That’s a fair point, but I would argue that that’s far enough in the future for them to convince themselves it’s not real. Dear little Chet getting shot in the face by Muslims next week is probably harder to ignore.

But did you vote against it, or did you just figure other people could vote for your best interests while sat on the couch?

I wasn’t really offering it as a solution to the current problem. I’m just saying that I don’t believe the current problem would exist if, for the past 10 years or more, rich kids were candidate fodder for the meat grinder.

I’m all for the draft on one very strict condition; it has to be truly random with no way for rich kids to get mommy and daddy to buy them out of it or into a cushy assignment. When the rich kids have an equal chance of dying in oil wars, there won’t be so many oil wars.

So, working exactly as intended.

The world would be a sad place if people were capable of doing good things for each other without the trappings of superstition? That’s a new one to me.

Many of them live their lives in service to others.

One can, and many do, accomplish that without promoting mythology as fact.

and started their own church.

[long heavy sigh]

Continuing…

The other bomb did not get as far into its firing sequence, but became deeply embedded in a muddy field, and one of its major weapons components (the thermonuclear “secondary” stage) was regarded as irrecoverably lost after an extensive, failed effort to recover it.

Me: “IT’S STILL THERE?!?!”

Continuing…

In 1962, the landowner was paid $1,000 to grant the United States of America a perpetual 200-foot (61 m) radius circular easement over the remains of the buried second bomb.[56][57] The site of the easement, at 35°29′37″N 77°51′30″W, is visible as a disturbed area, and lies approximately 250 feet (76 m) north of an obvious circle of trees (and disused cemetery) in the middle of a plowed field visible on Google Earth.

Soldiers salute comissioned officers regularly, except in very specific circumstances.

Soldiers salute non-commissioned officers (enlisted with rank sergeant and above) very rarely in very specific circumstances.

Soldiers (enlisted below the rank of sergeant) never salute each other except maybe as a joke. It’s just not a thing.

no university which recieves taxpayer money should not have the right

I think you probably mean

no university which receives taxpayer money should not have the right

or

no every university which receives taxpayer money should not have the right

If it’s free, you’re the product.

Would I be asking if it’s normal if I had?

Fuck philanthropy, TAX THEM!

Three years?!?! Is that normal? I’d be ready to strike after 3 months!

Everyone would use it if that’s just the only way it worked. I don’t need to turn e2ee in Signal on. It’s always on. There’s no way to turn it off. So, everyone uses it. The only reason to make people jump through hoops to turn it on is if you don’t actually want people using it.

Updated:

Officials continue to monitor conditions at Wahiawa Dam but had some good news to share late Friday night: water levels are trending down.

Heavy rains are still forecast for the next couple of hours, so the evacuation warning remains in effect.

That was at 10 pm in Hawaii, or about 3 hours ago by my rough math.

In late July 2025, posts claimed an ex-CIA whistleblower alleged that the National Security Agency audited the 2024 presidential election and found that former Vice President Kamala Harris actually won.

The claims stem from an article published by a Substack account called This Will Hold on July 31, 2025. However, Snopes did not find any documentation or other evidence proving that such an audit occurred. No credible news outlet had reported on it, and the Substack article did not offer proof that it took place.

Snopes reached out to the NSA for comment on the veracity of the Substack article’s claims and did not receive a response. This Will Hold also did not respond to our questions about its report and the alleged audit.

The Substack article identified a person by the name of Adam Zarnowski as the ex-CIA agent who was involved in the audit. However, Snopes could not independently verify Zarnowski’s employment with the CIA or his alleged involvement in such an NSA audit.

In other words, this particular sibstack account has a documented history of spreading misinformation.

Sure, but the source of the problem is people with Main Character Syndrome that don’t think twice about setting up camp right in the flow of traffic, all for those sweet, sweet fake internet points, or to park their shopping cart across the middle of the aisle while they ponder exactly what flavor of free range organic ketchup they want this week.

what’s behind Japan’s ‘bumping’ trend?

The author is constantly trying to make this a “gender dynamics” thing, but I knew the cause before reading the article. It’s sprinkled throughout…

while some wondered if it was wise to take photographs in the middle of a packed intersection.

as hordes of visitors hoping to capture a perfect Instagram moment descend on busy locations in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka to pause and film.

warned its citizens to keep a safe distance from others in crowded places and to avoid using their smartphones while walking

At the very end of the article, the author finally cones around to the simple answer.

She said she had been criticised and insulted online for taking photos of her daughter, who was uninjured, on a pedestrian crossing.

“I admit I may have been careless about the flow of people. But it wasn’t like I was ignoring traffic rules,” she said, adding that she had been following Chinese-language advice provided on Go Tokyo, a website run by the Tokyo Convention and Visitors Bureau, which tells visitors they “can even stand at the intersection and take a picture”.

I feel like this is a recent problem in a lot of places, and it’s not just tourists taking pictures. It seems like it’s much more common these days for people to be blocking the aisle in the grocery store with zero awareness of those around them, as just one example I’ve witnessed repeatedly. It’s almost as if COVID taught people to be self absorbed assholes and not give a shit about others.