@0c5cd193
I actually have no idea what that is. Today I tried Macy's, Belk, the Shoe Dept. Encore, even the Children's Place and came up with nothing. If I had more time I guess we could have tried Kohls and a few other spots, but I would have to do drive and we needed to make a shopping trip anyways.
It's no wonder online retail is kicking brick & mortar's butt. Except I hate buying shoes online - I think I've had to return 10 pairs in the past month because they didn't fit. Blah!
My cat woke me up this morning by breathing right on my mouth - I think he was trying to recreate that one scene from Batman Returns. However, I don't appear to have any special cat powers, and I'm not going to make a skin tight black leather suit. I don't have nearly enough talcum powder in the house to get into one of those things.
@7afab20d@056d6548
Is it absurd? Yes. But they're also planning live action remakes of Moana which came out in 2016. Plus double-dipping to earn more Woke-ity-Woke points is not just allowed, it's encouraged!
So, the stupid Art Exhibit in London where you have to walk in between naked people to enter? Surely some blokes have gone, walked against the woman and then said, "Oops, I think I forgot my keys," and then walked back out, and then gone, "no, there here in my pocket" and walked back in and then gone "but did I leave the oven on?" and walked back out, and then said "wait, I don't own an oven, that's right," and walked back in, "but . . .etc."
https://static.noagendasocial.com/media_attachments/files/111/189/654/888/348/088/original/53632d1c50d997c2.png
Either the Stable Horde image generator is broke, my Mastodon instance is blocked from it, or I personally made it onto a blacklist, because it won't return my calls anymore.
@d780efb1
Double down! Tell them that you only eat bugs because of climate change, and you're at the dentist because some of the grasshopper legs are caught behind the rear molars and really causing gum irritation. But it's all worth it to save the transgendered planet!
@7502a322
I definitely use the bottle opener.
Scissors - used to trim bangs on a haircut I messed up and just realized, or cut stray threads off someone's shirt (much harder with a knife), cut out shapes in paper for a kid to trace . . .etc.
Screwdrivers - not good, but just they work on the screws of most of the kids' toys battery compartments
I would like the pliers to open wider, but have used them to pull a zip tie tight when my fingers were greasy.
Not good tools. But on hand tools.
@669563d8
Confirmation that the cops are ready to protect a pansy thug from the just beating he's asking for, but they can't be bothered to stop the hordes of shoplifters, car thieves, or actual street assailants.
@7502a322
I carry one on my belt in a quick draw holster. It is NOT a good tool, but it IS a convenient tool. Many times it makes the difference between "Dang it, I'll tighten the screw on this/cut this tag off/open this/hold onto this . . .etc. right now and get it done with" and "Oh, I need to go grab [a tool] to fix this . . ." and then wind up getting distracted or waylaid and then forgetting what the heck I was doing in the first place.
It's useful for Dads with lots of kids.
@3a92a9b1
It is strange to me that folks can't understand that thinking both Russia and Ukraine are garbage countries is a perfectly valid position to hold.
@90dc8ae8
I would actually start watching State of the Union addresses if this happened. And I haven't watched one my entire adult life. The potential entertainment value could be infinite!
@d66a8056
No, it shouldn't have. But it did. And they keep doing it. Because ignoring the rules and the laws is okay so long as one is "on the right side of history."
@d4f294ac
Another good one, but for the other side.
"When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart."
-Helen Rowland
@6d17f052
NGL - I can see myself doing some of these, especially about 5 years ago or earlier.
My Guardian Angel must be pulling down some massive overtime.
Whatever genius decided to start putting the dosing amounts for drugs on the INSIDE of the label so you have to try to peel the thing back before you can read it . . . that guy's a first-class, grade-A idiot.
@669563d8
Ah, didn't know.
I've seen parents like this in real life, though. Seriously. It was unsettling. The urge to jerk a knot in their kid's behind right in front of them was almost overwhelming.
And they're not doing their kids any favors. But they can't stand the thought of not being "nice" to their kids all the time. Blah.
@669563d8
Ah . . . that kindler, gentler style of parenting.
That kid wouldn't last 5 seconds in my house. I think my 9 year old and 12 year old would hand him his ass before I could even get to him.
I'm George Lucasing right now - going back to a student film I made in college (hey, I got 6 credits for making a zombie movie with my friends) and re-editing it before I show my kids. I'm just tightening shots (I was doing this with actual tape in the school's media center at the time), trying to clean up noise, and trying to tweak contrast here and there.
But I'm leaving all the cringe in there so the kids can laugh at me. And there's lots of cringe.
Finally decided to make one of these for my soon-to-be 18 year old daughter as her birthday present.
"Welcome to adulthood. Now be prepared for everything to go wrong."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpwEhyV-VbA
@669563d8
I mostly just see lots of really lame and badly acted skits (often with 1 person playing all the roles), people pretending they're surprised by something they obviously staged, people doing dumb dances to annoying music, and cats.
Admittedly, I spend very little time in the YT Shorts area.
@669563d8
At this point, any teacher that thinks they can do anything to someone like this (take his phone, send him to detention, give him a bad grade, whatever) without expecting this kind of response is probably too dense to take their own personal safety under consideration.
Everyone else - watch more videos of street fights so you can recognize the signs of what's coming. Because it's coming.
@90aca61c@92f534ee
The Pope is very fallible. The charism of pronouncing infallible teachings is extremely limited and restricted and must meet numerous pre-conditions in order to be valid. Practically everything Jorge Bergoglio has taught and done in governance of the Church since becoming Pope falls into "very effing fallible" category.
Just because a pope says it doesn't mean that's what the Church teaches or believes. History has PLENTY of bad popes - this guy is 1 more.
@899d9141
Kinda "no, duh" - same reason they're intent on driving any white Christian men out of the military and police forces. The last thing they want is someone with a conscience and a sense of right and wrong and, oh my goodness, any kind of bond with their fellow countrymen.
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