Reminded me of dialing in to BBSs to play LORD. I had a nice collection of ANSI and ASCII art. I thought I was hot shit with my i486 that had two hard drives, 100MB & 200MB. Look out world!

Just a reminder that Clarence Thomas is a former Monsanto lawyer and has never recused himself from a case involving them. Not that anyone actually thinks he has an iota of ethics anyways.

I’ve always heard it pronounced the first way

The magnified nearsightedness is something I don’t think most folks realize we can do. I’ve never really asked anyone else with eyes like mine about it, I’ve just always assumed. Thanks for confirming.

Blessing and a curse, right? I love taking my glasses off for a bit at concerts to watch the bokeh around the lights.

The bottom left pair- I didn’t realize they made glasses like that. I figured out when I was a kid that I could press a few fingers together to make a pinhole and be able to see in focus.

This isn’t related to your post, but let me ask you, do you see things up close without glasses in high detail?

I’m extremely nearsighted. My vision starts to blur at about 8cm from my nose without glasses, but closer than that I can see very fine detail. It’s why I’ve never been interested in corrective surgery. Almost a super power to my deficiency. I’m at an age where my peers need reading glasses whereas I can just look over my normal glasses and read even tiny print if I need to.

One way to differentiate between scissors and paper is that paper holds the wrist horizontally and scissors has the wrist turned vertically. It’s just a matter of practice. For sign language, people didn’t come programmed knowing ASL, they learned it over time. You can do the same with this.

You’ve already played your hand with this group, but something to consider moving forward is disguising your lack of experience with this particular game (or similar arbitrary silliness) by offering to take the worst jobs as a way to exhibit your commitment to a sense of teamwork. A good leader is willing to do even the small jobs when necessary and while it has the added benefit of sidestepping something like RPS, it could signal that you’re ready for more important responsibilities.

Try playing in a mirror until you get comfortable seeing what each hand looks like and work on speeding up as your comfort level grows. Many people have been playing since childhood so it’s easier for them to play fast-paced

If you can get it to connect. None of our phones could

In the Southern Appalachians, if you hear something strange, no you didn’t. You’re alone, but you hear someone say your name, no you didn’t. If you see something you can’t explain, no you didn’t.

Can’t recall anything I’ve seen or heard that’s out of the ordinary, nope. No I didn’t.

I enjoyed Obama’s books. Have you read any of them?

Saw this posted somewhere. Not my words, but I and many Americans I know agree with this:

"To everyone outside the US who’s angry at Americans right now, especially those of us who hate Trump and feel trapped: Please understand this. We do not elect our president the way you think we do. Millions of us voted against him. Millions of us are terrified of the damage being done. We are not cheering this on. We are living inside it. If you’re wondering why we don’t just “revolt like the French” or “fix it” here is the reality of being an American right now:

Our system is rigid, slow, and stacked in ways that make “just revolt” a fantasy. We don’t have a culture where mass strikes shut the country down overnight. We don’t have a centralized government you can pressure in one city. We have fifty states, militarized policing, surveillance, debt, and jobs tied to health insurance. For many people, losing a job for protesting means losing healthcare and housing.

France is smaller than Texas. Organizing a “national” revolt across 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square km) and 330 million people isn’t just difficult, it’s logistically close to impossible. That doesn’t mean we’re complacent. It means we’re constrained. Anger at US power is fair. Fear of US decisions is fair. But blaming every American, especially those who are fighting, exhausted, and scared alongside you, misses the mark.

We’re not watching this from the sidelines. We’re stuck in the same burning house. Just closer to the fire."

Edit: I believe credit goes to Jason Gervase, ASL Pinnacle

I work with hundreds of knee replacement patients a year. Stretching and teetotaling isn’t necessarily going to prevent knee cartilage from diminishing. It’s certainly healthy, and will benefit multiple aspects of your life and well-being, but you give it way too much credit in this instance.

This came from the New River, said to be one of the oldest rivers in the world. Older than the Appalachian Mountains where it starts and runs north.

From a geologist friend of a friend: Looks to be a pyroxene rich with olivine, or perhaps a basalt with olivine phenocrysts.

More of a grimace, but could be a cervical surgery scar.

Americans are harder on their R’s where they’re written, but Brits take the R’s out and put them softly in other places where they aren’t written (to the American ear)

I’m having a whole cognitive dissonance moment because I could’ve sworn it was “anenome”. I even studied this in college and have an ecology degree. Likely over the last twenty years I convinced myself that the common incorrect pronunciation is correct, but I immediately looked it up and then tried to rationalize that it was some sort of mandala effect. The simplest answer is that it’s confabulation on my part, and I’m wrong.

This is exactly what I’ve been thinking. He wants to keep his name in the news. He’s not who we need, but I appreciate that he has teeth.

Back during Sanders’ campaign, there was so much momentum, but he was blackballed from coverage. All of sudden, media was telling everybody that Biden was the top candidate. Tf!? Nobody was talking about Biden being a serious candidate until it looked like there was no choice. He was a fucking joke as a VP.

Newsom is starting early, and yeah sure, he’s leagues better than what we have now (as president,) but come on, he’s still a shit candidate. Almost anyone is going to look appealing compared to our current president. Let’s not go for the loudest son of a bitch just because he’s loud. Let’s not box ourselves in this early by the “we need to rally around the strongest option” argument. We’ve got another three years of eating this shit sandwich. There are so many better options than Newsom. Buttigieg, maybe AOC, let’s see how this shakes out. But come on, Newsom? Really?

Asking in good faith, will a Newsom supporter explain why he might be the best option over others? I’ll honestly keep an open mind and ask questions to learn.

You and one other person changed the conversation to be about that by blaming women for procreating with awful men instead of blaming these men for being awful.

You’re referring to consent, but that’s not what this meme is about. And if these guys don’t take no for an answer, then women should cover their drinks, yes?