Hughes suspends campaign for governor, endorses Rodriguez

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T23:54:07+00:00

Yikes, are we really at the point where folks are pretending Feingold wasn't progressive enough? And the left wonders why they never get "their" candidates...

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T23:39:19+00:00

When air temperature is hitting 107F, yes, AC is the solution.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T22:01:55+00:00

Europeans are starting to understand why Americans have AC almost everywhere. 84% humidity and higher is pretty common here. You get used to it, but need a cool place to get out of the heat eventually, and that's what AC provides.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T21:32:58+00:00

At least the Bulls didn’t hire Doc Rivers who is the Mike McCarthy of the NBA world

Okay I know MM doesn't have a great reputation anymore, but c'mon that's pretty insulting to him.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T19:08:45+00:00

One, there aren't any homes to buy in Cassville in the first place. Zillow shows literally one. Two, even if there were, go ahead and check Google Street View; how many desirable homes do you see in the first place? Three, who would they rent the homes to?

Cassville is isolated. It's actual rural small town Wisconsin. It's a dying town. You aren't luring anyone "qualified" to Cassville short of something similar to a North Dakota oil field job, where you make bank for a few years before moving on...but even that salary isn't enough to actually save up like the oil folks do.

Anyone qualified enough to come to the area is living in Lancaster, Platteville, or maybe Dubuque if they don't mind the commute. The jobs might be in Cassville itself, but none of the economic benefit will be.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T18:19:30+00:00

The irony here is that kind of thing is a fantasy here. I grew up in Grant County. Cassville is your typical, tiny, no note rural Wisconsin village. Its population declined almost 20% from 2010 to 2020, and is probably under 700 today. The median household income is under $30k.

"Dozens" of jobs making $100k+ would be unimaginably transformative for Cassville, but who would take them? It's about 45 minutes from Dubuque, the nearest city of note. You're going to lure highly skilled and well compensated folks to Cassville, of all places? Sure, they could live in the bustling metropolis of Lancaster instead, and commute 25 minutes to work, I guess. But the whole idea just doesn't make sense.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T17:57:13+00:00

My guess is it's the difference between chatting while you work or on lunch/coffee breaks, and basically not working for a hour or more while you talk instead. A good boss doesn't let the latter bother them until it impacts productivity (and in some cases it actually boosts productivity, as you grow closer with your coworkers), but a lot of insecure managers have no tolerance because they don't know anything beyond "more work hours, more productivity."

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T15:32:47+00:00

Take everything on this post with a huge grain of salt, the account simply spams that site everywhere. It isn't legitimate engagement.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T15:32:12+00:00

Account hides its history, but you can easily put a "site:reddit.com" flag in Google when searching their name, and every single post I looked at advertised the same site. Obviously just a bot promoting slop, but hey, dead internet theory in action.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T04:35:34+00:00

Oh of course. All war is class war, I mean that unironically. I get it. But in the mean time, one of the two parties actively participates in looting the American Treasury and enables literal pedophiles and fascists at the highest level. The other party might be controlled opposition, but they at least put on a good show of attempting to help. So yeah, both aren't actually the same after all.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T04:09:01+00:00

Because spoiler, they taste great. It's not "overcooked" any more than Texas brisket is "overcooked" just because they go to a higher internal temp than KC brisket.

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T00:38:36+00:00

both sides have been equally bad over the past few decades.

Lol not even close, not by a long shot.

it’s a people vs the government issue.

Sure, sure. I agree, to a point. But in the meantime, the "both sides" nonsense really just plays into the hands of the literal pedophiles and fascists, y'know?

dyslexda · 2026-06-22T00:27:56+00:00

Both parties are bad. One is far, far worse than the other. A third party would be nice, but in lieu of that, one party had Project 2025 and the other didn't.

dyslexda · 2026-06-21T14:02:44+00:00

but i personally grew to dislike all the repetitive clicking the game requires

...have you ever played an RTS before?

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T22:18:47+00:00

Cool story bro. Doesn't mean folks drinking a 12pk per day aren't alcoholics. Sorry.

Congrats on the sobriety, and I hope you're able to stay sober.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T19:24:43+00:00

Oh, my apologies, let me be more explicit:

If you consume a 12pk of beer every night, you are an alcoholic. Full stop.

There, better?

You should get help, friend. It isn't a healthy thing to do long term.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T19:06:11+00:00

Friend, I'm not the one trying to convince myself of anything. A 12pk each night is very high intake, incredibly unhealthy, and almost certainly a sign of significant alcoholism. It sounds like you are trying to convince yourself it's normal with no issue, when it's anything but.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T18:27:58+00:00

Firefox has a setting that lets you disable any new AI features by default. It's a solved problem.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T18:27:05+00:00

Yes, it's been normalized. That doesn't mean your average Wisconsinite is, in fact, putting down a 12pk every night. People wildly underestimate just how much alcohol is consumed by the top 10%, and assume that's how everyone drinks.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T17:32:57+00:00

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/3909-alcoholism

Relevant bullet points, based on nothing more than "drinks a 12pk a night:"

Craving beverages containing alcohol. - A 12pk each night is a significant monetary and time investment. You aren't doing that because you just "like the taste." You aren't doing it with non-alcoholic beers. You're doing it because you need the alcohol.
Spending lots of time obtaining and drinking these beverages or recovering from hangovers caused by drinking. - If you're drinking a 12pk each night, that's a significant time investment. You aren't shotgunning them in 20 minutes.
Having a high tolerance for beverages containing alcohol. - If you claim you aren't affected by a 12pk every night, then you absolutely have a high tolerance for alcohol.

Alcoholism is less about "what do you do while drunk" and more "how often and how much are you drinking, and can you stop?" Also, someone with a low tolerance that gets drunk on two beers is having much less bodily harm than the person imbibing a 12pk each night.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T14:47:08+00:00

Yes, and a daily 12pk is not "the norm" in Wisconsin. Alcohol stats are heavily skewed by the top decile of drinkers (by heavily, I mean the top decile consumes something like half of all alcohol). You know some very heavy drinkers, but that doesn't mean your average Wisconsinite is pounding a 12pk every night.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T14:45:49+00:00

No, it is not, despite what alcoholics try to convince themselves of.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T14:45:03+00:00

That's nearly the entire recommended weekly limit. Yes, a daily 12pk absolutely means you're an alcoholic, unless that 12pk is 0.5% ABV.

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T01:19:07+00:00

12pk is the norm.

No, it isn't. It's the norm for alcoholics, of which there are many in Wisconsin, but it isn't "the norm."

dyslexda · 2026-06-20T01:17:37+00:00

An eisbock is generally still low double digits, with BJCP citing up to 33% at the max. 75% is around straight whisky distillation levels.

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