Charlie Kirk didn’t kill himself.

But almost.

They are so afraid that they pretend to ignore diseases all together.

I just talked to a coworker who has friends out there who spent 7 days to get home being flown ping pong all over the region. It’s quite the chaos with lots of price gauging.

Some people and especially old people have a lot of experience in not doing anything. They like to reaffirm their decision.

If he suddenly changed his mind, he’d also have to acknowledge that he had lived most of his life with a narrow mind in all the situations where he chose not to take a chance. It’s the sunken cost fallacy.

It’s not just old people. It happens all the time in all kinds of ways when someone doesn’t want to rigorously investigate their options in a situation and simply go with what they already have. They’ll make up excuses for their (lack of) choice afterwards. It could be chosing a restaurant, buying a car, settling in a certain neighborhood or anything really.

Yes, it’s probably good fun, but he just made an excellent example of how “gun safety” is often thrown around as an oxymoron by people who don’t actually practice gun safety.

In my ears it sounds like “I’m a good driver when I’m drunk.”

I don’t remember ever actually not knowing basic firearms safety, handling and operation

Many weekends I recall spending in middle of nowhere West Virginia getting hammered on weird chemicals that had just been invented 4 days prior with fully automatic weapon

Yes, I am looking at you weirdly.

the CEO has said that managers need to prove that AI can’t do a job if they want to increase headcount

This is why it will fail. Instead of the CEO providing any kind of explanation for how AI could work, managers now need to waste their time arguing with the CEO why their stupid ideas won’t work.

I have one manager who does this kind of reverse burden of proof all the time (unrelated to AI), and in the meantime we don’t get anything done of value of to the company.

It’s like trying to push a door that says pull.

In a city of billionaires, 10 days of food is about enough for 1 days of food for one of them.

Yes, we have quite an unhealthy alcohol culture here.

The only redeeming factor is that most people make their mistakes learning their tolerance while still being young enough to avoid getting in serious trouble.

If you’ve never touched alcohol at 18, you might want to be extra careful about it. It’s kinda cringe to watch grown ups not knowing their limits, because it’s assumed that they should know by now.

I know. I just find it hard to believe.

The largest and most expensive military on Earth shouldn’t be that incompetent.

Doesn’t change much does it?

Whenever I park my car, I usually check if there’s a bunch of innocent schools girls in the way first.

I’d like to think that bombs are thrown around a little more carefully than how I park my car.

Is there anything the rest of the world can do to help you with your orange fascist problem?

Because it seems to be in the way of solving a lot of the other issues.

This right here:

The effectiveness of boycotts relies on a mass demonstration of refusal, and that massive movement doesn’t currently exist."

This is the problem.

If one dumb ass CEO decides to destroy the environment, it requires millions of people to know about it and act upon it, just to make a dent in the quarterly income statement that might make the one CEO consider other options.

We don’t actually have a choice as consumers.

We can vote for more regulation of companies, but politics only work locally, while pollution works globally. We’ll basically need a world wide political concesus just to stop one single idiot from destroying the globe.

The guillotine might be a brutal and unpleasant vigilant idea, but it sure as hell is faster, cheaper and causes fewer casualties than any other way.

Who’s volunteering for that role?

The primary function of most umbrellas is marketing.

If you want an umbrella that works better on (slightly) windy days you’re going to want one with a dome that covers further down over your head and is transparent, so you can see through it. These don’t break as easily in the wind, but of course any umbrella works like a sail.

There’s also asymmetrical umbrellas made specifically for windy weather. I have no experience with those, but they look cool.

His personal Vietnam.

Sons of Anarchy. There’s a season ender where some Irish bloke kidnaps a child and sails away. They had to make an entire season in Ireland because these knobheads of criminal but also mechanics can’t figure out to follow the kidnapper on water, even though they’re standing on a pier with hundreds of boats.

blur, Suede, Pink Floyd.

I don’t know if any of them will tour again anytime soon, but I’d definitely recommend seeing them live if possible. The reason is that it’s beautiful music played honestly. There’s nothing else to it.

it will just be like a great fairground ride

Ok, if you say so Mr. Bones.

You’re right. I agree, but also have to believe that we can make a way out of it.

I initially wrote a long rant but regretted, because I think the two of us could spend all night long writing back and forth and I need to sleep more than arguing in agreement online.

Remind me: I’ll buy you a drink if we’re still alive in 5 years.