Religious, macho, hatred of other-Latin (Mexicans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Domincans etc. have a lot of interrelational hatred), and I-got-mine-ing (pulling up the ladder once they got their citizenship).

I’m not dismissing its use. It is a useful tool, but it cannot replace experts at this point, or maybe ever (and I’m gathering you agree on this).

If it ever does get to that point, we need to also remedy the massive social consequences of revoking those same experts’ ability to have sufficient income to have a reasonable living.

I was being a little silly for effect.

Normally, I work from one side to the other in pairs like below:

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I face the heavier side toward the door so that I will have the majority of the weight in my hand as I pick it up.

So we’re going to depend on AI, which can’t reliably remember how many fingers humans have, to take over medical science roles. Neat!

LA is a third world country.

Louisiana, that is.

It really is, but my hope for positive change is in the goddamn toilet anymore.

Republican voters see the choice as:

1. Wear the boot
2. Be under the boot

Sane people ask, “do we really need to stomp necks?”

And Democratic leadership asks if the boots really need to be steel tip.

They want small opposition, and they like to deregulate themselves.

If she starts threatening you, you’ve got just as much ammo. Just remind her how much say her family has in her end-of-life care. She might not want to end up in a 1 Nurse-aide/80 resident nursing home with no visitors.

My God why was this so hard for me?

So I did - fixed.

I think you mean liquify.

They’re easily mixed up - liquidate means to convert assets into a form that’s easily transferrable, like cash on hand. Liquify means to convert Musk into liquid.

I don’t see why we should judge our associations by viscosity.

Don TACO sounds like a cookie cutter Tex-Mex restaurant, which fits pretty well.

Jodhpur pants?

Subscription fees apply, and they’re higher if you don’t get the ad revenue tier.

I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Plastic already degrades to a point of not being useful - it just sticks around in a way that is harmful.

Sunlight does a number on it, and it’s not very abrasion resistant. It’s also not great at weight bearing. We’ll be ok, and if anything, better off if something breaks down plastic (as long as the byproduct excreted isn’t just as bad or worse).

World’s first white first black president.

Depends on whether or not you count the whole historical British Empire.

1 Hegseth = 1 octomooch