GoofSchmoofer @ GoofSchmoofer @lemmy.world

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The total cost for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars was $8 Trillion over 20 years This country has the money it just doesn't the leadership that wants to change. And why would they want to change? The way this country runs work$ well for them.

In Afghanistan and Iraq ... Washington spent more than $8 trillion

Never let anyone say we (America) don't have the money do to things. That's bullshit. If this country could spend $8 trillion dollars on a war that accomplished nothing, we can spend money to help those that need it.

Yep. Loved that show. It's what got me thinking about all of this stuff

I saw a BMW, an Audi and a Tesla all use their turn signal in traffic, not once but every time they changed lanes! I swear it happened!

Connections.

I love the stories about how seemingly disconnected events at different times and in different parts of the world actually have a connection. Like how some random chance meeting of two people 100's of years ago started a chain reaction that ended up with us having some cool new technology or idea.

The ultimate goal with insurance companies is to have you give them money and they never have to give you anything in return. If they can get you to sue the other person, the insurance company doesn't have to pay. To them it's a win-win.

Weakly regulated insurance is a scam

It started to happen with Occupy Wall street protests. There was an almost universal agreement that something was wrong and needed to change. Yet it was too unorganized and too decentralized. If I would put on my tinfoil hat I think OWS was a bit scary to some very powerful and very rich people and there was a new push towards more division within the population, which makes something like that more difficult to organize today.

One problem is that a great deal of correct security advice contradicts “common knowledge” security practices. Password character classes – “must include capitals, lowercase, numbers, and symbols” – are a standard example. That idea got rooted in security requirements for banks and such, and it was a bad idea even then.

I don't know a lot about computer security - but must include capitals, lowercase, numbers, etc seems like a good idea, why is it not?

Anger, fear and rage == $$$

It's kinda straight forward. Want to know why someone has made a big change to what you thought were their core values? the answer is probably going to be money.

Big Juice Glenn... His early stuff was great. He would break down the different kinds of juices and drinks from all around the world. Talk about the taste, where they originated from (you'd be surprised at the history of some of these drinks), who they are marketed to, and so on. Sound dull but can be quite fascinating.

But lately BJG has started going down the crazy rabbit hole. His last few podcasts have been talking about how the chemicals in the modern day drinks and juices can effect your thinking and how some people have the technology (Bill Gates and company) to then manipulate your thought patterns because of these "chemicals". I don't know what happened to him. Maybe he got hit on the head or something? But it's not the same any more. Kinda sad.

Make politics boring again!

But solving those problems takes work, compromise and it's not sexy.

But shitting on certain groups of people is much easier, scary and gets you attention.

all the good guys are smoking cigarettes bemoaning the dangers of the devils weed.

Where do the trump supporters go when trump dies?

Sounds like the beginning of a joke but really, what happens to the MAGA movement when the leader is no longer around? What happens to the GOP ? Do they become weaker and more divided? or can the national GOP rally around a new leader?

I know this goes a bit off from the article (I skimmed). But I think a lot of this toxic masculinity comes from decades of media on what a American man should be.

They need to be strong, independent, smart (sometimes), ingenious, a natural leader, angry at the "system", can shoot any gun with perfection, solve most all problems with a gun or a fist fight, never show any type of remorse or trauma from their violent "solutions", muscular, always get the girl, only drink brown liquors or beer, never bend, never negotiate, always win, and can walk away from an explosion without flinching.

This shit has been around since the 1940's and it still in use today. It used to be the Lone Ranger, Superman, batman. Then it was the strong independent cowboy taking on the "savages", The 70's it was Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood taking on the Gangs of the inner cities. The 80's and 90's were Rambo and terminator, the 2000's with Mission Impossible, Jason Borne, John Wick. And James Bond all through out. Just to name a few

Not to take away from the entertainment of these movies and characters but I see lot's of men that take these fictional characters and try to make it their personality. But reality doesn't work that way. They can't go shoot your problems away. Hot women just don't fall leg spread for these guys (which makes them angrier). AND some men don't want to be this unrealistic version of an American man. Which for some reason pisses off those men that do want it....

Are there supposed to be commas between those words? OR is Car clothes hair dog and job accent speech everything some new hip cool thing I don't know about?

Maybe that's where I get this idea from living with an ADD brain... Because I get what you're saying a very personal level

Most jobs already feel that way. I'm not really talk about punishment from a boss but the impacts on you life/health over the long term if you just decide to not do the work.

What does your life look like if you decide to not pursue a big goal?

But honestly congratulations on your success. Seriously that's some good shit you did for yourself!