EvilK @EvilK@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo @pj @mike805 @lmrocha when I attended the course recommended for concealed carry (not required - constitutional carry) they pointed out in very clear terms the job of the police is not primarily to defend you. It is to execute the law which generally means arresting people suspected of a crime. That means the crime already happened by the time the cops show up.

“We are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different.”

This comes from an interview with Kurt Vonnegut. I’ve loved it for 20 years and you might too.

“I work at home, and if I wanted to, I could have a computer right by my bed, and I’d never have to leave it. But I use a typewriter, and afterward I mark up the pages with a pencil. Then I call up this woman named Carol out in Woodstock and say, “Are you still doing typing?” Sure she is, and her husband is trying to track bluebirds out there and not having much luck, and so we chitchat back and forth, and I say, “Okay, I’ll send you the pages.”

Then I go down the steps and my wife calls, “Where are you going?” “Well,” I say, “I’m going to buy an envelope.” And she says, “You’re not a poor man. Why don’t you buy a thousand envelopes? They’ll deliver them, and you can put them in the closet.” And I say, “Hush.”

So I go to this newsstand across the street where they sell magazines and lottery tickets and stationery. I have to get in line because there are people buying candy and all that sort of thing, and I talk to them. The woman behind the counter has a jewel between her eyes, and when it’s my turn, I ask her if there have been any big winners lately.

I get my envelope and seal it up and go to the postal convenience center down the block at the corner of Forty-seventh Street and Second Avenue, where I’m secretly in love with the woman behind the counter. I keep absolutely poker-faced; I never let her know how I feel about her. One time I had my pocket picked in there and got to meet a cop and tell him about it.

Anyway, I address the envelope to Carol in Woodstock. I stamp the envelope and mail it in a mailbox in front of the post office, and I go home.

And I’ve had a hell of a good time. I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different.”

https://richardswsmith.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/we-are-here-on-earth-to-fart-around-and-dont-let-anybody-tell-you-any-different/

Seems pretty clear to me, want to place limits on it, get support for a new amendment.

#2A

@freemo right on. And before someone posts the "well regulated militia" argument, the militia at that time was the able-bodied male population. The 2a is definitely about the general public being armed and trained to repel either invasion or tyranny.

If the Federal government wanted to take the 2a seriously, they should be expanding the Civilian Marksmanship Program and offering free rifle lessons in high school.

Has anyone taken a moment to remind you of the simple fact of just how amazing you are? How nice it is to have you around?

It's true and I fear you're not told often enough.

#MakeKindnessNormal

Tech industry, please hire more writers. I can happily read docs for 3h and get much more out of them than watching a video for 3h. And while I'm watching the video, I'm making copious notes so that I don't have to watch the video *again* later to refresh my memory. If it was written down in the first place with good indexing I wouldn't have to do that. Video is such a crap way to document things.

The only compliments to the chef I pay is a clean licked plate.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but the reward for going above and beyond your job description is just more work for the same pay.

I kind of miss when I had to defrag the computer and I could just watch the little animation of how it was all getting less fragmented and pretend that my life was also coming together like that.

This is a good thread about ChatGPT, AI, and how one should not blindingly believe their results.

Happy Ramadan to my Muslim friends 🌙

Happy Passover to my Jewish friends ✡️

Happy Easter to my Christian friends 🐣

Happy Vaisakhi to my Sikh friends ❤️

Happy Hanuman Jayanti to my Hindu friends 🌝

Happy Mahavir Jayanti to my Jain friends ☮️

Happy Days to my secular friends 😊

Much love to my friends of all of all faiths and no faith. Pass it on!

Getting my children to call me is an exercise in futility until today, when my son unintentionally Zelle'd me 180 bucks. I've seen less urgency for an accidental sliced off finger.

This day in history. 1968. Simon and Garfunkel released Mrs Robinson which was originally a salute to a booming industry.

One word. Plastics.

Me: Yes! Early night! So tired.

Body: It's too quiet. Here are some weird pains that could be a heart attack.

Me: Stop. That's not a heart attack.

B: How about a dump of adrenaline for no reason.

Me: Seriously.

B: Mmm, anxiety...

Me: I hate you.

For Passover in Wakanda, T’Challa changes his name to T’Matzo. Thank you.

Don’t look for a needle in a haystack. Just buy another needle. Maybe buy two, in case you lose one in that haystack again, you weirdo.

"Hey, can you switch instances? Your admin favorited a joke that I didn't appreciate once. Might need to block you otherwise. Oh, and that crowdfunding platform you use? Back in 2006 they let an organization I don't personally align with use their platform. You should abandon that. Also, -"

Shhhh. Let people enjoy things. I am all for being socially conscious but we can't boycott everything. We are so tired. Please go outside.