Dutch East India Company - The original corporate raiders.

MASS ATROCITIES!

It's pretty scary how media can influence us so much, even when we think they aren't, and even when we think "only dumb people fall for it." No my friend, the majority fall for it. Not cause they're dumb, but because they've scienced the hell out of human nature and know precisely how to do it right under our noses. It started with marketing and advertising that works well, unfortunately. They've cracked the psyche code. Media adopted it. Big tech improved it. Gah... this is turning into a rant about capitalism; I didn't intend to go there. Eek.

Treat them how you would wish to be treated when you are old, forgetful, stubborn, deaf, and slower. Getting old can suck. It's angering. It hurts. They are humans with emotions. Don't forget that.

Sounds like Poly Sci homework. How about you answer the questions and post them here.

https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

Shows left, center, and right viewpoints.

They are appealing to the fallacy that hiding things means bad behavior.

Not true. There are plenty of good reasons to hide things. Social security numbers, income, bank account info, even personal preferences.

Privacy != bad

I would LOVE the house slipper bit. I've suggested it so many times. Wife and kids just won't go for it. Wife says it's rude to ask a guest to take off their shoes. I disagree but she just can't see my point or view. If you want to enter my house, show respect and take off your shoes to keep my house clean.

IRC and ICQ

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." - Mark Twain

https://www.unclaimedbaggage.com/

Buy stuff people left at airports or from lost luggage. Good for kindle and such.

R E T I R E M E N T

Taco Bell bean & cheeese burrito used to be 0.99 not too long ago. Now it's 2.50. A box a oreos at the grocery store was 2.49, not its 6.49 (and thr package holds half the cookies now!) Crazy.

I understand things are cooling off. But that just means the prices won't continue to rise so fast. The prices aren't going to come down I don't think.

Most annoying for me is calling for or defederating from instances which have diverse points of view. This is inclusivity hypocrisy. Ignore or block what you don't want to hear. Don't speak for me. You may have supporters that think the way you do, but there are multitudes who think differently. It's the antithesis of equity to silence different opinions, no matter how offensive they are to you and/or to those who think like you. Simply block them so you do not have to endure differing, offensive speech [even if you consider it "hate" speech]. What I hate, others may adore. So just block it.

It's evaporative cooling. Grew up with them. They're great. They aren't A/C. They don't worm when it too humid.

Great for dry desert geography.

Nine to fourteen cans of cola a day is the limit. Eek, I've probably done that when I was a young programmer! Hope it doesn't catch up to me. :(

In the SW USA in summer it can get 117F (47C) and let me tell you, my dude, 100% cotton is still hot as hell.

I don't know this for sure, but to me it seems like the whole suit and tie and jacket thing was a northern European tradition and eventually an eastern USA tradition where it's cold. That shit don't work in the desert, and those who continue to claim "professionalism" and maintain such stupid customs are fools, in my opinion.

I'm not middle eastern but those dudes have the correct answer to the desert. I really wish the thawb would catch on in the Sonoran Desert of the southwest USA.

I'll ask. What is a blep?

Probably an addicted smoker parent with throat cancer to their child.

I think the majority are 40+.

Except for memes communities. They are 12.

Progressive metal

• Sleep Token
• Long Distance Calling
• Audrey Fall
• Brutus
• Countless Skies
• Before the Dawn
• Dawn of Solace
• Exquirla
• Merrow
• Primordial
• Psychonaut
• Rishloo
• Soen
• Somali Yacht Club
• Tides from Nebula
• Villagers of Ioanninan City
• Wheel
• Greta Van Fleet
• Persefone