Spending a dollar to make a dime – Might as well be the official slogan for US government spending.

The Friday News Dump: Xmas Edition 🎁

We have the same standard issue + void combo. Less recursion, though.

He’s more tape now, than car… Twisted, and evil.

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So that’s what having more money than sense looks like.

Then Charlie said unto them, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the Wonderbread flesh of the Son of man, and drink his strawberry soda blood, ye have no life in you.”

The Bible, DJT Edition, Book of Charlie, Chapter 6, Verse 53

For a good chunk of history, kings and lords and the other wealthy folk who could afford lavish luxuries such as entertainment would hire a “fool.”

Now, every schlub and his granny has an always-on computer camera telephone TV in their pocket with access to all entertainment ever recorded anywhere. By and large, the fool is still a pretty popular choice.

This is now a creepypasta thread

More of the same old shit. Whenever quarrelsome people get together, even if the pretense is something they all have in common, they inevitably end up fighting each other. And what even is a modern conservative, if not quarrelsome? It’s like 100% of their party’s political identity.

Pssh, only if you aren’t turning all your hobbies into side-hustles.

What are you afraid of, besides completely burning out and probably still losing money anyway?

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Hm. At least his method is consistent.

Ew, vinegar?!

I donated my DVD collection (200ish titles) to my local library last year. Warmed my heart a bit to read this.

Which I like. I work in IT and am constantly getting shocked reactions when I say I don’t use AI and that it’s actually problematic in a lot of ways… A lot of people are not aware. I hope more companies choose to brand themselves as “human,” as long as it’s true.

At least 38% – The other 62% still vote the way the way they do in spite of their suspicions.

For an old, white, career politician, he looks exceptionally trustworthy.

They’ll fix it in the next patch.

Our kitty has the same tattoo. Whenever we spot it, we like to regale him with the fun but regrettable story of how he got so blasted on catnip in Cabo for Spring Break 2012, that he woke up with no recollection of even having got it. But he did, it happened, the proof is right there.

But he’s matured a lot since then.