Tsotate
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They/Them or He/Him
They/Them or He/Him
My D&D group in my 20s used to mock our DM for making us roll for lots of stuff that should just be auto-success. In my 40s, I can somehow crit fail brushing my teeth and throw my back out for a week.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My D&D group in my 20s used to mock our DM for making us roll for lots of stuff that should just be auto-success. In my 40s, I can somehow crit fail brushing my teeth and throw my back out for a week.
Could be worse. New Haven's flag looks like someone mimeographed our seal.
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Could be worse. New Haven's flag looks like someone mimeographed our seal.
"the housing that King Lamont has been planning"
As is so often the case, I wish that our elected Democrats actually acted the way their opponents claim.
As is so often the case, I wish that our elected Democrats actually acted the way their opponents claim.
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"the housing that King Lamont has been planning"
As is so often the case, I wish that our elected Democrats actually acted the way their opponents claim.
As is so often the case, I wish that our elected Democrats actually acted the way their opponents claim.
Shockingly, they kept pumping out new books in the series through the end of 2020.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Shockingly, they kept pumping out new books in the series through the end of 2020.
Well, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers union) is pretty much this. The problem is getting the workers to organize and join it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Well, UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers union) is pretty much this. The problem is getting the workers to organize and join it.
They can't really undercut CVS with Aetna, because CVS _is_ Aetna. (CVS Health bought them in 2018.)
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
They can't really undercut CVS with Aetna, because CVS _is_ Aetna. (CVS Health bought them in 2018.)
And if they're going to be all linguistically deterministic about it, they'd better be eating castles on those buns, not ground beef discs.
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
And if they're going to be all linguistically deterministic about it, they'd better be eating castles on those buns, not ground beef discs.
I'd also have assumed so, and yet:
Average Familiarity
xkcd.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'd also have assumed so, and yet:
I know how to turn it off, but I still make sure to search "how to permanently remove copilot" on Bing periodically, so it specifically shows up in Microsoft's own search stats. (This is of course the only time I use Bing.)
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I know how to turn it off, but I still make sure to search "how to permanently remove copilot" on Bing periodically, so it specifically shows up in Microsoft's own search stats. (This is of course the only time I use Bing.)
Shouldn't that have been the Secret Service's job?
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Shouldn't that have been the Secret Service's job?
Doesn't matter in this (lack of) case, because the day the indictment didn't happen was also the last day of the statute of limitations.
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Doesn't matter in this (lack of) case, because the day the indictment didn't happen was also the last day of the statute of limitations.
What is the significance of all-cash buyers? Only people who are already rich being able to buy?
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
What is the significance of all-cash buyers? Only people who are already rich being able to buy?
Just look at how many of the recently-released Epstein emails are some variation of, "I had fun doing sex crimes with you yesterday. More sex crimes this weekend?"
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Just look at how many of the recently-released Epstein emails are some variation of, "I had fun doing sex crimes with you yesterday. More sex crimes this weekend?"
Luckily for the potential victims, the person making that search is trapped in millions of useless AI slop articles on the topic, and never gets around to actually kidnapping.
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Luckily for the potential victims, the person making that search is trapped in millions of useless AI slop articles on the topic, and never gets around to actually kidnapping.
That at least has a (horrible, consumer-unfriendly) purpose! Moving everything around in the market forces us to browse and leads to more impulse buys. Doing the same in software doesn't even have that upside for the developer -- it's pure annoyance.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
That at least has a (horrible, consumer-unfriendly) purpose! Moving everything around in the market forces us to browse and leads to more impulse buys. Doing the same in software doesn't even have that upside for the developer -- it's pure annoyance.
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Also I didn’t need to have a good attitude about it at all, you can just be furious and crabby and work your ass off and still accomplish things
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Also I didn’t need to have a good attitude about it at all, you can just be furious and crabby and work your ass off and still accomplish things
From the point of view of the capital class that's been getting mad about increased labor power ever since work from home became a thing, it's win-win!
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
From the point of view of the capital class that's been getting mad about increased labor power ever since work from home became a thing, it's win-win!
Of all the great things the rest of the world could copy from the Netherlands with respect to bicycles, why did we all choose to copy the lane color hardest for people with the most common type of colorblindness to distinguish from grey?
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Of all the great things the rest of the world could copy from the Netherlands with respect to bicycles, why did we all choose to copy the lane color hardest for people with the most common type of colorblindness to distinguish from grey?
Not gonna lie, my first reaction was, "Well, it's cheaper than a burial, and I certainly won't care at that point."
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Not gonna lie, my first reaction was, "Well, it's cheaper than a burial, and I certainly won't care at that point."
Same, but if we really only wanted to protect ourselves, we could be wearing vented masks. The marginal extra discomfort for protecting others is worth the trade, though.
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Same, but if we really only wanted to protect ourselves, we could be wearing vented masks. The marginal extra discomfort for protecting others is worth the trade, though.
It would almost certainly be more welcome than the Cubs jersey.
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
It would almost certainly be more welcome than the Cubs jersey.
There's a reason a lot of fire departments will do it for you (most as a fundraiser, but some at cost). It saves them so many callouts from amateurs setting their everything on fire.
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
There's a reason a lot of fire departments will do it for you (most as a fundraiser, but some at cost). It saves them so many callouts from amateurs setting their everything on fire.