It’s a joke about their writing system

Yes my public high school had it as a language back in the late 1980s/early 90s. This would be New Jersey, USA.

Tate wasn’t in MMA. He was in a smaller sized kickboxing league

Worth remembering not everyone in MMA is a westerner and that the fighters from Dagestan might just have different values than you.

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That’s why they got Fox News folks rather than qualified people

America largely believes the right to free expression and speech outweighs the risks brought on by those rights.

The problem is now we have a lot of fascists and we are going to lose those rights

It is the single best explanation for what is going on. As someone raised around these types ypu grow up with so much smoke being blown up your ass about jow much “better” your schools are which isn’t always the case.

Ed Zitron of the Better Offline podcast had a piece a few weeks ago that explains so much.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-the-business-idiot/

It’s good to hear that they took care of the homeless, solved hunger and eliminated disease since they are focusing on this.

The video for “Freedom” was the first time many in Gen X learned about AIM and Leonard Peltier.

*palate fatigue

I work in wine importing so this is a mistake I make all the damn time.

pallet- thing used to strap stuff to so they can be put on containers (for container trucks and ships).

palate - roof of your mouth or an alternate word for your taste

Palette- painter’s thing for holding paint.

Im only down with eating clean bugs that are large enough to have enough substance to be worthwhile or whatever makes it into processed foods and “foods” that I eat (jelly beans arent really food and frequently have shellac and that comes from a specific beetle.)

Opioids are fir suffering whereas acetaminophen is for pain signals. A combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen have been demonstrated to be the most effective pain killer we currently have.

Pain and suffering are different things.

That’s extremely painful

Would you support forcing Musk out of his roles in these companies due to his drug useage?

If not Musk should be forced from his roles in these companies. You cannot be a defense contractor and do ketamine.

That being said their point is America shouldn’t lead this charge and IMO that’s fair given America’s support of Israel.

“She suddenly became political a few years ago by promoting the invasion of ukraine. Peak russian asset.”

Is it an ad hominem when you include the rest which explains the claim made you excerpted?

They were like “How can we justify them having the place we know we need them to have?” and worked from there.

I know a guy living on Central Park West with 2000 sq ft two floor apartment with park views that was paying less than what I paid for 1k sq ft in the middle of Queens. That’s a nicer place in a better area than Friends had for less than 3k a month thirty years after the show all because of rent control.

We know they all came from money except Joey and Phoebe. They could also be getting money from family.