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Auto Driller

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  1. Same story as everyone else. Lived in Texas my entire life and starting to think I can’t take it anymore. Heat like this is just as inhospitable as 0 degrees and snow.
  2. I look forward to seeing this tweeted by Message Board Geniuses.
  3. And naturally the reputational damage of having this thing remain in the headlines is worth a lot more than whatever Fitzgerald will settle for. So he’ll get $15 million, an 18 month vacation, and everyone in the AD and university administration will get their scheduled 12% raise and 7 weeks off.
  4. AirBNB has turned into a pretty shitty experience in a lot of cases. A lot of hosts treat you like children with curfews, quiet hours, and chores before you leave. An oh yeah, it is now more expensive than a hotel. I rent through BNB/VRBO if I want to be in a house (or I’m staying in a place where there are no hotels) but if I’m going to Austin/Phoenix/Nashville etc. I will stay on a hotel 100 times out of 100. edit: And there’s a not-insignificant chance your host is voyeuristically watching your every move via security cameras the whole time you’re there.
  5. So is the MOD going to reduce Rostov to rubble with artillery? Oh how the turn tables.
  6. Whether the coup is successful or not is almost irrelevant. Putin and his propaganda arm can no longer say “everything is going according to plan”. This is a massive fuckup and embarrassment for the ruling class in Russia. And a lot of resources are going to be redirected from Ukraine to the interior of Russia in response.
  7. Here’s my theory: - Prigozhin started 100% all in on team Putin / take over Ukraine / split the loot. - He always had political ambitions of his own but was satisfied with the billions he already had for the time being. - He realized through his “front line” experience with Wagner that Russia was not going to win the war. - Started to ask himself “how can I take advantage of this situation?” Concludes that the dream of ruling over conquered Ukraine may be gone but the bigger prize remains - control of Russia itself. - Starts PR campaign blaming the MOD for lack of shells or whatever. Basically trying to draw a line between his camp and the people causing the war to be lost. - Begins stashing away ammunition and other materiel that was meant for the fight in Bakhmut and elsewhere. - Sets up the coup plan. - Putin / MOD get wind of something sneaky going on and outlaws PMCs and states that Wagner must sign contracts by 7/1. - This forces Prigozhin to put the plan into action sooner than he had planned. - Fireworks begin.
  8. Who knew that the only thing that could unite our bitterly divided society was a bunch of rich people sinking to the bottom of the ocean. I’m a little confused, to be honest.
  9. I wouldn’t rule out the heating system getting a little too ambitious and the thing turning into an oven for the same reason. In the “survived and sunk to the bottom” case I read another nightmare to consider in the Reddit thread. We all envision that they sunk and landed horizontally like we see in all the photos. But it’s just as likely they they settled vertically and are standing face to face as they contemplate their fate. Hopefully shitter end down…
  10. Nightmare fuel if they actually survived long enough to sink to the bottom. They most likely froze to death before they ran out of oxygen.
  11. Heard an interview on NPR with a CBS journalist who actually rode in the submersible last year with the plan to go down to the Titanic. Unsurprisingly, the trip was cut short after a mechanical issue a few hundred feet down. A couple of high points: - He said before you go down you basically sign away your life. No chance that the victims or their families are compensated. And even if they were supposed to, with what assets? I imagine OceanGate’s IP and goodwill are not trading very high right now. - The vessel apparently has seven different systems that are meant to return it to the surface even after a total loss of power or control from inside. One of them is sandbags that are attached by something that dissolves after a certain amount of time under water. So this guy speculated that the ship may have returned to surface and they’re being tossed around in 6 ft seas. Also, the vessel is white and the ocean is full of white caps in that area. Zero chance they’re spotted from the air. - The hatch is sealed with 18 bolts from the outside. Yeah…
  12. edit: should have known someone would beat me to it
  13. This proves that rich people aren’t rich because they’re smarter than everyone else.
  14. Replace “back in time” with “to the Titanic” and that’s pretty much it.
  15. I’m sure prospective IPO investors are thrilled to find that the site’s largest communities can be shut down or turned NSFW at the whims of unpaid, non-employed moderators. CEO really should have thought this one through a little harder.
  16. I grew up in a NATO family but I will definitely be sending my son to the Donbas trenches in ‘28!
  17. morerelaxedthanyou.jpeg But seriously, you do bring up a good point. A lot of guys who think they can just recruit a servant/sex slave/mother figure and bring a mail order bride (or equivalent) back to the US end up divorced and alone as soon as their bride gains full citizenship. Which is, in a way, poetic justice.
  18. Relax man. It’s a message board. If I knew I was going to be required to state the intention of every US man and foreign woman who get married I wouldn’t have quoted your reply.
  19. I never said that I did, or intended to do, what these guys did. I merely stated another perspective of US men going overseas and finding a wife. It’s not all “passport bros”. I do see how my comment around them being interested in your passport could be confusing though. One thing that we take for granted is our ability to travel to 90% of the world, often without the need for a visa. This just isn’t reality for most of the world. If a woman marries an American they can all of a sudden go places and see things that were previously completely out of reach. The benefits of a US passport aren’t limited to living here.
  20. Re-read the first paragraph, specifically the part about never returning to the US.
  21. I used to travel internationally a lot for work, mostly to SE Asia. I saw lots of older (50+) American guys who married younger (< 35) Malaysian/Indonesian women and started a family. Many had no intention of ever returning to the US. Basically, if you’re clearly American and there for work you’re going to receive 50x the level of interest from women over there than you would back home unless you’re in the mythical top 1% of desirability (AKA rich). They’re very interested in your passport, your earning ability, and if you’re lucky, your interests/looks/personality. If we step back and just ask “what is marriage” it’s essentially a social contract. You give me ABC benefits (companionship, financial stability, parenting partner, etc.) and I’ll give you XYZ in return. For guys who marry into another culture, the math works out better outside the US. There are definitely others who prey on foreign women’s hope to escape poverty, which is pretty disgusting. But I don’t think that everyone has bad intentions. I’m 36 and single. Dated multiple girls that could have progressed to marriage but never did, mostly because of 10000% craziness. But honestly, what makes me hesitant to marry an American are the divorce statistics. Some crazy high percentage of divorces are initiated by women and all of the divorce laws favor the women. Unless your wife is a currently incarcerated meth addiction, they’re taking the children. I think we’ve built a system where divorce is practically rewarded. I don’t necessarily blame guys for looking for something better overseas.
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