Shouldn’t Donnie T. just be able to cut them a check since he’s so fabulously wealthy? I mean, he says he’s ultra rich and the best businessman ever, so this ought to be something he can just immediately address, right?

Just like Donald Trump is the “hero” our conservative friends deserve.

I see your point: I’m from the South. However, to be fair, these idiots seem to be everywhere now.

Late Gen X, here. I’m embarrassed by the reactionary nonsense I’ve started to see regularly from my own generation. I’m lucky I didn’t stay brainwashed with them.

Thanks. Sorry to take so long to take you up on this. I’ve recently had my crankshaft position sensor replaced, which the shop said required some work with the computer after the replacement. The replacement seemed simple enough, but I had to get the shop to do it since I didn’t have a lift, ramps, or a proper jack to get at it underneath my car. If I replace my PCV valve, would I need someone to do similar work with the computer, or can I straight up swap it out myself? It does not appear to have any electronic components on first examination.

Well, the US has a total population of over 333 million, so…

Thanks: that really makes me feel better. I’m hoping my little car keeps going, but I do need to take better care of it. I just had the crankshaft position sensor replaced to take care of a stalling/starting issue, and I feel like there’s more to be done.

Would you mind answering some questions I have about my Soul as I look to do some of my own maintenance? If you don’t feel like it, I totally understand, because I’m trying to solicit free advice from an expert.

Yeah, I’m leaning toward keeping the Kia. It’s paid off, anyway. I’m just going to be starting some heavy preventative maintenance on that GDI engine. I haven’t done a lot of diy in the past, but some of the work seems pretty trivial, and the car can anecdotally survive 200-300K miles if I take care of it.

Yeah, that’s my feeling. I just wanted to be sure I’m not rejecting a potentially good deal. Thanks for talking me though it!

Honestly, I could deal with Adrian’s shenanigans just fine. That whole thing was supposed to be over the top, so they shifted most of his story to non-canonical status. I understood why, at the time. But then, the main storyline moved on to a lot of odd muscle porn stuff that was kinda not important to the story. I was dealing with that when I came across a thread lamenting the fact that the actual Gilgamesh of ancient legend was coming into the story as a living character somehow. I read ahead to confirm, and then I gave up. It was just one ridiculous bridge too far. The beautiful HFY story I’d started reading all the way back with Kevin Jenkins (whose character transformed in some nonsensical ways himself) was just too off the rails for me at that point. Add the dismissive treatment of female characters later on, and it was just another story ruined for me. So many great characters and so much unrealized potential…

There were some seriously emotional stories in the Jenkinsverse, but there were so many side stories that went nowhere. I’ve just been disappointed too many times to continue to sort through it all.

If you liked it all, more power to you. It had some pretty fantastic moments. It just transformed too far away from what I enjoyed about it for me to continue.

It’s just the ice wall on the edge of the flat earth. Checkmate, globe-lovers!

/s

God, I’m still so sad that that universe went so off the rails. It’s like the GoT of online fiction.

I tried explaining universal precautions to a pastor of a church I was attending, and pointed out that there is a Christian commandment to love one’s neighbor that overrides one’s personal desires. He could not dispute my points, but he also didn’t do anything to implement safety procedures.

Guess who left the church after the unsurprising COVID outbreak?

I realize a lot of people here aren’t believers, but my point is that even within the context of religion or common wisdom, masks make sense.

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how decades of lead in gasoline, pipes, and in other places likely damaged generations of people’s ability to reason. I’m sincerely beginning to think this is a bigger problem than we’ll ever truly know.

RIP SGU

Didn’t gun control ramp up when the Black Panthers started exercising their rights to bear arms? Funny thing is the Panthers seem much more like a “well-regulated militia” than this Wild West, permitless carry, anything goes BS.

People act like their mamas never told 'em to cover their damned mouths when they cough or sneeze. It’s the same damned thing, only masks work much better at keeping your filthy germs from infecting other people.

Common sense ain’t common, they say, and this anti-mask nonsense is just proof that it’s true.

Wrapping that cable around an AT-AT’s legs at the Battle of Hoth is something I’ll always remember from those games.