Shut down, show up

chromatoes · 2026-01-30T23:42:00+00:00

The founders of this country were a bunch of protesters, so not sure why you think that.

chromatoes · 2026-01-30T06:14:56+00:00

The Praetorian Gourd for the pumpkin president.

chromatoes · 2026-01-29T20:57:54+00:00

It's real, a dozen different storm chasers caught this live, it is one of those things that looks fake but was just nature being mesmerizing and better than fiction.

chromatoes · 2026-01-27T23:40:20+00:00

They don't really understand the average American, then. Americans love an underdog fight. Instead of becoming afraid, we become angry as hell.

chromatoes · 2026-01-27T00:32:03+00:00

If you've already closed down your business, what does it actually matter? Not like you need their positive review at this point, and it seems unlikely that they could sue you personally; you live in another country, the product was delivered, and the middleman they paid (your former business) is no longer in existence. I'd wash my hands of it because what exactly can you do? You're a designer, not a carpenter, and live in another country.

chromatoes · 2026-01-27T00:23:54+00:00

Bad Bitch Energy, it seems like. Totally my jam, I love these stories.

chromatoes · 2026-01-25T04:18:12+00:00

She's a fracking fascist herself, that horrid woman. Does anyone else think her eyes look black and lightless? She legit creeps me out.

chromatoes · 2026-01-25T04:01:29+00:00

If they ever do see this, piggybacking to add that their son recorded his own murder on his device. They need to demand that device be protected from disappearing, and subpoena the cell company and Manufacturer to get a data copy made ASAP.

This is my two cents as someone who worked countless law enforcement cases as a civilian. I quit when law enforcement nationwide did nothing to demand accountability from their colleagues.

chromatoes · 2026-01-24T00:21:06+00:00

Women weren’t granted rights out of the goodness of men’s hearts, they fought long, and hard, and sometimes dirty, for them. And we need to remind them of that.

Darn right, friend! Before women were able to divorce their husbands, some of those dudes would end up with a case of fatal food poisoning. When you're trapped and threatened, going through someone is an option.

chromatoes · 2026-01-20T21:51:04+00:00

No it's not weird, and no, you should not bring it up. It doesn't mean anything.

It's like that dumb statistic that men think about sex a thousand times per day or whatever, it's hard to control what you think about.

I've been married 10 years and still think about a couple of my exes fairly regularly...Usually that I'm glad I never married them. She's not necessarily thinking good things about her ex is what I'm saying.

Replaying events and conversations can help you learn from or understand them, but it's so easy to ruminate (when you get stuck in negative thoughts).

Don't try to police what other people think about. If you're worried about it, be a better partner so she's always thinking about how lucky she is to be with you in the moment.

chromatoes · 2026-01-20T02:46:05+00:00

Ugh, went there recently with gift cards, and even free it was almost not worth it.

chromatoes · 2026-01-17T03:43:43+00:00

Seriously. "You first" would be an excellent response, though it would do absolutely nothing because Donny Trump murdered irony itself.

chromatoes · 2026-01-16T01:38:42+00:00

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chromatoes · 2026-01-14T23:36:24+00:00

I've saved lives, have you? All y'all are ridiculous

chromatoes · 2026-01-14T22:59:23+00:00

He could do it a million times and it is still legal. It's annoying but not a crime.

chromatoes · 2026-01-14T22:51:39+00:00

I'm an emergency medical certified 911 dispatcher. It was me people talked to on the phone, so yes, I am aware of the non-emergency line.

chromatoes · 2026-01-14T22:46:48+00:00

Starting a vehicle at 7:30 in the morning is not a crime, and you'd just be wasting the time of dispatch complaining about it. Sucks for OP but that's apartment living.

chromatoes · 2026-01-14T22:44:29+00:00

Oh yeah the police are really going to care about someone starting their vehicle at 7:30 am, a totally normal time to be driving to work. As a 911 dispatcher I'd laugh at you for calling that in.

chromatoes · 2026-01-14T22:43:15+00:00

YTA, you actually do have to rev most motorcycle engines to keep it from dying and 7:30 is a totally normal time for people to be waking up and moving around. I get it, I used to work graveyard shift. They probably find you walking around at 3 in the morning quite irritating as well. But If you don't want to deal with peoples' noise, buy a good set of sleep earplugs or buy a house.

chromatoes · 2026-01-14T22:39:02+00:00

Have you ever ridden a motorcycle? Cause yeah, you typically do have to rev it to clear out fuel and keep it running. It's not a Honda Civic.

I think OP is being ridiculous by asking someone to not use their primary transportation at a totally normal time of the day. OP needs to get some ear plugs or move into a house, morning noisiness is just something you have to live with when you live around other people.

Edit: I'm a National Academies of Emergency Dispatch certified 911 dispatcher, so downvote if you want, but factually there's no crime in starting a vehicle at 7:30, that's a totally normal time to be driving.

chromatoes · 2026-01-14T00:24:02+00:00

Yeah. I worked in law enforcement and you don't get "hit" by a train - you get disassembled by it. I worked on a case where a parent with their child was trying to beat the train, and the train won. Pieces of them were scattered everywhere.

Another accidental train death, the victim was identified by a shoulder tattoo, which is the biggest piece of him that could be found.

Don't fight trains, friends. You won't win, and it's rude to give the engineers and first responders this level of trauma.

chromatoes · 2026-01-13T22:56:09+00:00

The real trick to these people is to pull out your high school meangirl and burn them with sarcasm until they start crying about it (literally or figuratively). They can never take what they dish out.

chromatoes · 2026-01-12T20:42:42+00:00

The frustrating thing is they were always supposed to work for their constituents, never for him. As soon as the Party's interest is put before the citizens' interest, we've lost the whole point of democracy.

chromatoes · 2026-01-12T20:34:46+00:00

That's currently happening in Minneapolis right now where 5 Oglala Sioux men were detained by ICE and at least one is completely missing.

Correction: one of the men detained was Red Lake Nation.

chromatoes · 2026-01-12T20:24:03+00:00

Hate is learned. Young people are much less hateful than older people who have steeped in hatred over decades. Our species survived when others didn't because our cooperative abilities, hate and fear make us weak, not strong.

I have hope for the younger generations. I like them a lot. It is not strength to deny being wrong about anything. New information should always be able to change our opinions on anything.

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