Or if just looking for a solution too music, Finamp is pretty good as well

Not sure much missing a class but showing up and having an exam that I’d not heard of nor studied any of the material for

And yet where do you think the demographic that voted for the guy that shits his pants and falls asleep comes from exactly, and moreover continues to double-down on supporting him even to their own detriment? How about the people who modify their trucks to spread black smoke just to “own those pissy hybrid drivers and cyclists”?

The continued attempts to enumerate activities that would have fit on Jackass (and likely watched the same on repeat).

Never knew a pretty girl in school who got good grades but hid then and played dumb?

There’s plenty of people who embrace an absurdist mentality and openly reject anything that requires actively using one’s brain.

Life isn’t an RPG, but there has definitely been a push by certain groups to value looks and strength or martial prowess over intelligence and education, particularly in North American culture. Yeah, somebody can be an athlete without being dumb, and as another person pointed out there actually a lot of high-speed decision-making that requires intelligence to pro-sports.

At the same time, there are people who very much lean towards looking buff, tough, but not too bright as they categorize intellectuals as losers or socially unwanted. Similarly, there are girls or women who will emphasize their looks and actively hide their intelligence. Il This over time leads to a willful ignorance that IMO is worse than simply being of lower IQ or lacking education.

That’s actually a good point about sports intelligence. Pro athletes likely have a certain almost instinctual grasp of certain physics even if they aren’t running the actual numbers in their heads.

Yeah I meant to your red-hatted but hatred seems to come with that package too so…

I mean, that’s a fun take but realistically there are plenty of women who put a lot more stock in looks (just as men do) an immediate financial ability.

That jock who got a job that’s physically demanding might be making more out of high school, but the IT nerd who went for they education and got a good tech job was likely on a slower burn path to self-improvement with better pay, possibly improving looks over time (or at least less of a beer belly). At least before AI started killing the tech sector again, so maybe the jocks will be coming out ahead for awhile.

Also, there’s also nothing wrong with being a good dude with average intelligence who works hard. Just don’t pick an red-hatred idiot. And intelligent nerds who don’t learn social skills can absolutely still become nasty incels.

Man, I really miss the good ol’ days of bash.org, newsgroups, and Slashdot. There was genuinelyn weird and hilarious shit like this instead of influencer crap, and the monetization privacy-nightmare wasn’t really a thing yet

Meanwhile there’s me with the opposite issue due to too much coffee

Not just car insurance. My house insurance went up 25-30%, and the agent said there’s not much point in switching because companies “don’t want to take on houses older more than 40yo”

While my general Province hasn’t been great for various disasters, my city and neighborhood are on the safer end. The house itself doesn’t have any of the nasty stuff like asbestos, aluminum wiring, failure-prone plumbing, etc. The furnace was replaced when I moved in, AC and after tank are new within 5 years, and the roof was just done.

It’s just a fuck you tax at this point

They misheard when somebody said they enjoy a nice cold coke in the evening…

Yeah, seems he traded his God complex for victim complex in the end…

Hell, it doesn’t even need to be able “resisting urges”. I’d be more behind a guys-only gym where I’m less likely to end up in some random chick’s social media session.

Yes, guys do the social media crap too but at least in my experience they tend towards places that don’t involve broadcasting everyone else (except maybe the dudes with the creep glasses, fuck them). I’m tired of having to dodge some glam-girl who has decided to make the beach, park, gym or whatever her personal studio and including me or my kids as unwilling participants in their narcissism.

Shit, that’s terrible. Here’s hoping that one day your grey matter can rewire itself in a way that allows you to enjoy games or blinking lights again without side effects

Whenever somebody posts about a glory hole I expect to see this one, but it still makes me laugh every time

People can be great in some ways yet fallible or bad in others, particularly when looked at through the lense of time.

Follies and achievements should often be looked at with the perspective that we’ve had the opportunity to learn a lot from both.

A lot of those people (racist supremacist etc assholes) were also fucking “the help”, and even back then I’m pretty sure it wasn’t considered socially acceptable to fuck animals, nor would anyone ever expect progeny to happen from such. That kinda defeats the argument of non-whites being another species or non-human etc, so it’s more “they’re not human when it comes to rights but human enough for everything else”

I kinda feel it does make sense, though perhaps not so strongly as the parent indicated. Young brains are more malleable - that’s pretty much a known thing - and learning at a young age sets in high knowledge and patterns of learning that follow us through adulthood.

If one learns a certain thing from a young age and it’s pretty much been driven in multiple ways - indoctrination whether intentional or otherwise - that’s a lot of stuff that’s been set pretty hard. Even it somebody is actively aware it’s bad it can be hard to adjust one’s inclination towards a certain way of thinking.

I’m not trying to make excuses for racism - because frankly a lot of those people don’t even try to adjust their thinking - but breaking free from one’s upbringing is not a small hurdle and I’d put it in similar terms to breaking a bad addiction.

I got “one way” reflective film for the window that gets the most sun exposure and it definitely makes a difference, ones provides privacy during the day while still letting me see outside

Glad to see somebody else notice this. I find getting a large plastic cup with these “disintegrate halfway though” paper straws bloody ridiculous.

I never had an issue with the paper cups. He’ll, I’d be more than happy if more places offered discounts to fill your own and I could just keep a clean tumbler in my bag/car.