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Now imagine a Teedy administration armed with Flock information.


They’re going to absolutely 100% be used against political opponents. If it hasn’t already happened we’re probably like a week away from it.
Almost daily. Showers aren’t relaxing and are reserved for when I’m in a big time crunch. If I’m genuinely dirty I usually dip in the pool first.
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A woman, probably in her 50s-60s, was struggling to get her carry-on suitcase into the overhead luggage


Let this be a lesson to pack lighter next time. I would’ve helped her of course, but help isn’t guaranteed.
They’re just dying for another reason to start rioting across the country. No pun intended.

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Fortune’s aunt, Etta Avolio, started a GoFundMe to help raise funds to cover burial expenses and final arrangements.


I can’t be the only one getting really sick of people begging for money to bury people? We managed to do it without GoFundMe for a pretty long time. But now it’s like everyone gets a dang GoFundMe.

re: What is Your Ancestry?

Posted by Shorts Guy on 8/8/26 at 10:23 am to
The only surprise on mine was 2% Romanian. I have no clue where that ties in. Somebody must’ve gotten around on their husband with a Gypsy back in the day is all I can think of.

Everything else makes sense…Acadia, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark.

re: Could you be an executioner?

Posted by Shorts Guy on 8/7/26 at 12:29 pm to
Guess it depends on what they did to get the sentence they got.
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I’m sitting at OLOL and it’s like a third world country.


It’s also under renovation, so the normal huge waiting room you’d get is closed and everyone is crammed into a very tiny temporary area. Awful.
Don’t need it when driving locally. Majority of EBR and parts north and west are mapped in my brain. If I’m going into AP or LP, I usually use the map.
0.5. Maybe a baby. Even at 2 feet tall, I bet that little thing would tear you up good.
LA all day long. I like elbow room and warm weather.
Not being afraid to quit a job if someone else gave me a better offer. This is especially important early on in your career. Less benefit and more headache later.

re: Could AI take your job?

Posted by Shorts Guy on 8/5/26 at 12:22 pm to
Our last All Hands had our CEO spouting about how we’re going to be an AI-first company by X date. And all I could think was, hope you end up with the company you deserve.

Retirement cannot come fast enough.

re: What happened to Top Golf?

Posted by Shorts Guy on 8/5/26 at 12:13 pm to
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Lots of squatted trucks, neck tats, hood rats and hillbillies. It was like Livingston Parish meets North Baton Rouge.


What exactly were you expecting?

I’m not sure that normal people ever actually go there of their own volition unless it’s for a corporate event of some sort. Same story in Northern Virginia. Place was trash but my company at the time would rent part of it out about once a year. Never felt the need to go on my own.
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How do you feel about Ben Affleck saying that the cure to addiction is only suffering?


I would disagree, assuming he’s talking about suffering as a result of the addiction and not as a result of quitting (i.e. withdrawal). Plenty of people start and stop things they do for good reasons, for stupid reasons, and for reasons that may not be clear even to them. I’m sure suffering is a common one but not the only reason.

re: New NOLA Article about SpaceX

Posted by Shorts Guy on 8/2/26 at 10:40 pm to
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Btw, all public universities in the state of Louisiana are broke as shite bc there are more 4 year public universities in Louisiana than Florida despite a small difference in population sizes between the two states.


Well, we all know why the useless ones have to stay.

re: New NOLA Article about SpaceX

Posted by Shorts Guy on 8/2/26 at 10:39 pm to
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It will be interesting to see what they do to prepare for the next hurricane.


Ring levee and call it a day.
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It’s just a dog


The future extraterrestrial overlords will be saying “it’s just a human” one day.
Could be the development of the century for South LA if it comes to fruition at a meaningful scale. Sorry about the ducks but they’re going to have to go somewhere else. With the state circling the drain, this is too big of a deal to lose out on over some ducks.
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I certainly hope this is an isolated dealership


We had a similar but less extreme bad experience at a Kia dealership in the DC area. Got sick of bringing our good cars into DC to get beat up and were looking at a beater that Kia had on the lot in Woodbridge. They were sleazy af (even for a dealership) and we left.
On a related note, I had to go to the mall yesterday and it was like nothing ever happened. People everywhere. Let’s hope they’ve upped their security.
92 here. Wish I had a chiller. 88 would be nice.