This is exactly how he got elected in 2016. All he does is lie and attack and people believe him. If the moderators pushed him even slightly on his lies instead of allowing him to spew whatever bullshit he wanted for two minutes, the night would have gone much differently. Instead, Joe had to spend half of his time refuting clear lies instead of talking about his accomplishments.

Compared to what they were likely thinking, "Blacks for Trump" is downright progressive for them.

I love how they advertise "up to 20% off a steam deck," but that's only for refurbished and there's none in stock.

"It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life." Bilbo Baggins The Lord of the Rings

Tarantulas are extremely fragile creatures. She probably killed that poor thing.

On the flip side, if it's a new world tarantula, then they have highly irritating hairs that they'll spray in the air. Those hairs would be more dangerous than a bite, as a spider has little to no interest in attacking an ape 50x its size.

Well, it's not wrong...

It means they are pushing on both the brake and accelerator at the same time. In essence, they are revving the engine, engaging the power train AND applying brake force to it all at the same time.

What frightens me is when you see a vehicle put on their brake lights while they are clearly accelerating. I tend to back way away from that type of driver.

A strict history centric approach would make him property.

Does anyone else feel like she's ramping up her media attention for a 2028 presidential run?

It just seems odd since she went silent after 2016 and now it seems like she's trying to get in the headlines again.

God I hope she doesn't run.

The Black Panthers open carrying is exactly what led California governor Reagan to enact the strictest gun laws in the country.

The solution to the paradox of tolerance is looking at it as a social contract. If one person tries to use your tolerance to violate your, or others rights, they are no longer protected by the agreement and do not get to benefit from it.

I wish I could find the article about it, but I can't seem to find it now. Sorry.

Yes. Like many other suburban white folk, I had an all too naive view on racial issues. While I didn't think all racist issues had been solved, I didn't realize how bad things actually were.

I try to look at it like this: before 2016, I thought this level of hatred, bigotry and cruelty was an outlier in the right. That most of them just wanted tax cuts and weren't hood wearing racists. I've since learned that the "outliers" are the party and the "moderates" are the actual outliers.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them." Maya Angelou.

This was the catalyst I needed to switch to self hosting rustdesk. It was a bit of a pain setting up, but people comfortable with cli would handle it much better than I did.

My counter argument for people saying we can terraform other planets: we can't even keep the planet designed to sustain us viable.

Arachnophobe here. I regret entering this comment section.

Reputation is key. As you touched upon, nothing short of hearing from others what they went through helps as much.

Like you said, a lot of people wait until they need the service before they think about it. This is usually at the worst time in a person's life, so emotions are high. It's best to, at minimum, think about what you would want to have done ahead of time. At the last place I worked, I specialized in helping people pre-arrange services. The whole idea is to put your wishes down so it's one less thing for your family to worry about. I personally preferred it since it was a much lower pressure situation since no one had to purchase anything at the time, unless they chose to pre-pay, which is strictly optional.

I've always looked for directors that are honest (duh) and forthcoming to families on what things are without pushing higher end items. For example, explain the difference of a sealer casket vs an unsealed casket, without using emotional language like: "you don't want mom drowning in water, right?" Barring not knowing anyone that can give you a recommendation, Google and Yelp are your best friends. It just takes a bit of forethought and looking at what the reviewer is saying. We all have seen the insane reviews that don't have any bearing in reality.

15 year funeral director here. I've worked for both "mom and pop" local funeral homes and a corporate funeral home. I can unequivocally tell you the local ones are some of the most corrupt, greedy places I've ever worked for. Charging $15k for funerals, adjusting prices based on what they feel like they can get away with, all while raking in lots of money and paying the staff less than minimum wage after factoring in the expectation of being on call.

I've watched owners manipulate grieving widows into buying caskets they can't afford "because your husband deserves the best."

I went two months without a day off, all while trying to take care of a newborn, and when I tried to take a day off because I was so exhausted I couldn't drive safely, I was given tons of grief.

Everything else you said is completely true though. The entire industry is completely corrupt and needs to be dismantled.

See, you made the mistake of not being born into an ultra rich family exploiting people with their borderline slave running emerald mine.

It's a common mistake, really.