Swordgeek

Religion tends to justify itself in the face of absolutely no evidence with “proof denies faith.” It’s a garbage argument, but it’s accepted.

Ghosts don’t have any similar excuse to fall back on when we fail to see any credible evidence whatsoever.

Is the soul a thing? Does consciousness exist as more than the sum of the electrical network of the brain? Who am “I”? These are all interesting and probably unanswerable philosophical questions. “Do ghosts exist” though, is a pretty straightforward no.

The idea that fundamental infrastructure- especially international infrastructure - can be privately owned AND operated as a profit centre is beyond reprehensible.

Horrible click bait president.

Honestly, if it were 5L larger, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.

20L is pretty tight for clothes - and their next model up is 35L. Something, ANYTHING in between those would be ideal.

But I’m sorely tempted…

That’s an excellent feature! My existing bag is well-padded, but the padding is at the bottom of the bag. Moving it up even a centimetre would be a great safety feature.

Thanks for that. Their stuff looks pretty solid, and I appreciate the smaller companies making great stuff. Unfortunately, the US government is negotiating a half TRILLION dollar loan to destroy my country, so I’m going to pass.

Hedgren looks great - the “Trip” might be the perfect backpack!

…except that they apparently aren’t sold in Canada. :-(

Is that a parody site? It can’t be real, can it?

I need it for general commuting - on the train, walking, and also biking. I just mentioned the bike because of the need for clothing space. In Spring, it might be +5 in the morning (need something on my arms and legs) and +25 in the afternoon (shorts and short sleeves baby!).

The USA isn’t the world. We’ll all survive after you’re gone.

Fuck 'em all.

In addition to the advice here already (some of which I agree with, some not), here are two other ideas:

1. Ask yourself WHY you’re keeping it? Does the explanation hold water?
2. Work through one area at a time, and do multiple cycles. It’s easier to work on a single room or area at a time, and if you can purge a modest amount easily, then you can work through the whole house like this. Then you go back for a second pass and will probably have a more critical eye for getting rid of stuff - another 15% goes from each room in turn.

The story here isn’t that he’s refusing the raise, it’s that he made a statement to the press about it.

Just did a quick look in Alberta, Canada. Best price I could find was $26.99/15, or $1.80/can. That converts to €1.11 per can.

Cans are 355ml though, instead of the German 330ml.

EDIT Cans in the US are probably 355ml as well. If they were scaled down to 330ml, the price would be…

€0.75. Same as Germany.

Well now I’m curious. I’m 57 and the youngest of three, and I remember it from my youth.

This is SO FUCKING STUPID!

For those whose work activities support it, working from home (or staff-driven hybrid) results in the same or better productivity and better mental health outcomes.

Back to the office directives are created for a number of reasons, all of them terrible.

• Insecure managers can micromanage their staff
• Insecure executives can survey/show off their ‘empire’
• Unhappy decision makers can keep other people from being happy

Fuck this.

She’s a Trump-loving fascist, and a separatist traitor.

It’sntime for the federal government to get a judge to rule on the legality of her actions.

The National Prayer Breakfast is a HUGE deal. Every president since Ike has attended. It is a deeply evangelical event, withh thousands of attendees. And it’s appalling.

We used to. Kangaroo jacket (AB) and bunny hug (SK) both were fairly common in the '70s, then kangaroo jacket kind of fell by the wayside.

So why do Albertans call it a kangaroo jacket?