You have made me realize I need to hire a smarter life coach.

Good! I’m a US citizen who was raised in US military bases in foreign countries. Allies of the USA need to spend a lot more on their military.

USA people don’t realize that military spending doubly impacts society. Not only did your tax money go to getting a new bomber airplane that a civilian has no use for but the energy and effort that might have been used to create improved railway infrastructure (for example) never happened. After enough generations in relative isolation from other global societies, the populace doesn’t even realize what they are missing out on.

I landed in the middle. SCCS was too old, CVS was too new.

https://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/

But, back then, I had also been forced to use CMVC.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Configuration_Management_Version_Control

A 20% reduction is a double decimation.

When I did my first play thru on Xbox 360, and I realized there was no levitation or jumping spells – I can still recall the disappointment. That simple thing was enough for me to not like it as much.

However, going into portals sickened and scared me. I never got over it before I moved on to Skyrim.

Depends on the region. In economically vibrant areas I have seen lots of weird local shops take over the old malls. In slow economy areas, yeah, except for like early voting stations and other rare things it’s all vacant spaces.

Yeah, so Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were neoliberals. So, yeah, major parts of Western governments have been headed to this since I was a kid.

Since folks like me don’t know what neoliberal is, from the Wikipedia page on this subject:

Neoliberalism is often associated with a set of economic liberalizationpolicies, including privatization, deregulation, depoliticisation, consumer choice, globalization, free trade, monetarism, austerity, and reductions in government spending.

It took me until my late thirties but I figured it out. I break my mental freeze from a compliment by just saying out loud what just happened. I say, “That was a compliment.” Then natural empathy and politeness take over and I continue with, “Thank you for the kind words.” This can happen simultaneously with feeling and silently processing the shame and discomfort that being complimented causes.

Good luck everyone.

Rest in Peace, Harry Dean Stanton.

Exactly. State level politicians have more control over your life than federal. And they are more accessible.

Hell, if you wake up early enough, you can drive to your state reps office and shit in her purse if you want and only be 30 minutes late to work.

Damn. You never sent in the ROFLcopter? Not even once?

Hey, since this is the Sarah Silverman Show appreciation comment chain…

Can anyone tell me where to get a Tab Cola track suit? I want one for real so much.

Is the character in the right saying the white-lettered words?

Oh, man. Vendors of OCR software can make big money now by rebranding as “AI-powered”.

Bring back mumps for teen boys! Antivaxx for the win!

I’m impressed by how he had to construct the back half of that guy.

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway is set during this period. Just a side note.

When a group of American freedom fighters go to take over a U.S.A. military base and hesitant soldiers aren’t sure if they should follow a traitorous president or their oath to the Constitution, the American freedom fighters being well-armed will make the difference.

If everyone should learn to read, it would not only ruin writing but thinking as well.

—some embittered philosopher probably