This is beyond car brain. This is the increasing amount of people simply not giving a shit about the social contract over the years coupled with cops not doing their actual jobs in favor whatever it is they do (sitting in their cars fucking around in their phones and harassing minorities?)

But you see the lack of concern for the social contract in many other aspects of american life. Asking people to wear a paper mask during a pandemic was probably the most notable recent non car example. We all know how that went. In other cultures it’s a regular practice; you simply do it as a courtesy when you have recently had a cold. In A america during a pandemic 30-40% of the population revealed themselves to be utterly pathetic toddlers that can’t handle being asked to do something by a perceived authority figure or slightly inconvenienced.

The crime was socializing the losses and privatizing the gains

Bailout should’ve included nationalizing the banks involved and stiff criminal penalties for those involved in running it. But Obama and democrats in general would never dream of prioritizing the average citizen over their donors.

As a result you and I had trillions stolen from us to make those rich people even more rich and save them from the consequences of their actions. thanks obama, glad you didn’t upset your Wall Street bros

I ended up picking up smoking in college in the early 2000s and I have to wonder if the constant exposure to second hand smoke in places I worked, in cars from family members, etc, was a factor

I was disgusted at the time but then I fell into it. I quit eventually, which was a nightmare, but I do think the exposure to second hand nicotine from the age of like 2 was maybe a factor

I remember working in restaurants in high school, coming home, showering, and the stench of cigarette smoke just releasing itself from my hair

Fun times

Working hard increases the chances of success is a better way to phrase it but networking is basically a necessity and luck is paramount

Significantly better, and if you have in ear headphones it’s worth it to see if you can get custom molded tips while you’re bothering as this will noticeably improve audio quality and noise cancelling

Based on the name I thought this was gonna be some platform to make homemade tofu more accessible to people and I was thinking “it’s really not all that hard to make, that’s kind of silly”

going after big nasoya

I do own a house (finally got one in my late 30s) but part of what got me here is ignoring dental care (missing 2 teeth)

I would be missing three but I went to Costa Rica once for unrelated reasons and got an implant while I was there. Ruined my trip a little bit because getting an implant sucks but it was $750 vs $5100 in America (with pretty good insurance)

If you’re missing teeth for a long time (I’m pushing 8 years now) the rest of your teeth start moving around. It’s a real problem. Additionally once this happens missing teeth can exacerbate hip and back problems! Your jaw misaligns and then your posture gets fucked up

best country in the world

I do agree with you on this, I think bit.ly and link obfuscation is bullshit

In their defense their domain is https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ which is a bit much. But registering a second short domain on a weird tld can’t cost all that much per year

Somewhat misleading headline but still cool

And yet with lack of enforcement it functionally does not exist even if it is written on some piece of paper

If a broken law is not enforced does it functionally exist?

Depends on where you live and how much of a dick the cop is, ultimately

thank god you circled it, I wasn’t sure what was being pointed at

Oh right duh. Disregard what I said, obviously. Been ages since I’ve used a setup that’s not one big pool

Do you have sonarr set to copy or hard link on import

Copy will fuck over your ability to seed, hard link will result in the files staying on your torrenting drive

Did you read them? The link explains the terms fairly clearly. It’s not a 50 page Eula from some software company, it’s like half a page and written in plain language

Like it or not mental health services have liability involved. As an ethical service or practitioner it is important to make these liabilities clear to you as part of informed consent to use the service

I do the same thing when people have their first outpatient mental health appointment with me. Explanation that costs incurred may be your responsibility, that while there is confidentiality it has limitations, that the service is voluntary, grievance procedures, expectations for you, etc.

It appears they spell out the same:

Costs: it is a free service but they make it clear they cannot be held responsible if your carrier charges you for text messages. You may also be billed by your carrier if 988 has to call 911 on your behalf. They may submit referrals that result in billing depending on where you live.

Confidentiality: they reserve the right to escalate to emergency services (mobile crisis or 911, depending on area) which requires disclosure of PHI if they determine there is a risk of imminent harm or disclosure of abuse. This is pretty standard and I have the same caveat

They clarify that they are not a substitute for a provider and that they are not responsible for treatment decisions you do or do not take as a result of conversations (eg if they give you a referral to outpatient and you take it and it sucks, they don’t take culpability)

This is necessary because if they do not do this they will be endlessly sued by people and the service will be closed overnight. Remember that even if they win every lawsuit (which they wouldn’t) it still costs money to defend from lawsuits. With this they can basically have frivolous lawsuits easily thrown out (eg someone suing because they are upset about a referral, someone upset because they were suicidal and had the cops called) saving a tremendous amount of resources

This picture was a horrible reminder that animal crossing for the GameCube basically took up an entire fucking memory card. But at least they gave you one with the game to make up for that

Still didn’t use that slot

Lots of cultures eat horse. I have a Japanese friend whose favorite decadent meal is raw horse meat.

I think eating any meat is fucked up if you’re in a developed nation where it is simple to get adequate protein and calories without animal sources

I also think if you’re going to do it it’s weird to make a distinction between animals that are simply domesticated (like dogs and cats) versus animals that are quite intelligent (like pigs, who are objectively more intelligent than dogs)

I used to be a supervisor at a psych hospital and had to regularly explain this to staff who were refusing overtime. They wanted to do it, sometimes desperately so because they needed the money, but they were utterly convinced that once they crossed 40 or 45k or whatever they would be taxed higher and make it all pointless. I felt like some just didn’t want to do ot, which was fine, but some legit keep meticulous records of their earnings to ensure they wouldn’t go over the line. I swore to them it didn’t work this way but they never believed me