Wogi

The Democrats have a long history of waiting until Republicans hold a majority in both houses to propose milquetoast change.

Keeps their name in the papers without actually having to do anything.

I think we know the solution then.

Be like pap paw

Teach your kids survival and weapons skills. Understanding politics won't be enough to save them

One of my call center buddies was in charge of receiving requests for freight transport and asking his NCO to approve them. His NCO say directly behind him. So he'd stare at a computer screen until a request came in, turn around, ask for approval which would be framed, then turn back around and click the approve button.

"you agreed to display ads on your vehicles. This vehicle is mine. You may not display ads in it."

Honestly I'd have a lawyer on the phone in a heartbeat. I'd be surprised if someone hasn't already started a lawsuit.

When it's actual news, I'll hear about it regardless.

I'm not going to perseverate over every headline, I have a life to live. The media is actively trying to piss us off, they'll skew and distort and all but fabricate to keep us angry and engaged.

I'm not doing it. I can't recall a single time in my life that keeping up to date up to the hour has actually improved anything for me. Sitting around just knowing stuff is happening isn't going to change my life for the better.

I live in a safe republican state and a leans Republican district. I could send a letter to my senator, call my representative, spend hours of my time just worried about something, and still, they'll vote how the party wants them to. Being informed and doing the things I'm supposed to do won't change anything.

Im starting to understand John Coffey.

Isn't there an "actually infuriating" community somewhere? Or maybe a "sounds like this will be used as evidence in the divorce but ok" type thing?

I occasionally run a lathe at work. The big CNC one says it will do 10,000 rpm

If you ever run it that fast, the jaws will start to separate and the part will come flying out at Mach 4, bounce around the inside of the machine for several minutes, destroying the chuck, all the tooling, and the chip conveyor in the process.

Another fun fact, these machines go from 5000 rpm (the fastest you're assuredly safe to run it) to 10 at the snap of a finger and back up again. All of that energy has to go somewhere. So there's a heat coil, pretty much identical to the one in your oven, that takes all that extra energy. It doesn't normally get all that hot, but if you're running a lot of parts with a lot of diameter changes, it can get hot enough to glow.

Prove it.

The first writings we have are accounts, receipts, and famously, a complaint about the quality of copper. The first named person in recorded history appears on a tablet accounting for a number of slaves.

Records were literally invented to document trades.

Basically oscillating the tool up and down while rotating the workpiece back and forth, while spinning the tool very, very slowly.

That's from the cheese frying in it's own fat while it cooks and it's delicious