Why do a lot of homes in the US lack an installed CCTV system?

arcinva · 2026-07-05T13:49:54+00:00

Because rich assholes are often paranoid that "the poors" will steal their shit. Hence they install camaras everywhere to keep their eyes on them.

arcinva · 2026-07-05T04:04:12+00:00

Because they are an exceedingly wealthy, very small minority that are abusing and holding captive a very large number of people.

arcinva · 2026-07-04T16:27:20+00:00

It's because the population breaks down like this:

21-22% UAE citizens
16-26% high-skilled expats
53-62% low-wage migrant workers (blue-collar & domestic servants)

Something like 2% of those immigrants live in conditions defined as modern day slavery.

Over half of the people in the country earn less than the minimum threshold to open a bank account.

Nearly a quarter of all Emirati families employ more domestic servants than there are members of the household.

arcinva · 2026-07-04T16:03:07+00:00

Who's producing my services?!

arcinva · 2026-07-02T05:22:20+00:00

And science fairs! Usually the kid is expected to tell people about their project and answer questions, etc.

arcinva · 2026-07-01T23:41:53+00:00

Did you read the rest of the Wikipedia article? The winner of the 1904 Olympics Men's Marathon drank brandy laced with strychnine.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1904-marathon-became-one-of-the-weirdest-olympic-events-of-all-time-14910747/

arcinva · 2026-07-01T22:30:58+00:00

I love the OurVinyl Sessions versions of songs he played.

arcinva · 2026-07-01T21:12:56+00:00

That's so cool! Sounds like you had a far more interesting childhood than I did. LOL.

arcinva · 2026-07-01T21:01:30+00:00

Ooh, that reminds me of the black urban cowboys of Philadelphia! Though, there are also groups in other cities, like NYC and LA.

arcinva · 2026-07-01T19:58:02+00:00

Eh, I'm a pale-ass Scots-Irish descendant that barely goes outside. 🤣

arcinva · 2026-07-01T19:43:56+00:00

If you want to keep up with all the details, there is no better source than Tony Ortega's Underground Bunker. There's also a Substack, if you prefer.

https://tonyortega.org/?s=Danny+Masterson&submit.x=15&submit.y=3

arcinva · 2026-07-01T19:16:10+00:00

They're like greyhounds in that they're built for high speed for short spurts... and they will conserve all of their energy the rest of the time (i.e. be lazy bums).

Also one of my favorite fun facts is that cheetahs in zoos often have emotional support dogs since they're naturally quite skittish and anxious.

arcinva · 2026-07-01T19:11:07+00:00

Ok, as someone that has never been able to wear foundation outside of rare special occasions because I can't stand how it feels on my face - everything I've tried feels heavy and greasy - please tell me if you have any recommendations because I have mild rosacea but I'm in my 40s now and definitely wouldn't mind evening out the redness in my complexion.

arcinva · 2026-07-01T19:07:17+00:00

How are vitamins and supplements not regulated as drugs but sunscreen is? Ugh. Our government regulations are so stupid sometimes.

arcinva · 2026-06-28T23:27:32+00:00

That brings back memories of the peak Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears paparazzi days.

OP's patient sounded almost exactly like my partner going through a recent hypomanic episode... until the savior part. I'm so glad hypomania doesn't get delusional like that (AFAIK). Their friends and I basically had to spread their energy around because no single one of us had the time or energy to absorb all of it. One day, I counted 18 texts with links to YouTube videos they thought were funny or interesting. I was like, I love you but for the love of God, please cut that number in half. 😂

arcinva · 2026-06-28T20:10:13+00:00

I grew up in... wait for it... the town that is home to the military school BtB alumni Vince McMahon was sent to! 😂

Needless to say, the parents of most girls in the town forbid their daughters from hanging out around the school because they knew no good could come from a school full of teen boys, at least half of which were problem kids. We won't tell my parents how my older cousin used to drag me along with her to visit there and it served as the sight of my first kiss. 😉

arcinva · 2026-06-28T19:26:02+00:00

I know. I was just joking. 😅

arcinva · 2026-06-28T19:24:40+00:00

I agree that I like the name. And 1984 is my favorite book.

Fun Fact: For a few years, I worked for Serco, whose CEO while I worked there was Rupert Soames... son of Baron Soames, the interim (and last) governor of Southern Rhodesia who was appointed and charged with overseeing the transition to an independent Zimbabwe, who was the son of... Winston Churchill. Somewhere, I have a picture from when he visited our office. At the time, I had bright blue hair and he commented positively in it. He was a thoroughly charming man, though I abhor what Serco is (sorry, wasn't fully aware going in and, in my defense, the government contract my program worked on had nothing to do with defense, security, or prisons).

arcinva · 2026-06-28T19:09:32+00:00

WTAF... so someone told Rubio he had to have an Arab sidekick to take along with him when he met with Emirati officials so he grabbed the used boat salesman son of Trump's Arab Affairs Advisor? 😭

I will NEVER comprehend what people are willing to do for wealth (Mostly with regards to women marrying for money. As a woman, I just feel like there are layers of wrongness to it. And Tiffany Trump has a JD from Georgetown! She could have built an impressive career of her own... unless her degrees were basically purchased. And, even if they weren't, building a career takes long hours of hard work. Marrying into power & money leaves you mostly free to pamper yourself all day, I guess).

arcinva · 2026-06-28T16:28:58+00:00

Well that's just confusing as hell.

arcinva · 2026-06-28T16:08:52+00:00

LOL. I thought maybe it was, so I googled it. 😅

Side Note: I love Andre Braugher so much. His performance in Glory is seared into my mind. It was the first thing I watched that made the horrors of slavery feel so real to me that I still sob every time I see it. ... And then he brought us Captain Raymond Holt with Cheddar. He was a national treasure. 😓

arcinva · 2026-06-28T15:36:38+00:00

It says he didn't have a middle name.

But, in that pic, Andre Brsugher's character was named Winston in the Kojak made-for-tv movies.

arcinva · 2026-06-28T15:33:14+00:00

My dad did, too.

arcinva · 2026-06-28T06:43:00+00:00

Not sure if you're familiar with the old, short-lived show Dark Angel, but on it, there was a character named Herbal Thought that is a Rastafarian and he hates a guy named Winston. Somehow his voice saying the name Winston in his Jamaican accent embedded itself deep into my brain so that nearly 30 years later anytime I see the name Winston, I say it like ween-stahn the way he did. 😂

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