this is actually an applerankings.com fan site

time is a flat circle. we’re doomed to have observant people point obviously and painfully ironic flaws in society, as society just sort of carries on anyway, repeating past stupidities and adding new ones.

I hate this person so much.

Beyond the possibility of Republicans ultimately caving, there are other efforts lawmakers are working on to try to find a resolution to the shutdown. One is a discharge petition, which can be used to force a vote on a bill without the speaker’s permission. A majority of the House would need to back the petition for that to happen, however, and it takes time to move through the House.

Using a motion to the previous question is another possibility that’s been floated. This motion, if it passes, also allows the minority to force a vote, circumventing the speaker. It requires a simple majority in order to be enacted as well, creating the same concerns as a discharge petition for moderate Republicans contemplating working with Democrats to invoke it.

It’s all just Calvinball. this entire country is such a stupid shitshow, in every way.

The media is blaming Republicans for the impending government shutdown, which yes, is mostly true. But the democrats being willing to shut down the government rather than stop sending money to Ukraine is absolutely nuts.

automated customer service systems send me into a frothing rage. especially when they send you in loops and keep you from talking to a real person (or remove that option altogether), whilst gaslighting you the entire time.

very, very few. interestingly, of the extremely small number of examples I can think of, they’re all on the republican side. like, a few of them are legitimately golf buddies, go on vacation together, their kids are friends, etc. on the Democrat side, I really can’t think of anyone I’ve known over the years who has legitimate, non-transactional friendships.

TotK is so damn good

lot of mix and mingle events and stuff. they do all hang out together. sounds like maybe McEnroe had it first, and he interviewed and talked to a bunch of them face to face.

it’s also a boat! https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/29/teslas-mythical-cybertruck-will-also-be-a-temporary-boat-because-why-not/

this is the car Homer designed in that Simpsons episode. Musk is literally as smart as Homer Simpson.

I like that this was published in 2020, before he ran for president and we acknowledged that he’s a moderate (read: conservative), rather than pretending he’s ultra progressive or some bullshit.

Arguing for an hour with liberals on about climate change and now I hate myself and everyone else. why do I do this?

well said

I will personally ban anyone who unironically supports Trump. Supporting hardcore reactionaries is reactionary behavior and not allowed.

But, I think we enjoy, in a sort of dark humor way, the ways that he spotlights the contradictions and flaws in our system. There’s also an almost incredulous hilarity to the things he is coincidentally right about sometimes, like making American foreign policy less hawkish.

The bird is the word

I was taught this at one point (though I’m not Christian), but isn’t the existence of such a gate irrelevant since the meaning of the phrase is unchanged? Like, either way, the point is that a camel is too big to get through the thing.

post better bait next time. this is way too obvious.