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May 16, 2020 at 4:22 PM in reply to: the reopening of america is a pivotal historical moment? #817339
scaredyclassic
ParticipantI’m leaning bv toward full plastic face shield plus mask in public.
Actually maybe also in my house. My wife still sees patients : [
Participant[quote=zk][quote=zk]Marauding bands of deplorables with guns will have a much easier time forcing their way over there than you will have getting there by trading veggies and spices or whatever Brianesque plan you have in mind.[/quote]
It occurs to me now that maybe that’s why some nutjobs seem to relish the thought of government overthrow and anarchy and chaos. Then, instead of being stuck working in some god-forsaken job where they get shit on all day by people smarter than them, they’d be the ones sticking a gun in your face saying, “I’m taking your shit now, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it, you pansy-ass poindexter.”
That’s probably been obvious to everybody but me for a long time.[/quote]
American is one large enraged but chair bound fatman posting patriotic memes on liberty on facebook but afraid to ride a bike in his own neighborhood
May 15, 2020 at 3:11 PM in reply to: the reopening of america is a pivotal historical moment? #817301ParticipantI think most Americans will agree with you, even if the death toll is 1 million domestically.
Participantwas pretty damned electric blue in oceanside this week. looked like a rave party.
Participant[quote=Coronita][quote=svelte][quote=Coronita]Lol, so things get even weirder….Just in from todays SMT meeting….Since everyone has more or less been working from home/remotely since March, and generally things have worked out ok for us….SMT decided to further save money. We’re not renewing our commercial lease here in SD… We’re going to be 100% remote for the rest of this year. [/quote]
Wow.
But it does make sense.
However, probably the BIGGEST reason to do the above is not to save rent money – it is to minimize liability of COVID running rampant at the office. From what I’ve read companies aren’t too worried about being sued by their employees because there are limitations on that…what they are worried about is the employee getting it at the office and transmitting it to someone else who is not an employee who then in turn sues the company.[/quote]
Maybe.. I think our lease is around $15k/month. So maybe it’s a little of both. It’s not exactly the most expensive expense. There’s also a bunch of incidentals, like running a corporate network, utilities, office perks, keeping an office manager. It adds up. I think we’re going to be taking office furniture home and the office computer(s). I call shotgun on the foosball table and the beanbags[/quote]
Very interesting.
Reminds me of that moment when everyone suddenly got rid of their landline
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]Well I guess we would just have to figure out what it means when they just start defaulting.
Or what a mostly volunteer fire department etc.. looks like or something.
I think this is why Buffett said he would never live in CA.[/quote]
Municipal finance will be tough.
I used to work in public finance. I remember when muni bonds were fairly safe.
Defaulting on all those bonds might free up some cash.
Cant remember what the security was tho. Repo a state park?
A lot were unsecured I think.
Man that was a lifetime ago. So much fine print
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler][quote=Hobie]My cynical side says not to expect any sort of tax break. Governor doesn’t understand the magnitude of keeping the state closed and the resulting loss of tax revenue. Calif has to push tax increases and new fees to recoup some of it losses.[/quote]
When they get done adding up all the tax revenue lost by the states, it will just dwarf all the stimulus so far by a large factor and it is still going up.
I think many states will seek BK.
It will be a very very large defect, unthinkably large, just mind blowing. Unlike the FED, the states cannot just conjure up money with a few strokes on a keyboard no matter how much Newsom wants to.[/quote]
What is the law by which states may declare bankruptcy?
Or I’d it more of a michael Scott move. He just shouts I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY. Later it must be explained to him that’s legally insufficient.
ParticipantWhy not a 95 year old pres8dent?
98.
103.
Participant[quote=zk][quote=scaredyclassic]She was getting married but wanted to call it off and move out to be with me.
Which was crazy. I barely knew her. Other than that she was very attractive. She said something I’d said had really stuck with her and she thought we should be together.
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The scaredy magic exists in real life, too![/quote]
I have a certain brutal somewhat fabricated radical honesty that can be, in the right light, somewhat sexy.
One of the cool things about being human is you get to think you’re smarter than most people, regardless of the evidence. We are wired that way. So no one feels bad, everyone else is a dope!
Jesus died not for our sins, but for our astonishing stupidity.
Or maybe he died for our lack of imagination, or lack of a sense of humor. Or bad lawyering at the sanhedrin trial. I bet a decent lawyer couldve avoided the death penalty.
Or maybe, as some japanese Christian’s believe, he did not die at all on the cross.
It was his brother who died on the cross while jesus went to japan and became a garlic farmer and got married.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-known-legend-of-jesus-in-japan-165354242/
Which is what I think probably happened. In fact, I’m sure of it.
Makes sense, in a mormony kinda way. Jesus goes where you are.
Japan, upstate ny. Missouri. Riverside county.
Time n space arent what we think
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=zk][quote=scaredyclassic]She was getting married but wanted to call it off and move out to be with me.
Which was crazy. I barely knew her. Other than that she was very attractive. She said something I’d said had really stuck with her and she thought we should be together.
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The scaredy magic exists in real life, too![/quote]
Yes, when i first read scaredy, I thought he was kinda goofy. But some of the things he wrote and the way wrote is beautiful and kinda mind blowing (in a small beautiful way). I am in love![/quote]
Maybe I’ve grown here.
ParticipantIn the short stories, RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY, horace rumpole, renegade barrister, always toasts the Timson clan, to whom he is regular counsel, afamily of thieves who provides rumpole with his daily claret and cleaning supplies for his humble flat.
His uptiggt chamber mates always find his toasts morally repulsive.
When someone seems dumb, it really is not a cause to be upset. It is a cause for celebration of the diversity of the human family.
Also to be clear, I’m not saying I’m a genius or havent done a lot of dumb dhit. Just that I think I’m smarter than average, have better than average self control, and generally avoid fucking up my life in very avoidable ways.
I have plenty of shortcomings.
If you’ve never read a rumpole short story, by john Mortimer, give it a shot. So funny!
Participant[quote=zk][quote=scaredyclassic]
This is reason to be grateful. The swamp of human stupidity is necessary in many professions for you to be better off than others.
This may not be true.[/quote]
When I was 16 I got a flat tire. I was changing the tire and my buddy was next to me. We were in California, a long way from home, dressed in nothing but shorts, flip-flops, and maybe brake dust. There was some sort of brake issue, too, and this passerby in a suit stopped to give us some technical advice. The three of us were chatting during this repair, and my buddy was frustrated about some idiot who had done something idiotic that had inconvenienced my friend. The idiot was in some – I don’t remember, exactly – position of power or high-paying position or something. The guy in the suit, who was just the right amount of upbeat and really seemed like he had his shit together, says to my buddy, “more room for guys like you and me.”
I don’t remember the exact context, but what the guy was saying was pretty much what you’re saying. My buddy’s face lit up as though he’d had a revelation. I don’t think that slice of “wisdom,” if you want to call it that, ever left my friend.
That guy was saying, “every guy of average intelligence and competence is another guy you can be in front of,” and maybe you’re saying (as an example) “(some) lawyers need dumb criminals.” I don’t know. Maybe both are true. Maybe neither. I think as a general rule, they’re both true.
I would not have said this three and a half years ago, but at this point I’m not convinced I wouldn’t give up the financial advantages that my abilities have gained me not to be surrounded by idiots and with my faith in humanity in ruins.[/quote]
It’s funny to think about the reverberation of words and acts over decades. I think I’m the sort of person who has a greater impression on people years later.
Once in the 80s, this very pretty girl called me up out of the blue. Not sure how she found my number. Shed been a girlfriend of a guy I hung out with. She was getting married but wanted to call it off and move out to be with me.
Which was crazy. I barely knew her. Other than that she was very attractive. She said something I’d said had really stuck with her and she thought we should be together.
I am not a particularly good looking guy, but the right words can be very powerful, even over years, a lifetime.
Luckily I was smart enough to decline, tell her to put the wedding on hold, and reconsider things. A dumber dude wouldve told her, come on over!
Participant[quote=svelte][quote=zk]
Made the mistake of debating friends who are trump fans on facebook. They’re so far gone it’s like talking to cult members. It’s just impossible to them that trump isn’t the greatest president ever and Obama isn’t the worst president ever. Yes, they keep bringing Obama up. One right-wing talking point after another ad nauseam. No independent thoughts, skepticism, logic, or reason whatsoever. [/quote]Yep, I’ve witnessed the same thing.
I must point out, though, the same thing happens to the left. I pointed out that they are constantly insinuating that “climate change” and “man-made global warming” are one and the same. They are not. They’ll point to a plethora of scientists who say man’s actions are warming the planet and again insinuate that 100% of the drought and temp change is caused by man.
When I point out reasons that’s not true, I get accused of being a climate change denier.
They won’t listen to reason. I found a study that proved my point and posted it – crickets. It did not match their agenda so they no longer wanted to participate. There was no “I guess you have a point” at all.
I am also completely baffled by their save-the-planet agenda that outlaws straws, plastic grocery bags, etc but not even a single mention of population control. In the long run, limiting the number of humans on the planet would have an effect so large that it would dwarf all of their other efforts put together. Yet not a word about it.[/quote]
Everyone loves the environment but people think you’re nuts if you ride a bike.
It’s better not to engage with most normal people.
Also, reading facebook postings can cause enormous despair.
So much pro trump….you are filled with a sense of disgust.
On the bright side, if you’re somewhat smarter than average, in the USA, and doing well financially, it may be because you’re not as dumb as most people.
If you really think trump is a great president, at this point, I hff ave to think you’re a little dumb.
This is reason to be grateful. The swamp of human stupidity is necessary in many professions for you to be better off than others.
This may not be true.
ParticipantKilled about 300 earwig last night
Earwig killing tip.
Freshly used cat food can filled with water.
Earwigs climb in and drown.
Best results.
Last night was a fly swatter massacre.
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