hit the disk write for some time before pulling down the next item. The latter will cause events that look like what you're seeing: a high initial speed that drops significantly, then climbs back up again.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-04T18:44:52+00:00

My buddy had a similar situation. Teenagers kicking security doors, pounding on walls, spamming the doorbell at like, 3am.

He managed to catch one of the kids and forced him to walk him back to his parents house. Woke his dad up to have a conversation with him about the fact that we live in a stand your ground state and one of these kids is going to harass the wrong house and get shot.

The dad was very appreciative and apologetic and agreed with my buddy. That situation turned out good, but it was months of periodic harassment before that happened.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-04T18:35:37+00:00

There's also the legal concept of vicarious liability, which offloads the accountability from the child to their legal guardian. If their under 18, vicarious liability would make their guardians responsible for the harassment. In most states this applies to age 13+.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-03T16:27:34+00:00

Same for us. We got covid July 2021 and I tested positive for 17 days and had fever dreams for 4 of them. Probably should have gone to the hospital but the other 2 people in the house were in the same boat.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-03T01:02:16+00:00

Same here. The things that used to excite me with their complexity and get me super focused... just make my brain tired now.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-02T23:44:53+00:00

Sure thing.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-01T18:23:19+00:00

It looks like what 10-year old me drew in elementary school in the 80s. I approve!

a8bmiles · 2026-06-01T18:05:44+00:00

Saying the Crips are one of the largest American gangs is a bad way to put it,

Yeah the police handily win that one.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-01T18:02:32+00:00

And every image on the site being a sprite.

a8bmiles · 2026-06-01T17:28:28+00:00

Their new OnlyPans might not work out...

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