WoodScientist

Honestly, at this point I'm convinced that it's AIPAC that is still spreading the meme that disillusioned Palestinians and their supporters cost Kamala the election. The really pro Palestine leftists are the type to either never participate in electoral politics anyway, or were strategic enough to vote for Kamala. Trump won because white middle America voted for him, not due to a handful of student protesters. I think AIPAC is still pushing the "Palestine protesters lost Kamala the race" as a means of making the Palestinian cause more unpopular. And frankly, it's working. Any story on Gaza will have people gleefully celebrating it

Fine. We'll set the tariff to 104+(π)√(3e) percent.

I think it's simply due to stress. Most people care about people other than themselves. They worry about the effect of their actions on others. They worry about not living up to their potential. They worry about letting people they care about down. Narcissists by contrast get to live blissfully ignorant low stress lives. Look at Trump. That bastard has not a care in the world. In his mind, he's already perfect. Notice how the presidency tends to rapidly age people, but it didn't seem to affect Trump? This is why.

Much less so than imported crap from Ikea.

Really? A species that was hunted to extinction after humans entered North America, and you think their ecological niche was eating humans?

In 2028, Democrats will run a candidate with experience. They'll run a candidate with bipartisan bona fides. They'll run a candidate that has already run previous primary campaigns as a Democrat, Republican, and independent. They'll run a candidate that finally, at long last, can actually achieve the DNC's unholy obsession at appealing to Republican voters.

Say hello to 2028 Democratic nominee...David Duke!

How is this any different from the same, "move right and win by appealing to Republicans" strategy that has failed Democrats every election since Obama?

Silicon Valley is full of tech bros that dropped out of college before they finished their philosophy courses. And damn does it show.

What really annoys me is that my local Home Depot no longer has nuts and bolts in open bins. Often I need some bolts and nuts to connect one thing to another. Sure you can measure, but that introduces room for error. It's so much better to just take the part you need bits and bobs for to an aisle full of nuts and bolts. Then you can just directly check to see what fits. No need to measure. Just see if the bolt fits in the hole. Zero chance for error. There's nothing worse than making a drive to a store, getting the thing you need, just to get back home and realize you bought the wrong thing.

They still have nuts and bolts, but they're sealed in shitty little plastic bags of a handful of items each. I can't just open a small drawer full of washers, faff about until I find what I need, and then purchase the exact quantity for a given project.

Sure, I get that it's a theft risk. But come on. We're talking about nuts and bolts here. It's not like those have a huge resale value on the black market. Maybe it's a labor thing, having to keep the bins sorted. But if a hardware store can't even maintain a good accessible selection of basic mechanical fasteners, what are we even doing anymore?

This is the kind of thing any big hardware store should offer, even if they have to offer it as a loss leader to get people in the door. There have been many trips that I could have gone to Home Depot, for nuts and bolts and some other items. I might spend $50-100 total. However, I make my decision on what store to go to based on a few dollars worth of fasteners. By trying to prevent theft and loss for a few pennies worth of fasteners, Home Depot loses out on hundreds of dollars of my purchases.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Fascists happily use corporate influence to gain power. But once they've achieved power, the corporations end up completely subjugated to the state just like everyone else. In Hitler's Germany, if you ran any kind of major company, the state told you what you were going to produce, when you were going to produce it, and how much you would be paid for it. Any executive who objected found themselves joining the other undesirables.

I need to build something like that, just for this purpose. Out of wood of course. Need to find some plans somewhere...

No reason to assume this happened on a work night.