DagwoodIII
@DagwoodIII@piefed.social
- Comment on Why are so many after-shave lotion perfumed ? 1 day ago:
[off topic?]
I’ve used witch hazel for years. Mild scent and not as astringent as rubbing alcohol.
- Comment on We've done it, boys 3 days ago:
Stop focusing on trivialities and ignoring the facts.
Read the book.
- Comment on We've done it, boys 3 days ago:
One reason George Washington wasn’t the worst general was that he was actually a fine horseman and could get around the battlefield quickly.
Try an actual book written by one of the best minds of our time.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
lol!
I’ve worked retail, and seen old women spending hours picking out the right pair of Doc Martens.
You can be butch and fashion conscious.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/10/04/11/90454329-0-image-m-82_1728039509923.jpg
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
From the movie “Mahogany”
“You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.”
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Everyone is different.
Sexually transmitted diseases in retirement homes. Actual medical study.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
In both cases it’s internalized.
Remember the line where a 20something actor says that he should have stayed in high school, because high school girls stay the same age and he’s getting older?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
A wise woman* once opined that a man wasn’t old until there were no women his age he found attractive, and that a woman was old the first time she looked for a dress to make her look younger.
- Comment on We've done it, boys 3 days ago:
Comparing business in ancient times with business today is like comparing warfare of today with sword and shield fighting.
- Comment on We've done it, boys 4 days ago:
The funny thing is that Bush Dr. castigated Reagan’s tax cuts as ‘voo-doo economics’ when they were running against each other in the primaries. Once Reagan won the nomination, Bush signed on whole heartedly
- Comment on We've done it, boys 4 days ago:
LBJ wanted to have social spending and have a massive knockout punch in Vietnam. Instead of a knockout punch, the War turned into a massive quagmire. It was costing the US a fortune, but LBJ didn’t want to raise taxes, so he printed money. Nixon got elected and doubled down on the War and using inflation to pay for it. The4n the OPEC oil embargo hit and inflation went through the roof.
Jimmy Carter’s plan [controlled by Fed chair Paul Volker] solved inflation, but by the time it kicked in Carter had been replaced by Reagan. Reagan deregulated a lot of industries and let them run wild.
In 1968, ‘middle class’ was defined as one Union job supporting a family of four. At that time $1 million was a vast fortune. By the time Bush Sr. was out, ‘middle class’ meant two incomes to run the home, and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.
- Comment on YSK: the abolitionist history of pumpkin pie 5 days ago:
On that note.
“Black people can’t swim.”
The masters used to beat all the slaves if they saw any of the kids swimming. Going across a river was the best way to throw off the blood hounds, so it was a good idea for the owners to keep the property out of the water.
Diving With a Purpose. Black scuba divers searching sunken slave ships.
- Comment on YSK: the abolitionist history of pumpkin pie 6 days ago:
Agatha Christie has entered the chat
- Comment on YSK: the abolitionist history of pumpkin pie 6 days ago:
[off topic]
Someone posted that so many early cartoons [Mickey Mouse in particular] wore white gloves because they were modeled on minstrel show characters. You can’t look at American history for more than a minute before something like this pops up.
- Comment on Is there an optimal home/apartment size that most people would be happy with? 6 days ago:
Short answer. No.
People vary too much, and have wildly different ideas about how much is ‘enough.’
This line is from a novel, but there’s a lot of truth in it. “If I was on my own, I could live in a pup tent. When I have to live with one other person I need a 30 room mansion.”
Other people would be happy in a small place if they had access to different things; parks, gyms; museums; libraries; schools.
And, a world where all the hosues were similar size would look pretty boring.
- Comment on xkcd #3173: Satellite Imagery 6 days ago:
All his books are standalones.
For some reason, a publisher put numbers on them, but that has nothing to do with the stories.
Enjoy
- Comment on Don't know where to post this 1 week ago:
That makes sense.
- Comment on Don't know where to post this 1 week ago:
Whenever I read about Trump scamming his own MAGAs I remember an exchange I ahd back in 2015.
Trump had just admitted that his University was a complete scam and paid back the students who’d sued him.
I was online with a MAGat and pointed out that Trump had ripped off people who had believed his promises. This guy said that the students should have read the contracts they signed.
They can know he’s a crook and still love him.
- Comment on xkcd #3173: Satellite Imagery 1 week ago:
You sound like a fellow espionage geek.
Two recommendations.
TURN : George Washington’s Spies. Doesn’t turn away from things like Washington owning slaves and the British freeing them, and it has lots of cute tricks, like a one-man submarine and secret writing on egg shells. AMC show.
Any of the WW2 spy novels by Alan Furst. “Night Soldiers” is about a Bulgarian fisherman whose brother was killed by a Fascist mob. He gets recruited into the KGB and fights in Spain.
- Comment on xkcd #3173: Satellite Imagery 1 week ago:
[off topic?]
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/ghost-army-canvas-and-camouflage
Basically, the Allied forces did exactly what the cartoon suggests. They created a ‘ghost army’ that confused the German observation planes.
- Comment on Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth 1 week ago:
A quick search shows that at least two Federal agencies are involved [FAA and NTSB] in any investigation. You could probably do a Freedom of Information Act search.
The usual process is to release an edited version.
I’d think that unless there was a compelling reason, like an allegation that the pilot deliberately crashed the plane, they’d respect the crews privacy.
- Comment on Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth 1 week ago:
On the other hand, if you’re already on the battlefield…
- Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line. 1 week ago:
And what exactly did you accomplish?
As far as I can see, absolutely nothing. You didn’t change my mind, and pretty much conceded that I was right since the beginning when I said there was no point in arguing minor issues like my use of the term ‘middle class.’
And you’ve shown that you’d rather swallow rocks then study up on a Socialist who won a lot of elections by building a powerful coalition.
- Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line. 1 week ago:
Let’s take it back to the beginning.
Someone said that I should have used the term ‘working class’ instead of ‘middle class.’
I said that was pointless hairsplitting and a waste of time.
And now, apparently, you’ve decided I was correct and it is pointless hairsplitting.
Did I miss anything?
Also, for those who actually would like to learn something, here’s a link to LaGuardia’s wiki.
LaGuardia was so good that even the author of ‘Starship Troopers’ praised the [his words] “Socialist Mayor.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello_La_Guardia
https://youtu.be/Plo6MfbgcsE?list=PLcvFO4lyuy_sW_3kEqdpK7mhdSKJ7NBUw
- Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line. 1 week ago:
First, now you’re trying to move the goal posts. If you didn’t know who LaGuardia was you should have mentioned it right away.
Second, let’s jump to your latest comment and start from there.
If LaGuardia is irrelevant to the current situation, why is Marx relevant? He’s been dead longer than Fiorello.
You’re the one demanding we use antique terms, and chastising me for trying to update them.
Finally, everything you’ve posted has proved my first point, that there are people on the Left who will argue and argue instead of trying to build consensus
- Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line. 1 week ago:
So, you couldn’t be bothered to take 30 seconds to search for something I mentioned, but I am supposed to fall in line and accept all your definitions and points of view?
That’s pretty funny.
- Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line. 1 week ago:
That’s exactly the point I was making.
- Comment on Tip From Dale Gribble; noted Anarchist 1 week ago:
Mao said that the revolutionary moves among the population like a fish moves through the sea.
The people who are doing the most are the ones who are quiet and circumspect; they have jobs and pay their taxes and never confront the police.
“Hide in plain sight.”
- Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line. 1 week ago:
So, you agree with me 99% but will fight to the death over the last 1%?
Let’s take your last paragraph. There are plenty of kids who can hook up the PC, a video game console, and Grandma’s VCR and make them all work together without having the least idea of why it works. They know that this plug goes here and not there and that’s enough for them. None of them can tell a sine wave from a tsunami.
And you completely ignored LaGuardia being able to be a Communist and a Republican at the same time. He happily ignored the contradiction and got both to agree that he was the best man for the job.
- Comment on People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line. 1 week ago:
That’s exactly the point I was making.
