Stern

Stern, 2 days ago

Illinois has some fairly strict gun laws… which is why so many guns used in crimes there come from all the states surrounding it. So I ask… do Arizona, Utah, and Nevada have these taxes as well?

I’m not against gun control, but it seems to me that a state level fix ain’t it.

Stern, 1 month ago

“Narcissist doesn’t care about anyone but himself.”

Very concerning!

Stern, 2 days ago

Establish dominance by standing still.

Stern, 8 days ago

Copperfield’s lawyers say the allegations are ‘not only completely false but also entirely implausible’

I mean, if there’s one guy I could see doing the entirely implausible…

Stern, 2 days ago

On one hand he’s still rich enough to drive 5 golden Tesla’s tied together and when they run out of juice call 5 golden helicopters tied together to come pick him up.

On the other, its definitely been a PR nightmare for him and I think a significant amount of trust has been lost in his magic touch, which money can’t buy back. Tesla stock can be seen as faith in Elon himself, and its been on a downward trend since this Twitter stuff started. Alltime high of 407 in November 2021. 328 by the time the sale went through in April 2022… 175 right now.

I’m hopeful if it crashes into the ground we get EV’s that don’t suck ass and are cheap enough to compete with dino juice cars. My cynical ass is of the opinion that Tesla falling apart will just mean EV’s as a whole will fall apart, as they’re practically synonymous.

Stern, 1 day ago

Considering BYD is a Chinese EV, and Trump hates China with a burning passion (And was promising Big Oil concessions for cash), I gotta imagine he’d just double down on the tariffs or otherwise claim credit for them, rather then reverse course.

Stern, 2 days ago

Biden ain’t keen on letting us have them cheap and lord knows it ticks all the wrong boxes for Trump so I don’t see him changing course… Then there’s the whole multiple fires thing which would absolutely be hopped on by anyone with an axe to grind (presuming those 10 were all just random fires and not the cars being tinderboxes)

Stern, 2 months ago

meanwhile Isekais be like

“hello i am a generic dude, whoops i got hit by a truck and ended up in a fantasy realm, whoops i can cast ultima, whoops i have 8 women who all want to jump my bones and each fills a vague archtype”

lots of power fantasy/wish fulfillment stuff out there. its not a gender thing

Stern, 1 month ago

Tires, Furniture, Shoes, Socks

Always heard it said that you shouldn’t cheap out on anything that goes under you. Among the best bits of advice I’ve been given.

Computer chair

100% this. Office chair companies have been making chairs that people can sit in doing deskwork without issue for literal decades. They are absolute experts in the field. Put some LED strands on a Herman Miller if you desperately need to feel like an elite gamer cool dude. It’ll be the same price as the bullshit racer chair but your ass will be so much more comfortable.

Stern, 18 days ago

if you think internet atheists can’t be just as obnoxious as internet vegans you clearly haven’t been around enough of them.

Stern, 2 months ago

Through a modern lens yeah the footwashing thing seems weird, but 2,000 years ago when sandals were the common footwear its a fair bit different.

Stern, 2 months ago

A legal fiction like virgin birth?

Stern, 2 days ago

In the US, the estimated net price (after rebates) of Wegovy is $809 per month. In Denmark, the price is $186 per month. A study by researchers at Yale estimated that drugs like Wegovy can be profitably manufactured for less than $5 per month.

Meanwhile an MBA somewhere is like, “And leave 800 bucks on the table? NEVER.”

Stern, 2 months ago

Could always fire up ye olde emulators. IDK if you could go a lot further then PS1 games but thats still a lot of ground.

Stern, 2 days ago

Obligatory Kaiji scene

Stern, 3 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

The second edition is apparently coming soon.

mortonslist.myshopify.com

As for a online free edition, possibly though I imagine it’s the kind of thing you’d need to find a fairly obscure book torrent tracker for that specializes in RPG stuff. Not impossible, but not easy either. I’d guess if FATAL is available there, then Morton’s prob will be too.

Stern, 5 months ago

Her: I am going to live with a man who makes angel sculptures out of acorns. He makes 17 dollars a year and lives in a tree stump but he has taught me the true meaning of Christmas with his washboard abs.

Her now ex: Okay guess I’ll go back to my vibrant city life where I can buy spices that aren’t salt and pepper, watch netflix on fiber internet, and have a social circle that doesn’t blame the climate crisis on trans people.

Stern, 2 days ago

One could absolutely consistently win that. Get your coin on that inside edge and just do quick short back and forth swings so it just slides then falls on the next area down to minimize bouncing. I won a lot of tacos that way.