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STR posted:Brief jump into the religion chat. I was raised Baptist. Went full atheist for a long time. Consider myself agnostic today, but occasionally attend a Unitarian Universalist church (with COVID, it's been via FB Live), and have been (off and on) for several years now. The one near my first place in the Austin area didn't quite feel right for me, but the big UU church in Austin feels like home (there's a third here that I haven't been to). The one near where I went to university near DFW was pretty great. Joke's on us, Bezos 'drives' that car in as much as he could notionally drive it, but does most of his travelling by private plane. He keeps it for the optics. Jeff Bezos doesn't pop down to the corner store for a loaf of bread and dozen eggs without a security team in tow.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It's doubly amusing when you realise The Satanic Temple itself is actually a lot more inline with what Jesus' teachings were and would be in the modern age. They also have zero tolerance for nonces which makes a change
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Liquid Communism posted:Joke's on us, Bezos 'drives' that car in as much as he could notionally drive it, but does most of his travelling by private plane. He keeps it for the optics. As if he doesn't use Amazon to have his groceries delivered from Whole Paycheck to his personal chef.  He IS known for being notoriously frugal on a lot of things though (housing and jet excluded). And having worked for Amazon a few years ago, I saw a lot of that frugality still going on. "Desks" were old doors on cinder blocks at times (otherwise just cheap folding tables), laptops used by the warehouse managers were positively ANCIENT, a large chunk were refurbs or off-lease units. They spend a fortune on computing hardware for AWS, but the rest of their IT infrastructure is the bare minimum. The warehouse I delivered out of had DSL, for fucks sake, and I'm sure it's because they arm wrestled AT&T to get a stupid low rate (probably on par with residential rates). The fallover was another DSL line. Every time it rained was a hilarious poo poo show, since both DSL lines would poo poo themselves, and the fallover for the fallover (dialup) would also poo poo itself thanks to the ~70 year old copper in that neighborhood.
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STR posted:rich people cars I have a hard time believing they actually drive themselves - my take is the "I own a Honda Accord" is definitely for show and he most likely gets chauffered around. Bezos time is way too valuable to be spent stuck behind the wheel in Seattle traffic. Same with Zuck - 4-5 years ago his security detail was like 4 suburbans that pissed off neighbors by taking up valuable street parking at his house in SF he got while his wife was doing her residency at the nearby hospital. Edit: the door desk thing is just optics - they're more expensive than normal desks. Everyone at the Seattle twitch office HATED them (the other twitch offices had normal sit/stand desks)
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I can not remember the last time I stayed up for 48 hours straight on pure adrenaline. Slept 7 hours while a friend stayed over "just in case". Looks like we are in the clear as far as safety goes. I've spent more time talking to CPS in the last two days than I ever want to moving forward.
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the spyder posted:I can not remember the last time I stayed up for 48 hours straight on pure adrenaline. Slept 7 hours while a friend stayed over "just in case". Looks like we are in the clear as far as safety goes. I've spent more time talking to CPS in the last two days than I ever want to moving forward.  No good deed goes unpunished
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Wow is that in your shop right now? If so what are the odds of that haha. It looks really good, but I don't know how to feel about no pop up head lights 
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luminalflux posted:I have a hard time believing they actually drive themselves - my take is the "I own a Honda Accord" is definitely for show and he most likely gets chauffered around. Bezos time is way too valuable to be spent stuck behind the wheel in Seattle traffic. Same with Zuck - 4-5 years ago his security detail was like 4 suburbans that pissed off neighbors by taking up valuable street parking at his house in SF he got while his wife was doing her residency at the nearby hospital. With Bezos, yeah, you're very likely right. Especially with the mansions he owns. Zuck at least still drives himself around. If I had that kind of money, I'd be driving all the fun "somewhat normal" cars, like Integras, Subarus, Golfs, etc. gently caress supercars, they get too much attention (and need too much attention).
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the spyder posted:I can not remember the last time I stayed up for 48 hours straight on pure adrenaline. Slept 7 hours while a friend stayed over "just in case". Looks like we are in the clear as far as safety goes. I've spent more time talking to CPS in the last two days than I ever want to moving forward. drat. That is not something I ever want to be able to relate to. So you and your family are to the best of your knowledge safe now? Any way we can help? There's always the AI slack of you need to vent a stream of consciousness that  doesn't quite accomplish.
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that amount of money would alter you in ways you can't begin to understand. it is not a case where you can be like "oh i'd just be lil ole kyoon griffey jr doin the things that i wanted to do but didn't." projecting what you would do with that kind of money is basically impossible.
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I'd do two chicks at the same time.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I'd do two chicks at the same time. I mean, the surgery to graft that second penis on is gonna be costly
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STR posted:With Bezos, yeah, you're very likely right. Especially with the mansions he owns. Zuck at least still drives himself around. There’s multiple articles out there stating zuck gets carted around by his security team. Esp now I can’t imagine his minders allowing him to drive
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:that amount of money would alter you in ways you can't begin to understand. it is not a case where you can be like "oh i'd just be lil ole kyoon griffey jr doin the things that i wanted to do but didn't." projecting what you would do with that kind of money is basically impossible. For one, simply acquiring that much wealth requires some seriously broken morals.
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Rhyno posted:I mean, the surgery to graft that second penis on is gonna be costly £70,000 is nothing if you're a billionaire https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/7297330/charlotte-rose-bionic-penis-man-mohammed-abad-lover-sex-worker/
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IOwnCalculus posted:For one, simply acquiring that much wealth requires some seriously broken morals. Ugh yeah, I don't care enough about money to step on people's backs to get it. The amount of people that are hosed over to get to that kind of position must be astronomical. Unless you just stumble into it like winning the lottery or something, then I'd just try to disappear with my family basically.
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Wrar posted:My kid has been waking up between 4 and 6:30 for the last I dunno 5 days. It's me. I'm your kid. Hi dad I just want to be able to sleep like I could when I was a teenager.
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Oct 13, 2020 20:42
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I miss sleep. I'm up every day at 3-4am for no reason, even on days I go into work I don't leave the house until around 6:15. Sometimes it's back pain, other times it's dogs being assholes and others I'm just wide awake for no reason. On the upside I get some undisturbed gaming time and a couple cups of coffee before I even have to think about getting ready for work.
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Yeah my back doesn't let me sleep much anymore either. I'm lucky if I get 7 or 8 hours these days.
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No surprise that Bill Gates is into car considering all of the speeding tickets he got in his 20s lmao.
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STR posted:(and need too much attention) Sounds like a problem for your valet.
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My wife has a lot of back and joint issues that caused her to have issues sleeping. We bought one of those nectar mattresses and it has helped her a lot. Any of the memory foam ones should do and they are not too bad price wise.
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fridge corn posted:Is it a Testarossa or a 512 TR cuz the former is a bit poo poo and latter a much nicer car to drive I do not know I only have a pic of what is headed this way I’d honestly love to know I see red and side view and I turn I to a 14 year old 
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STR posted:tl;dr don't judge others lest you be judged That's one I like to throw at quoters. Something I found on the internets, or at least one of them:  ...some days.
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McTinkerson posted:drat. That is not something I ever want to be able to relate to. So you and your family are to the best of your knowledge safe now? Find your local homeless shelter or PD/Fire/EMS Christmas drive + donate. I am incredibly grateful for the assistance both public services have provided. With the overwhelming negative media attention/overall issues with Police, I had a pretty poor outlook going into this. Instead I was greeted with level headed officers who provided mediation and really seemed to care about a peaceful outcome for all parties involved. YMMV - and If you prefer something else, any children's support organization or toy drive would be great. The kids from this family are in for a very hard next few months and I'm reminded how important it is not to loose sight of them being the victims here, despite being overwhelmed by the anger towards the mother. /rant
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BigPaddy posted:My wife has a lot of back and joint issues that caused her to have issues sleeping. We bought one of those nectar mattresses and it has helped her a lot. Any of the memory foam ones should do and they are not too bad price wise. I had a memory foam (tempurpedic) and it just made it worse because they don't offer enough support, your body "sinks" into it. I need a mattress that's stiff as a board to support my back or it's no bueno. We're thinking of sleep number beds now, that way at least my wife doesn't have to suffer as well.
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I have a Sleep Number and love mine. A couple of things I learned when shopping: Start with the c2 (the least expensive regular priced one). Don't start with the most expensive (i10). Spend at least 15 minutes in your normal sleep position on each mattress. Bring your own pillow. Start with each mattress at 100 and gradually decrease in 10 point increments until you're comfy. Use the 5 point increments as fine tuning. Your number on one mattress will not necessarily transfer to another. If your number is 30 or lower on any mattress, you really should try the next higher mattress series. If your number is 80 or higher on any mattress, you should try the next lowest mattress series (which has less foam padding). The adjustable bases are a ripoff - unless you really want/need one. They are inordinately expensive and their trial offer doesn't apply to it. And it has a shorter warranty than the mattress. If you really want an i10 (their top model), Oct is the month to buy one - $700 off and free delivery/setup is as low as they ever go. Once a quarter there will be one "low as it goes" deal - it's almost always an upper tier model. The best deal on the c2 is $200 off. It's never more than that. Goober Peas fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Oct 14, 2020 |
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64bit_Dophins posted:No surprise that Bill Gates is into car considering all of the speeding tickets he got in his 20s lmao. The Microsoft campus was car-spotting heaven in the late 90s and early aughts. I have no doubt that culture started with him.
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On the eye of the needle thing, it's pretty obvious that there's no rules lawyering it when you read the whole passage:The Bible posted:20 “Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” And the icing on the cake a few lines later: The Bible posted:31 But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then. Maybe Princess Leia said it best: ”If money is all that you love, then that's what you will receive." There is literally no excuse for anyone calling themselves a christian to have any kind of stockpile of money, or any at all depending on how literal you read it, and how many verses you can find contradicting it. On the flip side, I don't believe in an afterlife, so to me what we do here is even more important than most religions say it is. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Oct 14, 2020 |
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Man y’all lurkers are weird I thought I cropped the pic from IG but I didn’t the guy with the Ferrari has responded to you and happens to know I’m not wanted for murder. Thanks lurky lurks!
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everdave posted:Man y’all lurkers are weird I thought I cropped the pic from IG but I didn’t the guy with the Ferrari has responded to you and happens to know I’m not wanted for murder. Thanks lurky lurks! Goons gonna goon. Edit: I had to look up your post to see what you were talking about, and I'm more concerned with your phone being at 47% at 8AM.
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BigPaddy posted:My wife has a lot of back and joint issues that caused her to have issues sleeping. We bought one of those nectar mattresses and it has helped her a lot. Any of the memory foam ones should do and they are not too bad price wise. I got an Ecosa recently and its pretty good, despite coming from a much firmer innersprung mattress. What I don't like is that the mattress seems to have been measured by the apprentice. It's a super king and supposed to be 205x205cm but it's definitely out of square. None of the super king sheet sets I have actually fit on it correctly and that bugs my mild OCD. I've been trying to do some fun things with my work to break the monotony of Melbourne's never ending lockdown. I organised a Whisky Tasting/Trivia night via Zoom and held it last night. I decided to really lean into the 70's quiz host look.  I think I'll keep the slug for a while yet.
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LloydDobler posted:On the eye of the needle thing, it's pretty obvious that there's no rules lawyering it when you read the whole passage: In the context of the day, the message is more powerful and damning. At the time, a sign of blessing from God was wealth and health. Jesus here is directly contradicting this in front of a crowd of people who were learned in the Talmut and absoluty believed the wealthy ruler (or prince) was a especially blessed man. The gospels tend to read dryly but "astonished" is pretty much "Jesus said something completely contradictory to the days doctrine that pissed people off" - Jesus was pretty much the equivalent of the crazy street preacher of the time, except He demonstrated authority that the Pharasees didnt. So the prosperity doctrine assholes are literally teaching the opposite of what Jesus said aka Power and wealth are NOT a sign of blessing, so stop hoarding your money and start helping the poor you rich assholes. There's no out here. If you are a preacher with 4 houses, boats and a collection of wealth you are going on an express elevator down. Oh and He said pay your taxes. Well. Aint that a bitch? Also "Camel through he eye of a needle" is likely a mistranslation of "Cable (aka thick rope) through a needle's eye) so there is no outs like some scholars like to try and say.
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I thought it was due to the old name for the small hole in the city door that let one person through in a compromising position being the "needle". Either way, you aren't getting a camel through it. E: it appears I'm likely wrong, and hopefully someone who can read the original Hebrew will answer in detail, but the Islamic version agrees with CT. kastein fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Oct 14, 2020 |
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everdave posted:Man y’all lurkers are weird I thought I cropped the pic from IG but I didn’t the guy with the Ferrari has responded to you and happens to know I’m not wanted for murder. Thanks lurky lurks! Holy poo poo you loving goons.  Edit: I know this is probably me pissing in the wind, but can we please avoid trying to ruin good things for other people by being loving horrible goons? Like for fucks sake. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Oct 14, 2020 |
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Yeah as private as this place is with the $10 troll filter, it's still pretty drat public and goons are still pretty weird. I love you please don't doxx me
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kastein posted:
The original text that was translated from was Greek and Aramaic. As I understand the translation from Greek to English was the problem where the words for camel and cable look very similar and the translator got it wrong.
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I'm honestly surprised there are enough people left on the forum that care enough to internet stalk random strangers they don't know, although I know there was a bunch of bullshit with STR and a place of employment a while ago. I technically work for my wife so not really a big issue for me.
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fuuuucckkk me. From an Aussie: Trump is great because he's always surrounded by beautiful women and he's got a fews kids you know strong family values. Not like that facist war criminal Joe Biden. 
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