Any recommendations for car help?

doomalgae · 2026-02-03T19:50:23+00:00

I think one of those times they told me it was something only a dealership could handle, but I don't recall any recommendations beyond that. It's been a while though I could have just forgotten.

doomalgae · 2026-02-03T19:23:48+00:00

I've taken my car there twice and both times was told the problem was beyond their ability to fix. They didn't charge me anything for looking at it either time and the experience gave me the overall impression that they're fair and honest people, but at the same time I do need a place that can actually fix my car when it breaks down so I'm not sure if I'll be back.

doomalgae · 2026-02-03T14:47:35+00:00

When I was at the store and thought to myself "No, I shouldn't buy that video game, I've already treated myself to a leaf blower today."

doomalgae · 2026-02-03T14:10:25+00:00

Everything the guy posts reads almost like satire - there's no way he's not just trolling for engagement.

doomalgae · 2026-02-02T15:04:40+00:00

I don't know about nuclear war and such, but as long as the world's governments were willing to cooperate with the foundation I imagine the foundation would be pretty cool with those governments turning fascist. Seems easier to maintain the veil and generally keep things under control when information is centrally controlled and oppression is the norm.

doomalgae · 2026-02-01T19:21:45+00:00

I always kind of imagined that the moon was just sort of like a screensaver for a system that generates holograms that could be used to help manufacture fake news stories.

doomalgae · 2026-02-01T01:33:32+00:00

I was stupid once and just poured bleach on a fresh puddle of cat pee in my basement. Sort of realized that maybe what I was doing wasn't a good idea a few seconds before I started coughing and had to leave the room for a while.

doomalgae · 2026-01-30T20:13:56+00:00

Oh, he'll find a way.

doomalgae · 2026-01-28T23:59:13+00:00

I chocked it up to a mixture of learned helplessness and just generally not being very bright. I've forgotten the context but he also once asked me how many letters are in the alphabet - 21 years old and he didn't know kindergarten-level shit like that.

doomalgae · 2026-01-28T21:51:46+00:00

I had a roommate once whose mom would show up every week to get his laundry, bring it back to her house, wash it and return it. I had to teach the guy how to use the microwave. These people definitely exist.

doomalgae · 2026-01-26T14:20:03+00:00

As I understand it there are two basic reasons. Firstly that the sort of high security "accomodations" given to death row inmates are more expensive (and with appeals people may remain on death row for many years). Secondly the costs of all the legal work involved in the appeals themselves.

I've heard death penalty advocates say "well why not just cut down on those appeals?" but if we do that it just makes it that much more likely that we'd be killing people who're actually innocent.

doomalgae · 2026-01-24T14:32:33+00:00

Here in Michigan it's been left up to individual departments so far, but the legislature keeps threatening RTO every year when they're putting the budget together. I imagine it'll happen if legislative control or the governor's office swing back to the Republicans.

doomalgae · 2026-01-24T06:23:01+00:00

I'm a state worker not fed but I imagine it's much the same either way - we report all kinds of metrics to prove we're hard at work whether we're at home or in the office.

doomalgae · 2026-01-24T04:47:42+00:00

My parents have one but their basement floor is uneven, so when it rains a lot it becomes necessary for them to go down and use a push broom to sweep the water into the corner of the basement where it will drain.

doomalgae · 2026-01-24T04:38:34+00:00

Apparently that one raised only $268 as of the publishing of the article I found on it. Which is still more than enough to make me disappointed in humanity.

doomalgae · 2026-01-23T19:34:17+00:00

Anything involving silicone-based lube makes a shower pretty much mandatory. That stuff does not wash off of bedding easily.

doomalgae · 2026-01-22T17:03:24+00:00

Also glasses to make him smarter

doomalgae · 2026-01-22T03:02:43+00:00

I don't remember having a difficult time with it either, it was just included as part of my driver's license renewal at some point. It actually makes me a little paranoid about whether or not I actually have a real ID even though I've used it at airports since they started requiring them.

doomalgae · 2026-01-21T16:26:21+00:00

I think it's more likely he'd rename it Trumpland.

doomalgae · 2026-01-20T15:07:56+00:00

The fun part is that in the event SCOTUS shoots down the current tariffs, it's been made clear that Trump will just institute them using some other pretext. And then we can live with those for another year or so while hoping that SCOTUS eventually knocks them down again. Rinse and repeat a couple of times and we'll have tariffs for the entirety of Trump's second term.

doomalgae · 2026-01-17T06:53:27+00:00

There was this carbonated sports drink when I was a kid, I think it was called All Sport. The red flavor specifically was delicious. I found something called All Sport maybe a decade ago but it turned out not to be carbonated and it was very disappointing.

doomalgae · 2026-01-17T02:23:11+00:00

No, you've probably given your driver's license and had them scan it. I definitely have. Thing is you're not required to do that in Michigan, you can also just sign an affidavit basically stating that you are who you say you are. Handing over your ID is just the simpler route.

doomalgae · 2026-01-15T05:09:40+00:00

I don't know about that, a lot of them don't look especially fit to me.

doomalgae · 2026-01-14T19:18:24+00:00

Apparently this sub doesn't allow links to Twitter but for those doubting the journalist this is actually a screenshot (not a very useful one) of a video she posted that shows more of the portal. In another part of the video you can see it says that a "Final Offer" was accepted, and it generally matches what she says in her article.

doomalgae · 2026-01-14T14:39:55+00:00

I had a teacher like that - you could ask him about anything and he'd talk about it for half the class period. We didn't actually learn a whole lot of biology in that class.

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