I wasn’t a big fan of horror movies until later in life, mostly because my parents wouldn’t allow slasher type films.
So I ran through the saga. I enjoyed them, though I wouldn’t call them art, lol.
I agree, the reboot actually got me more interested in the lore, which I think Barker excels at based on his games Undying and Jericho.
Gonna add on here, the coils, often the cheaper ones on disposables, are the source of heavy metals for most vapers.
When I vaped nic heavily while quitting (10 years!) I wrapped my own coils for this reason. I could source the wire from reputable locations and ensure I wasn’t add heavy metal poisoning to my vice.
There is the biblical Christ, then there is alt-right Christ. One may, or may not, have existed as some weird combination of avatar/son/whatever of God. Then there is corruption and propaganda on the other side.
I’m not a Christian, by any stretch of the imagination, but I was raised in the south and my grandma taught Sunday school. I had read the bible cover to cover before most other chapter books, though against my will. Grandma also believed in the corrective powers of The Switch. So, yeah.
The biblical Christ would, if he were still entombed, be rolling in his grave over what the current GoP party is espousing as Christianity.
Of course, this post involves suspension of disbelief, so its all in the hypothetical sense.
I mean, being empathetic and using for evil… tale as old as the words’ origins.
Empathy, but a lack of conscience allows one to feel for their opponent, assess their weaknesses, and exploit them.
I mean, possessing the capability for understanding harm and doing it anyway is a core characteristic of a “bad person.” We don’t blame a wild animal for attacking someone, at least not if you have two brain cells to rub together. I worked in Yellowstone. We had bears in civilian areas on a few occasions. I was off the clock, but didn’t want to see people hurt, so I helped the park rangers clear the area of tourists, and got the fuck out of the way when they were actually trying to corral the bear (juvenile) and relocate it to a deeper part of the park away from humans.
Black Hat Hackers Social engineers, con men, what have you, all revolve around empathetic traits.
Again, people, as an example… A knife is a tool. I carry one every day. Usually, I open boxes, break down boxes, use it as a lever (my “tool” knife EDC is robust and cheap as shit. If it breaks, it breaks, I’ve gotten a couple decades out of it so far) and more. After 20 years or more of service, it has more than paid for itself, we’re looking at like a dollar year here.
Now the knife no one ever sees except my wife (because I disrobe in front of her) is designed for self defense. That one is a weapon. Its only purpose is self defense. It isn’t unsheathed unless I’m checking it for maintenance reasons, or I need to defend myself. Thankfully, the later has not happened since I’ve purchased it. However, in an emergency? Its a sharp blade of good materials. It could be used for other reasons, just at its price point I prefer not to. Awkward grip for a traditional knife usage, but it could be used for an emergency trach if the need arose. Though, that may just be a consideration because of my first aid training.
Both knives serve vastly different purposes for me.
At the end of the day, they’re a tool though. I could bash someone in the head with a claw hammer as easily as I built a house - except I know nothing about building a house, lol.
Death certificate works too. Sort of a final medical certificate, lol.
No, I’m not calling for violence. He’s old, his mind is failing him (tertiary syphilis should really be considered) , and he has a steady diet of garbage topped off with diet coke, plus whatever drugs he can get his hands on.
The man is not long for the world, we’ll just see if he croaks before or after his term is up. If before, we get Vance… so not great. If after, we really may get to test the military oath to constitution if he doesn’t want to leave his position peacefully. Sadly, Vegas odds are not looking good for the average citizen.
If they spent just one business day on this, that’d be 8000 man hours, at least as I understand it.
Stretch that out to a single agent working standard work weeks (40 hours) that breaks down to 200 work weeks for a single agent.
That is almost 4 years of work for a single agent, assuming no vacations or other time off (illness, car trouble, etc)
I don’t know if that helps you quantify it, but it helped put it in perspective for me.
Outside the dairy capital of America, yes, the dairy situation sucks.
The “factory owners” as it were forgot why unions were established. When employees felt they were being treated unfairly, they would do things like murder the rich people and their families.
Unions were to stop that sort of thing, so words could be used.
If you override the union vote, its not a union, but it may be time that the “factory owners” are reminded of why unions were needed.
Bowling for Soup was a local band that made it big.
They have a song, “Ohio (Come back to Texas)” with a line that says “the Mexican food sucks north of here anyways.”
I have recently moved from Texas a little north and east, but still firmly in the south… man, I can get catfish on the corner, but I can’t find a decent taco to save my life. My wife is craving some GOOD Mexican food, and I keep telling her, she’s unlikely to find it here unless she learns Espanol.
What do you have when a person sits down at a table with 3 nazis?
4 nazis.
The tech isn’t there yet.
Yet.
I’m not sure LLMs can really handle that level of complexity, including graphical assets and all that crap.
Plus, it needs the seed of creativity that brings something fresh that isn’t going to come from an “AI” that regurgitates everything.
Slop will remain slop. I’m not sure LLMs are a pathway to a Trek-esque post-scarcity lifestyle some of these tech bros are dreaming of, but they’re interesting none-the-less.
What if we could do it cheaper and even more inhumane?
-Some GOP nut, probably - or not probably too many polysyllabic words.
Having sex with a child is rape. Statutory rape, specifically.
“Abused a position of trust” is language used in the school I worked at, so I used their wording.
Its a description, not a legal term, as far as I’m aware.
I spent a year working at an elementary school, in an IT capacity.
I was at a fairly wealthy district, but Texas “Robin Hood Laws” distributed a lot of their taxable wealth to poorer districts and such.
That being said, all the kids that went there for the most part had rich parents.
So the stay at home moms always organized fund raisers. Bake sales, that kinda crap.
And the rich kids, or any parents who stopped in, bought treats.
I mean, it worked… but not without a lot of disposable income at home.
Heh, I applied for a substitute position a little while ago.
Called back. I’m a MMJ patient, and only have a high school diploma, and no teaching skills or experience.
They were fine with that. Obviously, don’t bring drugs on campus, but if its just residual in my system its fine with them.
Because pedophilia still exists.
And a 16 year old boy will say yes to pretty much anything sexual, hence why this woman exploited a minor nah, not sugar coating. This woman used a position of authority to rape a child.
That would take paperwork. It could be traced back to his orange ass.
Sending a buncha “alpha” male types in masks to kidnap people and “deport” them is much easier.
Trump used Stochastic Terrorism! Sadly, its super effective.
Before moving, there was a Goth club called The Church.
That outfit would, from what I’ve heard, be far too formal and restrained.
Apparently, and this was coming from a platonic female friend, anal is like shaking hands there so what do I know. I never had the urge to drive from North Fort Worth to Downtown Dallas to drink, and then turn around and drive back after drinking and possibly making stupid choices.
I have two types, natural redheads, and goth chicks.
America, from an American point of view, doesn’t care if the world is watching. Especially with a Republican admin.
We have a pedophile in chief. We have failing institutions and infrastructure. Our economy is in shambles. People who WANT to work can not find work, at least not sufficient to survive off of.
Third world shit hole indeed, welcome to America! Hopefully you don’t have a tan or you’re ending up in a foreign jail with no documentation.