Agree that we should maintain a micron-thin veneer of neutrality, the better to lure unsuspecting pre-radicals into this re-education facility.
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We’ll call it a walrus whistle
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The trams make a huge difference, relieving the subway of passengers.
I don’t think the official twitter account for be taking sides, though it’s 100% true that Pete is taking an industry talking point to try and divide the left.
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Got owned by RATM. Friend wanted to go to Coachella for Frank Ocean. Said sure because I’m a lazy poker player who abandons his gf for weeks at a time and she somehow is ok with it. Lineup isnt great, I dont love camping but whatever. Its Rage and a few other great acts and just one weekend. Then Rage and RTJ announce a world tour and are somehow coming to Winnipeg 2 weeks after I’ve paid for Coachella tickets and airfare.
Cheapest ticket for their arena show was $170 Canadian though ($130 usd).
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I’m wondering if it’s worth the effort to start a conversation about modding. Do you like things as they are with zero moderation? Or do you want to tweak things slightly? Please vote here: Moderation - #123 by cassette
Cheapest for their show in Oakland were $132 so they’re at least consistent with their pricing.
The story underneath this one is about Bezo’s $150M home purchase. Seems fairly related.
The announcement comes in the wake of the recent upheaval stemming from the censure of author Courtney Milan that resulted in board president Damon Suede and RWA executive director Carol Ritter tendering resignations in early January and the cancellation of the annual RITA awards.
Agree re the Twitter account taking sides. Also, I was going to mention that the account bio doesn’t expressly mention that we’re a politics forum. It gets a decent number of Twitter views and it may be helpful to explicitly invite people to drop in and post.
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I recently resurrected the thread for that exact discussion (fwiw kre8 deleted the tweet in question, which was intended to be a personal tweet)
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It think the official Twitter account can take sides in principle, but only as a community decision, not as a “guy running the account” decision.
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Like, I doubt we will have any problem with anti-Trump tweets during the general election, but we should probably have a process for approving tweets for or against particular candidates.
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I assumed there was no way to make potato chips taste terrible (other than opening the bag and letting them go stale) but Baked Lay’s has proven me wrong once again. What a terrible concept poorly executed
Finally a ruling in the Bearded Seat Puncher affair
Wendi says the repeated whiplash may have caused damage, given her medical history. She says she’s had multiple back surgeries over the years and has titanium fused to her spine. She’s worried the repeated blows might have damaged her vertebrae.
lol
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There’s always a grift.
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Look at the money you’re saving on not paying for extra legroom.
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Sometime I might write up the flight I had from Sydney to LA one time. It’s quite a tale. Reclining was not in the list of my worries, I’ll tell you that.
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OK, it’s 1:45am Saturday morning. I got a hot minute before I need to sleep.
So I board this flight to LA in Sydney with my ex. She has the window seat, then it’s me, then it turns out to be this dude in the aisle seat. He is passed out when we get on board and we have to squeeze past him. The flight attendant tells us that his travelling companion advised her that he has “taken something” and probably won’t wake up. You may notice that it’s a red flag that he has a “travelling companion” yet they are not seated with him.
After we take off, he wakes up and I immediately get crazy vibes. He proceeds to order, it could not have been less than 18 mixed vodka drinks over the course of the flight. To jump forward a bit, he ordered 2x vodka and breakfast juice when they woke us up at like 6am local on arrival into LA. He’s periodically falling asleep and spilling drinks on himself and by extension, me. He’s scribbling furiously in a crazy manner on paper. He gets served by a middle aged flight attendant and eyes her. He writes on a piece of paper. I glance over and see “TO THE HOT BLONDE MILF” at the top of the paper. After finishing, he folds it and gives it to another flight attendant to give to her, like this is high school or something. I summon a flight attendant and discreetly ask her if there’s another seat. With deep apology in her eyes, she tells me the flight is fully booked.
I’ve decided this guy is mentally ill and even feel a bit sorry for him, but on arrival into LA he pulls out a briefcase and starts packing business documents into it in between swigs on his vodka and breakfast juice. This blows my mind.
I have travelled a lot and this sticks in my mind as the worst flight I have ever had. The other contender is a 9 hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Australia where I started vomiting from food poisoning immediately after takeoff. The thing is, that sucked, but I knew where I stood. I was like “wow OK, bad, this will suck” but I knew the dimensions of it. The Sydney to LA flight, I was constantly off balance. Anything could happen. Was I about to get vomited on? It was entirely possible. 15 hours, man.
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