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That's the same thing racists say when they get to know a minority.

The way people talk about boomers here is pretty awful, and it wouldn't be tolerated for any other group.

We don't? Boomer with bird feeder who loves squirrels.

I don't think it's age related.

It seems like the problem goes away if you add a "the." I had too much of the refried beans.

I really agree. They said that Trump's people want the mics off because it will keep him from looking as bad and Harris' want them on for the same reason, but I'd actually like to hear what they say, so mics off seems better.

Yeah, in in my 60s, so old. When I was in my mid 20s, I was in a bad marriage and needed some escapism. One of my coworkers was a reviewer for Locus Magazine, which is a major SF publication. I asked him for recommendations, so he went with me to the bookstore and said "Try that one, that one, to and that one." One of those first was Neuromancer. I chewed through them, and it became a routine to go to the bookstore with him.

I eventually got divorced, and didn't need the escapism anymore. My reading went way down, maybe a few books a year. Now I'm heading towards retirement and I've been reading more than ever.

More detail than you wanted.

I'm a little bit of a technophile, but I have very little patience for technology that doesn't buy me anything that I care about. So I don't want my washing machine connected to the Internet, but that bird's eye view makes me giddy happy.

I've read them all, but Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive I haven't read since the late 80s, so I don't remember them well. Broadly, I think they were all worth reading. Count Zero was nominated for all the big SF awards, but I didn't think Mona Lisa was as well received. I'm not sure I could even tell you the plots of them other than the second book has a lot about AIs, and the last one about online identities or something.

Great, I'm glad you liked it. I hope you like neuromancer, it's one of my favorites. Stay away from the audiobook read by Gibson though, it's awful.

It kicks on when you're parking, so you can see your car in a top-down view with all the lines and obstacles. When I drive our other car that doesn't have it, it's the thing I miss the most.

Some is great and much appreciated. For instance I love the things that takes the camera feeds and creates a simulated top down view. But some things are just useless and needless.

And there you have the proof that all his "alternative to both Biden and Trump" was bullshit. He was only ever a spoiler for Democrats, so he's dropping out because they realized he was taking more votes from Trump. Those guys just can't do anything on the level.

My take is he just didn't want to answer anymore questions. Probably not planned in advance, he was just making an excuse to get out of there.

I love that applause she got, and how clearly, genuinely she was touched by it.

I struggled a bit selecting a candidate in the 2020 primary, but ultimately voted for Warren. I think she would have done well, but I was fine voting for Biden in the general, and so happy with all he accomplished.

The two good things about high ratings are:

1. It shows engagement is high
2. It's the kind of metric that Trump cares deeply about

But yes, polls, ratings, news articles, and all those things didn't matter, just election votes matter.

Reading what he said in the article, that's pretty close to the truth. He wasn't saying that he hates Harris particularly, but that whomever his opponent is, he hates that person and he's going to be mean.

That's a rational view, but not born out by past experience. Sadly, there are apparently a huge number of horrible Americans who still think Trump is exactly right.

Hillary got flak for calling Trump supporters a "basket of deplorables," but in hindsight that was a kind way of saying it.

Agreed, and it's sad. I mean, I work at a highly technical engineering company. Everyone has at least a BS, and this guy was probably in his 60s with 30+ years of experience. Yet here he was repeatedly farting by a woman because they had a disagreement. It shows you that age and education don't guarantee maturity.

She wasn't interested in suing, she just wanted him to stop farting in her doorway. I didn't know the guy, so I started by talking to his manager, who talked to the guy. Sounds like he initially tried to deny it, but in a way that made it clear he was doing it on purpose. His boss was pretty clear that it wouldn't be tolerated and it never happened again.

Some people are so weird and petty.

Early on there were people posting that liberals should vote RFKjr rather than Biden, and a number of us would ask how he's closer to being a Biden alternative than a Trump alternative. It was a stupid plan, and I love that they're being caught out in being disingenuous by saying they'll have to drop out rather than take votes from Trump.

I had a female employee come to me to complain years ago. She had had a disagreement with an older male employee (thankfully not mine) some weeks prior, and since then, every time he walked by her cube, he'd pause at her doorway, fart, and then keep walking without saying anything.

She at least was aware of how absolutely ridiculous it was, but legitimately didn't think it was something she should have to deal with. One of the stranger management issues.