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Pretty sure you forgot the /s

Remember, sarcasm doesn't translate well on the internet.

Did you read the article I linked to? This guy was NOT a loyal republican. He was a hardcore anti-trump long-time democrat.

Apparently something "clicked" in his head back in 2019 and he made a HARD right turn which totally shocked everyone who knew him.

Thanks, kbin uses the @ symbol instead of ! to link to communities/magazines :-)

This lends evidence to my hypothesis that being a republican really is a mental illness.

I had to search for his name, and wow what a doozy: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/W-McCall-Calhoun-Jr-georgia-capitol-riot.html

It's a long read but here's a preview:

Over the past three decades, as the state around him turned ever more resolutely Republican, W. McCall Calhoun Jr. remained an outspoken and unwavering liberal. He gave money to Democrats, ran for office as a Democrat and zealously championed Democratic policies in social circles that were far from sympathetic. If friends admitted they voted for Donald J. Trump, his reaction could be blistering.
“He was hard core, there’s no doubt about it,” said Dr. Michael Busman, a physician who has known Mr. Calhoun for years. “He wouldn’t even want to talk to you if you were Republican.”
But last year, as the progressive movement in Georgia was on the cusp of historic electoral triumph, Mr. Calhoun, a small-town lawyer whose family had long roots in the state, suddenly abandoned the Democrats. And not only that, he pledged to kill them.

Hahaha, true, you could fit maybe a few jpg photos on a floppy

First thought that went through my mind as well lol

I was curious about that 6.5 mile claim, and you are correct - while large chunks were thrown thousands of feet away, the plume of concrete dust expanded 6.5 miles away.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-04-26/spacex-starship-explosion-blasted-concrete-up-to-6-5-miles-away

Pretty sure it was intentional. I can't find it now but there was a decision by Elno to not add the water systems to the launch pad which would have prevented the pad from being destroyed. They knew it would get damaged so decided not to mitigate the problem.

This is intentional - they're trying to lay the groundwork for Trump's Jan6 indictment defense: He was simply taking the advice of his lawyer in good faith that he believed he had actually won the election.

What they don't realize is that this is a trap by Jack Smith - because that enables the prosecutors to look into Trumps communications with his lawyers - https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/jack-smith-has-set-a-trap-for-trump?sd=pf

I'm not back, I don't miss that place - kbin/lemmy has been awesome and getting better every day.

This place reminds me of Reddit 10+ years ago

micrometeorites

Are you under the impression the democrats don’t do that?

Where exactly did I say democrats aren't narcissists?

I'm not defending biden or trump - I specifically said .....

Trumps, Bidens I don't care.

Nobody is above the law. But if you want me to take you seriously when the other side is in party, focus on your own side first and lead by example.

Neither side is innocent.

Personally over my life I have voted for candidates of both parties depending on who it was and the time in my life. But I have never voted for the same candidate in two elections, because not a single candidate has ever proven to me that they are worth a second vote. Maybe I've just lived in some crummy regions, but I don't get how someone can vote for these politicians election after election

I think if either party wants to be taken seriously, they should start by looking within their own party and prove that nobody is above the law.

Trumps, Bidens I don't care. But instead of attacking your political opponent's family, why not show the world what you stand for yourself by persecuting those within your own party.

"Lead by example"

Pretty cool. I won't buy a first gen product like this (personal policy to let early adopters work out the bugs first), but it's great to see more wireless keyboards with more features.

Big bro was trying to sign up for ChatGPT to play with it. The new signup has a difficult captcha that my bro could not solve - it had 9 puzzles and wouldn't tell him he failed until he finished all 9. Finally after four or five times I told him to just do the audio test and he passed that one on the first try. But damn it's getting harder and harder to prove you're a real human!

Lol yeah it was a 2013 Genesis - the last year they were able to use the wings logo before they got sued by bentley and forced to remove it

“I’ve known Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. Terrific guy, He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

It was a Theta II 2.0L FR Turbo MPI (G4KF).

But I'm not just going off my experience. My good friend owns a well known mechanics shop in town, he told us these engines are garbage and he sees it often on these early genesis coupes.

https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/the-sunk-cost-fallacy