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They're keeping you safe!

That would make sense. Unfortunately, I've known enough contrarian weirdos to see how that type of logic might make more sense (to them).

"Why are you stressing about this? Can't you just take those old clothes to Goodwill or throw them away?"

"Well, first I need to buy 30 cases of Coke and then - to make room in the car - I need to visit the park back in Indiana to scatter our dog's ashes."

Knowing that it's probably just illogical all the way down, I could believe either scenario.

I agree, but I think that they all share the something of the same clown quality.

I actually liked Rogan on News Radio (90s sitcom) where he played an idiot-savant repairman who could fix anything electronic, but everyone acknowledged that it would burn the place down in 48 hours if left as is. For reference, Andy Dick was also on that show. He looked competent next to Andy Dick, but not nearly as funny.

I thought Rogan really found his calling on Fear Factor, where he just urged people to eat maggot infested cheese. If that show had gone on, how different would our world look like today??

We also watched the Apprentice, but I remember it as a comedy with Trump as the butt of the joke. Did no one else get that joke?

Musk - crap on a cracker. I've heard a lot of comments on how his "pedo guy" comment changed peoples' perception of him, but holy crap. It should have come even a little bit before that. There were about a dozen children trapped in a cave in SE Asia with "hours to days" to survive, if they had even made it that long. This cave had something like a14 inch vertical choke point and muddy conditions throughout.* What does this lackwit do? This absolute knob releases footage of a prototype submarine in a swimming pool in California, being guided along by human divers and says "EMERGENCY RESPONDERS STOP WORK. I'M YOUR ONLY HOPE."

Point being: This moron does not understand what a cave is. Probably coupled with "and no one is going to tell him that."

I was kind of thinking along the same lines. But to be truly ironclad, would you need a genie lawyer? Like not a lawyer who specialized in Genie Law, but an actual genie?

I think it's fairly well known that there are no good genies. But otherwise, true.

I've seen a gull eat a dead pigeon in the town square. I don't think I want their presents any more than the ones my cats think I do.

More of a hardcore Jewel/Osco shopper?

No - I think Mariano's and PicknSave would be competitors in that region. I travel a bit through the US, and I'm flummoxed. My Kroger discount card works more times than not, no matter where my work takes me and no matter which the local branding is.

Classic cat.

I'd only add the two gross things that mine did while they were kittens is that they enjoyed licking my nose and eyes, for reasons known only to cats. That's a hell of an alarm clock.

I got a magnetic dish which has been a game changer for fallen and potentially lost bits and pieces.

Each state has different rules. Some allow "early voting" on selected days prior to the main election day. This allows people who can't get time off from work on the main day to work it into their schedule.

Absentee or mail-in votes are also done early. Where allowed.

Votes aren't counted until the main day.

I could believe that. Alternately, someone knew exactly what they were doing and just let it ride to see how far it would get.

I've seen both cases in real life.

He knows exactly what he's doing.

I live within a short drive of Springfield and have lived in SW Ohio for almost 20 years. The racism was a culture shock. I expected that sort of thing from the older generations, but hearing Millennials making "furriners eat cats" jokes was jarring. I quickly learned to recalibrate my expectations.

Springfield was an unusually bad place to live 10-15 years ago. Rent and home prices were cheap because no one wanted to live there. I've heard it described as "Dayton's Ugly and Dirty Little Sister" - and that's saying something. I remember a warehouse fire on the south side that burned for days and no one could figure out who owned it. Or maybe it just collapsed into itself - either way, it was a situation. And it surprised no one.

Local employers have trouble finding people who are able to read and also not burdened with a weird sense of entitlement. The people who have been left behind are legitimately threatened by the idea of folks who can show up on time and follow basic instructions. Add into the mix the weird midwestern thin-skinnedness, and you have a mess of people who just feel like victims and who are ready to blame anyone who doesn't "fit." Another midwestern thing.

He knows what he's doing. And they know what he means.

They look so healthy! My favorite has a similar fur pattern.

We trapped her accidentally when she took shelter from a rainstorm in our garage. We only realized she was there when we heard her cries. About 5 months old, but tiny and infested with fleas. Her whiskers were so short and brittle. I loved her immediately, but looking back on pictures from that time now breaks my heart a little. Her life as a stray was clearly rough.

She was definitely an accidental cat for us, but she took to housecat living standards almost immediately.

She's still doing well in her old age.

I've always preferred skirts to pants, precisely because they're less restrictive to movement. I'm not sure why, but the comment was always, "I'm not sure you'd be able to do this while wearing a skirt." It seems like people who haven't worn them habitually don't know how they work.

Worst case: I fall down and you can see my knickers. Well that's why I wear the knickers. And in nearly a half-century, I can think of maybe 2 times that's happened. Both times I was sprinting madly to catch a bus and both times were due to my shoes and/or bad decisions.

Field hockey and lacrosse are both traditionally played in kilts.

Some other objections:

Need to don some Tyvek coveralls for work? It's really no problem with a basic skirt. You just hike it up a bit. Those suits are baggy and everything fits. You also avoid the discomfort of two layers of leg fabric.

Cold weather? Tights are great, as are thigh high socks. And boots. All of these also look cute.

Oh, and packing for vacation? I can pack 3-4 skirts for every pair of jeans. It's just a simple cloth tube which folds down to nothing.

Wasn't that 10 years ago? If I remember correctly, one of those companies was partially owned by then Speaker of the House John Boehner. Yeah, that was some bullshit.

I voted against that measure simply due to the blatantly self-serving aspect. It was a fun time when reactionaries and progressives aligned to reject a terrible proposal. Everyone else was just mad that they still needed to drive to Michigan to buy weed.

But last year's less shitty ballot initiative means that the first recreational dispensaries in Ohio opened up a few months ago. There was some discussion in the statehouse about blocking that referendum, but even the dullest knives came around eventually.

Growing for personal use is also now legal. Of course that won't stop county sheriffs from raiding your home with an assist by DEA helicopters. It's "an education."

https://www.wdtn.com/as-seen-on-2-news/greene-county-sheriff-responds-after-raid-over-alleged-illegal-marijuana-plants/

If I see gills I'm not touching it.

It's not for everyone, but Penguin Island by Anatole France features great auks. I read it many years ago and enjoyed it (in a dorky 19th century satire sort of way). Not for everyone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Island_(novel)

I think you get it from eating turkey.

oooh - pure destruction. I can respect that.

Presumably it's the same reason that I couldn't find a way to close my bank account (in person, at the fucking bank) in 1998. And presumably it's the same reason that my elderly parents can't get their Medicare supplemental insurance agent to close out their account prior to their move to another state, where that insurance won't be accepted.

You're a customer. They love you. Reasons.