I’ve been tearing out the carpet in my bedroom, in preparation for painting and a new floor. I’m slick with sweat, because it was 98F here today.

I know we shouldn’t, but someday we might make cat-sized pet elephants.

AI doesn’t actually understand anything. Nothing at all.

It’s never been about protecting children, that’s how it’s been sold to the people who aren’t paying attention. That always works, that or “terrorism”.

Prompt people to fear for their kids, or fear other people, and they can be manipulated. Fear and anger are much stronger than love and compassion, unfortunately.

If you haven’t been afraid of needles in the past, I see no reason… oh!

You have more than enough money to put a down payment on a mortgage for a house. Do it.

Don’t imagine that you should wait until you get married, get the house for yourself, because you’re right, it’s an important investment, and you’re just throwing your money away on rent. It’s surprising you haven’t bought a house yet.

Yes, you sound entitled. I was embarrassed that I had to borrow the down payment for my house from my dad, I never expected him to buy me a damn house, even though he could have just done so outright. I never felt “unloved”, quite the opposite. He raised me to stand on my own feet, and now that he’s gone, I’m grateful to him for doing so.

Having said all that, house prices are ridiculous right now, but are starting to crash in some markets, I’d wait no more than year to see what happens. Use that time to plan, instead of whining.

Jessie’s Girl

https://youtu.be/qYkbTyHXwbs

I got the email three days ago here in America, I didn’t look at it at the time. I dunno if Gmail can edit an email after I’ve received it, I suppose they can. Here’s how it rendered just now when I opened it. I’m not defending anything, I just wanted to show what I found::

Promo shots for 30-year-old sitcoms?

Everybody Love Raymond. This is Brad Garrett, he played Raymond’s brother, Robert Barone.

I dunno, they just didn’t like me.

Right, but if he’s geeking out, and I’m learning something, a couple of hours would be fine. Not that any doctor would spend that long on such a thing.

I dunno, man. I tried it when I was a kid and, like, I know it was wrong, but I just kept doing it. I mean EVERYONE was doing it.

It’s not slop. It’s a CT scan, which is why the shoulders don’t show. You can search how CT scanning works, if you want to learn something.

Snopes claims it’s real.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/xray-gymnast-trick/

No chance they’ve slept in the same bedroom in more than ten years.

Boss would do the same, for some equally stupid question.

So, there’s no cotton candy version?

I don’t think this is explicitly illegal anywhere, but related laws can be interpreted to make it so. Judges have a LOT of leeway in this area, so much so, the “kid” could be a legal adult, and also fully dressed.

Fucking hell.

I’ll be sticking with 2015 and older for as long as I can.

refurbished 12 TB Seagate HDDs

There’s your problem.

I expect the “close friend” is no longer close, but the person who broke the promise, to whatever degree the promise was there, is the one who should get the most shit.

I say this as someone whose wife cheated on me. She broke her vows, she chose to cheat instead of just leaving me, he was incidental and could have been anyone. I can hardly blame him, my wife was hot af, and she lied to him, of course.