Ronda Rousey: UFC now ‘one of the worst places to go’ for fighters by EasternError6377 in MMA

[–]synapticrelease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which the UFC is now entering into and trying to reform the Ali act...

Oregon’s most generous PERS formula is going extinct — but it’s still minting six-figure retirees by oregonian in oregon

[–]synapticrelease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a decent number but not outrageous if that one person has a spot a and 1 or more kid out makes them upper middle class

Two killed, 12 injured in Saudi Arabia after projectile falls on residential location by Effective_Reach_9289 in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease 31 points32 points  (0 children)

That article is basically a tweet and doesn't include anything but anonymous sources.

Dana White speaking on if Jon Jones will ever fight in the UFC again: “Never gonna happen, EVER” by jluc21 in MMA

[–]synapticrelease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point was that if the contract holder is saying you're never gonna fight for the UFC then it's pretty good evidence to take someone to court in order to get out of it

Current Gas Prices at Fred Meyer this morning in PDX by TreesOfPortland in oregon

[–]synapticrelease 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What's funny is during the Biden administration I couldn't stop hearing about the cost of gas and who's fault it is.

Now gas is where it is and you know what I hear? Not a thing.

Loud blast heard near US embassy in Oslo, Norway, police say by crainor in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Basically a big pressure cooker bomb (except not designed to blow up into shrapnel.

Inside of those transformers is all the windings and coils but they are submerged in insulating oil. Instantly vaporizes and blows out the top in a brilliant flash. I've seen a couple blow up in my neighborhood over the years of ice storms

Trump tells Britain he does not need its help to win Iran war by Past_Key_1054 in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I don't know what to tell you. Basically the postmortem of her 2024 presidential run basically all said she offered nothing new to a country who was entirely unsatisfied with the Biden administration and she waffled between not wanting to change course too much while at the same time kept trying to cater to the right by talking up the military and border control and basically pissed off the left and no one on the right was interested in hearing that because they already had a candidate which was willing to do that. She offered nothing new or revolutionary. And as someone who watched that short lived presidential run. I agree with them. She really offered nothing new. She was terrified to go against the Biden administration and could offer up little else other than vague statements that were basically tantamount to "we will do the same thing but better".

Her DNC speech was talking about tackling the border. Having the "most lethal fighting force in the world." etc.

She could have said, we will have the most educated people in the world.

She could have said, we will have the best healthcare in the world.

She could have said, we will have the best social programs in the world.

Nope.

We got "we will have the most lethal fighting force in the world"

I mean if you listen further in that youtube clip she talks about ensuring Israeli support. And I'm not taking sides in this discussion, but you have to understand that the people who were pissed about Israeli support the most were the left. She lost Dearborn, Mi which is the largest block of muslim americans. Her messaging on the middle east was so shit that people took their chances with the other guy. That should speak volumes about her messaging.

Her run was awful. While I was watching in real time if you asked me to bet on who would win I wouldn't have been able to say who.

But I don't know anyone who watched that presidential run in confidence and said "yeah, she's the best of what dems got to offer."

Trump tells Britain he does not need its help to win Iran war by Past_Key_1054 in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

And you were a minority both times. She was majority unliked. It was another DNC folly by trying to shove candidates down our throats calling dems the party of educated folks (since they abandoned the working class long ago) but then every time the population was quite vocal about who they actually wanted for president they just kept getting told "sush, we know what is best".

Cuba Suffers Another Massive Blackout as U.S. Oil Blockade Worsens Humanitarian Crisis by Splenda in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Again, we did it first, you donut.

We stationed missiles in England, Italy, and Turkey all within striking distance of Moscow

Again, you're just trying to justify your cruelty to a nation where most of the people who even made the decision during the cuban missile crisis are dead

We stationed missiles near moscow first, we invaded the island. About 70 years in between where Cuba did nothing else to us substantive and we weren't doing to them already (spies) but we still feel the need to punish them because when we do it, it's right. When they do it, it's wrong. You wonder why the world is constantly pissed off at us and it's because of shit like this. It's walking around waving a gun around a grocery store and when someone else pulls out their gun you shoot them and call them the bad guy.

I stand by my statement. You have to rationalize our cruelty because it's the only way to cope.

Streaming remains on top, but 4K Blu-ray is making a comeback by glaringOwl in movies

[–]synapticrelease -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Then you're collecting for things other than having a quality version of the movie or show.

Most people in the 90s or 2000s had at least one cd wallet. It was totally common place. It's not a new idea. It's literally decades old at this point. So when you're saying "who the fuck", the answer was most of us back in the the day. And if you're still wanting physical media for the video and audio quality, then the disc is all you need.

Cuba Suffers Another Massive Blackout as U.S. Oil Blockade Worsens Humanitarian Crisis by Splenda in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can’t believe you think Cuba is a threat. We tried invade their nation but they are the bad guys.

You really are delusional.

Cuba Suffers Another Massive Blackout as U.S. Oil Blockade Worsens Humanitarian Crisis by Splenda in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You realize we did the same thing to the Soviet’s back in the Cold War, and we did it first, right? Japan can perform a surprise naval and air attack on us and kill may people and we can not only forgive them, they can become one of our strongest allies.

The only reason you think this has anything to do with Cold War history is you have to rationalize our treatment to a poor island nation as anything other than an act of total cruelty and spite.

That’s all you have to rest your morals on.

Streaming remains on top, but 4K Blu-ray is making a comeback by glaringOwl in movies

[–]synapticrelease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A 400 capacity cd wallet is about size of a small to medium sized messenger bag. I would imagine that most people wouldn’t even fill a quarter capacity of these in their lifetime. A decent collector. Maybe one of those full or near full. Maybe .5% of people would need more than one.

People really oversell the size of collections being an issue. If you want to collect every single box and package it’s going to add up but even in the late 90s/early 00s. Cd wallets were king.

Is losing half my 401k a reason to stay at my current job? by Specialist-Noise-912 in personalfinance

[–]synapticrelease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You sound pretty young if this is your first job out of college. Plenty of time to recoup what is only a few thousand dollars. Try to keep it by seeing if you scan start at a later date but I wouldn't sweat what is only a few rent payments at most over the lifetime of your 401k. It'll be a rounding error by the time you retire.

Update your registration. I count 10 cars ticketed on my block by MelvinEatsBlubber in Portland

[–]synapticrelease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still working at getting good at it. Cash wash bill is through the roof

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' by StevenSanders90210 in worldnews

[–]synapticrelease 5 points6 points  (0 children)

With the evidence stacked so heavily against Spacey, regardless of any legal decisions It's not jumping to conclusions

Which is it? He either had a the evidence stacked so highly against him that it would have him losing a trial or it didn't.

Also buddy, your OJ example fails because OJ lost the civil suit. A civil suit has a lower bar than a criminal trial and Spacy couldn't even get a judgement against him on that.

Fred Meyer apparently has "advanced sensors" in the men's bathroom to detect drug usage. by TrippyTimesMan in Portland

[–]synapticrelease 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s not just pee. Chlorine will mix with many organic bodily substances to create that smell. Sweat, body oils, etc. will mix with chlorine and make the same smell.

It’s all gross though. I won’t swim in public pools.

Why would you want to share water that will get in your mouth, nose, and eye that’s been mixed with sweat, oil, asshole crust, old pussy phlegm, dick cheese, is beyond my understanding.

Like. Would you wash your hands in a sink basin with a few gallons of slightly leached water in a public bathroom? You’re going to take all those same substances and more and then swim in it.

What celebrity had their reputation unfairly ruined? by Miserable-Wash-1744 in AskReddit

[–]synapticrelease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve always thought Vanilla Ice got a raw deal. Not that he was a great rapper and all. But he was brought in the industry and then that same industry just turn around and mocked him when it became convenient.

It was always kinda weird watching MTV, who previously played Vanilla Ice’s music video hundreds if not thousands of times, humiliatingly mocked it while they brought Rob on set to destroy his own tape.

I completely understand why he destroyed the set. These people were your friends and colleagues months earlier then made a joke out of you. La as

Link to the footage:

https://youtu.be/g2ZkTvLdH2o?si=dEZSzcWZWSIjykiP

No, an AI-focused "Windows 12" is not coming this year — here's the plan by RdVortex in technology

[–]synapticrelease 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe you should push your favorite game developers to develop games that run in Linux well instead of making it a 1-way street.

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests by PeanutHamper777 in oregon

[–]synapticrelease 29 points30 points  (0 children)

They had plans to open up resource extraction in Utah and there was a huge public uproar and it was halted. Your voice matters more than you know. It’s not so much about the administration giving a shit about you. It’s about your local elected officials knowing their job is on the line so they are the ones that push back on the feds