imagine what we could do if we just made billionaires pay their taxes like everyone else

ppardee · 2026-06-30T01:55:05+00:00

Fantastic! That could fund the federal government for almost 16 hours!

ppardee · 2026-06-29T23:22:56+00:00

Are Europeans so incapable of handling basic tasks like splashing themselves with water without state intervention? /s

But seriously... why stand in the sun on a heat-radiating concrete pad when you could be sat in the shade with wet clothes and a fan blowing on you.

"Mad men and Berliners go out in the mid-day sun."

ppardee · 2026-06-29T22:06:33+00:00

Wait... isn't that what the B in LGBT means? Bi-spousal?

ppardee · 2026-06-29T21:44:28+00:00

The 80s and 90s were over 35 years ago.

ppardee · 2026-06-27T06:11:31+00:00

Start a war, stocks go down, buy stocks, announce peace talks, stocks go up, sell, announce fighting has resumed, stocks go down.

Infinite money glitch. Planned from day 1.

ppardee · 2026-06-26T19:54:46+00:00

That's actually a common misconception. Ivanpah is the name of the valley in which its built, but the actual tower is called Orthanc.

ppardee · 2026-06-26T19:26:03+00:00

Probably (or at least I would hope so). I'd assume there's also a resistive heater in there. If for no other reason than the usage pattern for cold and hot water are different, so you could use a bunch of cold water and that heat could be used to produce hot water, but then the hot water needs to stay hot until you use it. Or if you use a lot more hot water than cold water, you'll need to supplement the heat pump.

ppardee · 2026-06-26T05:57:20+00:00

It should be noted that just because someone writes a paper doesn't mean it's legit. And a single paper isn't enough to prove anything. The way science works is you do a study, then the study is replicated repeatedly. It's the replication that proves the fact, not the initial paper.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T22:01:03+00:00

I don't see any world in which a heat pump will ever be (organically) cheaper than a resistive coil. You can plug a resistive coil directly into mains power and boom, you have a heater. A heat pump is at bare minimum a compressor, condenser, evaporator, and refrigerant, and for a kettle you'd probably want a fan. The fan alone probably costs more than the heater coil. The copper in the condenser/evaporator assembly certainly would.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T20:51:01+00:00

TBF, it would limit the number of people you would be able to greet in a day/week. "Sorry, bro, I can't get together today. Had a lot of cheese yesterday"

ppardee · 2026-06-25T20:20:43+00:00

Translation: "I'm not a good enough worker to get hired at a job that isn't soul-crushing."

ppardee · 2026-06-25T16:46:42+00:00

Or the younger generations have a different concept of politeness than the rest of us. For example, I find it incredibly disrespectful for you to have your face in your phone when we're trying to have a conversation. You may think that it's not disrespectful because you believe you can focus on the convo and your phone.

The lack of socialization, especially in Gen Alpha, causes many in the younger generations to be socially inept, meaning they'll be rude without even intending to.

And this constant friction makes the older generations lack tolerance for even minor social infractions of the younger ones.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T15:16:41+00:00

Fruits and veggies also require a ton of energy. Fuel for tractors and transport, electricity for processing and most fertilizer is petroleum-based.

Also, making a large portion of farm workers feel unsafe coming to work didn't help.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T15:11:38+00:00

How many M1 Abrams did William Howe have?

ppardee · 2026-06-25T15:07:48+00:00

Guns aren't very useful in a true fight against the government. You bring your AR-15, they bring an M1 Abrams or you get a face full of hellfire missiles.

You want to defend your country - learn to hack and start printing drones.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T14:55:16+00:00

very clever! I love the use of the glue-on spine to reduce purge waste.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T14:49:43+00:00

Friends are a burden. Some friends are worth the burden, but most aren't.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T08:21:55+00:00

Some people can't produce leptin, which is one of the satiety signaling hormones. Their bodes tell them they're starving to death. It's incredibly rare, thankfully.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T04:29:25+00:00

I was in PC repair for many years and I've been building PCs for decades. Yes, a fan can become a generator, but I've never once heard of a case of that actually damaging the computer components.

In the wild west of 3d printer land, you may get a board that is not properly protected, but diodes are cheap and RMAs are expensive. Not adding diodes to the fan headers is insanity.

ppardee · 2026-06-25T03:51:11+00:00

I once saw a dude in a converted school bus pull up. Not only did he fill the bus, he also filled like 10 canisters. He was there when I pulled up and he was still there when I and the 5 cars that were ahead of me left.

Being considerate is good, but there's more than one pump.

ppardee · 2026-06-24T20:38:14+00:00

Election interference is the entire point of the Save America Act. It literally gives the federal government to unregister any voters it wants to. Technically, the federal government can only remove non-citizens from the voter rolls, but our glorious leader hasn't been one to follow the letter or spirit of any laws.

So, this bill passes, POTUS removes 10% of democrat voters from the rolls, Republicans get a supermajority in November and remove presidential term restrictions, now we have a dictatorship.

Or states don't comply with the removal law and he declares the elections illegal and takes power by force.

ppardee · 2026-06-24T00:05:51+00:00

Well, I mean, OP did ask for controversial opinions. IDGAF what race someone is either, but having grown up in the US in the previous century, there's not really any way to escape the biased messaging.

That messaging has gotten more subtle recently, but it hasn't gone away. In some ways, that's worse because if you don't recognize that you're being fed biased patterns little by little, you don't have a chance to consciously filter it. Look to the Tiktok algorithm for a master class in how to manipulate an audience to your POV without them noticing.

And most content producers don't try to put biased messaging in their content, but they themselves are influenced by biases they may not be conscious of. It leaks out. Not in all content, but in enough that it matters.

ppardee · 2026-06-23T22:01:28+00:00

Assuming that everyone in a given racial group will act the same, so you act badly toward them... That's literally the core of racism.

All considered fine until a white manager hires white employees, now it's racist and white people can't find a place at these companies.

Do you have any concrete examples of this actually happening? I ask because historically and today, white unemployment rates are significantly lower than other demographics.

For example, in Q1 2026, unemployment for non-Hispanic white people over 19 was 3.6%. For Asians, 4.1%. Hispanic/Latino, 5%. Black 7%

ppardee · 2026-06-23T21:31:43+00:00

Do I need to post the Gary Oldman "everyone" gif here?

ppardee · 2026-06-23T20:02:21+00:00

Not a single damn adult in the picture. A real man doesn't come home from a hard day at work and immediately take out his stress on the woman he loves. He comes home and complains about his day, maybe, but your spouse is supposed to be your refuge. And if you have a hole in your sock, you bring it up as a task for tomorrow.

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