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jpreston2005

@ jpreston2005 @lemmy.world

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  • YSK about Project 100,000, when the US conscripted people with mental disabilities to be used as cannon fodder in Vietnam, suffering triple the casualties of other soldiers

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  • you think there might be a difference between russia drafting mentally challenged canon fodder for a baseless war of attrition and Ukraine doing whatever it needs to to stay alive? maybe? a little difference?

  • YSK about Project 100,000, when the US conscripted people with mental disabilities to be used as cannon fodder in Vietnam, suffering triple the casualties of other soldiers

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  • The Ukrainian Defence Ministry amended the criteria for medical exemptions, reclassifying people with tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, thyroid disease and HIV to be fit for military service

    I think that's a bit different than drafting mentally challenged people to be canon fodder

  • Boy, 11, shot dead after playing doorbell-ringing prank in Houston, police say

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  • Any country that goes through a Sandy-Hook style shooting and doesn't amend their gun control regulations, is a shithole country.

    QED.

  • Boy, 11, shot dead after playing doorbell-ringing prank in Houston, police say

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  • Which games made you go into an "addiction phase"?

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  • DOTA 2, man. Once you get past the massive learning curve, there is just so much to do in-game. Every match is entirely unique, with constant updates, tournaments, battle passes, and what have you. When I feel like disappearing, I disappear into DOTA.

  • Do you name your cars, if so what have you named them?

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  • My cars are usually named after old women, because I subconsciously relate older women with comfort and kindness. Gertie, and Mathilde.

  • YSK this is Susie Willies. She is the most powerful woman in the United States.

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  • in b4 it turns out she's besties with gislaine

  • Senate Republicans Vote to Allow Trump to Keep Gifted Qatari Jet After Leaving Office

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  • Oh so they all admit it IS A FUCKING BRIBE THEN? GODDAMNIT FUCK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SLIMY FUCKS

  • what video game deserves to be in a museum?

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  • Shadow of the Colossus is the first that comes to mind. I'd probably toss in Final Fantasy VII, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and DOTA 2 because I'm addicted to it

  • Trump takes no chances in armored golf buggy as protesters storm streets across Scotland

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  • As if you needed further proof that this thing is the antichrist, he's riding around the opposite of the pope mobile

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    What was your last dream about?

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  • The Dream: My mother gifted me an old, beat up RV to live in. It was filthy inside, rusted outside. I saw my aunt who wanted to see it and give me a house warming present but I told her No because it was so gross.

    The Explanation: It's because I have a very strained relationship with my family right now. They failed to step up to protect me when I was young, and then failed to show up again when I needed support as an adult (along with numerous times in between). They left me with trauma and fear and self-hatred without ever an apology or a modicum of empathy. It's left me with the intense desire to be seen and to be loved, but at the same time an intense fear of being treated again like I was for so long. It's left me opting out of most of life, because who would want to see such a disgusting, shoddy RV like me? And even if I do convince myself that someone might, what if they burn my RV down? Or come in and are repulsed because they don't like what they see?

  • Road fatalities per 100,000 population in major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces

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  • The fact that California, a state with THIRTEEN TIMES MORE PEOPLE than Mississippi, has less than half the number of traffic fatalities is mind blowing. Mississippi is just 30% of the landmass that California represents, and yet it gets more than double the amount of traffic fatalities.

    Looking at the left side of the graph, the trend is easily recognizable. Drunk angry and repressed, poverty stricken republicans will drive drunk like it's the right to bear arms. The further right you go, the more democratic the state.

  • CRISPR used to remove extra chromosomes in Down syndrome and restore cell function

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  • Fuck. That. Fuck the cards I’m dealt. I’ll make my own fucking cards. Play them how I want. And if I have to, I’ll make my own fucking game (creative commons licence, of course, in case anyone else is into it).

    Limits are meant to be broken, not embraced.

    Literally what the movie is about

  • Me on vacations

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  • I just back from vacation, stayed at a hotel that had free breakfast from 6-9. I was in that hotel for a full week, didn't make it to breakfast once. Felt like a waste of money, waking up at noon and walking to a breakfast place nearby, but I'd rather pay for a meal than wake up early so 🤷‍♂️

  • ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits

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  • How can anyone be working for ice and not think

  • A reboot of the X-Files but this time Scully is always right. Everything has a totally rational explanation and Mulder slowly loses his belive in the supernatural.

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  • *reject

  • CRISPR used to remove extra chromosomes in Down syndrome and restore cell function

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  • Watch The Sound of Metal, it's very good

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  • The ability to work from home has given me innumerable benefits, but I must admit that as a very introverted guy who's been going through some shit, and who's go-to move during times of anxiety and depression is to distance themselves from everyone... yeah, sometimes I do miss my coworkers. A lot of them are pretty great people. Doesn't mean I'd rather spend 3 hours a day sitting in traffic to see them, just means I low-key miss someone to bitch with.

  • No wonder I always felt it in my biceps and not the trapezius muscle!

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  • Ah don't worry about it. I've been working out since I was a kid and have fucked up so much it's ludicrous. When nobody tells you how to work out, you end up doing shit wrong. It's OK though, because just like life, it's one long slow learning process.

    Like, I want to compete in a body building competition, and so I diligently went about my training regimen with renewed focus and determination. Started posing practice after each workout. Couple weeks before the show, I'm at 6% bodyfat, lookin good, feeling good. Then I think "wait a tick, in all my posing, I've never actually seen what my back pose looks like." So I went and set up a tripod and camera and took some shots and.... woof. My back is underdeveloped as shit. Look like a body builder from the front, and a lil' twink stick figure from the back.

    So now I incorporate 3 more back exercises.

    Also, I only ever started doing a regular Leg Day like 6 months ago (Just bicycled and ran before).

    So, yeah. Now I've got a competition circled that's further out so I can focus on back, and hopefully by then I'll be ready. If not, oh well, just circle the next show on the ol' calendar.

    PROGRESS

  • News @lemmy.world
    jpreston2005 @lemmy.world

    North Carolina judges side with Republican colleague in close Supreme Court election

    apnews.com /article/north-carolina-election-2024-griffin-riggs-judges-fe51ca7bb095b9dcb305030220e69606
  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world
    jpreston2005 @lemmy.world

    US Citizen, joined Army, Peace Corps, professional firefighter-spoke out against the tRump dictatorship while vacationing in Vietnam and may not be allowed back into the country.