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Applebees Appetizer posted:Fair enough, but honestly I wouldn't put it past the government or CIA or whatever being capable of completely erasing someone's past. Come up with any lovely thing the government has done to someone to gently caress with somebody's life and it probably wouldn't be too far from the truth. You're going pretty deep into  territory.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Fair enough, but honestly I wouldn't put it past the government or CIA or whatever being capable of completely erasing someone's past. Come up with any lovely thing the government has done to someone to gently caress with somebody's life and it probably wouldn't be too far from the truth. The government would totally annihilate the "real" history of this complete nobody that would give him credibility. This includes school records, people who knew him in school, work history for real high clearance jobs, basically any and all evidence that would give him real, legit credibility and, not only that, replace it with evidence that would make him completely non-credible. -or- They would just make him disappear? Guy is a loon. Fullstop. He has no secret forbidden knowledge and doing his best to sucker the believers to give himself some fleeting glimpse or "fame" or god only knows what kink he has. Same way the bigfoot/ghost hunter/psychic/flat earth/9-11 inside job crowd loves their "real truth" havers.
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Suburban Dad posted:You're going pretty deep into Yeah it sure is a stretch to think the government hides poo poo from the general public. I’m not saying I believe they’re hiding alien spacecraft but im also not saying I trust the government either.
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It's annoying to argue this poo poo, because even independent, peer-reviewed studies are "biased" or "influenced by the government" I personally believe the incompetence of the US government means that all secrets will eventually be leaked.
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Elviscat posted:I personally believe the incompetence of the US government means that all secrets will eventually be leaked. One can dream 
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Elviscat posted:It's annoying to argue this poo poo, because even independent, peer-reviewed studies are "biased" or "influenced by the government" I personally believe the incompetence of the US government means that all secrets will eventually be leaked. We can be certain none of that supposed super secret poo poo poo poo exists because the incompetent fuckwit in chief would have blurted it out on Twatter while making GBS threads Honestly, the thought of aliens have visited is laughable. The only true thing on this is that all evidence so far says we are alone in the universe. You can ponder otherwise but the actual hard science so far is exactly zero evidence for anything otherwise
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Yeah it sure is a stretch to think the government hides poo poo from the general public. I can say with nearly total conviction that there are definitely no alien spacecraft hidden away in Area 51. I mean think about it, if there were in fact spacecraft from an extraterrestrial civilisation, just their mere existence would probably be the most profound scientific and cultural discovery in human history...it would be damned near impossible to keep that hidden for long, if at all. And beyond that, I just find the whole "AWEEUMS AT AREA 51!!!" to be so trite, especially since the history of what we do know about the place, and what has been conjectured to have gone on there, to be a far more interesting and compelling story. Does the US government lie to you about things? Yeah sure they do, all the loving time, but don't conflate a lack of information about what's going on there as being evidence of some vast conspiracy.
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MrChips posted:Does the US government lie to you about things? Yeah sure they do, all the loving time, but don't conflate a lack of information about what's going on there as being evidence of some vast conspiracy. Exactly. And it sure as poo poo wouldn't be anything from the Joe Rogan podcast that would convince me otherwise. 
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MrChips posted:I can say with nearly total conviction that there are definitely no alien spacecraft hidden away in Area 51. I mean think about it, if there were in fact spacecraft from an extraterrestrial civilisation, just their mere existence would probably be the most profound scientific and cultural discovery in human history...it would be damned near impossible to keep that hidden for long, if at all. We'd be fuckin' hot-rodding it by now and bombing the people who made it for their liminal high-energy hypercubes.
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I love government conspiracy people because the government is always portrayed as both incredibly good at keeping secrets while also being incredibly inept in everything they do.
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Minnesota Mixup posted:I love government conspiracy people because the government is always portrayed as both incredibly good at keeping secrets while also being incredibly inept in everything they do. Why can't it be both? It's an absolutely monstrously large body.
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Suburban Dad posted:Exactly. And it sure as poo poo wouldn't be anything from the Joe Rogan podcast that would convince me otherwise. Has Joe hit his head too many times or just smoked himself dumb? I'm trying to remember a time when he didn't come across like a complete dipshit. He has the occasional amusing story but that's mainly because the people he chooses to hang out with around are awful.
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blk posted:Holy crap the Bentley in Good Omens might finally push me over the edge into becoming a card carrying member of the Church of Satan Every part of Good Omens is fantastic, but the Bentley is definitely a standout. I binged watched the entire thing last night There’s one for sale in Australia. It’s AU$275,000...
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Has Joe hit his head too many times or just smoked himself dumb? I'm trying to remember a time when he didn't come across like a complete dipshit. He has the occasional amusing story but that's mainly because the people he chooses to hang out with around are awful. Well to be fair I wasn't listening to Joe anyway (he admits he's dumb), I was listening to this dude's story and it just sounded so crazy so I thought i'd post the link. Never heard of the guy before and had no clue there were such strong opinions about him. If anything it was entertaining at least 
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Is there alien life? Yes Do dipshits on the joe rogan show know anything about it? No, because they all skipped class in high school and that's how you become a right wing conspiracy loon, not to mention also because the universe is loving really super big so the chances of alien visitation of this galaxy let alone this planet is infinitely small. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcJHHU9upyE
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Joe Rogan is a CHUD don't listen to him Went mountain biking with a friend the other day. Ate poo poo a couple of times, got pretty bruised up, but had a blast. Also pulled half a dozen ticks off my body and I'm itchy as hell now. 8/10.
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Previa_fun posted:Joe Rogan is a CHUD don't listen to him It pisses me off how much Youtube pushes him and Crowder. Oh, you watched a car video? You must be a man and therefore angry at women and minorities, have some white supremacist proaganda.
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Previa_fun posted:Joe Rogan is a CHUD don't listen to him Whatever dude. I don't listen to Rogan's podcats because of him, I listen because of the guests he gets on his show. If it was just him I wouldn't listen, neither would anyone else probably.
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Powershift posted:It pisses me off how much Youtube pushes him and Crowder. THE ALGORITHM is terrible and supports white supremacist propaganda no matter what. What's even more insidious is that you can get full episodes of Ben Shapiro or Prager U vids as ads. Like the one time I accidentially had Adblock turned off I got a 45 min PragerU vid. Also: Previa_fun posted:Joe Rogan is a CHUD don't listen to him
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ExplodingSims posted:THE ALGORITHM is terrible and supports white supremacist propaganda no matter what. Yeah, their ads have gotten ridiculous. I run youtube for audio in the car sometimes, and lately I've been getting ~17-30 minute ad interstitials.
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Powershift posted:It pisses me off how much Youtube pushes him and Crowder. I watch a lot of car videos on youtube and don't get any white supremacy videos in recommended? Although I do get a lot of RGB supremacy stuff.
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Elviscat posted:It's annoying to argue this poo poo, because even independent, peer-reviewed studies are "biased" or "influenced by the government" I personally believe the incompetence of the US government means that all secrets will eventually be leaked. If UFOs were real, Trump would have tweeted about them by now.
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General question: I just watched an episode of Love Death and Robots which dealt with the spirit in the machine and it got me wondering. What cars of yours could you ascribe a personality to? Like, hated the cold or was best fit to a warm afternoon. Do we project our own idealization on a vehicle or does it gain a mythology after hundreds of thousands of miles in our care? Tell me your thoughts.
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Hey LAgoons, my daughter has a neurosurgery consult at children’s hospital LA this week and I’m looking for a decent hotel near Vermont and Fountain. I found hotel covell which seems close and decent, but I thought I’d check in with the thread to see if you have a different recommendation. She’s still not even 3 (turns 3 on the 4th of July) so I’m really hoping they don’t say she needs brain surgery right away. Very stressed as you can imagine, hoping to have a fun little distracting trip in Los Feliz, so if there’s any car meetups happening or fun kids stuff, please let me know, if you feel like it. Thanks.
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I'm still imagining everything as a shooting brake.    
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chaibat posted:Hey LAgoons, my daughter has a neurosurgery consult at children’s hospital LA this week and I’m looking for a decent hotel near Vermont and Fountain. I found hotel covell which seems close and decent, but I thought I’d check in with the thread to see if you have a different recommendation. She’s still not even 3 (turns 3 on the 4th of July) so I’m really hoping they don’t say she needs brain surgery right away. Very stressed as you can imagine, hoping to have a fun little distracting trip in Los Feliz, so if there’s any car meetups happening or fun kids stuff, please let me know, if you feel like it. Thanks. Can't comment on recommendations but best of luck with everything. 
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Powershift posted:I'm still imagining everything as a shooting brake.
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Powershift posted:I'm still imagining everything as a shooting brake. Pretty sure what you're looking to do here is buy a hearse.
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Everything should Be offered as a wagon. Any advice please: stupid giant dump truck full of steaming tar or asphalt passed me and my Hyundai is covered in streaks of tar/oil/whatever. What should i use to try to safely remove? It is not “raised” like asphalt it does not rub off with a wet microfiber. Drove all night so haven’t tried anything else. Don’t know how these trucks are allowed no markings no license plates.
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Goo Gone, or WD40 with some rubbing. Be ready to wash it IMMEDIATELY after. And hand wax the car afterwards. Both will strip the wax.
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Been there. You can buy tar remover products, but it's basically a hydrocarbon solvent. I would try putting some lighter fluid or in a pinch gasoline on a cloth and see if you can pull it off and then have a clean wet one handy to rinse whatever off. Give it a good wax after.
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Powershift posted:Oh, you watched a car video? You must be a man and therefore angry at women and minorities, have some white supremacist proaganda. I don't watch much political content on youtube (other than daily show/late show clips), but man if I don't get that sort of crap foisted on me. I'm building a cheap-ish overlanding rig and now I get ridiculous bearded wankers talking about guns and 'are rightz' in 5th grade political terminology with not even the most cursory research done. Everyone's got fluff pieces for the clicks, but I'd much rather hear something a bit more erudite than someone with speech perfectly stilted to fit epithets in go from ranting to rambling and back about something that boils down to their susceptibility to logical fallacies. Since I am a huge-bearded white male with a constant scowl, I get that poo poo in real life too. The poo poo I hear is insane for people that otherwise seem reasonable-ish. everdave posted:Everything should Be offered as a wagon. Mazda never made a turbo 323 Wagon, so I made one! everdave posted:Any advice please: stupid giant dump truck full of steaming tar or asphalt passed me and my Hyundai is covered in streaks of tar/oil/whatever. What should i use to try to safely remove? It is not “raised” like asphalt it does not rub off with a wet microfiber. Drove all night so haven’t tried anything else. Don’t know how these trucks are allowed no markings no license plates. Start with the auto parts store Bug&Tar Remover style chemicals, though I've had great luck freezing it off with using canned-air inverted as a freezing spray, then using the remover to wipe off any staining. DJ Commie fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jun 23, 2019 |
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DJ Commie posted:I don't watch much political content on youtube (other than daily show/late show clips), but man if I don't get that sort of crap foisted on me. I'm building a cheap-ish overlanding rig and now I get ridiculous bearded wankers talking about guns and 'are rightz' in 5th grade political terminology with not even the most cursory research done. Everyone's got fluff pieces for the clicks, but I'd much rather hear something a bit more erudite than someone with speech perfectly stilted to fit epithets in go from ranting to rambling and back about something that boils down to the susceptibility to logical fallacies. I don't watch anything on youtube (or otherwise) unless it's been linked somewhere. Because of that I just have everything on youtube blocked besides the video itself. No side bar, no auto play, no recommended videos after the video is done, nothing. I can't stop them from building some sort of profile of me but I most certainly can block most avenues they have to tell me what my ~profile~ says about me. Maybe it is trying to show me 'SJWS GET OWNED' videos but I have no idea. I do get that stuff all the time in real life though because like you I look like all the lovely idiots and they assume I share all the same ideas.
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So with grocery store job, when I'm done with my stuff, I always ask them what else I can do to help out. Often it's "nothing man, you've done enough, clock out and go get some sleep!". I clock in ~10 minutes early and make sure I stay until at least my scheduled end time whenever possible (I've only been cut early once, and only by 15 minutes), because (a) EVERYONE on overnight clocks in at least 10 minutes early and (b) frozen in particular is so short handed that every minute counts (also C, I don't believe in clocking in on time or a little late unless it's absolutely unavoidable - I'm that rear end in a top hat that shows up 30 minutes early and reads in the car or break room). Today another manager walked up and asked where the other frozen dept overnighters went; they'd already left (15 minutes late; I was loading my cardboard into the bailer, and expected to clock out afterwards). "Have you clocked out yet?" me: "not yet, what's up?". Her: "if you want extra hours, could you go throw water and TP?" Yes, yes I can. Nobody had touched paper at all, water was almost done. Frozen is a sub-dept of grocery, regular grocery handles water and paper (3 of my 4 days every week are frozen). So while I sort of know my way around grocery, I'm most familiar with frozen. Got an extra hour and a half today, putting me at 35.5 for the week (scheduled 32). Clocked out after I finished, was doing my weekly shopping out of uniform (since i'm off for a few days) (I learned quickly to wear a regular t-shirt under my uniform, so I can just peel off the uniform shirt once I clock out - timeclock is at the back of the store, nearest exit I can use is on the side of the store... it's 110k sq ft), ran into my boss. He asked if I'd be opposed to moving to full time in a couple of weeks.  It'd mean I'd probably have to leave a little early on my last scheduled work day of the week to avoid OT (OT is verboten most of the time), and shave some minutes here and there, but it means I can get full benefits a lot sooner than I originally expected. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Jun 23, 2019 |
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STR posted:So with grocery store job, when I'm done with my stuff, I always ask them what else I can do to help out. Often it's "nothing man, you've done enough, clock out and go get some sleep!". I clock in ~10 minutes early and make sure I stay until at least my scheduled end time whenever possible (I've only been cut early once, and only by 15 minutes), because (a) EVERYONE on overnight clocks in at least 10 minutes early and (b) frozen in particular is so short handed that every minute counts (also C, I don't believe in clocking in on time or a little late unless it's absolutely unavoidable - I'm that rear end in a top hat that shows up 30 minutes early and reads in the car or break room). Today another manager walked up and asked where the other frozen dept overnighters went; they'd already left (15 minutes late; I was loading my cardboard into the bailer, and expected to clock out afterwards). "Have you clocked out yet?" me: "not yet, what's up?". Her: "if you want extra hours, could you go throw water and TP?" Yes, yes I can. Nobody had touched paper at all, water was almost done. Frozen is a sub-dept of grocery, regular grocery handles water and paper (3 of my 4 days every week are frozen). So while I sort of know my way around grocery, I'm most familiar with frozen. Ah, yeah, that's the good poo poo.
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I mean... the pay isn't AMAZING, but for a grocery store, it pays pretty well for what the job is ($15/hr in Texas), and even if I remain PT, I start getting employee shares in the company after 1 year. GF has been in her job for 14 years (also in retail), and makes about 25c an hour more than I do. She's at the top of her pay scale (with a little extra added on because she goes to other stores to train or fix fuckups). I'm at the bottom of mine (my position tops out at $18/hr; the next rung up the ladder pays 18-22/hr as an overnight lead). The company I'm working for was her "fallback" if she couldn't get transferred with big box store when she moved here. She's... uh, slightly jealous. Though there's no way she could handle the physical labor that stocking entails; I regularly lift cases of stuff that weigh as much as she does, sometimes with one hand. She also has this odd thing where she can't sweat (literally) - instead, her pulse skyrockets to 180+ when she gets overheated.  I have to take a rag with me to wipe sweat off of my face all night. All other entry level positions in the store I'm at start at 12.75/hr (which is still pretty generous for, say, cart pushers and janitors).
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