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@Stuff Jones LOL that open letter was terrible. The author could save us a lot of time by just wanking while looking in the mirror instead.

@m17xr2b I'm not following what you're saying in your 12:16 post.

@Boops - I don't get it.

@Stuff Jones I mean that it was masturbatory. The length of the text and the style of the writing (paternalistic, mannered, over-intallectualized) suggested to me that the author was more interested in indulging himself than in persuading anyone of anything.

@Ringingears Because the people we really need to hear from are the ones who can't be bothered (sarcasm). One witnesses the same shameful failure of civic education at our most socially important universities as in the slums; compulsory voting might change not a thing.

High schools have stopped teaching civics the way they used to. A lot of folks don’t know the basics of how our government works. (or doesn’t sometimes). Wish I had the answer to all of this.

Teach the smarter children Greek and Latin. A few, at least, will be called out to by the philosophical virtues and by the character of a Socrates. I might yet be spared having to instruct the *entire* seminar of graduate students in long-established and fairly straightforward distinctions (fairness vs justice, acceptance vs tolerance, &c.).

It was a fun introduction to the characters; I'm looking forward to a more linear 2nd season

@netforce Ghosn looks like a Bond villian so I agree a movie should be made.

OMG, it's like You Only Live Twice. Throw in rocketship that eats other rocketships.

Argo II

https://i.imgur.com/vdBLjfH.jpg

Boomer cut Anakins legs off and walked away.

Now Anakin has medical bills and cannot afford a ticket home or even his home. Sand is so coarse...

Heard a recent podcast about Amazon last month I would recommend: https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/amazon-behind-the-smiles/

They talked about the shitty practices does that ends up hurting/killing their warehouse employees and how local governments bend over for Amazon.

The more counterfeits that shows up on Amazon. The unsafe stuff people are ordering not knowing its fake. The standards Amazon is setting for the rest of businesses sucks.

And for Amazon paying nothing in income tax is absolute bullshit: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/why-amazon-paid-no-federal-income-tax.html

Apple avoided paying $40 billion in taxes for years by keeping money offshore, Netflix paid no taxes last year and on and on!

Yoda is always a hit. Quirky, fast wits and amusing while deadly with a light saber against enemies. He and Han Solo could be great drinking buddies.

I wondered why my kids didn't have watching this movie in their to-do list. Not a single SW item in their Santa letters either, and like 21.455% interest in the SW Disney rides. We are full on watching One Piece though. Luffy is awesome.

Last Jedi fukt the trilogy, not JJ. This is what putting out a bunch of Rian Johnson fires looks like. Disney, try and plan ahead.

Heads are gonna roll at Lucasfilm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VeuGm359ei0

Just need de-aged CGI Sting. I'm secretly hoping that's what it will be.

Sting now would make a good Emperor Shaddam IV, just saying.

I hope the film is a success so we can see an adaptation of Dune Messiah, which I am increasingly convinced is the best book in the whole series.

If you get selected, casually ask the attorney what this 'jury nullification' thing is, you've been hearing about it. ;) They love that.

Tell them you're expecting to be called this week to give advice on impeachment proceedings. That should do it.

Also on call this week... but am I the only person who doesn't mind jury duty?

That's assuming the measurements were even done correctly in the first place.

ABSOLUTELY CANNOT RECOMMEND.

@Hands So you will curse this person with MS' B.S.O.D. and then Apple's B.S.O.D. and then ask: "Do you prefer blue or black?"

Then proceed to let this person install Windows 98 and load up YouTube?

That's not IT. That's just dum.

I know, therefore I find it funny.

I'd jump all over a loaner of these.

The loaner pair I heard were very nice, with slightly I though bass boost so wouldn't work with all genres. Prefer these over the Lcd-4 & Ether 2, though.

And I thought only Audeze were dumb enough to keep doing running changes all the time...

That shit must be so fucking bad in SoCal. I mean it's pervasive everywhere, but you are at the epicenter.

And glutens are totally harmless to the vast majority of people, right? Gluten-free is just a fad.

I love the gluten craze. It has had the side effect of helping people who really need to be gluten free. Both my father and brother have Celiac disease. Gluten literally kills them slowly over time. It's hereditary so I could even develop it anytime. Celiac isn't as uncommon as you'd think.

Someone should invite some of the more outspoken regulars on r/headphones to one of these.

Whereas things-with-moving-parts are usually the least subject to denial that things sound different (it's hard to deny!) where blind tests for transducers come in handy is "Which do you like the best without knowing the label or the price."

All good stuff. And damned hard work. I just buy stuff I like the colour of ;)

How about dirty diaper distribution for the diaper sniffers?

Good idea. Multiple use before disposal.

I support old-fashioned, toweling diapers (nappies, as we Brits call them). But then they tell me that the detergent and fuel used in washing them is just as harmful. The answer is: put baby outside to crap in the street.

The worst part is Weezer existing, and I say that as someone who likes their music.

Ozzy already did with Speak of the Devil. Everything is so overplayed and his redubbed vox are lol

If you cover MJ or Nirvana give it your all. Alien Ant Farm was fun. Patty Smith was legendary. If you want to cover Black Sabbath and MJ you cannot Toto through it. Go balls out and own it...