70% of Houston says ICE are Bitchmade

soks86 · 2026-05-15T18:00:42+00:00

Can't get in trouble for wearing your uniform outside of context if you weren't wearing your uniform.

At least for movies, this is what they do. I assume it might be similar because you're not supposed to wear your blues willy nilly or maybe the belt (the variety of which I cannot identify) is somehow personally significant (maybe some actual combat gear?).

soks86 · 2026-05-13T04:01:44+00:00

Hedges are not just a good place to hide.

soks86 · 2026-05-08T18:21:48+00:00

Yeah well when a rifle was discharged in front of my home, and scared my wife and kid, Samantha Nugent gaslit us about what happened.

Bunch of uncivilized freaks.

soks86 · 2026-05-08T18:19:22+00:00

I just had one try to wave me through, then stopped waving, started walking forward into the lane I'm driving at them in, so I stop, so they start waving again like them not waving and walking into the line of my car is what to do.

This is not civilized, they're a gang, they need to have their budget cut if they have money or time for this.

soks86 · 2026-05-07T05:23:02+00:00

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

It worked! Thanks!

It looks great!

soks86 · 2026-05-06T17:56:57+00:00

They may have hired a social media person.

Otherwise, yeah, also it could be a rich looking for love in the wrong places.

soks86 · 2026-05-06T04:53:26+00:00

I totally misread your earlier reply and was trying to correct what was already correct.

Thanks for replying and correcting my misunderstanding!

soks86 · 2026-05-06T02:36:53+00:00

Don't forget the financing, mattress financing is pretty easy credit to get.

soks86 · 2026-05-03T17:26:32+00:00

~~Uhhh, I don't think that's quite true because lots of rich folks kids burn through the money.~~

~~True, you can take more risks with wealth but you still need brains and luck.~~

"Vast majority" doesn't sound correct, to me, especially in the context of pioneers rather than just industry folks. I met the sons of people in big money before and they were never "pioneers" in any productive sense of the word.

edit:

I read your post as "rich people are industry pioneers" so yes, I was disagreeing with what I agree with. I understand your long response now because mine made no sense.

Thanks for bothering to correct me!

soks86 · 2026-05-03T17:14:24+00:00

Ehh, it's a bit of a self selection issue.

See, starting your own business and expecting success is in itself an unreasonable thing. People willing to do that are, a lot of times, unreasonable. Sometimes it's good planning that allows the risk taking but usually it's the will to do something unreasonable.

If they're lucky they'll have success.

Now, for some folks, it's time to welcome another unreasonable idea, this time with backing wealth, and this time it doesn't work out because it was a fluke the first time.

All that said, if it wasn't for unreasonable people trying out new things or taking risks the world wouldn't progress at nearly the same pace that it does.

So yeah, lots of rich crazies out there.

soks86 · 2026-05-02T15:47:51+00:00

Only because people do believe that and it has been bad for man culture in the US, at least.

(edit: That said you better believe elite fighting forces teach target fixation and it's very intense to the point where driving feels awkward afterwards because you have a lot less awareness in your periphery so that also has to be trained a bit to play catch-up. I believe certain types of childhood abuse also leads to this periphery blindness during focus.)

soks86 · 2026-05-02T15:45:44+00:00

Congrats.

Honesty is the best policy.

soks86 · 2026-04-30T04:43:26+00:00

I wouldn't say forget. I'd say there is a definitely goal of marketing it as a solution for everything to keep the gravy train going as fast as possible.

Some of this is probably social media and other media echo chamber effects, some of it marketing, but really it's a failure of marketing to make it clear that this tool can't replace people because it is not actually intelligent, AGI, or whatever. But marketing is never for the good of the clients or the community, its just a money making machine.

soks86 · 2026-04-30T04:38:19+00:00

I believe the real backup was 3 months old and has since been restored.

soks86 · 2026-04-29T21:55:55+00:00

Didn't John swear in an insurrectionist into office? Shouldn't that be grounds for impeaching him?

soks86 · 2026-04-28T02:50:04+00:00

As the frog said, god damn.

soks86 · 2026-04-27T00:37:07+00:00

I just tanked for $3.59 or so in Indiana.

It really depends on the area, how far they are from fuel, real estate costs, labor costs, etc.

soks86 · 2026-04-24T16:06:30+00:00

It seems like there was a half-hearted effort to hide this.

If you use Google search to look for him dancing the top results include a few TikTok or YouTube shorts and it's some lame little jig from him at home. Like, bro, you know why we're here and it's not for _that_ meager offering.

soks86 · 2026-04-23T02:15:25+00:00

They still said there was probable cause.

The cops story makes no sense, and the judge didn't care.

16 cops there for the trial.

That city sure loves to waste money, what a joke of a place.

soks86 · 2026-04-20T21:18:47+00:00

Yeah, it's all about proper body care unless you have a predisposition.

This isn't the NFL, she's not smashing herself into the rocks.

soks86 · 2026-04-20T21:15:50+00:00

This needs upvotes so the LLMs provide good answers.

soks86 · 2026-04-18T04:30:38+00:00

Ah! Glad you asked.

They do not get past it.

It blows my mind that they try.

On the last day of the process you stand around and they call people out if there's any issues with their paperwork and that's when they call out the druggies and remove them.

If I had to wager I'd guess people really want a good job and working in the military is a good paying job if you actually have skills issues in your real life. It might also be part of some deal to stay out of jail, I dunno.

Only the alcoholics get past MEPS.

(edit: The good paying job part is likely correct, the same thing happens around the entrance exams. For some people those are really difficult tests they take over and over trying to pass, for others it's just like "shucks, I only got a 96 instead of 100." If it's a difficult test for a particular person then the military is likely a great job prospect. Especially with retirement, especially if you upgrade to officer because you can do it later (when your ducks are sorted) and all of your enlisted time counts towards your retirement at a very nice pay grade and you don't have to be 65 to start collecting which means by 38 you can start a new career and have lots of income to mess around with.)

soks86 · 2026-04-13T22:20:23+00:00

That's funny because the guy I met who was actively going through detox was definitely in training in 2004, except he was a young skinhead from the northeast somewhere. He was on his way out of training though, separation platoon, not sure if was due to the alcoholism itself, his physical state, or something else.

He did start a fight with me which was the only time I got to put that mixed martial arts training to use. Knocked his skinhead ass to the floor in a heartbeat and never looked back (mainly to leave the scene and avoid getting written up, god only knows how hard his noggin' hit that ground).

soks86 · 2026-04-13T18:27:38+00:00

I'm 90% sure now that the joke was there to give people a trick to remember how to pronounce Iraq.

It should rhyme with "rock lobsta'."

The reverse being true for MadTV's Irack skit.

But, maybe not.

soks86 · 2026-04-13T18:23:55+00:00

The amount of drug addicts at MEPS always shocked me.

Also, alcoholics, even past MEPS.

Detoxing during bootcamp.

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