Everything is normal, and on time. Pay no attention to any item you may think is abnormal.
Following up on Tonio’s link from yesterday talking about the DMCA.
Man, I can’t wait for pro sports fans to try this.
What goes up (and punches holes in the ozone), must come down.
I’m no longer bad with money, I’ve got a serious illness!
If this stays single player, it could have promise. I’m already worried about the fact they showcase four characters.
In local news: Apparently soup is good food for algae blooms. Maybe that’s why the Cuyahoga was on fire?
In further local news: This is a case that I am interested in, and a reminder that Republicans are not always better.
I’ll end on some good news. And then some BETTER news!
Some music for you, I’m looking forward to seeing them again. You expected something different?
Huh? Still reading? I guess you’re waiting for a cocktail recipe. As St. Patrick’s Day just passed, let’s go with one using Irish Whiskey
Tipperary
- 1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey
- 1 ounce sweet vermouth
- 1/2 ounce green Chartreuse
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
As this is all spirits, it should be stirred, not shaken. And you can garnish with an orange twist if you would like.
GTFO.
🙄
I identify as a billionaire.
…and if we’ve learned anything, the only way to treat dysmorphia is to help the patient transition, using the government.
*printer goes brrr*
So are there solvency blocking drugs (similar to the puberty blocking drugs)?
I just realized I’m wealthy but just lack financial expertise.
In reality I do feel wealthy, enough to eat, a warm place to sleep, a few friends (and very few relatives left). Financial problems have been left behind.
My needs are few and the ride has been long, bumpy at times, I’m coating now.
errr, coasting
I’m a lucky dog too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSdl5hjG7-E
Yep, things are getting stupider.
I’m a victim!
A new term, “money dysmorphia,” aims to describe the distorted view of one’s finances that nearly one-third, or 29%, of Americans say they now experience, according to a recent report by Credit Karma, often from comparing their financial situation to others’ and feeling inadequate.
Ban money porn.
There’s a simple cure to money dysmorphia. It takes a blank sheet of paper and a pencil.
-Fold paper hot dog style and then unfold it.
-Write, in the left column and in priority order, a listing of every category you want or need to spend money on over the next month.
-Alongside each category, but still in the left column, write the amount of money you want or need to spend on the respective category.
-Write your monthly net take home pay at the top of the right column.
-Subtract each category cost from the net take home pay and write the remaining money in the righthand column.
-When you cannot subtract the next category cost without going negative, stop. Everything that hasn’t been subtracted is not in your budget this month.
£20/0/6, result misery.
” without going negative”,
It’s OK, I can transfer the credit card amount to another credit card and start again
You could always sell some of your designer clothes on the internet.
https://poshmark.com/
Yeah, but that all takes work..
“comparing their financial situation to others’ and feeling inadequate”
Because nobody ever lies about money.
“Fold paper hot dog style”
And you’ve lost me.
You don’t fold your hot dogs??
Never have, but I’m going Krogering tomorrow – I’ll pick some up and experiment.
We look forward to your post on wiener origami.
I mean do I fold the paper while ripping a double daffy?
It was pretty straight forward. Fold it longways.
I’ma fraid I have to agree with Hyperbole – The phrase does not read that way at all.
Yes, I get that, I have just never heard that referred to as ‘hot dog’ style, maybe it’s a regional thing.
Is the other way ‘Burger’ style?
I’ve never heard it, either.
“Fold longwise.”
Folding it diagonally is “grilled cheese style.”
Damn. Now I want a sourdough grilled cheese with ham.
Not surprisingly, money dysmorphia is even more prevalent among younger generations, according to Credit Karma. Roughly 43% of Gen Z and 41% of millennials struggle with comparisons to others and feel behind financially.
They're way too young to be keeping up with the Joneses, but there is no shortage of "influencers" that will chase social media clout by posing with fancy cars and private jets to fool others into thinking that they're wealthy — making even those who have above-average finances feel inadequate.
The average household’s net worth has soared in recent years, rising 37% between 2019 and 2022, according to the survey of consumer finances from the Federal Reserve.
Cherry-picked stats are cherry-picked. Anyone recall what happened in November 2021 that destroyed trillions of dollars of wealth? Anyone? Bueller… Bueller?
“What we found was a really strong connection between feeling badly about your money situation and how much time you spend on social media,” said Isabel Barrow, director of financial planning at Edelman Financial Engines.
Again, if you’re comparing your life to that of the play-acting poseurs, you’re doing it wrong.
Apparently tag fails are prevalent among the slightly-balding grouchy male demographic.
Anyone recall what happened in November 2021 that destroyed trillions of dollars of wealth? Anyone? Bueller… Bueller?
Virginia elected a Team Red governor?
Even comparing your own financial situation to your own peers via social media isn’t going to work out too well if you compare your own reality to a cherrypicked one. People post all kinds of nice things they pay for but you rarely see snapshots of Payment Past Due notices.
Fur coat, no knickers. Quite common in family law.
Back in the ’80s, after you peeled off the fur coat, there was still another pelt to deal with (knickers or not).
—“no knickers”—
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
One of the formative moments of my worldview in relation to government was when I was 16 and loading EBT ribeye into an Escalade driven by a Gucci purse wearing woman.
Flashy and wealthy have nothing to do with one another.
Yup. For me it was while working a shit college job to help scrape by.
Apparently I’ve been a chump for decades.
For me, it was the financial aid application.
The college offer had a “family contribution” number, with the rest consisting of scholarships/loans/grants etc. It was plainly obvious to me that if the government put more money into the system, our “family contribution” would remain the same while prices could go up as more could be covered from the injected funds.
It’s all Robin Leach’s fault. 😒
Champagne wishes and caviar dreams!
I was rawther thinking the same! 💎
It’s also too easy to compare oneself to others in aggregate.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter…
– “Desiderata,” Max Ehrmann
I wouldn’t mind more money, I just wouldn’t tell anyone I didn’t have to. Zeros are nice sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VX0aKrnQHM
I can easily add a lot of zeroes to my balance… unfortunately, they all appear to the right of the decimal point.
“The average household’s net worth has soared in recent years”
As would happen in an economy where the very wealthy have done very well indeed, the top quintile of laptoppers did pretty damn good, too, and everybody else stagnated or lost ground.
—“They’re way too young to be keeping up with the Joneses”—
This. I wish I had learned this when I was young. It took me years to recover.
My first instinct would be “Cut it out with the connected cars, assholes… then the security holes won’t be remotely exploitable.” — but obviously I’m just shaking my fist at the clouds with an onion on my belt these days.
FTFA:
Zing! I always feel dirty linking to them for some reason, now I know why.
Trump always made horrible hiring decisions.
Boy howdy. His economic staff were something to behold. Navarro, Wilbur Ross, Lighthizer. Gives me the heeby-jeebies yet today.
That’s not racist, is it? If so, I plead ignorance and rescind it.
It’s still a dumb excuse. Computers can be repaired by independent shops. Those also pose a security risk. Give it a break.
Just watch out for space station toilets.
Speaking of rugged, dependable, accurate watches…
I have never been a wearer of wristwatches, but those WWII military issue watches are pretty cool, in an understated way.
I have one of these:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176197904882
A Hamilton Model 23. This seller is also nuts with the price. It’s a retail $300 to $800 watch depending on condition.
Oooooh nice. I had an Elgin at one time.
The marble must have been heavy.
I have, and wore daily until recently, one of these:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/226030186402?itmmeta=01HSM15ZN9ZB9VQEPKT642A3ZV&hash=item34a072efa2:g:01gAAOSwB~tl4Bev&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4N1Uatsz4V%2BN404a6gPTmtX05tHD96sZ39%2BsuKCrZzRXAf%2Ft6r6uO6iOTLK4YypYX7kVkY%2FLOMK3koEto53cdXBzIKrkqV01XDp4cKUclw6kQCPecI82slwLwH%2B2h8gHABoWIwuBEnpqfXeAqo%2BAMoYzYwUjNaicPA8MN7OICo7OGGHMtX7Rxp1vNmMJ3zX6%2B2rOGJ%2Bcvi7GLxuz6q8saJ9wIhrz1b2mndBLdZ3nASuhESt%2BUFX5nYoP4QOUN7NX3wA9AXu9xkSRdBcS%2Fjn%2BccxAbdoNbQ2R1Dn%2B1CwFcqvJ%7Ctkp%3ABFBM6PqXgc1j
Now, I wear a Swiss Army watch, not as cool, but I don’t worry about it at all.
Another nice watch with a seller that is crazy. However, I don’t know the current market for those so maybe I’m wrong.
Seems to be the current going price. Much more than when my friend picked them up in the eighties for a song.
I loved the Timex PX specials. Limited features, just hour, minute, second.
I just had to buy a $40 Timex because the old $20 Timex I had for 20+ years had its fob break. The watch still worked, but the fob snagged on everything.
THANKS JOE!
This fucking watch better last at least fifty years.
“It uses tritium tubes, which is an electroluminescent substance that was popular in the late 20th century.”
Welp, I guess that “was popular in the late 20th century” means I’m old.
Story wise, I’ll definitely wait for reviews. Agreed that I’d prefer it single player (though given it is a Cap / Black Panther team up at heart from what I’ve seen, I’d allow a co-op mode).
Non-story wise, I’d want to hear about gameplay a bit. I have the first Playstation-ported-to-PC Spider-Man and I just plain suck at it. If this has similar “Arkham on steroids” mechanics, I’m not going to bother.
All I want is something Arkham-esque in combat and I’ll be happy.
‘“We filed the injunction to have the score as it was with timeouts and everything the same, but without Antione West,” said Cruz, who pinpointed the 2:50 mark of the final foul.”
How about how tired the players are, and their mental state? The crowd?
It is ridiculous how seriously (highschool!) sports gets taken. The lawyers involved should be disbarred.
Is that before or after they are tarred and feathered?
A tisket — a tasket… a kitty in a casket?
Germans on meth…. oookay…
Who said anything about meth?
And they’re not German, they’re an Austrian band.
I’ve developed a vaccine for money dysmorphia. You can have it a shot of it after you give me all your money.
Excellent idea. I will start on our business plan. Can you do the marketing? Kids love the TikTok.
Do you want all their hugs and kisses too?
I won’t let up until they do.
I’ve developed a vaccine for money dysmorphia.
No one with common cents will take that shot.
I wouldn’t bank on that.
If you don’t teller, I won’t teller.
Do you really want Swiss’s interest on this thread?
I’ll be safe
That’s gold, Neph, Gold!
We’re definitely vaulting up his shit list.
“Exposure to glorified lifestyles online has left many people, especially young adults, feeling financially inadequate, even if they’re doing relatively well, reports show.”
This must be Biden’s new cope. The people just don’t realize how well we treat them.
Those damned drapetomaniacs, Gavin expectorated.
Money grab. The settlement will include large donations to the “environmental advocacy organizations” engaging in the lawfare.
One aspect that stood out to me was the specific mention of phosphates in the wastewater. That area has had several big algae blooms in recent memory, which was being blamed on phosphates from fertilizer runoff.
They’re looking for a settlement.
“Money grab. The settlement will include large donations to the “environmental advocacy organizations” engaging in the lawfare.”
So you are saying it is being run by a hungry man?
That’s the claim being pushed by The Hill (which I won’t link to) by former Trump National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien. The Hill has a long history of laundering dodgy corporate lobbying claims in their op-ed section under the guise of original thinking, and this one is no exception.
I’d say The Hill is more honest about pass-through opinion than the Associated Press or CNN.
The not yet peer reviewed paper about satellites impacting the earth’s gravitational field is not fit as paper to line a birdcage. I can smell the green politics from a mile away. Easy debunk: 15,000 tons of asteroids land on Earth every year. And most of those are metal based.
Someone told me about some theory that if one satellite exploded, it could take out other satellites and cause a chain reaction where all satellites are destroyed. That doesn’t sound likely either.
Not possible even if Ralph Greenleaf’s ghost went for his greatest trick shot ever.
I was wondering how a few tons of burnt satellites are going to overpower the billions of tons of spinning iron in the earth’s mantle.
I read the headline and wondered who the heck would read past that obvious idiocy. Then I remembered that half the population is below average IQ.
Soup is Good Food
I you hadn’t already linked to it, I was.
It was tempting to link it, but I was feeling different music today.
Goodsoup is food: https://youtu.be/8_IKOzOR5ec?si=24r2YVfvIXDmjlLt
Just the music: https://youtu.be/g1t8gopvnQw?si=D_h3yOIVWZI0GIZM
Here’s a clip without the annoying commentary from the player: https://youtu.be/k52fuSqwL9s?si=hnfmlJ5NxTpWcYBE
I don’t have the ingredients for that, so Painkiller it is!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09
I was a bit of a dick posting that recipe as there’s the Green Chartreuse shortage… but I’ve got mine.
At least you have the grace to admit it.
Anyone with a line on a bottle of green chartreuse, I’ll happily reimburse you all expenses, plus a generous finders’ fee. Hit me up in the forum.
For those looking for substitutes.
I’ll keep on eye out for you next time I’m at the liquor store. I’ve got a couple nearby that are showing as “Limited Availability” (from personal experience this can mean anything between “they carried this once 5 years ago” to “sitting on the shelf in great number”).
I LOLed
https://twitter.com/shortmagsmle/status/1771267953205354584
Given my impression of the relative competence of our spy agencies and Russia’s spy agencies, I think it very highly that we orchestrated the attack on that concert.
I’m sure the CIA would hand off shooter recruitment to the experts – the FBI.
Right to repair-
I watch Pine Hollow diagnostics videos on youtube now and then. It’s really amazing how much info he has access to (for a price, no doubt). In one I watched in the last day or two he specifically mentioned a resource called “AllData” I think. He said straight out there is o way he could do what he does without it. Is that voluntary, or was it forced on the manufacturers? I have no idea.
From memory it was (mostly) forced upon them. DC threatened and the 3rd party repair lobbying organizations screamed. They figured it was better to cut a deal.
All the domestics will let you subscribe to their tech tools. This includes Tesla. The issue is more the Asian and Europeans.
AllData is repair manual and wiring diagrams.
We used all the time at the Auto Electric shop.
Pulled over from the last thread: IYKYK
AllData is repair manual and wiring diagrams.
He was tracking a broken power feed.
Access to factory info and procedures are pretty much mandatory, at this point. However, it still comes down to the user. I have watched a few where some dealer was unable to properly diagnose or repair a problem, and it ended up with him.
Ivan is a good tech. No way could I deal with what he does without a lift.
He also works on odd stuff and old European. That’s rare outside of major population centers.
My favorite odd ball shop is this: http://www.mercilessmingshondan600.itgo.com/
‘Cause someone has too work on them.
This situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part
Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown.
It’s too late. The spending war is lost. Maybe when we reach Argentina level inflation somebody will wake up.
Maybe it’s just a national case of ‘money dysmorphia’?
Beached whale Christie is now thinking about joining “no labels.” Is that going to be a landing spot for every sad rino from now until end of days?
Is that the best they can come up with to siphon votes from Trump? LOLOLOLOL
More like filtering votes, like how a whale filters krill from the seawater through it’s baleen.
I don’t know, I think you are required to label the fat content of anything that cancerous.
That fat fuck would only drain neverTrump Reps who would otherwise vote for Biden. Do it lardass.
Raj Shah, a spokesman for Johnson, said the speaker’s focus is “on governing. He will continue to push conservative legislation that secures our border, strengthens our national defense and demonstrates how we’ll grow our majority.”
The more you spend, the better you govern!
Henry L. Mencken says,” Nobody ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the well-known human race”
Uffda. Shuan King’s recent conversion to Islam is not turning out to be as lucrative as he’d hoped.
Awwwwwwwwwww
Who?
Also known as Talcum X.
Cripple fight! And huh, I thought that guy only converted his race.
But damn, CAIR must be desperate. They’re supposed to be the face of “some of us are good” Islam. They know their way around a whitewash. They had to have know all about this guy.
Video of the Moscow attack. Notice the guy unlimbering a flame thrower at the end.
https://media.gab.com/system/pending_media_attachments/files/014/679/299/original/ac81ada5b4b8ff2d.mp4
Looks like the flame thrower was working
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/40-killed-more-than-100-wounded-in-attack-on-moscow-s-crocus-city-hall/ar-BB1kmP3f
“Out thoughts are with the…uhhh…umm….VICTIMS of this terrible, terrible attack.”
RUSSIAN STOOGE!
I blame Republican hate speech.
It is incendiary.
I have it on good authority that this sort of thing only happens in the US, what with its notoriously lax gun laws and surplus of angry white dudes.
I just hope to hell we aren’t involved.
ISIS took credit for it, so no.
As I mentioned, the notion that our spy agencies could put something like this over on the Russians is laughable to me.
Sorry, can’t stop giggling. The experts speak on 1/24/2024
Today
it can’t cost that much to move some tracks a measly foot can it?
I can hardly wait for the new cost estimates come out. Even though, I will see red then they follow up their mealy mouthing with “Well you can’t just stop now, can you?”
They used the same tape measure that ‘my friend’ uses for some measurements.
That’s just perfect.
Maybe they’ll save money and only move one rail of the track. That should work, right?
“it can’t cost that much to move some tracks a measly foot can it?”
You’d think so. But I’m familiar with a recent two lane road crossing rebuild that cost in excess of $75,000 and we didn’t even have to move the existing rails. With “prevailing wage” rules, bringing in heavy equipment, safety inspection, do dah, do dah, I wouldn’t be shocked if the cost to move the rails 1′ is at least $250,000.
If you want to look like the cat’s meow during your trip to Minnesoda
I wonder how much of our tax money went to this.
I think you are safe. My guess is that she is funded by our Legacy Fund tax.
In 2000 we passed a sales tax called the Legacy Fund. Its first iteration was supposed to pay for outdoor stuff like more hunting and fishing access. It was on its way to failure, but then the legislature said the Legacy Fund could also pay for a few minor art projects. It passed and the last time I checked the majority of payments were for “an oral history of X”. Basically if you could get $5-10K for wandering around and recording old coots telling stories about X.
I bet this gal got money from that fund.
For the “Ready or Hot” Planned Parenthood runway show
Come for the models in condom dresses, stay to drink the blood of the unborn?
Did you look at them? Like Stuart Smally vests HR woman clothes. You have to look.
I was curious. I clicked. Those clothes look like craaaaaap.
Did they make you curl up in the fetal position?
It’s a better method of birth control than using them for sex.
To be fair, they looked a lot better than I expected.
The hours she put into making these “fashions” could have been more profitably spent picking up trash along the highways. Earlier today, a cashier wanted to charge me $.38 for a plastic bag to carry four items. Seems the township banned free plastic bags. I declined, somewhat impolitely, and said these nonsensical virtue signaling laws were driving me towards Trump. Cashier glanced around and then said he agreed.
A ginger with vaguely Tim Curryesque features…not quite what I expected but I’m not surprised.
I hope GM thought it was worth the minimal revenue for fucking over its customers.
https://archive.fo/yX2Mj
General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers
Now they share it with somebody who shares it with data brokers?
They incentivized dealers for signing customers up.
I will lay you big money people got signed up without their consent.
Here sign this…and this…and this…etc.
Wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Local Honda dealer signed me up for an extended warranty I never signed for.
Was not happy. I’m assuming there was some rebate that wasn’t disclosed to me and they bought the insurance with it. Since I paid cash I called the warrant company and cancelled within the cancellation period.
So I actually saved money. I’m assuming folks don’t catch this because it is buried in the financing and the cancellation is applied to your note and just looks like a $6 reduction in your monthly payment over 72 months…
I’d boycott GM for what they did but their vehicles are shit and I’ve never bought one.
Bullshit.
A few days ago I got a promise from a website…dont remember who. “We promise not to collect your information or share it with third parties. Just fill out the form below and accept.”
Form: Full name, Email address, physical address, phone number.
Do people really fall for that shit?
I’d boycott GM for what they did but their vehicles are shit and I’ve never bought one.
I have never owned one made after 1990. My current pickup is an ’84.
To be honest I bought a lightly used LeSabre ten years ago and it was actually a fine car for what was but the interweb says it’s one of the few exceptions to GM nonquality.
I’ve never bought one new though and never will.
I’ve driven Chevy/GMC pickups, probably ‘00s models. Nice vehicles. Great for long road trips – damn comfortable. Never had a single problem.
Over a period of 30 years (1986-2017) I drove 8 Chevy trucks (6 Blazers, 2 Suburbans) 1.5 million miles with only routine and light maintenance. (Shrugs) different strokes for different folks, I guess.
You went through eight trucks in Only 30 years?
wait … How do you rack up 50k miles/year?
We live in a remote area. Work was 50 miles (round trip) daily for me and close to that for the wife. The Big City is over 200 miles (round trip). It adds up.
Retirement has slowed that down a little. we’re now only doing 35k miles per year.
I had a misfire on the POS Envoy last weekend that was so bad, it was a marked power loss. And felt like it would stall out at idle.
1 coil pack for cylinder 1 later, and she purrs like a……thing that purrs.
GMC isnt my go-to for stories about reliability, but 201K miles on a coil pack? Im not going to complain.
Don’t they all have the same type of piston? That would make them the same stroke.
The V-8s were 350cid and most of the Blazers were the 4.3l V-6s. Both engines had the same bore x stroke and used the same pistons.
Over a period of 5 years my traverse ate 2 batteries, had an o2 sensor that perpetually kept the engine light on even after replacement, had a handy valve servo motor die so you couldn’t run the defrost and randomly went into low traction mode on the freeway, suddenly dropping your speed to 15 mph from 70.
Fuck those assholes.
Meanwhile my 6 year old Nissan has eaten one battery.
I’ve never bought one new though and never will.
METOO
I’m trying to make heads or tails of this demo code, but the guy who wrote it decided to include a scad of obese libraries that are almost certainly not needed.
Problem is, I can’t figure out what can be do to trim it down, since it still makes little sense. It doesn’t help that it was built around the garbage Eneria IDE rendering it illegible.
I know what most of those words mean but not necessarily in the way you used them.