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everdave posted:I’m out of the loop is that an old goon? It was an old call back but looking this up made me laugh about it all over again: https://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=1955 People were making it their avatars and everything. I think someone in AI has a pixelated av of Microwave's mom. His MSPaint threads were peak GBS. edit: VVV well I'll be damned VVV Somewhat Heroic fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Oct 31, 2018 |
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Oct 31, 2018 22:38
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Somewhat Heroic posted:It was an old call back but looking this up made me laugh about it all over again: https://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=1955 If you google "microwave's mom", she's the first like 5 GIS results, too.
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Oct 31, 2018 22:42
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Darchangel posted:PRO I'm loving dying at the This Old Tony reference. Also, their solution for driving the accessories fits right into the insanely overengineered theme of the rest of the car.
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Oct 31, 2018 23:28
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm loving dying at the This Old Tony reference. Also, their solution for driving the accessories fits right into the insanely overengineered theme of the rest of the car. Yeah, there's been so, so many times with this where I'd just be like "welp, looks like I'm just going to live without X", whether X be AC, stereo, power steering, wipers, alternator, exhaust, seats, engine....
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Nov 1, 2018 00:06
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What far left thing has California done? Seriously, name them and cite sources. One legislator proposed a bill that didn't get out of a committee doesn't count. Passed into law. Reminderv we still barely have property tax.
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Nov 1, 2018 00:20
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Somewhat Heroic posted:It was an old call back but looking this up made me laugh about it all over again: https://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=1955 It's Jamal or Humphrey, I think. I know I see that picture every couple of days
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Nov 1, 2018 00:33
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nm posted:What far left thing has California done? Mandated solar on all new housing. 100% carbon free power by 2045.
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Nov 1, 2018 00:40
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MomJeans420 posted:Mandated solar on all new housing. If that qualifies as far left, then we're hosed.
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Nov 1, 2018 00:42
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help, help, they're making me get free electricity. fetch my musket, this tyranny will not stand
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Nov 1, 2018 00:44
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Start the tire fire boys, CA is goin' clean
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Nov 1, 2018 00:48
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Seeing as how California has the highest effective poverty rate in the nation, and housing prices are already crazy, I'm not sure adding thousands to the cost of new construction is a good idea. See also, we pay a lot more for power than most of the country. My bigger complaint is the answer isn't home solar, it would be larger solar farms. It would be a huge effort post to go into the intricacies of all this, but more solar power at the home level isn't very beneficial for the grid, but it sounds good and green so everyone likes it. We actually overproduce power at times and have to pay Arizona to take it. Additionally, people with home solar right now are getting refunded for power produced at retail rates, rather than what should be the correct wholesale rate. If they had mandated batteries to go with the solar panels that would at least make sense. Re: carbon neutral by 2045 - it's not a bad goal, but California is 1% of the world's CO2 emissions so we're not really going to make much difference, we're trying to lead by example. Rising energy usage in Asia and India is going to happen and pretty much ensure CO2 emissions rise, so our money would be better spent shipping LNG to Asia or subsidizing some other form of cheap power for them, rather than spend an increasing amount of money to become 100% carbon neutral. tldr - energy generation and distribution is actually very complicated, but your average voter isn't going to take the time to learn how things work
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Nov 1, 2018 00:53
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tldr: Getting the magic pony voted through is hard to do, so you make incremental improvements in the face of vitriolic right-wing opposition that exists regardless of the population's will
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Nov 1, 2018 01:03
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It is cool though how policies can be both "far leftist" and Not Leftist Enough, and then you realize why republicans win every time. They vote regardless of policy, it's simply to own the libs.
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Nov 1, 2018 01:06
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Darchangel posted:Yeah, pretty much anyone who is a shareholder that's not is purely by accident - their 401(k) or IRA invests in a fund that has <company X> in the portfolio. I actually did own stock in several companies. Trusted my gut feeling and sold shortly after 5 year highs, despite it looking like they were going to keep climbing. They all tanked a few weeks later to 1 year lows (basically what I bought them at). That's my experience with being a shareholder. everdave posted:I may drive 578 miles to see a band in New Orleans next weekend. Thoughts on where to go? What to do? I like beer and music nothing else. Well cars and girls but doubt that will be on the table. You can drink 24/7 in the French Quarter, on the street. Can't open drink in the street once you're out of the quarter, but there's some crazy bars. I highly recommend Pat O'Brien's, both food and restaurant. Willie's Chicken Shack has loving amazing fried chicken and shrimp, also your pick of 8 kinds of daiquiris. Multiple locations in the quarter. Honestly, just walk around in the quarter; it's Adult Disneyland. Lots of cool poo poo in there. The hotel we stayed at has a pretty decent bar, and comfortable (tho pretty basic) rooms (look on Groupon or their website if you want a room, don't walk in for a room.. their rack rate is stupid high), but they do stop serving at midnight. Groupon has some pretty decent deals on hotels inside the quarter too, but it's gonna be a lot louder.
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Nov 1, 2018 01:15
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But if your "incremental improvements" like mandated solar aren't actually improvements, you just give the other side something to point to which may discourage actual improvements. Doing things the wrong way just lets people write articles like this, although I wouldn't say necessarily the way Germany has approached things is wrong, they just lack the natural gas resources we have that have enabled the US' emissions to drop rapidly as we move from coal to cheap natural gas.
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Nov 1, 2018 01:17
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shy boy from chess club posted:Start the tire fire boys, CA is goin' clean Clean as in Natural Gas, since that's actually their backbone and they'd rather have Natural Gas than Nuclear. Like 50% natural gas.
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Nov 1, 2018 01:22
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MrOnBicycle posted:Since many of the shareholders probably are average people who invest their meager earnings to try to save for the future without getting hosed by lower than inflation interest on savings accounts, I'd wager that many shareholders work very hard for their money. I'm pretty happy about what capitalism has brought us in Sweden. (I get your point though). Thankfully I'm Canadian, so we at least get the healthcare part. But so many US ideas re: business, etc. have bled up here (the bad parts) that its getting really lovely. Nobody needs to be a billionaire. Nobody. Wealth inequality is absolutely destroying the fabric of society, and people just blame the poor rather than the rich. Its poo poo, and it sucks. And I wish there was an easy answer, but there's not. People are so easily manipulated and misled, and they just keep supporting the worst of the worst. Just frustrated with the world lately :/
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Nov 1, 2018 01:41
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BraveUlysses posted:remember when california conservative shitheads passed prop 8 to ban gay marriage? Remember when lovely 'conservative' flyover state Iowa managed to beat them to passing gay marriage, and held it through heavy challenges that cost half the state supreme court their seats? Beating them on clean energy, too, because the local power monopoly realized farmers would rent them a few hundred square feet to slap down a wind gen in the middle of their fields for dirt cheap, so they're going up as fast as they can be built. Expected to be at 90% of retail usage by end of 2019, 100% by end of 2020. https://www.midamericanenergy.com/news-article.aspx?story=858
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Nov 1, 2018 01:47
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Even if you think solar panels is bad policy, it is hardly far left. Also the policy explicitly allow building large scale solar arrays not on buildings if you don't want rooftop or individual systems. The 2045 thing was backed by our Republican former governor. It also allows for nuclear. nm fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Nov 1, 2018 |
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Nov 1, 2018 01:47
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Siochain posted:Just frustrated with the world lately :/  
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Nov 1, 2018 01:48
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nm posted:Even if you think solar panels is bad policy, it is hardly far left. It's worth considering the dust-to-dust cost of solar systems as well. Concentrated solar power plants make a lot more ecological sense than distributed individual silicon solar cells, but that requires larger investment and energy storage.
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Nov 1, 2018 01:50
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Powershift posted:It's worth considering the dust-to-dust cost of solar systems as well. Concentrated solar power plants make a lot more ecological sense than distributed individual silicon solar cells, but that requires larger investment and energy storage. FWIW, I think half of it is trying to get us off PGE which seems to be actively lighting the state on fire every year. The lefty thing to do would be to socialize them, which I totally support, but isn't going to happen. Sacramento has an awesome public utility which is both cheaper and less fire prone.
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Nov 1, 2018 01:55
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Go on, what were you making? Only narrow boat plaques, so not hugely exciting i'm afraid! (but playing with molten metal is fun especially when its turning it into something you designed on a computer) apparently there is only one place that makes them all in the UK and he wont disclose his sources - implicating that they are just imported from china.
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Nov 1, 2018 01:59
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nm posted:FWIW, I think half of it is trying to get us off PGE which seems to be actively lighting the state on fire every year. But when producing/shipping silicon solar cells simply moves the pollution to china, and the direct cost to individual homeowners simply to avoid  socialism , you're still doing something wrong.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:04
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So many documents to sign. SO MANY.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:13
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Liquid Cannibalism posted:Remember when lovely 'conservative' flyover state Iowa managed to beat them to passing gay marriage, and held it through heavy challenges that cost half the state supreme court their seats? Iowa's disgusting liberal past also features: The first mosque in north america voting rights given to african americans 1867 - 3 years before it happened nationally de-segregated schools in 1868 - 90 years ahead of the national ruling and then to top off this sickening and vile action, they gave women the vote in 1894. It's long been a bastion of fairness and equanimity and Steve King the actual nazi congressman is a terrible smear on a state that deserves more appreciation for upholding these ridiculously leftist plots. It used to be far-leftist, perhaps only in the starry-eyed era of the liberal heyday of the late 1800's -- but even 1980's Iowa under known hippie Ronald "J" Reagan was further to the left than today's *~*radically left*~* California is in 2018.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:14
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It may be bad policy, but it ain't extremely lefty. People think we're lefty because of social stuff, but as mentioned, we got beat by loving Iowa on gay marriage. And if supporting LGBTQ rights is extremely lefty, then hand me my hammer and sickle comrade.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:14
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nm posted:It may be bad policy, but it ain't extremely lefty. it's ok, it's not like normal people can afford to build in CA anyway.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:18
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Jesus christ its not even 7:45 and we've had something like 170 kids... and our neighborhood is still 1/3 vacant lots. I can't imagine once it gets completed  Some awesome costumes though!
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Nov 1, 2018 02:43
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slidebite posted:Jesus christ its not even 7:45 and we've had something like 170 kids... and our neighborhood is still 1/3 vacant lots. I can't imagine once it gets completed Wow, we're at like 17 kids.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:51
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Zero kids. At the end of the street on the edge of the sub. I think our total is 3 over 3 years here. More candy for me. 
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Nov 1, 2018 02:52
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My parents do like 900 pieces on Halloween and run out at 8pm. I live in an apartment, so nothing.
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Nov 1, 2018 02:57
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I had an ex-girlfriend who's place was trick-or-treat central (well lit, wealthy neighborhood with excellent sidewalks lol). The whole neighborhood went wild with decorations, and after about 6:30PM you could barely drive down the street. We'd do like 8-10lbs of candy easily and finally have to turn everyone away because we were out. It kind of ruled. After about 8:30PM when all the little kids were gone, I'd get drunk and put on a London Fog trench coat/horsehead mask, and stagger around in the yard with this smoky old gas powered chainsaw (minus the chain), hassling teenagers and drunk parents. When it finally stalled/flooded or I got too many filthy looks from parents I'd switch to dramatically sharpening a machete on a deer antler, which made a very creepy noise and weirded people even more than the chainsaw. Kind of miss those Halloweens, they were good times.
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Nov 1, 2018 03:24
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Nov 1, 2018 03:42
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90 kids, give or take a couple. Easy to count since my wife decided to make cups of slime instead of handing out candy. Seemed to be popular.
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MomJeans420 posted:But if your "incremental improvements" like mandated solar aren't actually improvements, you just give the other side something to point to which may discourage actual improvements. Doing things the wrong way just lets people write articles like this, although I wouldn't say necessarily the way Germany has approached things is wrong, they just lack the natural gas resources we have that have enabled the US' emissions to drop rapidly as we move from coal to cheap natural gas. Thanks will check all this out
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