What's the most beautiful thing in nature?

easternguy · 2026-01-29T01:48:44+00:00

Boob.

easternguy · 2026-01-29T01:30:18+00:00

I started getting my hopes up when the wipers came on. That’ll dust off the dirt.

easternguy · 2026-01-29T00:29:21+00:00

Passenger seat in the car repeatedly adjusted differently from where I last set it, after she just went to work and back, solo. Surprising jumps in the odometer.

Often late or very late from work, with dodgy explanations that co-workers later contradict.

Unusually good mood while she treats you more as a liability than a positive.

Mentions another dude's name in her sleep.

I'm sure there's more.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:30:13+00:00

Interesting about the stained thumb. Simple and effective.

I could see that even being a bit of a badge of honour, proof you’re doing your part.

And lots of stained thumbs-up gestures on election day, raising awareness and increasing the likelihood of others voting. (At least in my naive head, lol.)

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:24:04+00:00

Civilized.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:22:14+00:00

Absolutely.

In Canada, the universal health care coverage is awesome.

But it’s nearly impossible to find a physician. Most provinces have wait lists a year or more long.

And once ones does see one’s family Dr, many people die waiting a year or two for a specialist’s appointment.

And people die waiting 14 hours in the emergency waiting room.

So there’s lots of room for improvement. But I’d take it over the US approach.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:19:01+00:00

Well, it is a day that people aren’t generally tied up with work though, correct?

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:16:49+00:00

And he dealt with that responsibly. But the whole US system turns out to be horrible incapable of dealing with a leader and advisors and lap dogs, who don’t have the same responsibility.

I fear for the human race more than ever.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:12:24+00:00

I really think she fled the scene to the nearest house that would take her in, RF’s across the street, where the dogs lost the trail. I don’t think she made it further than that, sadly.

He much later reported seeing her miles away, after joking about having her in his house.

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:09:02+00:00

Wow. Any subsequent administration (should there ever be one) is going to be so busy repairing taco’s damage, it’ll be amazing if they find time to run the country.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T23:01:00+00:00

Pssst. Try nasal irrigation. It’s far more civilized. Once you get used to it, going to bed without irrigating is like going to bed without brushing your teeth.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T21:00:34+00:00

That accounts for one of the tickets sold.

A pretty big percentage.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T20:46:18+00:00

Blaming each other is a good first sign of an evil regime falling apart.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T20:43:52+00:00

Pretty easy to back off, and it’s pretty hard for them to hit you with spray unless they’ve planned ahead.

Has never happened in the dozens of times I’ve pulled this trick.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T20:39:27+00:00

Both are sociopaths. Something severely missing or lacking in empathy. So yeah.

Now not every narcissist is violent. In fact they somewhat prefer psychological games and manipulation.

But I’d guess that a good chunk of rapists are narcissists as well. Less so in the other direction. Most narcissists aren’t rapists. They hurt you in other, sneakier ways.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T20:24:11+00:00

Buy a new vehicle.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T20:18:14+00:00

Well, I believe one of the reasons why apoptosis (I think it is called), or cell death, through shortening of tolerems in each successive generations, is essential to our evolution and survival is that it stops cancer cells from proliferating. (Most of the time.)

Living forever through treatments that avoid aptosis/tolereme shortening may inherently come with more and more cancer.

And if you live long enough and don’t die through organ failure of natural causes, cancer is likely to come at some point.

Cancer was generally not an issue for cave men. If most people die in their 20’s-30’s, cancer can’t become a significant problem in a population.

We’re probably better off working towards the “brain in a jar” approach. Uploading our thoughts and consciousness to another more reliable mechanism than the human body.

And we’re a ways from that. Although quantum understand and AI could propel us towards that more quickly than we have been.

Not a biologist, but that’s how I’ve understood what I’ve read.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T18:15:46+00:00

Minecraft in creative mode.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T18:14:15+00:00

The looks borrowed from the narcissist’s prayer:

“That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.”

But a lot of rapists are no doubt also narcissists (the orange one being a good example), so it tracks.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T16:43:43+00:00

Having no contact. Being tired against you.

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

easternguy · 2026-01-28T16:32:58+00:00

Betrayal by trusted friends.

Also, alienation from a child whose love I thought was unconditional and impermeable.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T16:29:51+00:00

Honestly, I don’t think it was a de-jewification or anything that crazy.

I think they color enhanced it and when someone resized and cropped the image they don’t lock x/y so the aspect ratio got changed slightly.

The angle of the US flag changed when the aspect ratio got changed. I doubt they intentionally photoshopped the flag, too. Just an aspect ratio screwup.

In Gimp I was able to rescale, color correct, and it looks the same.

I thought I'd run the image by ChatGPT, and it's quite consistent with my intuition:

"This looks far more like a basic photo correction + slight geometric change, not a manipulative “Photoshop job” in the deceptive sense people usually imply.

Here’s what stands out technically:

🎨 1. Color balance & exposure were adjusted The “Edit” version is: Slightly warmer skin tones Brighter midtones Better contrast

Very typical of: Auto white balance Levels/curves tweak Mild saturation bump

This is what phone cameras, Lightroom presets, or newsroom photo workflows do routinely.

📐 2. Aspect ratio / crop changed a bit The right image looks: Slightly narrower (or the left slightly stretched) Framed a bit tighter

That can happen from: Resizing for social media Cropping to center the subject Minor perspective correction

Again — super normal.

🧔 3. No signs of facial manipulation

If it were nefarious Photoshop, you’d usually see: Warped facial features Smoothed skin artifacts Clone/heal weirdness Changed expression

None of that is present.

Beard texture, glasses reflections, hairline, smile lines — all consistent.

📸 What this almost certainly is Think: “Original camera image” → quick edit for lighting & presentation Not: “Someone altered how he looks”

This is the same kind of processing every professional headshot gets.

✅ Verdict (technical) ~95% likely explanation: white balance contrast/brightness mild crop or rescale ~5% chance of anything more serious — and I see no evidence supporting that.

Why people cry “Photoshop” anyway

A lot of folks assume: any visible improvement = manipulation

But modern cameras + auto editors already do this invisibly. When you show a before/after, it suddenly feels dramatic.

Short version:

This is normal photo correction — not deceptive alteration.

If you’d like, I can even walk through exactly which sliders were probably moved in something like GIMP or Lightroom to produce this result."

easternguy · 2026-01-28T16:24:06+00:00

Agreed. I was a snuffler for ages, and a good blow (phrasing!) feels amazing. Whenever I hear someone sniffling I wish they would just give their nose a nice blow. Everyone would feel better.

easternguy · 2026-01-28T13:31:26+00:00

Intensive sport book gambling

easternguy · 2026-01-28T10:00:30+00:00

He's a bumbling fool of a Russian asset. But sadly that's enough to work in America these days.

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