I believe that. I mean the military hasn't always been the most honest in holding up their end of the deal, like ever. Add to that the current admin of the last 12 years and it comes as no surprise that they would fuck around with immigrants serving in the military naturalizing.
Death_Equity
joined 2 years ago
AFAIK, it is a faster means to obtain naturalized citizenship and always has been. You have to have a green card when you join and you get fasttracked after a year of honorable service.
I may be wrong, but that is what some people I know said that was their plan and I know my former boss got his citizenship after playing in the cat box for a few years like 15 years ago.
In my early 20s while working a shit retail job, I was approached by a Ukrainian man in a cheap suit that was trying to recruit me for a marketing and sales job. I come from some money, so I know a nice suit when I see one; his suit was not terrible, but it wasn't tailored/bespoke. So I knew he was trying to convey success, but was not successful.
We met at a Starbucks and talked about the work vaguely, he handed me some CDs that were speeches given by higher ups in the company. He also gave me a website to look at the products they offer and a sample of the caffeine-free "energy" drink they sold. It sounded off and I already knew it was part of a scam of some sort. We parted ways and I gave them a listen. The drink was about a generic and unremarkable health drink that included every buzzword of the 2010s healthy energy drink alternatives that never seemed to make it out of the first half of that decade.
The speeches were about success and business stuff. Very much screamed grifter motivational stuff that said nothing about the business.
He wanted to meet again and get my thoughts. He had not asked for money, he had not presented me with a contract or anything, so I wanted to see how deep the rabbit hole went. He described the job as being an independent business owner in direct digital marketing(giant red flag terms). He invited me to a "business meeting" at a hotel where I would learn more.
I showed up and I saw a lot of people in cheap suits, maybe a half dozen were in tailed suits and designer dresses. It was a hotel convention hall with a few hundred in the audience, the majority of which looked like they were grabbed from a low-paying job like me and the gas station worker that was also invited by the same guy as me.
There were a few speeches and a few explainations of the business structure and how you make more money. There was a lot of talking about how successful they were, how much their life changed, and how great their lives became. It was a pyramid scheme, a legal one, but just barely.
After, the guy I was talking to and his wife sat down with the other guy he invited and myself to chat about the next step. Dude tried really hard to hype everything up and convey excitement while he pitched the deal to us. He made the mistake of asking me what I thought after asking the other guy, who was excited. I told him that it was a pyramid scheme. The suit acted dumb and didn't understand what a pyramid scheme was. I borrowed a pen and drew a diagram on a napkin of the "business structure". He continued to play dumb and defended it, claiming that it is his business and it is legitimate. He humble bragged about buying his car in cash(a Chrysler 300) and how him and his wife are doing really well while the ticking Rolex told me how well he was actually doing. (If you didn't know, a real Rolex second hand does not tick, it glides.)
I had obviously crushed the other invitee's dreams of having a mansion, a luxury car, and vacations to tropical beaches with a trophy wife. At least I hope I did and he went on to live a modest life of joyous contention with mediocrity instead of chasing a lie that would require roping in anyone foolish enough to fall for the scam.
We concluded the conversation and I ghosted him, keeping like 6 of his CDs lol. I honestly don't remember the name of the company. I think it was an Amway derivative, but I might be misremembering.
Nobody I want to talk to is knocking on my door without an invitation.
A door cam tells me if I need to up armor and get ready for reluctant overwhelming violence and laughter.
Fire a gun into the dirt as you walk out with the instructor.
Slightly related: My friend's dad, a Palestinian immigrant, got his license and t-boned a car pulling out of the DMV's lot. He got out of the car and ran away. I am not aware of him facing consequences from it, it was the 80s and he probably Arab mind-tricked anyone looking to deal with him.
What do you think about the Slate?
I'm interested because it has a Rivian size bed(good enough for the majority of my needs) and is a mini-truck. The customization planned is interesting. The range isn't fantastic, but I would wait for the extended range upgrade anyways.
It isn't that great looking. Most of that comes down to them starting with a Model 3 and having to conform the design to the base chassis. It has a lot going for it in the execution, but it looks like a body swap in a bad way.
I think the thickness of the floor due to the batteries is what the problem is. Cutting 3-4" from the floor thickness would make the look work way better.
The grill isn't appealing, but all electric cars are like that. The hood vent is a nice choice. The rear quarters look nice, but I kind of want it to have vents, which would be a prime spot for the radiators, which would allow for a better front.
I give it a 10/10 for the effort and craftsmanship that is visible from the view, but from an objective criticism of the car it is like a 6/10.
I would love to see it in person and talk with the creator about the project, but I wouldn't want one.
I will try not to spoil anything that the trailers haven't.
It feels like they cut a half hour from the beginning and it didn't work very well, like they were leaning on the audience already knowing everything about a new version of Superman in a different universe framing. Even giving us 10 minutes more would have made it feel more natural like we were seeing a whole day instead of starting at noon.
Reconcile Superman's lack of emotional control that was a departure from other iterations of the character. At times he was acting like teenage Clark and not Superman once he has his mantle.
Krypto is just there and totally uncontrolled and we don't find out why he is there until the end and it doesn't agree with the established lore. He feels like comedic relief that doesn't really fit well.
Why is Superman so weak?
I felt that Lois wasn't nearly as strong of a character. They got her smarts and journalistic prowess, but I don't feel she was as strong willed and independent. I guess they didn't want to do the same Lois gets in over her head and Superman has to be a male savior trope, but they backed her off a bit to far in avoiding that pitfall.
I was relieved that the negative hype was largely unfounded, the immigrant stuff wasn't really a thing but Luthor trying to capitalize on the fear of a being from another planet had respectable correlation to modern times that in no way comes off as an overbearing social justice message like was being complained about.
I feel they did a decent job of rebuilding the DC cinematic universe and didn't try to build their Superman in a vacuum, it feels like it is an introductory part of the DCCU in a good way. I am excited to see what Gunn has in store with the more comic and less grounded style. 6/10 on this one, but 7/10 when you stand back and look at what they are trying to build.
This thread is making me want to buy an encyclopedia set.
Just checked, $1,500-2,000 for the Encyclopedia Brittanica, no longer in print. Most recent edition is from 2010...
I guess I'll just put wikipedia on an e-reader...
Fine AD4K is like that.
The Britannica was one of those essential things for every home. It was like having a home computer. It contained as complete a collection of human knowledge that was possible without a full-blown library.
I remember in the 90s looking through them trying to answer a random question I had and then later on going to the library to check out more research material if the Brittanica didn't satisfy my curiosity.
As great as the internet is, I miss running a finger across the tomes to learn something new about the world.
The battery has a capacity reading down to the milivolts and the phone knows how much power it is using, which changes dynamically to meet the usage. The remaining battery level is determined by the voltage available at the current consumption. There is some averaging involved based on your usage profile.
So your battery level is accurate at a given time, but changes based on what you are doing and what you have running. So your battery will drain faster if you are playing an intensive game, but will last far longer if you have nothing unessential running and the screen is in sleep mode.
Apps like Facebook, chew through battery in the background because of how often it has to use resources to check for notifications, when when you don't actually have the app open or in the recent apps list. So your battery will lose charge faster than you would expect when you haven't been on your phone.
so, naw lil bro.