Skunk cabbage?

I think the question is best answered by reversing it. Why do you choose to listen to music?

Now don’t get me wrong I listen to a ton of stuff. I have an mp3 player for air travel and I listen to all kinds of things in my car and for my whole shift at a manufacturing job I used to have.

But out on the street, on a bike or on the trails I never have any music on. From a practical standpoint it’s simply safer to be aware of what’s going on, but that’s not the point for me.

I use that time to just let my mind wander and internalize info I learned that day or to look back on things that happened recently. That boredom is soon replaced with thoughts and daydreams and feelings and memories. And it’s nice to see my part of the world as it is, without any filter and seeing how places and people change day by day.

There was an elective college class that I took that was about movies. There were some really meh movies but one that surprised me was called Smoke. This scene here stuck with me the most because it changed the way I look at the areas I see every day.

What about a cars with 500k lumen headlights and the ability to go faster than anything you’ve ever seen without even having legs?

Some people said similar stuff before Trump was elected and while they didn’t move there are a ton of people being deported

Yep I voted in a big side social room of a church. It used to be held in the high school gym when I was in school but I think school security concerns ultimately nudged them to use the church instead

Yeah put it across from the model of MH370, by the photo of JFK getting shot

It’s like anything else, for every annoying or pushy christian you hear about there’s dozens of others doing their thing and not bothering anyone.

And it varies church to church too, with some really wanting to get out into the community and others keeping to themselves but welcoming people who are curious when they come to them.

They say we can stand on the shoulders of giants, but first we gotta climb a friggin giant

One comment I saw eons ago explained it, it went something like this

“Imagine theres a group called Team-No-Bad-Guy. They gather to yell to stop people doing bad guy things. You don’t like those people that they yell at, but you don’t like the non-yelling methods Team-No-Bad-Guy uses sometimes. Team-No-Bad-Guy hears you say this and calls you a bad guy and begin yelling at you. You realize that they can call anyone bad guys and you wonder how things would be for you after the big bad guys were gone.”

People downvote, but you’re not wrong and it’s probably the most common example in rural areas

Idk how common it was but it’s a good example of a “third place”. A spot that isn’t work or home where you can meet and socialize

First time I heard it. I doubt Seed stopped production but maybe the place you ordered from decided to not stock any more at the moment? Odd.

You can have an epic bossfight!

Yeah I just wanted to emphazise your point

And I agree efficiency is about speeding things up without losing the quality of the end result. And I think anyone that has been to a BMV can see the need for that kind of change but that’s not what they are after. They seem to just charge through the red tape and warning labels to do what they want

imo the questions about efficiency and commitment to the constitution isn’t that crazy to ask upfront. If I remember right all federal employees have to swear an oath when they are hired. It also matches the one military officers say.

“I, ____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

But note that it makes no mention of loyalty to the President directly, unlike the oath of enlistment military enlisted members say (see below). That’s what I find most odd about these questions on USAjobs and what I think is crossing a line leaning towards political loyalty over constitutional loyalty.

I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

Bob Long’s weather reports are peak

Yep one of my favorites is out of Akron Ohio! TheSummit.FM

It’s the only station I know that takes time to actuall play local music. They also have shows like “Cruisin’ the Decades” with music from the 30s to now. That is now played on a whole ton of other stations nationwide including shortwave. Then there’s “The Ongoing History of New Music” which only aired in Canada until they discovered it and picked it up.

Publicly funded, little to no ads and NO MORNING TALK SHOW!

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1887-1.html

That’s what podcasts are for

Unless you start running pirate radio or open a radio station of your own