Eat shit and die Joel Osteen

American Evangelicalism: the Lowest Form of Christianity.

I think the worst thing about modern life is that “weird, cringey fuck who would rather try to hurt people than get therapy or take a fucking walk outside” is a full-on personality type anymore.

I feel like I’ve been hearing stories about Fred Savage for years now, though I don’t remember any concrete claims. The opaque way Hollywood has handled its creeps and assholes over the past century means we really might not know the extent of his behavior unless someone comes forward.

What a slow-paced boring game. The only way to win is to drink excessively.

“Click bait” is a sensationalized or exaggerated headline meant to increase the chances of someone reading an online article. Sadly, there was nothing sensational about this headline, which talks about interstate travel on a transportation blog site. All you did was expose what side of the issue you’re on. Now off you …

I moved to a new town shortly before the pandemic, and one of the places that remained open was a small family-owned donut shop literally next door to me. I started going regularly because they did a terrific burger and fries, fresh and made to order, for like $6, so when I was working from home and working 12 hour…

I was a regular at a bar in Santa Cruz a couple of decades ago. I ordered the same beer every time. When it got crowded, I just had to wave my hand with money showing and the bartender started pouring my beer. It was nice, and I didn’t become an alcoholic.

“Its probably fine” is actually a great name for some kind of game.

I’ve been a regular at a bar a few times. By regular, I mean I go once every week or two with friends or coworkers. I’m a creature of habit with bars so tend to pick one place and go often until circumstances change (i.e. I move or a project ends or whatever).

They’re a gaming blog. Gaming journalism just doesn’t exist anymore. (some would argue never did) You’ll get a few good pieces here and there and Kotaku has been blackballed by weak, petty companies like Bethesda iirc, for stirring the pot but nevertheless. Blog,

There was a Small Soldiers game, an RTS with a difficulty tuned towards kids (which was a very good idea).

Doesn’t that describe all the “disruptors?” Uber is a cab company that doesn’t follow taxi regulations. Airbnb is a hotel that doesn’t follow hotel regulations.

This seems like the brainchild of someone who actually believes the bullshit of “food service is low skill work.”

I’m an insurance broker that deals with oddball risks. I don’t see how this can even function without imploding. If the end users are 1099 “freelancers” of the platform they will likely become de facto employees of the restaurant since you can’t have a 1099 server / cook / host / what-have-you. (ref: IRS common law…

Honestly, I don’t think so.  I suspect Walmart has such massive market share that they can essentially bully their suppliers into whatever contract terms Walmart wants. 

people are traditionally the weakest link of any security system

In that case I’m going to start billing Wal-Mart for the transport costs for me to get to their stores and back to buy their goods, since that’s their standardized way of doing business now apparently.

Google tells me Walmarts claimed a net profit of 13.51 Billion last year, so like always, they can get fucked if they want to wine about $160 million in gas costs. It’s literally less than 1% of NET profits for fucks sake.

This is not a terrible story, but descriptive of the way things are today.