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  1. ztejas wants to quit drinking he knows it's not a great solution and causes problems. But from my experience (and reading what he said) he has other major problems and booze/drugs is the way he is coping and solving for THOSE underlying problems. He acknowledges that and until/unless he gets those fundamental problems fixed, "just try quitting drinking again" isn't going to work. He's drinking to medicate some bigger issues, likely mental ones. So, knowing that, it's not very helpful and might even be discouraging to pile on him for being an alky IMO.
  2. Maybe too random and stupid. My bad! I guess I deserve the flak. I jsut remember it that way. I think I was high too when I shared that. Are you an idiot? Maye that's you, actually if "dafino' is your actual name troll.
  3. Bernie is doing a Fight the Oligarchy tour with AoC and others, it sounds awesome and doing crazy numbers. Some excerpts: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/bernie-sanders-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fight-the-oligarchy
  4. What's crazier is how because the wealth is almost entirely on paper and anchored to some movable levers (stocks, equity, products, etc.) that one can be a billionaire because of an evaluation (e.g. Selena Gomez) and that one can lose billionaire status overnight (e.g. Kanye West). Dave Chappelle hilariously talked about Kanye losing $1.5 billion dollars overnight:
  5. I had a 1x1 phone conversation with a billionaire a few years ago. I approached it super casual and non-chalant and spoke to him as a peer and equal-- even I was surprised by how cavalier I was. But it was important to me that I do so for some reason. Just because this guy had a billion dollars didn't mean I had to worship him or revere him. I felt there was a personal battle there I had to fight or something.
  6. I'm torn on if she should own it more or pretend she didn't mean it to be referencing the wheelchair. I read she was walking it back and pretending she wasn't talking about him being in a wheelchair. But whatever, it's still awesome and funny because we know what she really meant because saying "hot wheels" was about the wheels of planes, trains and automobiles is such a stretch she's basically "winking" at us.
  7. Submitted for the approval of the midnight society of surly salespeoples:
  8. I know it’s controversial because of nostalgia, Robin Williams beatification, and Will Smith being a cuck and the slap heard ‘round the world, but an argument could be made his rendition of the genie is the best one.
  9. Crazy times the 80's and 90's
  10. Who is we? That's horrible.
  11. 100% this. My wife and I see the most lame, boring movies for the best seats and just to eat dinner sometimes and the movie is an afterthought, and even then there is consistently 4-5 people every single time.
  12. Tons of software sales jobs that sell automation in some form or fashion out there right now. You shouldn't be on the street too long. The question is more of fit: Salary/OTE, RTO/WFH, Geography (as you mentioned), Necessary Travel/Territory, RSU's, etc.
  13. Yep, that was my point exactly. The healthiest people I know are often the skinniest. Not the most athletic looking or fit looking, but thin and lean. I think my specific food culture I come from has rotted my mind to think that is bad. My son used to have a friend who was really skinny and it always sparked in me some anxiety when he would stay over our house. At some point my son had to tell me, "please stop trying to feed him every time you see him or offering food or to order pizza every 30 minutes". The kid played on the same sports teams, etc. and I alwayas thought he'd be broken in half, but he prevailed. I don't know man, a South Texas food culture can create in some the anti-anorexia mental issues. At least it did for me.
  14. Those were good and also I liked the Jungle Book remake.
  15. Yea that's crazy. I saw the headline "box office number 1" and in my world that just meant a hit. I guess nowadays it's not enough to be #1 because the costs of these movies is insane. I am in the minority in that I actually like a lot of these remakes, too, so I'll end up seeing this on streaming. I saw this posted (spoilering it because it's long) which also makes the case for generative AI to save costs:
  16. I went and googled it, sounds like it was a flop despite being #1: Despite being the No.1 movie over the weekend, Disney’s latest live-action remake of “Snow White” underwhelmed in its debut, reports The New York Times, citing box office data from Comscore. The polarizing reboot, which drew criticism for its casting decisions and story choices, earned $43 million domestically and $87.3 globally in its opening weekend. Not a happy ending for this costly fairy tale, which cost Disney at least $350 million to make and market worldwide.
  17. Did it flop? It was #1 in the box office. I mean I guess if it flopped, then all movies flopped.
  18. As I said on March 3rd: Last Breath. Between this movie and Salesforce commercials, is Woody Harrelson okay financially? Is he in his Nic Cage / Bruce Willis era?
  19. What is stupid and hypocritical: MAGAT: "Oh no, Snow White is brown. This is an outrage, make fun of it on social media and hope it fails!" Same MAGAT: "Lilo & Stitch is using a light skin pretty person for the main role that should be titularly and canonically a dark brown person-- but don't care or make a peep about THAT change." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/disneys-casting-lilo-stitch-character-prompts-colorism-debate-rcna79735
  20. Maybe I'm ruined by having lived in Texas so long, but the first picture looks healthier than the second one to my spoiled eyes but I have no doubt you are likely healthier (all the things, bloodwork, heart health, etc.) in the second pic.
  21. @TwiceHorn Further, semantically, it sounds like the term "Industrial" farm doesn't mean owned by corporations or trusts or non-operating land owners, but that it refers to the massive private family held farms: https://www.fb.org/newsroom/fast-facts
  22. I don't know. You are using land ownership as the metric to identify, but I don't think USDA does: https://modernfarmer.com/2018/06/by-the-numbers-state-of-the-independent-farmer/
  23. Sad that he was rightly fired (note, not "cancelled" but justifiably fired) for being an abuser, because he's a very fine actor. Not sad as in it was an injustice. Also, I was making a joke that the above was informing the other guys opinion of an abuser getting a second chance. I actually agree everyone should get a second chance in life, but acknowledge it's a pretty disgusting crime (domestic abuse).
  24. I think what you are missing is that the concept of a "farmer" is way different in reality than what we grew up thinking. The Iowa State guy can share, but like 80% of farms are owned by massive corporations at this point. They are high-tech, software-driven, autonomous drones and tractors and irrigation systems that rely on a handful of whitecollar tech-enabled guys and an army of Guatamalans doing grunt work for $.17 on the dollar. The small farms who aren't attractive enough to have already been bought out by big farms struggle to make a middle class living doing yeoman's work. It's truly a tragedy what's happened to farms/the farmer. But hey, PROGRESS!!!!1111
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