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Thanks Trump for lowering gas prices
The President is doing a happy dance!
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Since I was a kid.
Do you really need a goddamn oil tanker to drive everywhere?
Why don't you get a small, fuel economical car, like a Toyota, Hyundai
or Suzuki, for rides that you don't need to carry lots of stuff?
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Comforter aside and check everything else, not that I’m a germaphobe
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Two summers ago when I was a caregiver, my client wanted a caregiver daily from 8a to noon then 3p to 7p. There was wound care involved, assistance with bathing and making certain that medication was taken however I feel that this assignment was predominantly more for cooking and companionship. Anyway…. In the morning I had to put on a pot of coffee and prepare breakfast. You would think that I could cook an over easy egg for him. NOT. Finally he just told me to not worry about it, whatever way I cooked them would be the way he ate them.
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I don't like my eggs sunny side up but I don't like the yolks broken so I cook my egg basted.
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1. Remote and Isolated Location
- Oil rigs are often hundreds of miles offshore. Workers can’t just “pop home” at the end of a shift.
- This isolation requires higher pay to make the job attractive to qualified workers.
2. Demanding Skill Sets
- Many positions require technical expertise (engineers, drill operators, safety officers).
- High-stakes work with dangerous equipment justifies premium pay.
3. Long Hours in Harsh Conditions
- Typical rotations are 2–4 weeks on, followed by a week or more off.
- Shifts are long, sometimes 12 hours a day, often 7 days a week.
- The high pay compensates for these grueling schedules.
4. High Risk
- Oil rigs are hazardous: heavy machinery, high-pressure systems, exposure to chemicals, risk of fires, and potential for accidents in extreme weather.
- Companies offer hazard pay to attract workers willing to take on these risks.
5. Physical and Mental Stress
- Jobs can be physically demanding: lifting, climbing ladders, standing for hours, and working in confined spaces.
- Mental stress comes from isolation, monotony, and being away from family for weeks.
6. Onboard Living Trade-offs
- Workers live in shared, cramped quarters. Privacy is minimal.
- Meals are provided, but dietary options may be limited.
- Entertainment is restricted (though some rigs have gyms, TV, and internet).
Safer, less uncomfortable jobs, requiring similar skills and that make (almost) the same money are:
- Subsea / Offshore Engineering (onshore-based roles)
- Industrial / Plant Maintenance Engineer (oil, chemical, or power plants)
- Pipeline or Subsea Infrastructure Inspector / Engineer
- Robotics / Automation Technician in Oil & Gas or Manufacturing
- High-Pressure Equipment / Turbine Engineer (if you don't fear heights)
that should be a good incentive by it's self.
Men just don't want to work anymore. Laziness has partook of our society.
There should be plenty of men that would want isolation. haven't you read all the info that is out now about how women use men and judge them so harshly that men have just said to hell with dating and remained single?
Men still want to come home alive, that's not "laziness".
You are projecting too much of yourself on other men.
Most men don't want to sacrifice a life for a job.
You read to much manosphere bullshit. Be a man, not a victim.
Woman are not using men, they are just tired of being used by men.
They are longing back for the time that women were subservient.
Sorry for them, times have changed, and it takes a man to deal with that.
It takes bigger balls to have a partnership with a woman, than to dominate her.
How do you tie that with "...how women use men and judge them so harshly
that men have just said to hell with dating and remained single?"
Do you think that you cannot go on a date, without getting accused of
sexual assault?
Of course not, just keep your hands to yourself, until they are invited.
You're not rich, so they don't let you just grab them by the pussy.
No judge is just going to believe the woman, without good reason.
Like with everything, your ideas are false and based on propaganda.
Judges do not take accusations at face value; they follow strict procedural rules to evaluate credibility:
- Cross-Examination: The defense has the right to question the accuser to find inconsistencies, biases, or motives for lying.
- Corroborating Evidence: Even if not strictly required for a conviction, prosecutors almost always seek other evidence to build a case, such as digital communications (texts, social media), witness statements about the victim's behavior before or after, and surveillance footage.
- Burden of Proof: The "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard is the highest in the legal system. If the judge or jury has any logical doubt about the truth of the accusation, they must acquit the defendant.
Pre-Trial Filtering: Cases are heavily screened before they ever reach a judge:
- Police Investigation: Law enforcement must investigate to determine if there is enough probable cause to make an arrest.
- Prosecutorial Review: Prosecutors (such as the CPS in the UK or DAs in the US) will generally drop cases where the only evidence is an accusation that they believe will not survive a trial.
When you have an accused man, like Trump, who first says that he never met the women, and later says that they kissed in a dressing room, than the judge considers that an inconsistent testimony. If the accused keeps lying, while the story of the accuser checks out, and she has witnesses who say that she talked about getting r@ped, not lang after it supposedly occurred, then yes, the judge is going to decide in her favor, especially when you have an accused man,
who is on record admitting to sexually assaulting women, on several occasions;
the "Access Hollywood" tape and on The Howard Stern Show.
When I say "strong women", I'm NOT talking about women who dominate men,
I'm talking about women who are educated, have careers, are independent, have purpose and drive, and don't need a man to feel safe and secure for the future.
She is not waiting for a dominant man, she is waiting for a man who is educated, has a career, is independent, has purpose and drive, and doesn't need a woman to dominate, to feel like a real man.
In the ideology of MAGA, men dominate women, almost like in Islam.
You haven't been paying much attention to what they're saying, if you think women are equal in their 'culture'.
"And to the woman, God said, “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” (Genesis 3:16). The man is clearly to be the provider and toil in the soil, while the woman’s life is to revolve around her children and husband, as she was created to be his help meet."
"Men are the caretakers of women, as men have been provisioned by Allah over women and tasked with supporting them financially. And righteous women are devoutly obedient and, when alone, protective of what Allah has entrusted them with."
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What some folks have a problem with is Social norms that have been a part of how society has operated for century's. For some reason suddenly folks know better,although there is no evidence to show that the world is a better place for it.
It's good that humanity moves beyond it.
Yes, we know a better, because those people knew NOTHING.
Even you know more than they did, and that's saying a lot.
Crime is rampant, starvation is rampant because your side like to have babies spat out by folks that can't afford food and etc. domestic violence is at a all time high, divorce is way high. the world is NO better off than 2000 years ago or 200 years ago for that mattter.
All this new knowledge has accomplished nothing. The despair is still there.
Trump saying that crime is rampant, is one of his many lies, and an excuse for deporting immigrants and occupying blue cities.
My side wants people to be able to afford having children, and keep it a choice, not being forced into it, when contraceptives fail, or they are too dumb to use them or a women gets r@ped. Childcare is of benefit to society, and should therefor not be exploited for profit.
When crime, poverty, divorce and domestic violence are at an all time high, that's a sign of social unrest, stress and unsafety.
Poverty is rampant, because you support the exploitation of the many
by the few. If there is one idea you can learn from history, it's that.
Do you think humanity made no progress, because of crime and divorce?
Divorce is a LUXURY. It means you don't have to stay with a person that you don't love (anymore), just for basic survival reasons. Crime is the result of people feeling no hope, or mental illness not being treated. It both means that society is failing its people, not the other way around.
2000-200 years ago, infectious disease, famine and violence were the dominant killers. Life expectancy around 1800 was probably ~30 years.
Are you dissatisfied with your average life expectancy of 78.4 years?
In my country it's 81.9 years. In Sweden, it's 83.3.
In biblical times, one despot would just have an idea that the other tribe is annoying, occupies land that he would like to occupy, and then tell his own tribe that the other tribe is evil, and god told him that they should be exterminated to the last man, boy and farm animal, but they can keep the young girls as sex-slave. See below.
After your last brutal civil war, some wise men decided that kings should no longer use their people to further their interest and power. The founding fathers wrote The Constitution, to create a stable system of government, to prevent tyranny, by grounding political authority in the people, protecting individual liberty, and restraining the abuse of power through LAW rather than FORCE. That created stability for 72 years, until the American Civil War. The Civil War was not a rejection of the Constitution itself, both sides claimed to be defending it, but a demonstration of the limits of any political system when foundational contradictions are left unresolved. The Reconstruction Amendments, 13th, 14th and 15th, were intended to resolve those issues. That made clear that it is against the interest of humanity as a whole to allow having people as property. The world is definitely better off, with this improvement on biblical 'knowledge'.
International law was created as a response to repeated, catastrophic wars between sovereign states, and to the realization that unlimited national power leads to instability, arms races, and mass civilian suffering. After World War II, major countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, China, and many others, worked together to create:
- The United Nations (1945)
- International treaties governing war, human rights, refugees, and genocide
- Institutions like the International Court of Justice
The core idea was that states should be bound by rules above pure self-interest, just as individuals are bound by law within a society. The result was not the end of war, but a significant change in how the world operates:
- Wars of conquest became illegal under international norms
- Human rights became a matter of international concern, not just internal policy
- Diplomacy, arbitration, and treaties became the default tools for resolving disputes
- Even powerful nations became expected to justify their actions legally, not just militarily
In short, international law was created to reduce war, limit cruelty, and create predictability in a world of sovereign states, accepting that perfect peace is unrealistic, but that rules are better than unchecked force.
Recently, Russia disrespected that agreement by attacking Ukraine.
Yesterday, Trump disrespected that agreement by attacking Venezuela.
The U.S. military attack on Venezuela and forcible removal of its president represents a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, which strictly prohibits the use of force against another sovereign state except in self-defense or with Security Council authorization; by acting without legal mandate, the United States has undermined the very rules designed to prevent war and safeguard global peace, setting a dangerous precedent that weakens the post-World War II legal order and emboldens others to flout norms of sovereignty and peaceful dispute resolution.
Using military force against Venezuela without UN authorization violates international law and erodes the rules meant to prevent war; when powerful states act above the law, they weaken global stability and invite a world where force, not law, decides disputes.
How can you act morally superior over Putin now? When China just takes Taiwan, what principles can you still pretend to have, to show your disapproval?
What is the result? Europe will spend trillions in the arms-race to be able to destroy millions of Russian troops like a meat-grinder, if Putin keeps his ambitions. Does that make the world safer?
The world is safer, when international law and human rights are respected by everyone. The world would be safer with the US as the police of the world. But, by acting as a pirate, it forced all other nations to become pirates too. That will result in wars of self-interests, in perpetuity. The only global morality system to prevent it, was just used as toilet paper by Trump.
The EU will now not just have to create a massive war machine to defend ourselves against Russia, but against the US too.
How delusional must y'all be to think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Numbers 31 — King James Version (KJV)
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
30 And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 And sixteen thousand persons)
47 Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
and it scares many men.
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You don't know what you're having for dinner until you arrive for your reservation (which has a $100 nonrefundable deposit).
You eat and drink what you are served and there are no options. It is a 2.5 hour service and costs $175 per person.
We do this once a month and we always sell out the day we announce it. We have never had a customer forfeit their deposit by not showing up.
To everyone.
Oh, you have a restaurant? That's a business that allows you express all your creativity and managing skills, I'm sure. It sounds like a well working format.
I don't consider myself to be nearly as creative as he is. Most things are his vision and I make sure that his vision ends up on plates for a guests.
It's very interesting to see someone with that dedication from up close.
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I never have but it was July when I quit drinking 13 years ago in September when I quit smoking 14 years ago.
When you have a habit that you need to ditch it doesn't matter what time of the year it is but you do have to want to do it and not because somebody is telling you should make a change in your life.
in spring. In winter, the Netherlands often makes Mordor (Tolkien) look like a happy place. That is not all inspiring.
I am also incredibly stubborn, which means I don't accept any external motivation.
All my motivation needs to be internal. Other people can only have some influence,
if they can shape some circumstances to aid me in my motivation.
I once went to a lifestyle coach, with the idea that the person would have some tips and tricks to help me loose some weight, and periodic appointments would help me keep my focus on my goals. It didn't work out that well, in the first 5 minutes of the first contact.
She started out by saying: "Before we even start, I want to you to promise to give me 100% of your commitment in this program. Will you do that?". I thought: "Is she for real?".
I considered what she was saying for a few seconds, and then answered: "I think that I had the wrong idea of coming here. I was hoping you could help me, but you are not getting 100% of my commitment. You would be working with at maximum 5%. I have a life and lots of other priorities. If I had 100% commitment on losing some weight, I wouldn't be talking to you, it would have already been achieved.". She looked at me like I was a green three-headed alien, then answered: "But isn't your health the most important priority in your life?". To which I replied: "Maybe, you are so lucky that your health is the only thing you need to worry about, but most people have lots of other priorities, to achieve their goals in life.". After that, we briefly discussed mutual expectations, but it was clear that
it wasn't going to work.
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Of course the winner of the Powerball has the option of taking 29 equal payments but they never choose that. I suppose that when you get to a certain age 29 equal payments might outlast your life.
If you win$820 million and I suppose about half of that will go to tax which pockets you $410 million. I could get by on that.
What government takes half of it; is it state or federal?
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Actual Federal income Tax Rate: The 24% withholding is an upfront payment. Your final tax is determined by your total taxable income (winnings plus salary, etc.) and your tax bracket, which can be as high as 37%. You may owe more when you file your tax return if your tax bracket is higher than 24%
Also,
Advertised Jackpot (Annuity Value): The large number you see advertised is the total amount the winner would receive over approximately 30 annual payments, which increase each year. This total is larger because it includes the interest earned from the lottery investing the money over those three decades.
Lump Sum (Cash Value): If you choose the "full payout" (lump sum) option, you receive the AVAILABLE CASH PRIZE immediately. This is the amount of money the lottery would have had to invest to fund the 30-year annuity, so it is naturally a much lower amount (often 40% to 50% less than the advertised jackpot) even BEFORE any taxes are considered.
And, last but not least, there wouldn’t be any lottery games if the original voter approval had not been tied to using a portion to fund education or other benefits.
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I have thought about this over the years and I am interested in purchasing GOLD. I want to diversify my portfolio, so to say, and gold might be the answer. I was talking to my friend about the purchase of gold and he said he invested 11k and now his investment is 28k. Woo hoo, cash it in and let's go on vacation! He said that he has to hang onto it for approximately 10 years to reap the full value otherwise the increase is negligible. He said that the "value" of his gold is not in the quantity, it is the quality of what he has purchased. What I understand him to tangibly have in his possession is 2 coins and some 1 ounce gold bullion. Apparently, the coins are where all the projected value is calculated from. In my head, I say BULLSHIT!
Has anyone purchased GOLD, who/where do you buy from and what should someone anticipate receiving in their purchase?
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go this route.
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I can go down to the creek and have some shimmmer in the bottle in a matter of minutes. Been a while since I did it due to my handicap now.
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Remember this post a year ago when I told everyone to buy silver
If I get a wild hair to purchase gold.
Let's just say, 10,000 dollars worth today.
3 years later under harris we go into a serious economic depression.
How does a person use that gold to say buy food?
I remember reading about times in germany being so bad back during the war that a person took a wheel barrow load of money to the bank and someone left the money and stole the wheel barrow.
if you were to sell the gold, and cash is worthless, you would loose money wouldn't you?
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I was spot on
1. Gold bullion, is it like 100% gold or is it a alloy, like some other metal in it (that could be easily extracted, so it may be better for transport & stuff), I know pure gold is soft ?
2. Does bullion only come in 1 size/weight, like a universal thing world wide or do different countries have different size/weights or in general say in a single country 1 size/weight ?
3. You say you have purchased gold, so when ya do, do ya take it to ya car in a shopping trolly, chuck it in the boot (trunk), take it to a secure location or home, or is it stored at the location you purchase it from, so you basically own some of the the stock that is there ?
Nicely done!
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Melt Value: The primary value comes from the silver content, also known as "junk silver" value. As of December 2025, the melt value for a single 1964 half dollar is around $24.06. For 40 coins, the total melt value is approximately $962.40.
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1964 and older coins have 90% silver and 1965-1968 have 70% silver. 69- present are only worth face value, so if you have 40 pre 1964 fifty cent pieces you can get around $950.00 melt value and half that for 65-68 half dollars. All assorted pre1964 coins can be mixed in a one lb bag to receive 950. Dollars
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I brought it home (the turkey not the dog!) and it is in my fridge now and tomorrow it will be turkey stew.
I told my niece that I will take her lunch to work one day next week.
I hope everyone had a great day.
Yesterday was a first for me……Yes, you guessed correctly, I prepared the turkey! I have baked chicken, you know, something the size of what you might purchase fully cooked at the grocery store, HOWEVER THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I PREPARED A TURKEY AND HAM FOR A GROUP OF 18 PEOPLE! The turkey was perfect but unfortunately, I thought the gravy was too salty and there’s no way to fix that!
It was a long day, up at 05:15am, brewed a pot of coffee, combined the stuffing components that were chopped the previous day, stuffed the turkey, turkey in the oven at 06:30am. According to the label, the turkey was only 13.18lbs so it was done roasting at 12:30-ish, pulled out of the oven, allowed to rest, carving began shortly after 1pm and sliced turkey placed in crock pot to be kept warm until 2 o’clock mealtime. Dinner on table at scheduled time and everything was delicious (with exception of the gravy)!
I know that after dinner the cleanup is huge but once they're in your house you have many volunteers and of course many hands make light work.
The gravy would be used for the turkey and/or mashed potatoes so if it is too salty just tell people not to put salt on their turkey or mashed potatoes.
Another thing to do would be to add some wine or water to water it down. If it becomes too thin a little bit of cornstarch and water will thicken it back up.
My Golden rule of spicing anything has always been that you can always add more but you can never take it back.
As an aside, the same rule applies to anger.
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Less mistakes in manufacturing, less accidents in manufacturing ,less workers comp claims, less labor cost for company's.
He is actually just explaining what folks thought when the assembly line started, or when robots first came to car manufacturing, "oh the humans are going to be out of work". No the humans will just have to get better educations to maintain the machines.
I think the threat of AI taking jobs should be a great motivator to our young people to get good educations so they can build the buildings and the power grid and such for AI to function.
I don't see poor people being any more poor or more of them.
This is video is just gloom and doom talk
ok so AI can start a war. It can also fight in ways humans are to slow to think about. Simply hack into energy grids and communications and radar systems and the enemy is down. done.war won.
Personally, I don't think that they will succeed in creating a "god in the box",
but their goal is to make as many working people obsolete as possible.
You are not thinking about what happens to all those people.
If they do manage to create a "god in the box", what confidence do you have
that its creators manage to maintain control over it?
Why would it obey the order to shut down the enemy.
Do you think it would agree with you who the enemy is?
God has no manager, i guess you could say Jesus does as he checks with his dad,
but Ai shouldn't need management once it is finished to a point it can be self reliant.
Have you seen the movie I, Robot (2004), with Will Smith?
Did you see Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023) and its sequel, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)?
Did you learn anything from all the Terminator movies?
Of course, Hollywood movies mostly have good endings. Real life, not so much.
You get spooked when NASA finds an asteroid with 2.3% chance to hit the earth in 7 years, when the data is just in. You were also fearmongering over some clickbait about solar flares. Why are you worried about these things, and not about the tech giants investing trillions into an AI overlord? Why are you not worried about the absolute inescapable disaster of climate change, and politicians completely ignoring it?
I think you have no idea about the ridiculous power consumption of AI.
In my country, they are talking about building an AI-gigafactory for $26.5 billion, which would consume the amount of power comparable with 2.5 million households. One of our biggest wind-farms produces power for 1.5 million households. What a waste of (green) energy. We already have so many problems with the power grid, that new homes are waiting to be connected and some beach clubs have now created their own green energy grid, to be able to exist.
There are now lots of areas in your country, where people pay a much higher electricity price, because, big companies pocket the profits, but outsource a lot of the costs.
When AI data centers move in, utilities must build new infrastructure, and they spread the cost onto the citizens. Data centers often get special electricity deals, and the shortfall is shifted to regular customers.
AI data centers don’t look dirty, but they drive pollution indirectly and locally through the energy, water, and backup systems they require. Fossil-fuel power plants get built or run harder. Diesel backup generators pollute neighborhoods directly.
Many Americans also suffer from the noise. Building codes might restrict a grocery store in a neighborhood, but very noisy data centers are built way too damn near to people's houses.
Trump tried to get a proposal through, to ban state AI regulation for 10 years, in the federal budget bill earlier in 2025. Imagine how people get fucked over, if states cannot in any way limit where, and how many, AI data centers are built. How about state's rights, that your side claims to care about?
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Asteroids can't,
Ai will never have the 1 advantage Humans have over it. The power to Reason.
No i don't want to be Controlled by AI Gods but at the same time I think Ai would do a better job at alot of things eliminating human interaction and necessity of paying them.
If it spreads itself all over the world, in every server and data center, we would never
be able to unplug it, because those utilities have completely taken over everything
we need. It might require a global memory wipe, destroying all data we have accumulated, including the system of money itself.
The AI that they want to build DOES have the power to reason.
That's their whole goal. It wouldn't be a "god in the box" without it.
I also think that AI would do a better job than humanity, but the people who are in control now would NEVER give up their power. Unfortunately, they are also blinded by power enough, to think they can control their creation. And if that fails, they would do anything to regain their power, no matter who they hurt in the process.
Divorce would simply be, Clic,back space,highlight,clic, done.
I watched a couple of the terminator movies but not the others.
You seem to forget i was learning in the field when programming a Apple 2 e was the thing to do.
So I have been in this for a long time. I was warned by a professor to never let tech control us.
AI will be a great asset, but it will only control us if WE LET IT.
Those people are exactly the type of people you shouldn't trust with that power.
There is no "WE", there is only a "THEM". And them are fucked-up in the head.
or even ChatGPT, but I don't like the type that is set on making us live in
a surveillance state or creating "the rapture".
AI trys to make a restoration video, And Screwed it all up!..
So many screw ups in this video,
When it doesn't screw up, it's very hard to tell that AI made it.
Soon, we will be living in a time when you cannot trust anything you see.
Easy to edit with cgi type programming.
Ottawa Hospital was declared Dutch territory so that
princess Marguerite could be completely a Dutch citizen.
This has led to Holland sending thousands of tulips to
Ottawa every year for the tulip festival.
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But I must also say, I am very surprised that the son is still in jail with bail.
I thought they turned people back loose in california once arrested and cycled thru the system
The last thing that it means is being OK with murder.
Being OK with murder, that is only on your political side.
You celebrate it, justify it, or ignore it, except in some very specific cases,
when it involves some cult footsoldier, and when it helps your cult of hate.
8 of the top 10 states with the highest Murder & Manslaughter rates are RED states. California isn't even in that top 10, they are ranked 28th.
It’s how the system works
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As usual, you guys are talking out of your ass
Wow, need to watch it closely. Must be because the victims were liberals that the liberals are going to use the system. Had it been a conservative victim, i doubt they would have even bothered to look for the killer.
why don't you make it concrete?
California is your most successful state, and that is not caused by failures.
They are succeeding because of liberalism, not despite of it.
Approximately 74.35% of felony charges in California result in a conviction.
The National Average is roughly 70%.
In 2024, California reported 1,666 homicides and made 1,305 homicide arrests.
This indicates a clearance rate of roughly 78%, which state analysts describe as significantly better than the national average of 61.4%.
States with the Lowest Murder "Solving" (Clearance) Rates:
- Illinois: Preliminary 2024 data reported a murder clearance rate of 35.5%. While a slight improvement from 33.5% in 2023, it remains one of the lowest in the nation.
- New Mexico: Reports indicate New Mexico has some of the lowest violent crime clearance rates in the country as of 2024/2025. In 2023, the state recorded a homicide rate of 11.5 per 100,000 residents, the highest in the U.S. at that time.
- Georgia and Mississippi: These states were also identified in 2025 analyses as having consistently low violent crime clearance rates relative to other states.
Everything you are saying is 100% based on your indoctrination.
President Trump’s comment on Rob Reiner and wife’s murder:
"A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS."
President Donald J Trump
Did any prominent Democratic politician do that when Charlie Kirk was killed?
And yes anal licker many Democrats made horrible comments about Charlie
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More sarcasm than joke I believe
Trump has been a hateful narcissist asshole all his life.
Otherwise, I completely agree with the statement.
while he said that the first amendment is worth some people being killed.
2) Some Democrats or liberals pointed out that Trump was more concerned
with the construction of his new ballroom, when he was asked about the murder.
3) Some Democrats or liberals pointed out that his widow was not appearing
to be grieving that much, but mostly spending her time grifting off it.
4) Some Democrats or liberals pointed out that Charlie Kirk was not a honest debater,
who needs to be respected for how he engaged with the open marketplace of ideas.
No Democrat or prominent liberal made horrible comments about Charlie's MURDER.
Trump however blamed the victim for getting killed, for hating HIM.
That was not a joke, or a justifiable remark, that was Trump being a sick bastard.
I see no Democrats and liberals declaring war on you over this, like your cult did.
I asked you about which "Democrat or prominent liberal" made horrible comments about Charlie's MURDER, because there are OTHER NORMS for public figures,
than for any random Joe Schmo on the internet. Do you agree?
Pointing out things like point 1 to 4, are NOT horrible comments about a MURDER,
that is pointing out behavior or the morality of the person before the murder or other people after the murder. That is different than celebrating the persons murder or blaming the victim for their murder. You don't have to mourn the loss of a person,
to mourn their murder.
Although, there are norms for that, when it relates to elected representatives,
who are supposed to represent everyone, like THE FUCKING PRESIDENT!!!
It's his job and he's the worst at, of all your presidents, ever.
Yes, people got fired for re-posting one of these 4 points I mentioned.
None of them are violations of free speech. What fucking country allows people
to be fired over exercising their FREE SPEECH?
Are you not thinking "this might be a bit hypocritical", before you say shit like this?
I feel like explaining stealing is wrong, to a toddler.
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"First Time Buying My Wife Tampons"
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No, Nimesh, buying tampons is NOT like buying gasoline!
The men were probably thinking "Thanks for the info, dude."
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“Repeated pics don’t look original or by self”
This wack-job was pissed that no one agreed with his lame referral and voted NO ABUSE. So in a true snowflake manner, he blacklisted each of the voting panel members. What a freakin’ pussy!
You’ve been a member for 4 months and have blacklisted 8 members! Really? And in the same 4 months, 4 members are have blacklisted you. Only one of the members that blacklisted you provided a reason and their reason was; “creep”. Odd that you call yourself Ratecommentinsult and you get upset aka insulted because members don’t agree with you? This site is for adults, you are 30 years old, don’t you think it’s time to grow up?
Allow me to explain something that your momma and daddy should have told you 25 years ago; everyone is not always going to agree with you.
In the case of your referral, 5 people did not agree with your assessment of lunar883. Suck it up buttercup, you were wrong, now take it like an adult.
Think of the two space shuttles that exploded. One was on the way to space and one was on the way home from space. I would rather be on the one going home.
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Of course it won't be 100% effective but damn it's a good idea and you have to rip the Band-Aid off somewhere.
I just wonder how long it will take the kids will find a workaround.
Besides children, the people who really don't like this would be ped0ph1les and perverts.
I’m only stating facts. There is no way to enforce this ban. It’s all for show, and nothing more. It’s the moral equivalent of wishing on a star.
This is the moral equivalent to what they’re doing in Australia: A person is swimming twenty-five yards out in the water, when he suddenly realizes he can’t make it back to shore.
He sees people on the beach and he begins to call to them just as he begins struggling to stay afloat.
The people on shore hear his cries and look out on the water and locate the struggling person.
But, instead of heading out on the water to effect his rescue, they all begin praying that he gets saved. They all pray really, really hard.
And, he slips under the water and drowns.
Here’s what they all say afterward: Well, we did something. At least we tried.
Same thing.
Same Same
They can now claim, with puffed up chests, “Look, everyone! We did something,” even though it’s totally and utterly meaningless!
However, if we accept that this is whistling in the wind, then, as a very smart man, what do you recommend should be done short of shutting down the internet?
In a perfect world, more parents would be more attentive and protective of their children. This is not a perfect world, however. People are flawed.
The ironic part is that government is made up solely of people. As stated above, people are flawed.
Why should we, then, trust government to always do the right thing, if the people in it are just as imperfect as the rest of us?
One thing is for sure: we can always trust the government to make a bad situation worse. Not even religion has had the ability to make the world right, and religion has been around far longer than government. The problem with religion, is the same as the problem with government: there are people involved in it.
A problem exists, and government’s solution, more often than not, is to make feel-good empty gestures for bragging rights, that is, when it's not trampling all over human rights. Doing “something" then becomes justification for spending more of our hard-earned money, just to micro-manage our lives.
The solution is to stop wanting the government to fix our lives and to take responsibility for ourselves. Modern societies have become far too reliant on government to solve their problems. That nonsense must stop, because government, whether through sheer incompetence or maliciousness, will ultimately be the end of human dignity and the death of humanity.
Anarchists want the world to burn. They produce nothing but misery. I want the world to be protected, because I live in it. I merely don’t want the State to tell me how I should live my life, so long as I am harming no one.
It’s not a black and white world. Why do you seem to insist that it is by labeling me an anarchist? Do you actually believe that there are only two sides in this issue: total submission/dependency or total anarchy?
Okay, you are not an anarchist. I didn’t label you. Thanks for that clarification. It was more of a question by me than a statement, but, you are a conservative, right leaning, citizen, right? So, let me ask you, what do you think of the EPA, the WHO, abortion, gun control, conservation laws, and treatment of illegal aliens? Because, in my book, many people want to live their lives in a cocoon where they don’t care about their neighbors. They just, and I quote, “don’t want the State to tell me how I should live my life, so long as I am harming no one.”
And no, I don’t believe “ that there are only two sides in this issue: total submission/dependency or total anarchy?” and I never said that. I notice you project to conclusions that are not what I’ve written (I do that too, sometimes 🤣
Why is it always a worst case scenario?
Government has been usurping the family unit for decades now. Look at the cities with the worst crime statistics. The family units are virtually non-existent in those communities, because government stepped in and told people, “You can’t do this alone. We’re here to help.”
You destroyers just can’t leave things alone.
Those family units that are virtually non-existent are a huge problem. I agree, but, without Big Government, how do you propose we deal with it? And before you say there’s too much red tape and waste of resources (and I agree with that), remember, nothing is perfect but something has to be done. Individual help is needed but it’s nowhere enough. Government help has to be.
Why not a blanket ban for all users.
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