They fuck over consumers by selling small volume at insane price per unit/quantity

So like, an inverse of the Costco model?

Isn’t this like, just the first evolutionary step of future english becoming Tamarian?

Redneck “sky burial”

and the day after: We pardon them

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/honduras-us-ex-president-pardon_n_692ef1d5e4b052b5ba03c2e1?origin=home-zone-d-unit

The chaos agent in me wants her to keep slinging shit at Congress

Yeah at least Old Town Prague and surrounding areas hasn’t been too bad about magically broken CC machines. And only like one place we go regularly is 100% cash only, which means they also don’t advertise a specific discount.

I was VERY surprised at how much Germany didn’t want to accept CC. Sure we were in Essen which isn’t touristy, but even Dortmund was more CC-averse than Prague and we were in Dortmund the week before the Euro’s in 2024. Heck I think Koblenz was less CC averse! But my previous experience was Frankfurt and Nuremberg touristy areas so that colored my previous perception of Germany’s CC acceptance I’m sure.

As for trades people, HA! Yeah my dad was commercial HVAC for diners in New Jersey in the 70’s thru 00’s. LOTS of cash in those businesses. “How much for cash?” was a very regular question the owner would ask him when he handed them the invoice ;-)

Religion is neither necessary nor sufficient to engender qualities of generosity, self-control, avoiding violence / advocating for peace, treating people well etc.

Those also aren’t the types of “beliefs” I’m talking about and you know it. I specifically mentioned magical thinking and in this context “belief” is not a reference to believing in being generous, but belief in the supernatural, god, spirits, etc … magical thinking. More to the point, believing in those, the books that espouse them, and expecting other’s around you to believe / act based on those same beliefs is my problem; doubly so when preached from my elected representatives.

I was excited to see this as well. I visit Czechia often. What makes it even more interesting, and makes me wonder how it impacts this stat, is how much “cash discount” tax evasion I know happens. And I mean like, it isn’t even hidden. I’ve seen multiple Prague restaurants with both signs (like outside the front door!) and webpages with HUGE notices about a 30% discount for cash. Like, that is NOT because of the swipe fees which are EU regulated. When I asked a friend who owns a bar why, she said it was to avoid the taxes. Even she was surprised they were so brazen about the discount, but not that surprised.

That said, any Czechs who want to chime in to correct me / expand on the topic, I’d be very interested in your perspective.

Indeed we can. Because “belief” is not based on reason. Therefor it is ALL in the same basket as something I don’t want in my government. If I believed (get it!) any of them could be trusted to govern in a secular manner I might be less salty. But I have been given very little evidence that they** can.

** They = anyone who openly, loudly, repeatedly identifies themselves by their magical thinking while campaigning / governing. They are more than welcome to believe what they want so long as they keep it out of the way of deciding my way of life. I still hold a place in my heart that thinks that’s possible, but it is getting smaller every day as I watch the [religious text]-thumpers screaming louder and louder.

Yup, I 100% have a problem with Muslims in political office. Same as I have a problem with Christians, religious-Jews, Hindu’s, etc who identify by their magical thinking and uses it to govern.

I 100% have no problem with any humans in political office who use the best data available and reason to govern and elevate the human condition

Trump in a Dump

No we won’t. Now git of mah lern

[facepalm] I swear it wasn’t there before, but I see it now. And both were already off (maybe from my previous settings privacy sweeps). Thanks.

I don’t seem to have a Workspace setting. I assume that’s because I don’t use Google Workspace or am I missing something hidden?

You do realize this has nothing to do with religion right? The name if the town just happens to be Falls Church. The headline is edited so as to be misleading as well.

Imagine being a NY/NJ boy driving down from Dayton to meet a friend and seeing that for the first time. Mind! Blown!

Not arbitrary.

Since 2019, the meter has been defined as the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of ⁠1/299792458⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyper-fine transition frequency of caesium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre

Never forget this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTwpBLzxe4U

SO UNDER RATED!!! I loved that show despite resisting / not getting it when it first came out. It was not very well marketed. But I get it, it is SO subversive and hard to describe in a compelling way. I struggle to convince people to watch it, and when they do they turn it off in like 30 seconds because “it’s just another sitcom” NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Keep watching!!!

I’m not planning to have kids. In fact I have a Dr. appointment today for a vasectomy referral. But if such a class were offered I would 100% take it before having a kid.