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- Comment on Is gold investing a scam? 3 days ago:
My family gets upset when I reference Hitler and his buddies as the creative source material for our current sequel/reboot. The fact that our president had previously bragged about studying books by and about Hitler isn’t a problem, but it’s only a problem that I bring it up.
- Comment on There are ultimately only so many damn angles, okay!? 4 days ago:
That’s entirely too many nudes. You need better acquaintances.
- Comment on Is gold investing a scam? 4 days ago:
Different parts of the family tree, but pre-Soviet Ukraine and Poland.
The Ukrainian family was erased over a period spanning from pre-WWI to pre-WWII. Around the time of the Bolshevik Revolution, a large portion was killed for having too close of ties with the Romanov family, and for taking advantage of the commoners. They incorrectly assumed that their social status would keep them safe. By the time that bolshevism fell out of style, anyone who remained was killed off for their radical support for empowering the commoners. Over just a couple of decades, a relatively vast family name was completely wiped out from a vast number of cities and villages. The only thing they all seemed to have in common with each other and those miles alongside them was their religion.
The Polish family either snuck out of Poland around the time that Nazism was becoming more popular, or died. One family member survived after their parents left them with some Catholic friends, and another two family members shockingly survived the concentration camps. My memories of one of them was how hard they’d cry when they’d see any portion of their numeric tattoo.
Now the living parts of the Ukrainian family live throughout the Americas, and believe that fascist leaders have redeeming qualities. Meanwhile, the Polish family is mostly in Israel and is mostly super-cool with Palestinian genocide. Imagine struggling so hard to survive, just for your offspring to perpetuate or promote the same shit that you escaped from.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 4 days ago:
Well, that’s good news. I actively stopped paying attention to new Scooby news after how hurt he expressed feeling. I wish Warner would stop making it so morally difficult to enjoy their IPs and support their creators.
- Comment on Is gold investing a scam? 4 days ago:
I’m acquiring a little gold. Not a lot, but enough.
What’s enough? When my family was escaping persecution, they managed to travel under the cover of night and stayed in people’s barns and homes during the day. They planned and managed these arrangements via transactions using gold coins, links or pieces of jewelry, or other relatively universal valuables. They also got away a couple of times using the same goods to bribe authorities.
A small number of generations of my family dealt with being told that their money or credit was devalued due to their religion, profession, or relationship to public figures. In those instances, the family members who fled survived, and most of the ones who didn’t flee died.
I don’t know that I have much faith in my ability to flee anything, so I’m not investing that much time or money into acquiring gold things. Found some old watches from my grandparents/great-grandparents that claim to have gold in them. Have a couple of my own little things and jewelry I’ve given my wife. All just things when the time to survive arrives. Which it might not ever.
I hope this somewhat answered your question.
- Comment on Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns 4 days ago:
He’ll love it! Ironman is the goat, see!
- Comment on It didn't rise... 4 days ago:
Amazing reference. Get yourself a cookie.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 4 days ago:
He mentioned in an interview that he found out that he was no longer the voice of Shaggy when he saw Will Forte credited with the role. Lillard apparently wasn’t even invited to audition.
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 5 days ago:
And maybe don’t take this -ax through the Swamp of Sadness, yeah?
- Comment on Hershey highway 1 week ago:
Honor the red, white, and splooge.
- Comment on Hershey highway 1 week ago:
Fill my eyes with that tunnel vision.
No disguise…
- Comment on Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead 1 week ago:
That out of context quote takes a lot of shit for something that was supposed to represent a futuristic socialist utopia.
The idea was that 14 years after that article was published, mankind would have such immediate access to services and those services would be free, that people would just sorta stop caring about owning things. For example, since food and necessities would be free, you could go home and print your dinner. If you wanted someone else to cook, you’d get something delivered. But, if you wanted to try something truly novel that most people don’t do anymore in this society, you could rent kitchen equipment and it’d be ready as soon as you need it, and you’d use socialized appliances and utensils. Why? Because your home doesn’t need that clutter. If you wanna cook all the time, you can own whatever you want. But most people will want to use that space for something else, so they’ll just print their meals.
You would have quick and easy access to transport, so why waste the money and space to own a car? You wanna drive? Push a button in your app and a car arrives for free. Or take the free train or bus.
The essay isn’t about “you won’t be able to own anything,” it’s about “you won’t want to own anything, but you’ll have everything you could ever want or need.”
And we’re really headed in the right direction for this amazing future. Except, you know… Corporations are bleeding us dry instead of supporting us…
- Comment on An argument for using plastic straws: 1 week ago:
I love your detailed response and admire your passion. For the record, I was being sarcastic since trepanning as a treatment was not intended for direct interaction with the brain. I threw the “deep tissue” in there because Mr. Gage did in fact get a hole in his skull. Unintentionally and originating from the wrong side.
- Comment on Who wore it better? 1 week ago:
We are all the ham on this glorious day
- Comment on An argument for using plastic straws: 1 week ago:
Studying the effects of deep tissue trepanning?
- Comment on An argument for using plastic straws: 1 week ago:
Yes and no. The rod was actually a metal straw and the powder charge was actually a car traveling down I-80. Pretty common mistake.
The only reason this is documented so inaccurately is because everyone was too busy looking at the Kim Kardashian pic that broke the Internet and couldn’t open their camera app quickly enough to get it for the vine.
- Comment on Who wore it better? 1 week ago:
They’re marshmallow fluff. Matt is the sliced ham and Trey is the ketchup.
Just like Mom used to make.
- Comment on Chasing the Elephant 1 week ago:
I’ll have what I’m having!
- Comment on 每次拉屎都尿尿但不是每次尿尿都拉屎。 1 week ago:
I guess I gotta put this on a shirt before my next visit with my Brahmin in-laws
- Comment on Honestly wtf? 1 week ago:
RIP door
- Comment on same shit every day, on god 1 week ago:
Even better if you can use it to power a humanoid robot for a real world plant golem.
- Comment on same shit every day, on god 1 week ago:
They did fix that pretty quickly, but what a classic mad scientist blunder that would turn a well meaning researcher into a villain in any action hero film.
- Comment on Tattoo Ink Moves Through the Body, Killing Immune Cells and Weakening Vaccine Response 1 week ago:
As a triple MD of researchology and a minor in advanced bullshitterism, I can 100% confirm that the advice in this comment is the absolute healthiest way to interact with people on the Internet.
Also, while the mice were only tested for two months after the tattoo, researchers continued to track the health of the mice via phone calls and getting together for after work beers every third Tuesday of the month.
Source: I was probably one of the researchers or something.
- Comment on FAWK BAHD! PUT THAT DART OUT! 2 weeks ago:
Why are you arguing with me? I just explained it. Tide goes in because tide goes out.
Fuck it! We’ll do it live!
- Comment on Might not be efficient, but at least it... Uhhh, wait, what good does it provide again? 2 weeks ago:
Why do people keep telling me this?
- Comment on FAWK BAHD! PUT THAT DART OUT! 2 weeks ago:
Yes I can. Tide goes in because tide goes out.
- Comment on OnLy tWo eLemEnTs 2 weeks ago:
It’s gonna blow out like my pants after gas station sushi
- Comment on FAWK BAHD! PUT THAT DART OUT! 2 weeks ago:
But if we get rid of OSHA, what’s Mike Rowe going to hold for laughter and applause for after he says “ocean?”
- Comment on Amazing 2 weeks ago:
Damn, I had to do some actual research to get that one. Worth it. I chuckled quietly through my nose.
- Comment on Oechslegrad 2 weeks ago:
Ho-la friend-o! <3