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I backed this documentary film called "Socialism: An American Story" on kickstarter after seeing a DSA email about it. They had to raise something like $65k in 10 days, and I was certain that they weren't going to be able to do it. I mean, DSA people don't exactly have a lot of cash, and that's a big amount to cover in under two weeks. Shockingly, they managed to clear $175k with just a few hours to spare! Kind of nice to see one of these projects actually succeed.
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Moo is 11 as of Sunday.  
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May 29, 2019 16:31
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May 29, 2019 16:36
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Non Gender Specific Parent and/or cool Aunt&Uncle Chat: A bunch of state 529 plans are offering opening deposit bonuses, mostly like $50 for $50, for 5/29. Good time to open an account of you've been thinking about it.
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May 29, 2019 16:59
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Untagged posted:Non Gender Specific Parent and/or cool Aunt&Uncle Chat: You can be an uncle and do this? I have a few nieces and nephews with deadbeat parents who are going to need help when the time comes. And poo poo, I’m probably never having kids anyway.
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May 29, 2019 17:15
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colachute posted:You can be an uncle and do this? I have a few nieces and nephews with deadbeat parents who are going to need help when the time comes. And poo poo, I’m probably never having kids anyway. Yes, you can open or contribute to a 529 for someone else's kids
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May 29, 2019 17:17
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colachute posted:You can be an uncle and do this? I have a few nieces and nephews with deadbeat parents who are going to need help when the time comes. And poo poo, I’m probably never having kids anyway. My kids uncles do this. It’s really nice of them.
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May 29, 2019 17:24
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Smiling Jack posted:Yes, you can open or contribute to a 529 for someone else's kids You can even open one in your own name, and change it later if you want to save for a kid that doesn't exist yet.
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May 29, 2019 17:28
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colachute posted:You can be an uncle and do this? I have a few nieces and nephews with deadbeat parents who are going to need help when the time comes. And poo poo, I’m probably never having kids anyway. There's no relationship restriction for 529s, AFAIK. All you need is the kid's SSN and residential address.
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May 29, 2019 17:30
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current job status: fires are on fire current life status: why is it so hot out
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May 29, 2019 21:56
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Vasudus posted:current job status: fires are on fire Good question. To no ones surprise, the AC in our department doesn’t work.
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May 29, 2019 22:03
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Vasudus posted:current job status: fires are on fire pissssssssssss
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May 29, 2019 22:33
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Deathy McDeath posted:I backed this documentary film called "Socialism: An American Story" on kickstarter after seeing a DSA email about it. They had to raise something like $65k in 10 days, and I was certain that they weren't going to be able to do it. I mean, DSA people don't exactly have a lot of cash, and that's a big amount to cover in under two weeks. They did an interview on Chapo 3-4 weeks ago that was really good. https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/312-kenneth-friendlys-scorpio-smiling-feat-yael-bridge-and-morgan-spector-5619 I'm looking forward to it.
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i might have to ramp up to 160% for like two months (80%x2 aka 64 hours/week) because some crazy poo poo is about to drop and it's an all-hands on deck situation it's a brand new systems integration contract but project management is project management so whatevs once it's stood up i can leave my current contract, or the new one, nobody cares 160% is going to suck colossal amounts of rear end i dont know if i'm gonna do it tho
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Vasudus posted:i might have to ramp up to 160% for like two months (80%x2 aka 64 hours/week) because some crazy poo poo is about to drop and it's an all-hands on deck situation Will they give you a bonus for that extra effort? You’re going to be doing a ton of extra effort for the benefit of who?
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Vasudus posted:i might have to ramp up to 160% for like two months (80%x2 aka 64 hours/week) because some crazy poo poo is about to drop and it's an all-hands on deck situation I feel like this line of work might not be right for you with the amount you bitch about it.
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May 30, 2019 00:45
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Nystral posted:Will they give you a bonus for that extra effort? You’re going to be doing a ton of extra effort for the benefit of who? probably yeah, i mean it won't be a straight up 1:1 boost for the effort but there will be a good boy cookie given for it it'll also be worthwhile when it's time to get promoted nwin posted:I feel like this line of work might not be right for you with the amount you bitch about it. nah i genuinely love my job (not my current client, mind), it just has its quirks and screaming into the void is good relief if anything other people get to laugh at my milquetoast, white collar misadventures
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May 30, 2019 00:59
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Vasudus posted:probably yeah, i mean it won't be a straight up 1:1 boost for the effort but there will be a good boy cookie given for it Yeah I hear ya. Venting is always good. Speaking of: still no update from the movers-guess we aren’t getting it tomorrow!
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nwin posted:Yeah I hear ya. Venting is always good. I hope you leave a nasty worded yelp review and ask to speak to their manager.
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May 30, 2019 01:23
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Nystral posted:I hope you leave a nasty worded yelp review and ask to speak to their manager. Oh you bet your rear end I will.
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Got Impossible meat on Qdoba burrito. There's a lot going on there but I can tell it's not really beef. That said it tastes fine and if we have to use more faux-meat to save the world I can live with that.
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May 30, 2019 02:12
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Greetings from canadia
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May 30, 2019 02:13
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the biggest issue with all of the substitutes for things is that the texture usually gives it away even if they get the taste correct which granted, if i had to pick between the two that's what i would do too
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May 30, 2019 02:14
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Impossible meat is a lot better than the Shadowrun-esque Soykaf and mycoprotein slurry I was expecting so I'll take it.
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May 30, 2019 02:23
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I think a burger is probably the better way to judge taste and texture. I'll probably try the Impossible Whopper when it fully rolls out. I could just go and buy some patties but the rules about grills in my complex, which are really the city's rules, are too much of a pain to bother having one.
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May 30, 2019 02:26
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I have to get home extremely early if I want to use the shared grills at my unit because they're always in use by the many central american families in my immediate complex area. Which is fine really, but I do miss having my own grill. Cooking a steak when there was two feet of snow on the ground was fun times when I lived up north and I kinda miss it.
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bird food bathtub posted:Impossible meat is a lot better than the Shadowrun-esque Soykaf and mycoprotein slurry I was expecting so I'll take it. Also better than loving cricket powder. gently caress you, everyone pushing the "Oops, looks like you and your children and grandchildren will have to eat an insect based diet because we destroyed the planet's resources" idea.
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May 30, 2019 04:43
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hmmmm i think the ios update makes my official apple smart battery case not charge or transfer power now or its a mighty coincidental event
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Stultus Maximus posted:Also better than loving cricket powder. gently caress you, everyone pushing the "Oops, looks like you and your children and grandchildren will have to eat an insect based diet because we destroyed the planet's resources" idea. I've been toying with going vegetarian or pescatarian, i think we are gonna get thunderfucked on pork prices in the near future and beef is already kind of expensive. I think the meat industry is getting scared, I've seen a bunch of articles lately with headlines along the lines of "IMPOSSIBLE BURGERS MIGHT TASTE GOOD, BUT ARE THEY HEALTHY????" Like motherfucker, beef burgers are gonna send most of us to an early grave, how much worse could a fake meat burger be? I still havent tried one, I might next time I hit up Qdoba though.
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May 30, 2019 05:24
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Lab grown meat is still quite a ways off so this is a reasonable bridge to that at a minimum.
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May 30, 2019 05:29
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To be honest I could do without cow and pig products if need be, but take away chicken and lamb and that would just be a sad, sad day. Haven't had a crack at this fake meat stuff though, I'm open to that
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bengy81 posted:I've been toying with going vegetarian or pescatarian, i think we are gonna get thunderfucked on pork prices in the near future and beef is already kind of expensive. At home, I eat beef on average once a week. Same with pork. Poultry more often. I have no problem with doing what our ancestors did, which is red meat being a special occasion luxury. But still gently caress people who are trying to convince me that eating bugs is reasonable.
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May 30, 2019 05:38
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I probably wouldn’t really miss meat. No way I’d go vegan though.
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Vasudus posted:the biggest issue with all of the substitutes for things is that the texture usually gives it away even if they get the taste correct This was somwone I know's experience in Japan. Looked like beef. Smelled like beef. Texture was not beef. Whale
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I ate a cricket flour bar once. It was fine. I didn't know that's what it was before I ate it. I mean I saw the words "cricket flour" but didn't think that meant grounds up crickets for whatever reason.
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Vasudus posted:the biggest issue with all of the substitutes for things is that the texture usually gives it away even if they get the taste correct I read that as "prostitutes" subconsciously and was extremely confused at first  But speaking of fake meat, a highly-anticipated product called "Beyond Meat" just dropped on the German market, and it's supposed to be the holy grail of meat substitutes. My sister was preaching about the drat thing for months, so I grabbed a couple yesterday and tried one out. The patty itself looked 1:1 like the regular frozen generic patties you can buy at the store when you don't want to shell out bigger bucks for fresh meat, or make your own patties, so it's not really in the category I'd generally buy. Threw it in the pan frozen to see if I could go for a bit of a medium rare touch. The sear on the outside doesn't really look that appealing, but the texture on the inside was actually...pretty impressive to be honest. The taste was good, and the irony about my criticism is that it could have probably used more seasoning, when my initial skepticism stemmed from it probably being another over-seasoned product, sooo...well done, actually. Overall, you can still taste that it's not real meat, but a good product. Now if they manage to drop the price on that and comparable products, instead of keeping it in the overpriced segment designed to milk vegans (heh), I think we're on a decent course to find meat alternatives.  
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im glad bk is trying it out its gonna be their mcrib but its cool that its getting what is essentially a nationwide taste test for less meat in their diet also its going to make mcdonalds try and respond to it in some way, which is interesting and potentially hilarious
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May 30, 2019 06:54
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Get some bacon and make an irony burger.
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I’d definitely go vegan if I could plan more than 15 minutes ahead. The area I live in has so much go vegetarian and vegan food that it’s really easy to do when out and about. But I’m lazy so just revert to a meat and vegetable dish whenever I cook at home. I’ve started throwing tofu in instead of chicken though, and that’s been pretty good most of the time. Also, that’s dope that the DSA documentary got up.
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