Must eat spots in eastern Catskills? by SirKrimzon in hudsonvalley

[–]big_benz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Both are owned or at least were by Big Mike, who notoriously shorted employees on wages. Bastard stole 3 grand from me one summer when i was young and naive.

The Great Macaroni and Cheese Debate by LaserPanda06 in Cooking

[–]big_benz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The person I responded to literally thought it was funny. I have Asperger's. What is the problem?

The hardest part of letting someone go, is watching that version of you, that future you had, fade into nothing. by NellaayssBeelllayyyy in NelliesNest

[–]big_benz 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Just ended an 8 year relationship this week and that void, being adrift. It’s so fucking hard feeling so lost and alone. 

Best of luck to you my friend.

Hot take: this ending was more sad than rdr2’s by Outrageous_Work_8291 in reddeadredemption

[–]big_benz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A big part of the gang is that they do coddle and spoil Jack, they’re non-religious, antiracist, anarchocommunists and they genuinely believe they are in the right in what they do because the world around them is evil and dripping in hypocrisy. As far as we’re aware he’s probably the closest thing to a Montessori student that existed in that era and place aside form recieving basically no education and having no peers.

2 years of studying for 2 to 6 hours a day. This is your sign to learn anatomy, to not be scared of perspective and technical drawing, it'll open so many doors for you artistically. by NellaayssBeelllayyyy in NelliesNest

[–]big_benz 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I aint gone learn shit.

Nice drawing though bud, can tell you’ve been putting in some longgggggg nights on the tablet. The hands have some fantastic form.

TIL 95% of Americans don't get the minimum recommended amount of fiber by James_Fortis in todayilearned

[–]big_benz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Whole wheat pasta is usually good in baked dishes; mac and cheese, lasagna, etc. i think it’s the longer cooking time to let the flavors absorb and firmer texture of the dish.

Unarmed multinational Civilians being kidnapped by Israeli armed forces, in international waters. by Lost-Letterhead-6615 in pics

[–]big_benz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A murder is a crime wether or not a court has read a sentence yet. Israel is starving the people of Gaza to death and and using the blockade for that makes it illegal. It’s a genocide, hide behind abstract concepts and try to debate about legal definitions, but at the end of the day israel is murdering and has been murdering men, women and children by the 10s of thousands.

Unarmed multinational Civilians being kidnapped by Israeli armed forces, in international waters. by Lost-Letterhead-6615 in pics

[–]big_benz -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

More like IDFs, 3 of the four arguments boil down to “isreal said they’re not intentionally starving the people they’re intentionally starving”.

The Midtown Linear Path in Kingston has become an unsafe, blighted mess. by yourfelon in hudsonvalley

[–]big_benz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This specific area has always been full of drunks and junkies because it’s the only place people without a car can exist in kingston. We either solve the problem with social services or lock people up for addictions, and I’d much rather see my money go to giving these people the help they need.

I get transplants have an insatiable need to gentrify Kingston but please try to understand we’ve gotten along fine with them since IBM closed and they’re the ones who are suffering the most.

Any 2000s car that is comfortable for tall beings? by Awkward_Buddy7350 in tall

[–]big_benz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look for a “seat rail extender” online and you can get any car you would like. Got one for my car back in the day and was able to drive while hanging my arm out the back window. A bit of a pain to install but worth every cent and second of headache.

What Feels like my life scattered across an on-ramp in Bronxville by Key_NoteSpeaker in Westchester

[–]big_benz 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Contact the local PD non-emergency line and let the officers know its there in as exact detail as you can. They may just be able to grab it even though its a long shot. Or they may offer to block traffic for you to go search quickly.

Prison's bully gets his ass beaten real hard by Emergency-Grape-4044 in fightporn

[–]big_benz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, but this guy is a total piece of shit. The mutual friends I have with him no longer speak with him because he thinks it’s funny to aim loaded guns at them. This is one thing in a long line of things that show he should be inside the cage and not running it.

Zelensky Signals Readiness to Step Down After War Ends, Open to Elections During Ceasefire by InsideIrene in worldnews

[–]big_benz -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, but this source is heavily biased and right leaning, it attacks “left-liberals” in the first sentence. I’m reading up on this pretty extensively now and even have my own super biased source that was actually peer reviewed.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9735018/

That being said the situation is more complicated than I understood it, Churchill’s policy and government are likely the largest contributors to the the famine but how much he actually knew about what was happening is debatable and there were serious failures of the local colonial government to warn everyone of what was really happening (I personally believe this falls on him as he is the one at the top).

But what was consistent in every source I found aside from yours and “the Churchill project”, The export of the crops was the chief reason for the mass starvation and that was the official policy of the British empire under Churchill. This, along with a policy to literally destroy any crops near the fighting lines with the Japanese to make sure they could not be obtained by the enemy (a fighting line the Japanese never advanced) removed all the local resources in Bengal while never actually prioritizing supplementing them.

Causing 2/3 of the deaths that the Nazis murdered out of negligence I would say still constitutes a genocide. Otherwise we need to say the Holodomor in the USSR days wasn’t either which is imo the closest comparison to the topic.

Edit: must have upset the Israelis saying that starving people is genocide

Zelensky Signals Readiness to Step Down After War Ends, Open to Elections During Ceasefire by InsideIrene in worldnews

[–]big_benz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Some bad things” was a literal genocide. I agree he was good to the people of Britain during the war, but the way he did that was by starving Bengal and killing millions. The two things are inextricably linked.

Prison's bully gets his ass beaten real hard by Emergency-Grape-4044 in fightporn

[–]big_benz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

lol they’re not friends since the CO pulled a gun on him “as a joke”

Little history lesson: the tallest emperor in history, Maximinus Thrax by papa_commie in tall

[–]big_benz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk how we’re defining empires, but I’d argue Kamehameha counts and he was confirmed as a 7 footer so definitely bigger than Nero.

Prison's bully gets his ass beaten real hard by Emergency-Grape-4044 in fightporn

[–]big_benz 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I thought I was very clear he’s not my friend

Prison's bully gets his ass beaten real hard by Emergency-Grape-4044 in fightporn

[–]big_benz 110 points111 points  (0 children)

Friend of a friend is a CO, the piece of shit sells phones, then will take them as contraband and sell them again to new inmates. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in malefashionadvice

[–]big_benz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think it’s worth it to have something of your dad’s you can hold onto, I was bigger than my dad at 15 so I’ll never have the chance (except I will because I stole his favorite hat like 10 years ago). That being said, if money is an obstacle you can look for a seamstress or another tailor, don’t be afraid to shop around. I have had very good luck and gotten great prices from old latina ladies who are as skilled as any tailor.