The purpose of a system is what it does.
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Gotta say, it was interesting figuring out what the slur filter took problem with.
I love a good 8ft bed but I genuinely think we need to legislate out crew cabs. They basically never actually hold a crew, they basically serve as a trunk to protect the bed from scuffs.
Bring back trucks as an appliance. No you cannot lean the seat back, you're at work. Zero noise cancellation, hard plastics, crank windows.
You claim to be a big tough blue collar man, yet you need "luxuries"? Curious...
I was trying to get rid of an old nes a year or so ago and offered it to a coworker, he asked how much I wanted for it and I just told him to buy me lunch some time.
Months go by and I've totally forgotten and we're getting lunch and he's like "nah this one is on me for the NES".
I hate venmo culture so much, just have vague favors and stop counting the pennies for the love of god.
I'm getting increasingly :doomer over how significantly different their little mind palace is from reality. It's like, they live in a game with well defined rules and ignore every example where the rules don't apply, then act smug over the rules, like everything is figured out.
The classic response is so demeaning. Like no, that is obviously not helping us, anyone we can vote for is actively paid off by the orgs and people we're trying to defend ourselves against. The only way to get in a position where someone can even vote for you is by being completely bought out. The democracy will be undermined by millions of dollars to the opposing candidate every time you step out of the pre-approved script, and even if the rare good officials win out, they've just had all their mental effort sapped away for months to defend against them.
I have yet to meet an American who visited china who did not come back screaming praises for that country. When you mention their visits, they always grin even if it was a grueling work trip.
Kneeling down, cutting off a fallen IDF soldier's balls like a dog tag, solemnly shaking your head, then covering up the head of the penis with a small sheet.
The best part about this is it insinuates the bombings of the surface are basically pointless aside from terror.
This will be complemented by “kinetic risk mitigation” provided by an on-board security team.
THEY GOT WATER COPS DOING THE COP LINGO
Where did they get those homes?
The beginning part of the book is a semi realistic portrayal of the cultural revolution tbh. I was talking to someone on here earlier about this. The early stages of the revolution weren't in fact sunshine and rainbows, bad stuff did happen. Modern Chinese folks look back at it as a sorta shame and growing pains type deal and something they should learn and improve from.
That ability to accept fault and grow is something overall lacking in the west.
If I go to Vietnam and get one of these guys bothering me, can I call the cops and have them taken away?
Like theoretically