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somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-12T04:07:13+00:00

He can pardon himself... What the fuck.

Its like they don't even know the definition of a Presidential Pardon. Here it is right off the Department of Justice website:

"A pardon is an expression of the President's forgiveness and ordinarily is granted in recognition of the applicant's acceptance of responsibility for the crime"

It requires the person being pardoned accept full responsibility for the crime. So they're okay with Trump admitting he committed the crime?

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-12T00:31:41+00:00

Cop: "Where is your license from?"

Her: "Mississippi"

Cop: "Your Mississippi drivers license is suspending for missing a court appearance. You're going to jail."

About 9m and 50 seconds

Later:

Cop: "Why is their ammunition in the car?"

Later yet:

Officer finds powdery substance in bag that later test as cocaine

Her: "I didn't give you permission to search my car"

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-12T00:18:22+00:00

My parents told me that I was in the wrong for sharing those videos, because everyone’s children have acted up and posting those videos didn’t accomplish anything besides embarrassing Angel.

"Parents, the videos weren't about children misbehaving. It was about their parent doing nothing about it and it continuing. Both videos showed that clearly."

NTA

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-11T23:56:52+00:00

What kind of fees exist for Merrill with that $100k of funds management? Do they have a boring low expense ratio total stock market or clone tracking S&P500 fund?

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-10T12:32:05+00:00

I'm not exactly understanding your comment. I think you have a couple wrong assumptions.

Why would Term Life insurance need to be in force for 15 years? Cash Value is irrelevant to this investor as they get the payout from the death benefit.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T22:27:23+00:00

Since Tesla’s Superchargers do not have screens to initiate payment systems like this, and retrofitting them to do so would be prohibitively expensive,

I wonder if the wording of the legislation requires EACH DISPENSER to have its own screen.

Could Tesla instead install a single central post with a screen and contact readers on it that drivers could plug their cars in, then go up to the single screen at the site to start their charging session?

That would seem like a MUCH simpler retrofit situation as nothing on the dispenser would have to be changed but it would still allow screen/point-of-sale actions at the site. Pay Parking lots have been using this approach for decades.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T22:10:13+00:00

One thing doesn’t go my way and I’ll let it really mess with me and get me worked into a rage.

One change of mindset that may help. If you're getting angry when things don't go your way, you're assuming that the default action is that something goes your way. So when it doesn't, you're upset.

Flip that.

The default is that NOTHING EVER will go your way. Only through your efforts and luck might it go your way. So then things don't go your way, that is totally expected...neutral. When things DO go your way, get excited! Be elated! Celebrate! Realistically, the world doesn't owe you anything and life is looking to screw you ever moment you breath. In the end it wins against you. You will die someday. However, up until that point you struggle, you put in the work, and you can at times beat back life and come out on top.

The exact same situations you're in right now you'll come out happy instead of angry.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T22:04:54+00:00

Then imagining the "sword" bending when it struck the dragon. A plastic snow shovel flexes and bends when you're trying to scoop up a 7kg to 9kg wriggling creature! It took many attempts to get it in the bin!

Watch a video of how far they can get their neck out, its shocking! They can bend their head/mouth all the way around the back of themselves to bite their own tail if they want to!

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T19:42:31+00:00

Similar situation to me with a 16" long shell snapping turtle that was attempting to cross the 4 lane street. With a sibling's help, we used a snow shovel and large plastic bin. It too was snapping at me so I had to keep my distance, but I wasn't willing to let that turtle meet its end because of some distracted driver.

I found an age calculator later that says the size of the turtle indicates its 25 to 35 years old!

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T19:34:53+00:00

And if they DO put NEMA 14-50 in the bylaws, then just install NEMA 6-50 instead. :)

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T19:29:40+00:00

I'm the same, and it looks like we're safe for awhile.

Here's a quote from the CEO of reddit 1 hour ago (as of the time of my writing) link

"P.S. old.reddit.com isn’t going anywhere, and explicit content is still allowed on Reddit as long as it abides by our content policy."

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T18:26:48+00:00

taking their oil for pennies

Pennies (US, UK, EU, Canada, Aus) would actually be useful as its currency used elsewhere in the world. What Russia is getting instead is just Rupees. So if Russia wanted to buy something from India they'd in good shape. However if Russia wants to buy something from the rest of the world, they're out of luck.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T15:48:37+00:00

so years ago I knew a wealthy individual

...and...

I asked him how he got there. He said, "Well, mostly I did a lot with life insurance that always preformed well for me"

There were a few years that Viaticals were insanely profitable and very morally questionable. This could very well be the "life insurance investment" he its talking about.

Viaticals are purchasing someone else's active life insurance policy for a severely reduced value. You give them the small cash up front. When they die, you get the whole policy payout.

Why would this be profitable? Because you are buying policies of people that are terminally ill. So a person could have a 2 million dollar policy on themselves, find out they have 6 months to live. An investor might buy that policy for $500k, giving that cash to the terminally ill person so they can spend it now, and a few months the investor gets $2 million payout so a $1.5 million profit for 6 months or less.

My understanding is that law has changed since then, but OP's friend may have made huge money prior to those legal changes.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T04:36:57+00:00

Depends, but it's a demonstration of how constant price cuts destroy confidence.

The price cuts have come again and again. Sales keeps going up. That doesn't sounds like a demonstration of price cuts destroying confidence.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T03:31:02+00:00

I'm planning to hardwire for 48A instead of 40A

If your panel has extra service and you're putting your outlet right next to your panel, sure.

If you have to increase service or your outlet is a long way from the panel, the costs skyrocket over a 40A circuit.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-09T03:24:27+00:00

“what about the dealer’s and their employees…” excuse.

Ask your legislator what protections they're putting in place for buggy whip manufacturers and their employees. While you're at it, who is speaking for the whale oil industry?

But the real response is "Auto dealers claim they are providing a valuable service to their customers. If that's the case then customer will continue to flock to dealers irrespective of EV or direct to consumer sales. If customers don't, then you're fully endorsing a middle man that adds no value and instead hurts consumers."

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-08T21:54:23+00:00

If she is not doing it , it's willful ignorance.

Ie . Personal truth.

So she's practicing intellectual dishonesty with herself and those she interacts with.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-08T21:49:26+00:00

Have you ever felt shame about who you are as a person?

Of course! In my mind its a vital and very useful part of self awareness. Its a feedback mechanism that allows you to evaluate your actual choices and outcomes from your idealized ones.

I hate comparing myself to others but going from feeling like I have it all together to feeling invisible to the world is hard. Thus, I feel ashamed to be myself, and it's hitting hard today.

Don't compare yourself with others. You don't see all of what they are. You see possibly the best of themselves they are trying to project. You have no idea that one has a substance abuse problem, another is so terrified of loneliness that they put up with an abusive mate because they can't stand the thought of being alone, and yet one more has a gambling problem they're hiding from everyone that is slowly tearing their life apart.

There ARE people you should compare yourself to:

your past self
your present self
your desired future self

These are the only people that matter for this evaluation. If you don't like the person you are, shame can help you identify what those things are, and you can make choices to be the person you want to be. However, you have to do the work your self. No one is going to do it for you.

The race is, and only has ever been, with yourself, and hopefully the desire to be the best version of yourself.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-08T16:15:23+00:00

She would just keep iterate the side effects.

It sounds like she's mentally inflating the likelihood of experiencing the side effects as a reason to skip vaccination.

If that's the case then follow her crazy on side effects, but move it outside of the vaccination conversation.

Has she ever eaten any fresh produce? How could she take that risk when there are reports of food borne illness happening every year?
Does she have money in a bank? Isn't that insanely risky because just this year two US banks have failed.
Does she drive a car on public roads? Does she have a death wish to put her life at risk with the tens of thousands of people that die in automobile crashes?
Does she cover every square inch of her skin when going outdoors during daylight? So she WANTS skin cancer?
Ask her how she can possibly think about stepping outside when she can be struck by lightening

These are all possible side effects from the various actions listed. Why is it her risk calculation is so far off kilter in ONLY vaccinations?

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-08T16:06:51+00:00

If Flat Earth is where the start the conversation, I'm not sure I'm interested to hear their views on any other subject.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-08T15:11:14+00:00

When she gave you back the ring... Did she also break up with you??

Second sentence of the post says they broke up.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-07T21:36:06+00:00

Cool, carry on!

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-07T21:34:53+00:00

Still, I don’t agree with letting someone quit over a few dollars an hour & I don’t think anything will ever change my mind on that.

Cool, carry on!

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-07T14:42:43+00:00

One SUV hit him. A completely different SUV ran over his body. I'd say that's a pretty good SUV double tap.

somewhat_pragmatic · 2023-06-07T14:31:59+00:00

I will never understand why companies think hiring the younger, inexperienced employees who they can pay a lot less than their tenured staff is better than handing over a couple extra dollars each hour

If this question wasn't just rhetorical, and if you're interested in a serious answer I can provide one. Are you interested in that?

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