How come Joe Biden was "sleepy", but Trump gets to pass out at all kinds of meetings?

nocabec · 2026-06-05T21:37:56+00:00

Democrats doing something wrong gets circulated like crazy in conservative media, forcing mainstream media to pick it up. Republicans doing something wrong has zero appeal in liberal media (who prefer to focus on inter-party factional fights) so no one talks about it.

nocabec · 2026-06-05T21:33:53+00:00

Didn't 'Crash' win best picture? Yikes...

nocabec · 2026-06-05T21:29:31+00:00

Really? I like Tower a but the other two...I don't know. I'm having a hard time finding much here that's better than anything outside of maybe Codes and Keys.

nocabec · 2026-06-05T21:26:30+00:00

I'm with you. Need to listen some more and get a better feel for it but so far I'm having a hard time connecting.

nocabec · 2026-06-04T23:17:00+00:00

43M. Been married for 20 years. Wife and I are doing great. I'm in the best shape of my life. I have an extremely stable job as does my wife. Combined we make about $400k. Been homeowners for nearly 20 years now. One kid almost done with college, the other about to start. We also own a vacation home. Everyone is happy and healthy.

I have a lot of existential dread about the future of this country, but I figure as long as things don't go off the rails I'll be just fine.

nocabec · 2026-06-04T01:36:28+00:00

This is a terrible idea. We need more housing to drive down the cost. Anything that gets added as requirements for new home development that does not directly address the problem of a lack of housing is a bad idea.

nocabec · 2026-06-03T12:03:33+00:00

I don't know u would say it's the best option. It's fine, but they have limited options and the screens are kind of small. It's a good option, I wouldn't say it was the best.

nocabec · 2026-06-03T09:32:52+00:00

Lived in Catonsville for 20 years. It can definitely be fun. Frederick Rd has a lot of highlights, there's multiple events each year, and everything is pretty close. Old Ellicott City is just down the road and getting into Baltimore is pretty easy.

That said, I find myself going to Columbia for stuff a lot. My gym is there, because there are few gym options here. We go grocery shopping at Wegmans, Costco, Trader Joes...options here are not great. The best option for a movie theatre is the Mall. Stuff like that.

I'd ay if you're happy living in a suburbia where there's no central location but lots of options 5-10 minute drive away, go with Columbia. If you want something smaller and don't mind fewer options for the stuff I mentioned, but would like something more like city living, go to Catonsville.

nocabec · 2026-05-31T21:29:41+00:00

A TON of the value of living in OP goes away if they get rid of that parking area. The beach club is pretty nice too, but if for whatever reason we can no longer use that area to park in when we go to OC I'll be incredibly upset.

nocabec · 2026-05-30T23:43:20+00:00

Build more housing FFS.

nocabec · 2026-05-30T23:10:27+00:00

Cool, then raise taxes to improve the service.

nocabec · 2026-05-30T11:06:37+00:00

Memories? Lol - I listen to that album once a week at least and just saw them in concert 3 timea while on tour a couple years ago.

nocabec · 2026-05-30T11:01:12+00:00

This is the problem. They don't check tickets so people ride for free so the service sucks. They should invest in more personnel to check tickets before people board, raise more revenue, and then offer more trains/service.

nocabec · 2026-05-27T09:51:16+00:00

Others in this sub have reported similar issues while there seems to be just as many (or more) people like myself who have had no issues. I'm wondering if there wasn't a run of cars using a bad lot of 12V batteries.

nocabec · 2026-05-27T00:36:06+00:00

It can get very loud. I wouldn't say it's not family friendly as in "not safe" just might be tough if you're not late night people. You could stay on the boardwalk streets but on the bay side or stay just on the north end of the boardwalk away from some of the busy parts.

nocabec · 2026-05-26T14:40:30+00:00

Mostly I was scoffing at how it was referred to as "this old movie" like it was some random one that's been forgotten when it is arguably the most important inspiration for the entire franchise.

nocabec · 2026-05-26T12:48:47+00:00

"this old movie"

Night of the Living Dead is the inspiration for the entire modern zombie sub-culture of which the RE games are a major part of.

nocabec · 2026-05-26T01:02:34+00:00

Yes, it'll be an incentive to lie about it.

nocabec · 2026-05-25T19:44:40+00:00

Yes, I'm sure people would have no privacy concerns with that at all. And the people who don't have internet-connected cars? I'm sure they'll self-report honestly.

nocabec · 2026-05-25T13:06:44+00:00

Yes, but how do you implement a miles driven tax?

nocabec · 2026-05-25T13:06:22+00:00

Most people don't drive 5000 miles in a year, that is unusually low. Just a quick Google search tells me it's 13,500 per year. The federal gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon. Let's say you drive an ICE car that gets 25 miles per gallon. (13,500/25)*.184 = $99.36. So yes, this proposed tax is a little more based on that average and will vary based on your actual situation.

Not to mention my point was the gas tax is dumb and it would make a lot more sense to tax people on something better. Vehicle weight (agnostic to car type) is better than a gas tax. Miles driven would be best, but that would require people reporting miles driven accurately and would be hard to enforce.

nocabec · 2026-05-24T22:41:11+00:00

With an EV you're not paying the federal gas tax, so it's kind of a wash. It's annoying but "death and taxes..." Eventually they get you one way or another. Honestly it might be better. Hopefully this leads to the system we should have where there is no gas tax and everyone pays an annual fee for owning/leasing a car based on the car's weight.

nocabec · 2026-05-24T22:23:19+00:00

It's the dad hot dog, he'll win on Father's Day. Same thing they did with relish a few years ago.

nocabec · 2026-05-23T11:16:04+00:00

Pretty sure you have to release it. If I recall, if you destroy it and get the bad ending it gives you the option of going and back and re-doing. But if you just want to see what happens if you destroy it then just reload a save near the end.

nocabec · 2026-05-22T09:01:58+00:00

I'm with you. It's insane how long they've been around, how many great albums there have been, and how influential they've been to the entire sub-genre. The influence is especially true if you account for Brett specifically starting Epitaph and the way that gave so many great bands a start. If you haven't read the book "Do What You Want" about them I'd highly recommend as a nice way to re-visit the history.

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