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Then one time, I believe it was July, there’s a knock on the door. I open it, and there’s this cute little girl scout, and she was so adorable, with the little pig tails and all. And she says to me, “How would you like to buy some cookies?” And I said “Well, what kind do you have?” She had thin mints, graham crunchy things, raisin oatmeal, and I said “We’ll take a graham crunch. How much will that be?” And she looks at me and she says, “…Uh I need about tree-fitty.”

Well, it was about that time that I notice that girl scout was a [vast governmental bureaucracy]. I said, “Dammit ! Get off my lawn, [Federal Government]! I ain’t giving you no tree-fitty!” It said, “how about just two-fitty?” I said, “Oh, now it’s only two-fitty!! What?! Is there a sale on [golden visa cards] or something?!”

It’s nice to know that AI can still give us that good old human touch in the form of blatant racism.

Somebody go ahead and shoot me, please. I want off this mother loving ride.

What if it’s a punishment from God for doing evil crap like supporting genocide?

Huge B5 fan, but I’m drawing a blank. Trump is like Clark, but what else am I missing?

My wife and I discussed something along these lines today. She said I would probably enjoy a nerdy gamer girl. I told her I’d end up pretty much like the sloth demon victim, completely unchallenged and lazy.

That’s not to say a female gamer couldn’t be a fulfilling, awesome girlfriend for anyone, but I know it wouldn’t be ideal for me.

When the Bond-esque theme music kicked in on MGS3, after gameplay that amounted to like an hour-long cold open…wow. I’ve only played the game once all the way through, and that has stuck with me all this time.

It’s a bit like that in the States, with a lot of the infrastructure appearing to be concentrated in the Northeast.

With delays, my actual time was around 11 hours. The last leg, from Washington, DC to Baltimore was actually on high speed commuter rail, and that was phenomenal. The cars were newer and the speed was far greater. I imagine if most traffic in the northeast US is like that, it’s actually pretty good.

Thanks for the European info. It’s interesting to know we have similar challenges. I would think, though, that high speed rail would be easier to implement in Europe since you don’t seem to have as many people stuck on automobile culture as we do in North America. However, I could see politics being an issue, wherever you go for various reasons.

Doesn’t Europe have an extensive passenger train network?

Also, I recently rode on Amtrak for a long trip from Columbia, SC to Baltimore, MD. This was my first time on any kind of train other than a subway or metro line. It had its drawbacks (incredibly long travel time and delays), but I always felt safe, and I had a lot more room than I would have had on any flight. The major drawbacks where the seats were somewhat uncomfortable and things like that are largely due to the fact that the cars were pretty old, and not inherent to train travel if it was properly maintained. The cost was much less, and the free parking was such a great bonus.

Dear Lord, it’s the fake gaywalker!

I wondered if they made the jump over here. Guess not, sadly. Reading that sub has made me a better man, because it offers some pretty harsh critiques of male behavior.

Why is this not a conflict of interest?

There’s just the one Brock Allen Turner, rapist, of which I’m aware. This other guy, though, needs to be made as famous as Brock.

What’s the guys name? You’re right that we need to treat him like that other rapist, Brock Allen Turner.

I use Boost for Lemmy. The transition from Reddit was easy for me, and I know little about the fediverse other than the most basic outlines.

Good.

Didn’t Vine do this once, then TikTok came along and did it, more or less? Won’t there just be another one sometime before we know it?

Look what they made Bluesky do.

<tribal chanting>

<music swells>

“It’s the circle of porn!”