what a limited imagining of a robotic sex partner. not one of them is a shrieking metallic skull on the thorax+abdomen of a 700 lb scorpion with a tail that injects an adrenaline and DMT mix.

which is what we all want to come home to, am I right fellas?

let’s find out if my roundhouse is compatible with CEO Carl Pei’s face.

I have a feeling it’s not, but let’s get some empirical evidence.

great pic by the AP, open mouthed, aggressive angry, pointing and the lighting makes his eyes look like empty sockets of vantablack space, where all love and humanity go to die.

lol, “looks like” just playin’

"P = G + E + block chain

Phenotype = Genotype + Environment, but now the equation respects the contribution of block chain NFTs. with enough bored apes getting slurpjuice, we can revolutionize dementia into a value-add for the marketplace."

• me, a Technology Management Consultant.

no, this is what happens monetary policy is the only tool in the neoliberal toolbox, corporate profiteering is unchecked, and 2 million workers die off to keep the rent checks coming.

cockpit lightly shat in. as is. will consider trade for a 1988 Ford Festiva and a collection of cassingles.

you can tell how little attention Democratic Party apologists like this pay attention to the Democrats, because they never seem to see any of the absolutely dirty tricks they pull against popular progressives to enforce discipline, that are somehow never ever deployed against these sineating right-wing assholes like Sinema and Manchin.

so you’re saying they can’t get anything done, because they follow special, unwritten rules against getting things done. because getting a good thing done is bad.

another ringing endorsement to vote for the Democrats.

articles indicate even more rain is coming, and I saw a quote saying the reopening of travel to exit could be “days away”.

these people are fucked. what are they shitting and pissing in?

survival protip: if you’re ever gonna be anywhere with limited / no infrastructure, glance at a weather forecast. never assume anyone else has.

also: deserts are noted for the severity of their conditions, not their stability. which is why they are not teeming with life in comparison to every other biome. scorching days, freezing nights, flash floods. it’s not a neat place to gather in great numbers and chillax. it is an excellent place to accidentally almost die or become a skeleton.

when you’re a liberal, people who don’t support Joe Biden are right wing fascists. also, socialists are fascists. antifa are definitely fascists. people who speak Russian: fascists. north Korean, Chinese, Vietnam, Cuba? all fascists.

but people with literal fascists tattoos celebrating nazi collaborators and doing neo-nazi pogroms, while calling themselves Nazis: freedom fighters we must arm.

socialism is when I listen to NPR. capitalism is when I go to my parent’s house for Christmas. communism is when I get to program the radio presets in mom’s Honda Odyssey. social democracy is when I go to Starbucks. liberalism is when I look through the LL Bean catalogue.

brokerage go up and down. meanwhile, HYSAs are around 5% and if the deposit is big enough, there are CDs even with near zero penalty for early withdrawal. it’s not recommended to keep an emergency fund in any vehicle which can go down, because usually line go down comes with widespread job loss,.like in '07

the point of the fund at that level isn’t replacing an unreliable car. those people drive nice cars with warranties and insurance. for someone pulling down $150k, needing a new car is barely a problem. the fund is for actual cataatrophe. generally, it’s for losing a job and being able to float for 90+ days, stay current on all loans, and keep the family on COBRA and the same network while they decide how to shift benefits around and be somewhat selective about the next job, instead of having to take whatever comes.

kinda blows my mind that the highest quartile doesn’t keep more liquid cash, especially with as high as interest rates are.

the PF recommend is 3-6 months of income in a quickly accessible emergency fund. and that doesn’t include like savings for goals (weddings, vacations, etc) or housing projects or whatever, which sure as shit rich people do.

admittedly, when I do talk to high income people about finances and stuff, I often get the impression they play it real loose, don’t really have savings strategies, carry CC balances and do dumb shit like tap HELOCs for non-emergency shit. but I just thought that was because most of the high income people I know are fools, not that they were a representative sample.

it is implying that the only way to have social solidarity is through a romantic relationship, when in reality, the way many people in the US practice romance is to let other social connections wither and make one other person their entire aocial support network.

contrary to the messaging of mass culture, the opposite of couplehood is not loneliness or solitude.

says the guy whose prose could have been automated by a Speak N Spell from 1986.

couplehood is the modern religion and by that awesomely glib take i mean: there is tremendous socialization to find purpose and meaning (and absolution) in “the special someone”, which has only seemed to heighten in the parts of society that want to stay on program while our institutions fail and the climate crisis looms. all that to say, i understand the desperation especially among the young. so much mass culture (TV, movies, music) tells them that the only thing they will ever do that matters is find someone who completes them (because of course they’re incomplete as they are!)… it’s a very efficient way to get everyone (single and not) out there consuming.

but of course, i agree completely with you, especially as i’ve gotten older. i value my friends and treasure making new ones in whatever context or however long it works out. i would rather have a new limited scope work friend to joke around with than a new ex- from a fraught relationship where at least one of us was not paying attention to the warnings of a bad match.

relationships as status signifiers

ugh well put & good post.

you sound like you are entangled in several MLMs.

was just joking around with a sibling about how some of the most intensely “being highly intelligent is my identity” people from high school with supportive families grew up to be dumb as hell.

the gifted valedictorian became a nurse, then went full “iraq had WMDs, but it was classified” chud, quit the workforce to have 4 children, is a god-tier horder with rooms full of actual garbage, and now is entangled in several MLMs shoveling a spouse’s very high income into a blackhole.

the “actually, i have a 160 IQ” inherited a bunch of $$, bought a bunch of vehicles, had 5 kids, went full blown “dance mom” facebook+social media freakshow, and spends most of their effort trying to cultivate inappropriate relationships and fabricate dramas with other married spouses in their neighborhood.

excellence and success are subjective. a life of curiosity, personal enrichment, family, and friends can be excellent without needing accolades or other features of careerist striving. but i’ll be damned if some really “smart” people don’t take their potential and, in defiance of the odds, turn it into a shit smoothie.

with the people i know, that joke would absolutely slay in my mind but basically everyone would think it was some knock off instant coffee brand.