I wasn’t a big fan of horror movies until later in life, mostly because my parents wouldn’t allow slasher type films.
So I ran through the saga. I enjoyed them, though I wouldn’t call them art, lol.
I agree, the reboot actually got me more interested in the lore, which I think Barker excels at based on his games Undying and Jericho.
I mean, or literal.
Humans are a series of tubes to begin with.
Your blood vessels? Your downstairs plumbing? Even your lungs, the alveoli serve as teeny tiny tubes that are short and bulbous, that exchange gases through other tubes!
There are some other shapes, but what keeps the human machine going? Friggin’ tubes.
Gonna add on here, the coils, often the cheaper ones on disposables, are the source of heavy metals for most vapers.
When I vaped nic heavily while quitting (10 years!) I wrapped my own coils for this reason. I could source the wire from reputable locations and ensure I wasn’t add heavy metal poisoning to my vice.
There is the biblical Christ, then there is alt-right Christ. One may, or may not, have existed as some weird combination of avatar/son/whatever of God. Then there is corruption and propaganda on the other side.
I’m not a Christian, by any stretch of the imagination, but I was raised in the south and my grandma taught Sunday school. I had read the bible cover to cover before most other chapter books, though against my will. Grandma also believed in the corrective powers of The Switch. So, yeah.
The biblical Christ would, if he were still entombed, be rolling in his grave over what the current GoP party is espousing as Christianity.
Of course, this post involves suspension of disbelief, so its all in the hypothetical sense.
I mean, being empathetic and using for evil… tale as old as the words’ origins.
Empathy, but a lack of conscience allows one to feel for their opponent, assess their weaknesses, and exploit them.
I mean, possessing the capability for understanding harm and doing it anyway is a core characteristic of a “bad person.” We don’t blame a wild animal for attacking someone, at least not if you have two brain cells to rub together. I worked in Yellowstone. We had bears in civilian areas on a few occasions. I was off the clock, but didn’t want to see people hurt, so I helped the park rangers clear the area of tourists, and got the fuck out of the way when they were actually trying to corral the bear (juvenile) and relocate it to a deeper part of the park away from humans.
Black Hat Hackers Social engineers, con men, what have you, all revolve around empathetic traits.
Again, people, as an example… A knife is a tool. I carry one every day. Usually, I open boxes, break down boxes, use it as a lever (my “tool” knife EDC is robust and cheap as shit. If it breaks, it breaks, I’ve gotten a couple decades out of it so far) and more. After 20 years or more of service, it has more than paid for itself, we’re looking at like a dollar year here.
Now the knife no one ever sees except my wife (because I disrobe in front of her) is designed for self defense. That one is a weapon. Its only purpose is self defense. It isn’t unsheathed unless I’m checking it for maintenance reasons, or I need to defend myself. Thankfully, the later has not happened since I’ve purchased it. However, in an emergency? Its a sharp blade of good materials. It could be used for other reasons, just at its price point I prefer not to. Awkward grip for a traditional knife usage, but it could be used for an emergency trach if the need arose. Though, that may just be a consideration because of my first aid training.
Both knives serve vastly different purposes for me.
At the end of the day, they’re a tool though. I could bash someone in the head with a claw hammer as easily as I built a house - except I know nothing about building a house, lol.
I think pedophile should be removed from the lexicon.
Just call them convicted child rapists, or potential child rapists.
Of course, the rapist in chief probably wouldn’t like that change in the popular vernacular.
My mother in law has ruined a pot in the process of boiling water.
It can happen…
She isn’t allowed to cook for many reasons.
Might make some other things fit better too, but that isn’t my wheelhouse, so I’ll let experts weigh in.
Not interested in Balrato.
A steam deck is also out of reach for now.
Thanks for the regs, and I hadn’t check that podcast out in a while. Good reason to get back it!
I’m curious as to how much casino’s rig their shit.
MIL is a gambler, a bad one too. I don’t think numbers will help her, but my wife could use them to try to dissuade her mother. At least, deter. Damage control.
Do you have any documentation?
Yes, let me take my deadliest weapon (a pocket knife with a 3.5 inch blade, enough to penetrate vital organs)
Now, put it against the military might of the US. How ya think thats gonna work out chuckle fuck?
I voted blue every time Trump was up. There’s midterms and shit too, but god damn, you live a red state, and you get republicans. Blue voter apathy is at an all time high in red states because it doesn’t matter, and in the rare occasions the blue team wins a local election, they’re generally ousted quickly one way or another.
There isn’t shit that can be done by the common person. Intimidation tactics against voters are common, and the district lines are all bullshit. The system is rigged by the elite, but sure we’re “taking it” by trying to just fucking survive.
Sure, we could protest, right? If you want to be arrested by fascists for nothing but to be a statistic? Worse, dead because some needle dicked redneck took offense to the fact that you support treating humans like humans, regardless of how they look.
At this point, the US has been co-opted by fascists. Trump is going to die soon. If he was a typical person, his diet and drug use would have long ago lead to an early demise.
Its fucked here.
Its bad.
But sure, keep making jokes. If the MAGA cult keeps spinning after he’s dead, guess what? American Fascism will be on world tour.
I don’t think too many people would be interested in the content I could assist with, unless a woman was involved.
The wife is not down. However, our relationship is somewhat open, and if it brought in the bank and some lady needed a stunt cock, I’d be down.
I guess if any interested ladies want to discuss, hit me up, lol.
Maybe it was the only angle they could get without any sort of artifacting?
I dunno.
Been in IT too long to question why people do stupid shit with computers. There is rarely a good answer.
In fact, the only good answer I had was from a Doctor, which was surprising.
He wondered if we could map functions and modifiers to one of those MMO mice (gaming peripherals got a LOT of use at that place)
I asked, doing my due diligence, if there was an issue with the keyboard.
No, he just lost a hand in a car wreck when he was younger and mouse macros would just be a lot more efficient for him.
Fair enough, lets take a look at mice and their software and figure out what to order and how to hook it into the medical software.
Ok, but imaging playing one of the new Doom games with that set up:
Action starts to get intense.
The tension, and temperature rises.
Suddenly, a whisper at the back of your mind “hail satan hail satan hail satan”
As more enemies appear, and the temperature rises, it becomes louder, pulsing in your ears. Somehow a whisper that is now shouting.
As you cleanse the demonic filth, the chanting subsides and stops, bringing a measure of peace, at least for the moment.
Yep, got out of school right in time for a recession.
Changed paths, got certified as a pharmacy tech. You can work for a year without being certified as a pharmacy tech, so I was applying before I ever had my piece of paper. I didn’t receive my first call about any of those applications until 2012.
I never found work in that field, and left my home state for seasonal work. I later came back home and crashed into a two year depression. Like, clinical emergency intervention depression. Not sleeping, not eating, not bathing, all that shit.
This time Trump is at the helm. I have no hope. I have no faith in the country I was born in to do the right thing. I assume the military oath all service members take will be forgotten under a banner dripping the blood of “undesirables”, and chants of MAGA.
Makes me fucking sick.
There’s always free-balling it.
That has been my preference since childhood, though obviously it isn’t suitable for all occasions.
I don’t enjoy alcohol and eating at the same time.
Nor smoking and eating at the exact same time, before I quit.
I have a hard enough time with food in general that the change just makes the whole endeavor off-putting.
That being said, I’m also one of those people who forget to eat and don’t realize its been too long until they’re shaking and lightheaded.
Death certificate works too. Sort of a final medical certificate, lol.
No, I’m not calling for violence. He’s old, his mind is failing him (tertiary syphilis should really be considered) , and he has a steady diet of garbage topped off with diet coke, plus whatever drugs he can get his hands on.
The man is not long for the world, we’ll just see if he croaks before or after his term is up. If before, we get Vance… so not great. If after, we really may get to test the military oath to constitution if he doesn’t want to leave his position peacefully. Sadly, Vegas odds are not looking good for the average citizen.
If they spent just one business day on this, that’d be 8000 man hours, at least as I understand it.
Stretch that out to a single agent working standard work weeks (40 hours) that breaks down to 200 work weeks for a single agent.
That is almost 4 years of work for a single agent, assuming no vacations or other time off (illness, car trouble, etc)
I don’t know if that helps you quantify it, but it helped put it in perspective for me.
My BIL is literally twice my weight,if not more; and has several inches of height on me.
Severity can be promoted by need. For example, his drunk ass wanted to get off the couch to threaten his sister (my wife). I introduced him to the floor, rapidly.
Speed and skill can overcome size. That being said, I’ve always been on the smaller side of stature and weight, and a hit from someone twice your size hurts when they connect. Period.