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tokin opposition
Apr 8, 2021

I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)

Biplane posted:

Thanks for devils advocating the idiot nepo baby. Its a hard job but someone has to do it

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cmndstab
May 20, 2006

Huge Internet Celebrity!
I mean, the guy probably could have said "I'm low on gas, would you mind sending me the tip in advance?" rather than "pay my gas for me", but how we go from there to calling the cops I have no idea. Ridiculous overreaction.

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


cmndstab posted:

I mean, the guy probably could have said "I'm low on gas, would you mind sending me the tip in advance?" rather than "pay my gas for me", but how we go from there to calling the cops I have no idea. Ridiculous overreaction.

Fragility: not just for whites anymore

Lady Gagazula
Aug 13, 2005

Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my
Joker Face
Melman

How is it that this creature has perfectly mimicked my tendies-in-my-tummy dance?

Skippy McPants
Mar 19, 2009

I've had some skeevy as gently caress people deliver pizza to me, and I don't see the problem. It's a lovely, low-paying job. I don't care if they're a half hour late and look strung out; give me my garbage food and take your tip so we can each go back to hating ourselves.

I'd be more weirded out if they looked clean-cut and chipper.

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
don't expect people working low paying jobs to give a gently caress. they are not being paid enough to care about your dumb bullshit.

Puppy Burner
Sep 9, 2011
Nah dude, everyone in the service industry actually likes you, personally and considers you a friend. We love working holidays so you can have your stupid bullshit. Everyone is sober and following best practices. Your food is arriving without anything added. No tip, no problem. :)

Centrist Committee
Aug 6, 2019

Puppy Burner posted:

Nah dude, everyone in the service industry actually likes you, personally and considers you a friend. We love working holidays so you can have your stupid bullshit. Everyone is sober and following best practices. Your food is arriving without anything added. No tip, no problem. :)

🫡

tokin opposition
Apr 8, 2021

I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)
https://kinda.fun/guillotine

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

we could do so much good by liquidating Elon.

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003

uber_stoat posted:

we could do so much good by liquidating Elon.

even if he was flat broke it’d be a net positive for society

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006
Even if you don't want to give the guy the money at least cancel the order from your end so the driver doesn't get penalized.

SplitSoul
Dec 31, 2000


Liberated 89%. :cool:

Chamale
Jul 11, 2010

I'm helping!




Great game, but the math it gives on public school funding is badly off. With $290 billion it says you could fund about 1,600 schools - the real number is more like 40,000.

A Buttery Pastry
Sep 4, 2011

Delicious and Informative!
:3:
fake-socialist game, claiming wealth is generated when you kill billionaires, when it is in fact merely liberated

SplitSoul
Dec 31, 2000

Chamale posted:

Great game, but the math it gives on public school funding is badly off. With $290 billion it says you could fund about 1,600 schools - the real number is more like 40,000.

The number changes significantly depending on the state you pick.

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006

SplitSoul posted:

The number changes significantly depending on the state you pick.

Do public schools in north carolina actually cost 100 million per year to operate?

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


The answer changes significantly depending on your definition of actually

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!
My old nc high school apparently had a budget just under 50 million last year. This is a school with a capacity of like 1,500 students as a reference point.

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003
burn this entire loving system to the ground

https://jalopnik.com/las-homeless-are-relying-on-rvs-for-shelter-via-vanlord-1850506453


quote:


ABC 7 spoke with one Greg William, who was actually homeless at one time. He’s been making a decent living renting out the 15 RVs he owns to the city’s homeless for over a decade — charging between $600 to $800 a month. Sure, that’s cheap for LA, but still relatively expensive for anyone. But Williams says as an advocate, he tries to help on the rent expense:

“I work with them and I almost always do sliding scale, so basically whatever you can afford is what I work with you on,” said William, who finds most tenants on Craigslist, Airbnb or through word of mouth.

He told ABC7 each RV costs between $2,000 to $5,000 upfront, and requires roughly $200 to $400 a month of maintenance. He estimates he profits between $2,000 and $8,000 a month.

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003
turns out killer whales are the allies of the 99%

https://jalopnik.com/killer-whale-orca-yacht-attack-20th-in-one-month-1850510399

quote:


A sailor is currently stranded on the island of Gibraltar after a pod of five orcas attacked his yacht, disabling both rudders and treating the disabled boat like a plaything in the water. The attack is the most recent in a string of incidents with no clear cause.

Ham Equity
Apr 16, 2013

The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.
Grimey Drawer

Holy poo poo, they're up to twenty? Go comrades orcas!

That pod needs to give some lessons to the pods in Puget Sound.

Maed
Aug 23, 2006


I bet some orcas are smart enough to figure out something hosed up is happening to the ocean and it’s probably those human assholes in those boats, if they had hands with thumbs we’d be their slaves imo

Biplane
Jul 18, 2005

Maed posted:

I bet some orcas are smart enough to figure out something hosed up is happening to the ocean and it’s probably those human assholes in those boats, if they had hands with thumbs we’d be their slaves imo

You've read my fanfic?

uber_stoat
Jan 21, 2001



Pillbug

Laterite
Mar 14, 2007

It's Gutfest '89
Grimey Drawer

Biplane posted:

You've read my fanfic?

Whipped On The Butt By My Orca-Man Slave Master by Chuck Tingle

Biplane
Jul 18, 2005

Laterite posted:

Whipped On The Butt By My Orca-Man Slave Master by Chuck Tingle

It's actually just called Free Willy.

Maed
Aug 23, 2006


Biplane posted:

It's actually just called Free Willy.

lol

MisterOblivious
Mar 17, 2010

by sebmojo

Ham Equity posted:

Holy poo poo, they're up to twenty? Go comrades orcas!

That pod needs to give some lessons to the pods in Puget Sound.

hahaha I love hearing reports of those guys learning to attack ships
it started off as one angry animal, White Gladis, attacking boats in 2020 and she's been teaching others to lash out ever since

Ardent Communist
Oct 17, 2010

ALLAH! MU'AMMAR! LIBYA WA BAS!

MisterOblivious posted:

hahaha I love hearing reports of those guys learning to attack ships
it started off as one angry animal, White Gladis, attacking boats in 2020 and she's been teaching others to lash out ever since

James Cameron is pretty smart for putting this in his movie already.

tokin opposition
Apr 8, 2021

I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)

Ardent Communist posted:

James Cameron is pretty smart for putting this in his movie already.

Who do you think taught Gladys?

Shnag
Dec 8, 2010

"I'll be whatever I wanna do!"
the article says she got traumatized by illegal fishing so she started attacking small ships and taught others. they will only get better from here at doing it :allears:

Maed
Aug 23, 2006


Shnag posted:

the article says she got traumatized by illegal fishing so she started attacking small ships and taught others. they will only get better from here at doing it :allears:

that's just an idea some scientist had, no one is sure why she's doing it but I like my idea best, I'm sure once they're done they'll tell us so long and thanks for all the fish and get outa here

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
I hope the Orcas make it when we’re finally defeated. :unsmith:

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

It's actually interesting to me that there are so few human deaths from Orcas, given their whole penchant for "surplus killing." If what I read is correct, literally the only human fatalities are from Orcas in captivity (which obviously fucks with them in some way, since they have much lower lifespans in captivity than in the wild), with 3 of those 4 all being from the same Orca.

It was also interesting learning that they have very human-like life-spans, and apparently most Orcas spend their entire lives living with their moms.

There was also apparently one situation where a male Orca's mom helped him kill the calf of a female Orca he wanted to mate with. Very supportive parenting.

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006

Ytlaya posted:

apparently most Orcas spend their entire lives living with their moms.

More like dorkas

jeebus bob
Nov 4, 2004

Festina lente

Ytlaya posted:

There was also apparently one situation where a male Orca's mom helped him kill the calf of a female Orca he wanted to mate with. Very supportive parenting.

Your mom seems pretty cruel.

Laterite
Mar 14, 2007

It's Gutfest '89
Grimey Drawer
one time some friends and i watched a pod of orcas gently caress up a group of seals in neah bay; it was amazing & terrifying

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Doc Hawkins
Jun 15, 2010

Dashing? But I'm not even moving!


a marine biologist who became a professional science fiction author used his knowledge of orca society to write a great short story about the cross-species trade and cultural exchange which might happen if we became able to translate their language: Bulk Food, republished for free on his website. :)

(it's a bit gory)

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