this is actually an applerankings.com fan site

time is a flat circle. we’re doomed to have observant people point obviously and painfully ironic flaws in society, as society just sort of carries on anyway, repeating past stupidities and adding new ones.

I hate this person so much.

Beyond the possibility of Republicans ultimately caving, there are other efforts lawmakers are working on to try to find a resolution to the shutdown. One is a discharge petition, which can be used to force a vote on a bill without the speaker’s permission. A majority of the House would need to back the petition for that to happen, however, and it takes time to move through the House.

Using a motion to the previous question is another possibility that’s been floated. This motion, if it passes, also allows the minority to force a vote, circumventing the speaker. It requires a simple majority in order to be enacted as well, creating the same concerns as a discharge petition for moderate Republicans contemplating working with Democrats to invoke it.

It’s all just Calvinball. this entire country is such a stupid shitshow, in every way.

The media is blaming Republicans for the impending government shutdown, which yes, is mostly true. But the democrats being willing to shut down the government rather than stop sending money to Ukraine is absolutely nuts.

automated customer service systems send me into a frothing rage. especially when they send you in loops and keep you from talking to a real person (or remove that option altogether), whilst gaslighting you the entire time.

it’s also a boat! https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/29/teslas-mythical-cybertruck-will-also-be-a-temporary-boat-because-why-not/

this is the car Homer designed in that Simpsons episode. Musk is literally as smart as Homer Simpson.

post better bait next time. this is way too obvious.

c/chat is also not a shitposting comm, just FYI. i think we said that somewhere on there.

shouts out to everyone who stayed with us through bunker mode. that was certainly something.

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We have the best system, folks. Truly the greatest.

I think a lot of it depends on your personal situation. For some immunocompromised people, the risk may be legitimately higher. And so in terms of it being “just like the flu”, I think it’s maybe more of a realization for people in those groups that it probably would have been a good idea to wear a mask in crowded public places before covid too, to protect against things like the flu. Masking has long been common in East Asia.

Thoughts on the use of geographic domains for vanity purposes? I know that’s come up recently as a topic of concern (including with lemmy, specifically), and personally, it seems like it’s both extremely widespread and also maybe shouldn’t have become super widespread given the actual implications.

This a good post. Good job comrade.