Aha! So it was Pluto causing autism and the push to reclass it as a dwarf planet was an attempt to reduce its power!

Those eyes! A master guilt-tripper lol

Mel Brooks once pointed out that dictators hate to be laughed at. And he would know, given he fought the Nazis in WWII.

So laugh. Mock them. Humiliate them. Their overinflated egos can’t handle even the slightest scratch, so short of shooting them this is going to be the best way to hurt them.

It’s funny to me because when an incel bothers me I sure would like to sic a shark on them.

It’s addictive. People get addicted to stress too.

The difference is hate makes you feel stronger and more focused than you really are. It gives you a target that’s not you, so you don’t ever have to face yourself.

lol

Yeah, we definitely pick on them as part of a Soros-backed psyop and not because they have some amazingly garbage takes.

Here’s a sub that has fun watching the Tankie Triad.

What was interesting to me reading the books is how Pippin is basically the Hobbit version of a young Boromir or Faramir (I mean, physically they’re roughly the same age, but in Hobbit terms Pippin was considered to just have barely left childhood), but he grew up in a land of peace and plenty.

I wonder if Tolkien was using him and his family as a contrast to Denthor’s family, which is why it’s Pippin who goes to Gondor. The Thrain was even one of the leaders of the Hobbit resistance against Saruman, for further parallels.

Pippin is the son of the Thrain, who is the hobbits’ stand-in for the absent King in Gondor.

Frodo is a Baggins, but like Bilbo has Took relations, as both families are old, powerful, and often intermarried. His family also owns much of the land in and around Hobbiton. So basically landed gentry in all but name.

Merry is the son of the Master of Buckland, one of the oldest families running one of the oldest parts of the Shire. So also basically landed gentry.

Gimli is a descendant of Durin, although not in a direct oldest-son line like Thorin was.

And of course Boromir is the son of the Steward, who was just shy of a king in all but name.

It’s actually down in most areas.

Broader claims about trends in retail theft have not panned out. Walgreens, for example, cited spikes in shoplifting as an explanation for falling profits and store closures. The claim has since been retracted. Target blamed theft for a rash of store closures. But an analysis by researcher Jeff Asher showed that, according to the limited data available, the stores Target closed in Portland and Seattle had less crime than stores that were not closing. Reporting by CNBC in September 2023 also cast doubt on retailer claims about the impact of theft, noting that “certain retailers” have “pulled back” from blaming organized theft as “a primary cause of losses.” In fact, to the extent it can be relied upon, industry data cuts against the idea of a recent national spike in retail theft.

Nothing like being treated like a criminal when I go into a store to give them money.

Pretty sure you’re too old to be this stupid, dude.

Well that’s a bit alarming.

The ones that build webs are. The males of orb weavers/cobweb spiders wander from place to place, always on the move looking for food and sexy ladies.

Ball Pythons (unless you’re in Europe; they usually call them Royal Pythons).

If you ever want to try and get over your fear, ball pythons are one of the best snakes for that. They’re silly chubby derp ropes.

I mean, that’s a valid tactic too. See Comcast -> Xfinity

On a more serious note, I do think it’s kinda dumb that local attractions have to pay to be on those signs. You’d think it would be more of a community funded thing to encourage more tourists.

Hmmm

Even the Far Side got in on the act

And of course he adds in a picture of John Wayne, the draft-dodging, woman-beating, other wannabe cowboy poser.