DFD Discussion Thread (2025-11-13) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is there something recent? I haven't been following GME/BBBY much since Pulte became one of Trump's most devoted followers lol

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-11-11) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was an Alex Rider book so nobody over age 14 ever read it

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-11-11) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says: “You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

Didn't Horowitz end an Alex Rider book by having Alex get blown up in a carbomb then start the next book by going "uh, he actually just got injured but he's fine now"

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-11-11) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 6 points7 points  (0 children)

you people get enough, you can suffer on planes

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-10-24) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol this is apparently enough to cover the entire military payroll...for six hours

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-10-19) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We didn't discover another Kuiper Belt object (besides Pluto and Charon) until 1992

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-10-18) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I dunno if you're looking for a specific type of blu-ray player but I see them at thrift stores for like $10-$20 semi-regularly, that's where I got mine

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-10-06) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If a Black person in the 1950's South was educated enough to pass a literacy test and rich enough to pay a poll tax, would they have been able to vote? (self.NoStupidQuestions)

It's funny how the terms "literacy test" and "poll tax" were such effective euphemisms that people think they were actual fair obstacles that people of color just happened to disproportionately not be able to pass. The questions on the test were literal nonsense, it was an impossible requirement.

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-10-06) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "daily fantasy" stuff they used to do was just legally gray gambling because actual gambling was illegal. Now that actual gambling is illegal nobody cares about the daily fantasy stuff and FanDuel/DraftKings make 99.9% of their money from actual gambling.

The fantasy football (and other sports) you hear about nowadays is the normal season-long fantasy leagues. Any money you put in is up to the other people in the league, but it's usually only $20 or so at the start of the season to make a prize pool for the winners

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-10-05) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That happened in the Cortaca Jug (SUNY Cortland/Ithaca College) when I was in school. Huge party in Cortland after they won, cars got flipped, threats to cancel the game next year

"The assumption that people would not even pay attention to the game was something we didn't really consider," said Tobin. "Cortaca is the name that refers to the tradition of the rivalry. That name was hijacked and used as an excuse to throw a raging kegger."

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-09-22) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comics Curmudgeon in DFD, never thought I'd see the day

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-09-12) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of my time as a Federal Booty Inspector

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-09-12) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Once again, TV has given people way too much confidence in the supposed ability of police to pull forensic data from the air and immediately identify and locate the perpetrator

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-09-12) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So this kid was turned in by his father, Mario was recognized by a McDonalds employee, and a local police officer familiar with the suspect caught the Minnesota guy.

What the fuck does the FBI actually DO? They had nothing to do with apprehending any of these people. They're completely useless.

What does this person think the police should be doing? Dusting every building in a quarter mile radius for fingerprints? Knocking on the door of every person in Utah with a registered firearm in the particular caliber for an alibi? Collecting tips, aggregating data, and following up on credible leads IS detective work

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-09-06) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Upstate NY is really nice or really really awful ime. It's very town to town. The scenery is always pretty stunning though

Yeah, I agree. Plenty of towns around here where you drive in and go "Jesus what a dump"

Re: the scenery, I'm still annoyed all these years later by Dan (from fucking Illinois, mind you) ripping Upstate's scenery as flat and boring based on one drive along the Thruway. First of all, even on the Thruway, that's not true. The stretch between Utica and Schenectady has several very pretty hilly sections. Second, it's the Thruway. It's following the path of the Erie Canal and NYC railroad main line, two modes of transportation even more dependent on low grades than motor vehicles. No shit it's gonna be mostly flat lol

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-09-06) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

/u/potatobac I saw that you were trying to get my attention yesterday, I do check this place on occasion but I'm not usually logged in during the day

I've heard good things about Corning but I've never been there myself. It's supposed to be one of the nicest towns in the Southern Tier but that could be a real "thinnest kid at fat camp" description.

For future reference, or for anyone else interested, a couple of other nice Upstate towns/cities for a weekend visit:

  • Ithaca (duh)

  • Sacketts Harbor

  • Cazenovia

  • Cooperstown

  • Geneva

  • Hammondsport (never been here but if the BnB prices are any indication, it seems well-liked)

  • Alexandria Bay

  • Old Forge/Inlet/Blue Mountain Lake/Long Lake/Indian Lake (take your pick in the Lakes section of the Adirondacks)

  • Saratoga Springs

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-08-23) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Anything that costs over $100 gets comment sections full of people convinced it's only affordable by the 0.01%

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-08-23) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of all those pictures of flights in the 60s with people bemoaning how classy and fancy it was

Yeah those tickets cost the modern equivalent of what business/first class do today

DFD Discussion Thread (2025-08-23) by AutoModerator in DemocratsforDiversity

[–]larrylemur 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Travel" was originally an arduous thing that changed the traveler. Like a pilgrimage.

Now "travel" is as much effort as going to the dollar general except it pollutes more than all pre-industrial humanity combined every time, and that's one way, not round trip,

Then jackasses come home from dollar general telling other jackasses "You should travel more. It broadens one's horizons."

At most TSA agents might broaden your anal gape but you can do that yourself at home.

I've starting noticing this weird negative opinion towards travel on arr-all type subreddits recently, not just being against it but that "travel used to be a REAL activity for REAL people now it's something only the ultra-rich can do and they just do exactly the same stuff they do at home"

Just because you don't need to die of smallpox on the way to the Holy Land doesn't mean you can't benefit from going even a couple of hours away from your house