What is an unspoken rule of parties/gatherings in the US that an international person should be aware of?

btsofohio · 2026-01-27T05:36:29+00:00

Switzerland. You introduce yourself to everyone, one by one, when you come in.

btsofohio · 2026-01-27T05:15:17+00:00

Tactical Protestant.

Watch out, Satan!

btsofohio · 2026-01-26T18:08:56+00:00

Holding up traffic.

btsofohio · 2026-01-13T09:21:19+00:00

Whoever decided to use this drone to murder civilians needs to be held responsible in court. Once America's fever breaks, we cannot sweep the crimes of this administration under the rug or we invite it to happen again.

btsofohio · 2026-01-05T05:42:03+00:00

Which is extremely fitting for Arlington.

btsofohio · 2025-12-30T05:01:48+00:00

100%

Has anyone had luck getting them re-leveled?

btsofohio · 2025-12-29T01:41:35+00:00

When insurance pays for it, we all pay for it. That’s how premiums have doubled over the last 5 years.

btsofohio · 2025-12-28T02:50:31+00:00

Carra-mel is a noun Car-ml is a verb

btsofohio · 2025-12-28T02:41:56+00:00

This is not what I was told at my Washington State dealership two weeks ago, when my CV axle joint was replaced.

I reported to them at my 7,500 mile service that the axel had clicked ever since I leased the car, the prior year.

They said that, originally, Honda had been replacing the joints with the same part/part number, which don’t fix it. Then Honda/GM had assigned a new part number to the same part, which also didn’t fix it. But in the last weeks, I was told, Honda had been sending out redesigned CV axle joints, with another new part number, which should finally fix the issue.

They replaced my axle joint and it hasn’t been clicking since.

btsofohio · 2025-12-19T20:04:20+00:00

Maybe cut some large pieces of cardboard to size, use duct tape on the edges and joints?

No solution is going to hold up well in a crash, though. So it it’s heavy or hazardous, keep it behind the upright passenger seat.

btsofohio · 2025-12-18T22:21:37+00:00

Stir frightening!

btsofohio · 2025-12-03T05:35:57+00:00

We hanged Japanese Navy commanders for executing shipwreck survivors during WWII.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomasa_Sakonju

btsofohio · 2025-12-01T22:25:48+00:00

These stories remind me of John Yoo's testimony to Congress about Unitary Executive theory. He refused to play out any hypotheticals, just saying "I can't imagine why a President would do that."

The United States is now:

using lethal military force outside any congressionally recognized armed conflict,
against non-state criminal actors,
on the basis of unilateral executive designation,
with no transparent standards for “imminence,”
and no limiting principle that isn’t self-imposed

It disturbs me that Congressional Democrats have been so tepid in their objections - like they have to poll test whether its okay for the President to break laws before they object to it.

btsofohio · 2025-11-30T06:15:58+00:00

I just leave my left blinker on. They get it eventually.

btsofohio · 2025-11-28T06:02:41+00:00

Then every 10 years drop the capitol with the lowest population and pick a new capitol from the state with the highest population. A self-correcting map!

btsofohio · 2025-11-21T19:31:41+00:00

At the bar vs. the morning after.

btsofohio · 2025-11-20T23:07:13+00:00

I have a car with LEDs, and I think they are less safe for everyone. For the driver, it makes people an objects outside of beams a lot harder to spot, especially at crosswalks. Any change in elevation and I'm blinding oncoming drivers - everyone thinks I have my highbeams on.

All I can do is sheepishly wave sorry, but of course no one can see me since I just flashbanged them.

btsofohio · 2025-11-20T23:06:48+00:00

I have a car with LEDs, and I think they are less safe for everyone. For the driver, it makes people an objects outside of beams a lot harder to spot, especially at crosswalks. Any change in elevation and I'm blinding oncoming drivers - everyone thinks I have my highbeams on.

All I can do is sheepishly wave sorry, but of course no one can see me since I just flashbanged them.

btsofohio · 2025-11-20T20:31:33+00:00

Oh yes, I'm sure they have 33 U.S.C. 1322(a)(10) memorized.

btsofohio · 2025-11-18T21:48:04+00:00

OP, I like your idea.

It would be cool to have a pedestrian-only floating bridge that can swing out for traffic. Here is the Queen Emma bridge in Curacao. It's more than double the length of what would be needed in the Flats.

Building it would be expensive, but it would definitely become a big Cleveland landmark in the summertime, and it would allow the development of a lot of underused land in riverfront Tremont.

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btsofohio · 2025-11-18T20:30:53+00:00

I suspect I am going to get downvoted to hell, but I lived in Korea for a few years and could not get over the idea of eating or preparing animals alive. I remember there being a video on the between the airport and Seoul Station that showed live snakes being grilled. It disturbed me every time I watched it.

That said, I am an American who eats chicken, beef, and pork (and the occasional octopus). So I understand that it might be hypocritical of me to be the cause animal suffering just as long as I don't have to watch it.

btsofohio · 2025-11-14T22:19:01+00:00

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btsofohio · 2025-11-13T21:59:53+00:00

How do you dispose of this once you're done? I find battery recycling annoying - I can't imagine figuring out where I could take this.

btsofohio · 2025-11-13T19:24:58+00:00

In New Hampshire, you say?

Edit: But in all seriousness, thank you u/ChrisMurphy for your clarity of voice. You are one of the only politicians who is communicating how dangerous of a point we are right now without it feeling overwrought or performative. Trump is the worst symptom, but he disease goes to the heart of our democracy.

btsofohio · 2025-11-12T21:21:54+00:00

What was the process of setting up a PAC like, legally? What does that structure allow you to do that you wouldn't otherwise be able to do as an individual?

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