copandballtorture [ey/em]

Venting their fears and knowledge of the Patriot Act by projecting it onto our national rival

Leaving my rocket parts on the roof to avoid detection

Red Scare 3

People who have to work outdoors in inclement weather, like road crews and electrical linemen, are unsung heroes. What a miserable, dangerous necessary job to keep society functioning. As the PNW ends a tough week, I see the east coast is about to get another storm. Stay safe and thank you for your service.

Billy Crystal did it for a long time, he counts as a comedian

115° (46°c) for a month straight, not getting below 100° at night. Sounds like a good place to love walking

They’re oats, not caviar, go buy not moldy ones. Orrrr, oat tempeh

Think about this a lot now that I’ve bought a house and have a computer corner in the basement. Gonna pass my 30s, 40s, 50s, etc etc in that lil corner with my surroundings staying the same, playing the same games at the same desk, but me aging

After ignoring/making fun brocore my whole life, I listened to Bane’s “Give Blood” recently, and it’s actually super good. I came up on the midst of the worst hardcore trends of the early 00s and wrote off every band that dudes who go to the pit in gym shorts liked

Follow-up edit: I don’t understand OP’s pic. Is it saying all the NYHC bands/fans come from rich suburbs?

Illinois getting doubled up this year

Came here to say electrician. Or anything related to utility (gas, electric, water, Internet, transportation) maintenance. These are often “we need someone 365 days a year” jobs, because they are literally the ones maintaining infrastructure for the rest of us, but those jobs also pay well and are in demand everywhere there are people.

If you’re not qualified for that stuff, consider starting with something like Flagging/traffic control. You’ll start as the poor sap holding a sign in the rain, but you can study and eventually become the person who designs/approves the traffic control plans, etc etc. Pretty much all utility work requires traffic control.

Surveying/Right of Way/GIS, if you’d rather work in a cube

That doesn’t seem like world news

O7

Suburban psychosis. People are cooler in cities. I was out on New Year’s in a major American city and saw at least a dozen high school aged kids out and about unsupervised, doubling up on rental bikes, riding the bus, etc. By comparison, I work in a white, conservative suburb of the city, and the amount of coworkers who are absolutely terrified of stepping foot in town is sizeable. A younger coworker (gen z) is mortified at the thought and is constantly repeating crime stories she heard/read.

When I was 23, I moved to North Oakland after a lifetime in white suburbs hearing the same constant racist/phobic drivel from everyone I grew up around. It was rough around the edges, and you could get in trouble if you were looking for it, but mostly it was just working class people trying to get by. Everything since feels like Disneyland by comparison

It sucks for kids now, more than before, but it sucked back then, too. The media plays a huge role. It’s a symptom of suburban whiteness and fear of outsiders.

Good way to not be ignored. Delay a few flights on the week between Christmas and New Year’s, rearrange several thousands people’s schedules, fuck up the air traffic schedules, cost millions in delays and reroutes. Next time one of these pops up, there will be about 10 vans of riot cops waiting

I feel like a spectator at this point. Fully aware of how the system operates and powerless to affect change without grave consequences. Materially, I’m secure. Not reproducing, so I don’t have offspring to care about their future. Fuck this timeline, maybe I’ll get to return at a cooler time.

was good for a few days of hope

Wonder if it’s “pay up front” or “pay as you go”?

It’s sci-fi with good character development and moral conundrums. It doesn’t take itself too seriously and doesn’t rely on flashy graphics. The characters are supportive of each other. Like if you took utopian leftist drama kids and told them to make a sci-fi show about humanity trying to do it’s best.

Reminds me of when Top Gear did their first America road trip special and they got CB radios to talk to truckers, and the only things the truckers talked about were the weather and where to pick up hookers