kersploosh
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I was thinking of central heat and air conditioning accessible to the masses for home use. But you are right that the history of HVAC goes back much farther than that.
Oh, and salmon sushi was invented in the 1980’s by the Norwegian fishing industry. Before that, no salmon in sushi.
You know how you can push some buttons on your wall and your house magically warms up or cools down? I know people who were alive before that existed.
I got to experience it firsthand a few days ago from me a MAGA relative. “Don’t believe the hysterical media. It’s all a manufactured crisis by the liberals to take advantage of people.”
Relevant quote from St. Basil:
"Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough. Who is the defrauder? One who takes away what belongs to everyone. And are not you covetous, are you not a defrauder, when you keep for private use what you were given for distribution? When some one strips a man of his clothes we call him a thief. And one who might clothe the naked and does not—should not he be given the same name?
The bread in your hoard belongs to the hungry; the cloak in your wardrobe belongs to the naked; the shoes you let rot belong to the barefoot; the money in your vaults belongs to the destitute. All you might help and do not—to all these you are doing wrong"
Oh man, I haven’t though about College Humor in 20 years.
Oh no Dad’s doing the dishes again KIDS GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
I bless the rains down in Africa
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I’m just trying to shitpost in a meme community here. Though, if we want to split hairs, “subsidies” can include government contracts to purchase goods and services:
A subsidy has a very particular meaning under the Subsidies Agreement and U.S. law (Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930). A subsidy is defined as a “financial contribution” by a government which provides a benefit. The forms that a subsidy can take include:
- a direct transfer of funds (e.g., a grant, loan, or infusion of equity);
- a potential transfer of funds or liabilities (e.g., a loan guarantee);
- foregone government revenue (e.g., a tax credit); or
- the purchase of goods, or the provision of goods or services (other than general infrastructure).
Fake news! It’s actually $38 billion.
131·9 days agoit’s the first I’ve heard of maybe a US citizen being deported.
It’s been happening for years. From the Washington Post:
The U.S. government does not release data on how often ICE wrongfully detains or deports U.S. citizens. But investigations by media outlets, research institutes and oversight agencies have revealed that ICE has arrested, detained, deported and issued detainers — requests to local jails to hold a person in custody — for thousands of citizens since the agency was created in 2003. One 2011 study estimated that roughly 1 to 1.5 percent of deportees are U.S. citizens.
Okay all you generative AI image hobbyists, let’s see Legolas with big, shiny eyes!
182·10 days agoA third of eligible voters didn’t vote. The remaining people who did vote were almost evenly split. So, in rough numbers, 1/3rd of American voters put us all in this mess.
52·11 days agoI’m not sure this is a question of ethics. It’s a question of whether you agree with a particular parent’s world view. A good parent tries to set their child on a positive path in life, and they are going to pick a path based their personal knowledge and beliefs.
Even if you try hard not to “indoctrinate” your child with any particular world view, they will still see you as a model for what to believe and how to behave. You will tend to be your child’s baseline for what “normal” is, at least early in their life. Your beliefs and behaviors will affect your kids whether you want them to or not.
If you only have regular outlets, you can always get a male-male extension cord to gamble with death.
Rebel Without a Cause
Requiem for a Dream
Revenge of the Nerds
Careful, that’s how that one evil boyfriend in Scott Pilgrim died.
https://youtu.be/EZ8O6cIk7kY