Jimmyeatsausage

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I mean, casual observation seems to show that to about 1/2 the electorate, being descent is, or at the very least should be punishable by death.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"It's OK guys, he was trying to go to a library and got the address wrong"

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

His fans think he's under protection from God, and everyone else would respond somewhere between relieved and elated.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Things the government should have lists of: ~~people who own guns~~ Political opponents

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My wife always gets mad at me when I leave to buy groceries and come back with lotto tickets instead. No matter how often I explain that if we win the lottery, we'll be able to buy even more groceries than we could have with the money I spent on the tickets she's pissed off the kids are hungry now. I'm glad you get where I'm coming from.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

it's the idea that we should accelerate the collapse of society so "our" preferred system can replace it. Doesn't matter who the "our" encompasses.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I'm worried it would fuck his mind so bad he'd start making sense /s

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Shut the front door!

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

So inclusive of Trump to accept her! /s

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

98% of the time when you see a military aircraft, it's because all the military does when not actively fighting a war is practicing to. We would literally just go up and fly circles around the airfield, practicing a few normal approaches with a touch and go landing, then a few practice aborts, then some combat approaches, then some instrument inly landings. Day, night, good weather, bad weather. Practice flying high, low, pressurized, unpressurized. There's 500 ways to land each airframe, and every pilot in every unit needs to practice each type dozens of times a year or more to keep their pilot qualifications. And it's not just the pilots. The hospitals **practice wartime medicine, and the maintenance guys practice their craft in Chem gear. The LEOs pretend there's an active threat on the base and a thousand other types of exercises. It's a big part of what our military budget each year goes to, and it's why, while we have a LOT of issues in our military that need fixing, we don't have the types of problems you see Russia having with entire units defecting or surrendering, losing aircraft/equipment so frequently, and it's why so many of us come back alive. The US hasn't seen personnel losses like Russia has seen in Ukraine since WW2. The price of that is a lot of money and a lot of time spent practicing, even at home.

Most likely, if the US were going to be attacked, you wouldn't find out because jets were flying overhead, you'd get an emergency broadcast on your phone telling you to stay in your house or move to a specific shelter site or provide some other type of instructions or you wouldn't see it coming at all because nobody else did either.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Societal consequences obviously don't motivate much of the investor class, but financial ones do.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Corporate rates were also higher. 50% in 1940. In general, corporate taxes are lower than personal taxes because they encourage people to invest their money instead of hoarding cash.

 

Bout damn time

 

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post or not, but I got a 22 Audi plugin EV a few months ago, and it's coming due for inspection/maintenance. Should I trust a "normal" mechanic with it or pay more to take it to a dealership?

 

They even make pants outta this stuff!

 

A sliver of good news and a reminder that talking to your elected officials CAN make a difference, even if they're generally horrible people. Mr. Pillen realized that hungry kids were actual people after talking to some and decided, "Nebraska needs to do better." No shit Governor, but thank you for not digging your heals in this time and being willing to take free money from the feds to feed hingey children.

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