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It’s the starting at the bottom part that confused me more, I can’t make that feel natural.

Dollywood has had controversies, and ran the “Dixie Stampede” until 2018 when the name was changed but the content still romanticised the South.

I’ll not sure it had to make any sound.

All you had to do to silence the handshake was to send the command ATM0 down the serial line before dialing. The sound, visualized and explained

Same, I push anyone I walk past regardless if I’m crossing or not, just to inconvenience them a little.

This particular factory was built after eminent domain was used to destroy the neighborhood to make room for it, the lack of responsibility to the community goes deep.

It’s 2026 and the car still can’t automatically adjust the blinker to match the BPM of the music, what are we even doing

Rite of Spring debut in 1913

A constant 24/7 60 decibel whine would be infuriating. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-noise-pollution-dowagiac-michigan-blasts-homes And noise pollution has health impacts, “Due to an increasing number of mechanistic and epidemiological cohort studies, the past twenty years have seen a shift from skepticism that noise could affect non-auditory health, to increasing evidence for effects on cardiometabolic disease, annoyance, sleep disturbance, mental health, dementia, and children’s learning. Evidence for mechanisms via cortical activation and stress hormones leading to increased vascular and cerebral inflammation and oxidative stress has increased.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935126009795

Lakenenland*

Nominative determinism

Warren v. District of Columbia “is a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case that held that the police do not owe a specific duty to provide police services to specific citizens based on the public duty doctrine.” And Castle Rock v. Gonzales, is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, 7–2, that a town and its police department could not be sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for refusing to enforce a restraining order, even though the refusal led to the murders of a woman’s three children by her estranged husband.

Look at the common names section of the Wikipedia article, they’re called all sorts of things

As a USian living near the Canadian border, I’ve been watching on CBC and mostly cheering for Canadians, but this and the men’s hockey players staying at hotels instead of the Olympic village shifted my fluid allegiance for those sports

Relevant XKCD https://xkcd.com/37/

“I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.” – Epictetus

Christians use 2 Corinthians 2:14 as an excuse for divorce “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols?” To divorce and remarry is biblically considered adultery; but Erika is a widow, and if Usha won’t convert JD gets a free pass on divorce, and Christians will just excuse it as the righteous thing for JD to do.

Rent parties are back! Just without the jazz, and food, and booze, and community… But at least it’s monetized for a tech CEO! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_party

There’s a longer list but I can’t find the original source.

‘FIVE RAPE PREVENTION TIPS’

1. If someone is drunk, don’t rape them.

2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone.

3. Use the Buddy System! If it is difficult for you to stop yourself from raping someone, ask a trusted friend to accompany you at all times.

4. Carry a rape whistle. If you find that you are about to rape someone, blow the whistle until someone comes to stop you.

5. Don’t forget: honesty is the best policy. When asking someone out, don’t pretend that you are interested in them as a person. Tell them straight up that you expect to be raping them later. If you don’t communicate your intentions, they may take it as a sign that you do not plan to rape them.”

My uncle is really critical of his kids athletic abilities (as well as his own), and they are now really negative about their own abilities, and my uncle doesn’t understand why they don’t want to try. I golfed with my cousin today (my uncle in the group behind) and I made it a point to compliment him and have a good time, and he golfed better than normal—not necessarily as good as his inner critic wanted—and had more fun golfing with family than normal. Positive reinforcement always seems more effective to me in helping people grow to meet their hopes and expectations, there are other times to have grounding conversations about whether their hopes and expectations are realistic or attainable, but not when they’re eager and trying.