GPS/Navogation was not standard when Cash for Clunkers was active. GPS in that era was not part of a 2-way system, either. I have a car from later than that, fully loaded. The map comes from an SD card, it does not have any resident cell capability, and all built-in outbound communication functions are sent through a connected phone.
As that commenter came back and commented, it was pulled from their ass.
I thought it was a clever take on why isolationism leads to theories and assumptions about everyone else. The rangers are isolated and created their own paranoia. Obviously, they couldn’t readily get more information, so it’s not their fault for being in the dark.
The only thing I specifically didn’t like about the ending was how this whole manifesto of sorts was presented. I get that it gives closure on the writer’s intended narrative, but it admits a lot of legal guilt for the antagonist.
Like how we see the future of the universe as it heads to heat death
I haven’t had to think twice about 32F being the freezing point since before I could drive. It’s just one of a thousand numbers I can remember. There’s no particular advantage between g being 9.8m/s/s or 32ft/s/s. Nothing round about pi being 3.14. Whatever you use becomes recognizable quickly. My car takes 87 octane gas, takes 5w30 oil, has a wheel bolt pattern of 5x108mm or 5x4.25in, has a 63.4mm center bore, 320mm front brake rotors… The list goes on.
Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. It’s roughly the range, not an exact definition. More humidity, laboring to survive, or not having modern access to water would make 100+ considerably dangerous. Similarly, not having shelter, having high wind, or being wet makes 0- considerably dangerous. So yes, with current tech and convenience, we can casually survive -20 to 120, but it’s still pretty awful.
I was also saying the range in regards to what we can touch and perceive. I know 1000 is very hot and melts some metals, but I can’t really touch a 200 degree pot of water, either. I don’t have intrinsic knowledge of the difference.
Scientists and physicists go in to use metric in work. US Engineers often go on to use imperial. Slugs and kips are units somewhere in there. But the engineers that calculate with gravity tend to be back in metric
They probably just aren’t familiar. I’m not. I like the idea of 0-100F being what humans can safely and directly experience (+/-30) but I have plenty of contacts that intrinsically know what C means to the same degree.
Top Gear hosts have used stones
Colony of Birchman by Mastodon
Just a thought. The concert goers might be more of an audience age bias than a whole cocnert trend. I’m guessing you’re seeing older bands from your younger days. Their audience is aging the same as you. Might be a venue thing as well, with currently-touring older bands drawing larger crowds, necessitating larger venues that come with more seats and less pit. I saw Rob Zombie at a mid-size venue and the crowd was pretty tame. Same for Disturbed. Meanwhile, I saw Jinjer at a small venue with no seats and the crowd was rocking. Not much of a pit, but far from dead. Same for Highly Suspect, though no pit at all as everyone crowded to the stage. All 4 were after 2020, for reference
Thanks, that song has my attention. I think I’ve been somewhere in the doom or sludge genre with Heriot and Faetooth but the definitions are fuzzy around here. Some Mastodon songs seem to have persistent guitar so I was headed there next. Colony of Birchman, probably. I’ll have to see how long this interest phase. Metal is forever, but playing might be a phase.
Generally, no, I don’t find slurs acceptable. Let me say there are some light-hearted jokes that are more like a group’s preferences than deficiencies, but it seems you’re talking about stereotypical deficiencies. Language evolves and slurs can become terms of endearment
I generally find that the people who use slurs for jokes are really just reinforcing stereotypes to the harm of the named groups, all for a laugh with their in-group. When I’ve seen the out-group name themselves with a slur, it tends to feel like that person is trying to prove themselves to the in-group as not so out of the group. Even when “equivalent” slurs are thrown at the in-group, their weight and historical context tend to be far less impactful. Even when “cracker” is thrown at white United States Americans, there’s a clear and obvious heft behind that “equivalent” term for black people, given that it’s a word with such heavy risk it’s still pronounced “n-word” instead of being said in full. The problem I have with these words, even among friends or when spoken by someone of that slur, is it continues to foster and promote negative stereotypes about ethnic groups, typically. Every group has something they’re cheap about, yet it’s “jewing down” or “gypping” you in the US+.
Personally, the only time I bring out my slurs is when my dad decides to say some oldhead racist shit. I match his harmless/“how I was raised in a different time” terminology with the equivalent words for his ancestry. Suuuuddeeenly it’s a big fuckin problem. .
Two dumb
To serious
I tend to upvote submissions that promote the community, comments that do good jobs explaining things, and comments that have productive controbution. I don’t downvote people that disagree with me. Those are reserved for people being assholes. My vote/view ratio is pretty low
What does paid email offer over all the free options?
Damn. Looks like they ended the lifetime sub in 2018. I just picked up my guitar for the first time in probably 15 years after retrieving it from my parents’ basement. I remembered U-G pro tabs but it seemed so much more pervasive than before. But kinda seemed worth it. Idk about 30/yr at this time. I quickly remembered why my interest faded: my go-to music doesn’t sound great on a single guitar.
Funny sequence, though. I was trying to find tabs for current interests. My recent stream has had more Slipknot than 2010. I’m used to lots of Drop-D tuning and don’t enjoy adjusting. Turns out, between either Duality or Before I Forget and then The Devil In I, I got to enjoy detuning to Drop C and then Drop B. Didn’t even know those existed. 5 strings 5 frets lower and 1 string down 7.
I’m surprised that the Ace Combat series hasn’t utilized rogue AI as a plot point yet. It was always just Belkans that worked in the shadows. AC7 came out in 2019, so it was before the AI wave. I guess there’s still time to make AC8 accurate.
There’s always tomorrow, but you won’t regret doing it today. My 20s were a blur of not taking time for myself, grinding away at a shit job, thinking I’d have more time next week/month/year, and losing touch with friends as they went through the same shock of employment. I can’t truly say I had the resources to do more in my 20s, but somewhere in my 30s, I became notably less anxious and more willing to do things on a whim as I realized time was ticking faster and faster. Not everything needs a full plan. Not everything has to be perfect. Not everything has to be min/maxed. You don’t have to justify your entertainment to anyone.
You’re not out of time. You’re likely at a similar awkward time where you’re still finding your footing as an adult, as opposed to a student. Humans will always continue to party through catastrophe. We wouldn’t be here if our ancestors didn’t. Take a walk. See a concert. Start your cosplay. Try a ren fair. Try a punk flea market. See if anyone wants to meet up.
You have time. I’ve forgotten more than you’ve remembered and I’m still a long way away from being done with this place.
You thought “Flaming Potatoes at the Fire Station” Was a Good Band Name
by Fallout Boy