Before we figured out tools and became apex predators we were prey animals… we’re SUPPOSED to be nervous and scared because that’s what kept us alive. Some people have speculated that this is why in aggregate humans are prone to being spiteful, destructive, bored, and shitty

I think it’s Joachim Phoenix’s character’s son, but yeah…

The first one is just about some folks who like cars stealing DVD players

Not even… CRT TV/VCR combos

My favorite fuckery is when Europeans see shit like 25.4mm, 27.2mm or 31.8mm and it’s because of imperial bullshit

I logged into OKC after not being on there for years.

What the actual fuck? It doesn’t even make sense now

Bicycles come in a variety of sizes and configurations tho…

A lot of this shit is affected by what you eat. If I eat a lot of sugar and gluten it definitely affects my skin and dandruff 2-3 days later.

Besides what a lot of people said, try to stick to foods that don’t cause inflammation or reactions.

The Last Seduction

That is… literally the lowest the bar can get

When I was still with my last partner, we were open: she was dating as was I.

She DID do the, “hey, you’re nice but I’m just not feeling it” to a couple people she met and they were absolutely shitty about it. If it wasn’t a comment about her being a “stuck up bitch” it was something else. A couple harassed her via text for days afterwords before she blocked them. This was probably half the people she met.

Nowadays if I meet a woman I totally get if they don’t want to connect outside of an app before meeting and I don’t think they’re (necessarily) assholes if I get ghosted. People’s behavior has made this sort of thing necessary so I try not to take it personally.

So yeah, all you saying this doesn’t happen… hate to be this guy, but it totally happens. Listen to women every once in a while

Drove through there (Boring) an hour ago. It’s a cute place

A friend of mine bought a house for $40k under market because a murder suicide happened there the year before.

He said, “that sucks, but it’s not like I knew them or anything”

All that Disney live action remake bullshit somehow makes money otherwise they would have stopped.

That said, I’m eagerly awaiting Netflix’s take on ATLA

They’re not really mentioning stitcher any more

Great quote, but this isn’t really a children’s movie

Conversely… people can’t see as well wearing these glasses or having treated windows so their headlights get brighter… this is kind of bananas

I did it mainly for looks. It’s a vanity tint more than anything. The white/blue LED lights are a tinge more yellow and seem less painful, but it’s still ridiculous that it’s even a consideration

Light trucks exist in kind of a legal loophole in the US

These vehicles have been pushed hard because they’re not held to the same standard as cars and are more profitable as a result

I’m pretty sure that even tho cars have gotten more efficient that average fuel economy has gone down because of the proliferation of these massive vehicles sold to Americans a daily drivers

These were some of my favorite books at one time, but Simmons is a right wing chud these days. When you read his books with that awareness it’s actually kind of jarring how questionable some of the elements and characterizations he uses are.

I was really excited after finishing Hyperion and Endymion to read his other works, but Illium and Olympos made him out to be a one trick pony… plus those books just sucked

Endymion and Rise is Endymion were both great in my opinion.

Simmons is kind of a one trick pony tho, so it’s more of the same shit: things are happening and there’s this precocious character who has to explain everything explicitly to the reader, etc. I still think they’re worth reading. Illium and Olympos sucked and were essentially the same jarring non narrative that’s supposed to come together with the same sorts of characters and literary riffing (ie, elements from other genres and styles as well as Shakespeare, Greek mythology, etc.)

Unfortunately Simmons revealed himself to be outspoken with his regressive politics, so it’s kind of a bumout that Hyperion was a book that I enjoyed so much.