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Dagwood222 ,

So, essentially, nuclear power is like airships, except with worse disasters?

Dagwood222 ,

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

Dagwood222 ,

So we agree, airships and nukes are both outmoded, old tech.

also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster_casualties

Dagwood222 ,

thanks

Dagwood222 ,

Probably the crooks just grabbed up everything they could. That means the stuff people have been keeping around that they never had time to repair.

Dagwood222 ,

I'll add 'Connections' an old BBC series covering the history of technology. The creator shows how one change in one place can affect the world. For instance, Napoleon's armies needed to be fed on the march and eventually we got modern food processing.

Dagwood222 ,

"Space opera" has been a term in science fiction since at least the 1940s. Flash Gordon, John Carter, and Buck Rogers all fought Emperors.

Dagwood222 ,

I think I made it through one Burroughs book [ a WW2 era Tarzan]

If you want a great heroic fantasy, try Robert Heinlein's "Glory Road." He gives you a great adventure, and casually kicks all the tropes in the knee.

Dagwood222 ,

Old joke, but on topic.

A professor asks a class if anyone there would be a sex worker if they were paid $1 billion for a year. Everyone raises their hand.

He then asks if anyone in the class would do sex work for one night if the pay was $5.00?

Class is all irate. "What kind of people do you think we are?"

"I know what kind of people you are. Now we're discussing the prices."

Dagwood222 ,

A woman I know went to Vassar College. According to her, the original version was a Harvard professor talking to an all female class.

Wouldn't be surprised if Julius Cesar heard it from Seneca.

The current job market is beyond fucked.

Most job responses I get is they're not hiring anymore due to restructuring. Aka they just go for pure profit increase while overworking the understaffed employees. No more remote interviews either. Tons of requests to do one sided video interviews. And the pays appear lower than they were during the main pandemic, even though...

Dagwood222 ,

Apply for civil service jobs.

It may take a while to get hired, but it's so much less drama than private industry.

Dagwood222 ,

The library in my area has a job seekers center. They have lists of all civil service jobs. Apply to everything you can.

Dagwood222 , (edited )

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

edit =sorry about the mix up

Dagwood222 ,

Silly me.

Dagwood222 ,

Thanks for adding those links.

It's annoying how many people are ignorant of the history of the Left.

Dagwood222 ,

Used to work as a moving man. We'd complain about architects all the time.

Dagwood222 ,

You beat me to it.

All Hail The Monarch!!

Dagwood222 ,

https://youtu.be/maxVQQhngUM

Go Brock or Go Home!

Dagwood222 ,

A. N. Roquelaure. has entered the chat....

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

Dagwood222 ,

Read Neal Stephenson's "The Diamond Age."

Book has a lot of idea, but one of them ios that the old nations have broken down and people become part of clans, some small and some nation sized.

Dagwood222 ,

"Go pick up a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen."

"Here are the 12 loves of bread you wanted."

Dagwood222 ,

Never forget that Rudy built his reputation as a tough Mayor by arresting homeless people and bullying Civil Servants who couldn't fight back.

Watching his self inflicted injuries fester is a pleasure.

Dagwood222 ,

iirc my history correctly, a lot of Orthodox Jews thought that establishing a Jewish homeland was a bad thing because only The Almighty could return the Chosen People to the Holy Land.

Dagwood222 ,

Socialization is a slow process. Many people who have good families and rich environments still have problems learning how to have face to face conversations. Look how many people on this site talk about not wanting to have a conversation over the phone or talk to a stranger in a shop.

Dagwood222 ,

the answer is practice,

There are only so many hours in the day. If a child spends eight hours a day glued to the phone, they aren't going to learn social skills.

Dagwood222 ,

Socialization is a slow process. Many people who have good families and rich environments still have problems learning how to have face to face conversations. Look how many people on this site talk about not wanting to have a conversation over the phone or talk to a stranger in a shop.

That's my original comment. Never said anything about banning the internet.

Dagwood222 ,

Just for my own reference; which part do you read as 'banning the internet'?

Dagwood222 ,

Your use of the word 'obtuse' fascinates me.

Dagwood222 ,

You miss one day of the internet and nothing makes sense.

Can someone explain the joke, please?

Thanks.

Dagwood222 ,

So many memes...

Dagwood222 ,

That was a thing when I was in 4th or 5th Grade.

A few people would be in on it. The victim comes over and the instigator tells a stupid pointless joke, and everyone laughs. The outsider either laughs along and is mocked for being a brownnoser, or they look confused and are mocked for not getting the joke.

Dagwood222 ,

It's 2024 and there isn't much that isn't cringe

Dagwood222 ,

Alvin Toffler's books 'The Third Wave' and 'Future Shock' should get a mention. Back in the 1970s the writer and his wife figured out that the coming transition from Industrial to Digital Ages would be a bigger change then the move from hunter/gatherer to farming. 'The Third Wave' refers to the change itself and 'Future Shock' is the reaction; many people are unwilling/unable to adapt to a world where all their old ideas/skills are useless.

Dagwood222 ,

Old joke, but true.

If it was around before you were born, it's natural and part of God's design for the world.

If it came around before you turned 10, it's new and exciting.

Before age 30, it's an interesting innovation.

After age 30, and it's a silly gimmick for idiots.

After 50 and it's the Devil's work and sure to cause the downfall of humanity.

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    Dagwood222 ,

    GOP is losing its collective mind because Biden spoke of The Disease That Dare Not Speak Its Name!

    Dagwood222 ,

    The Disease That Dare Not Speak Its Name!

    There's a documentary that runs on PBS every Pride Month, 'Before Stonewall.'

    Back in the day, homosexualism* was called 'the love that dare not speak its name.' I decided to do an update.

    *Another term from that film.

    Dagwood222 ,

    Take a minute and rethink this comment.

    Dagwood222 ,

    I mean, we all saw how well one of them held up to a tidal wave

    Where did the original comment say that they were related?

    You made something up.

    If you feel like it's relevant I guess that's your choice.

    Dagwood222 ,

    I mean, we all saw how well one of them held up to a tidal wave

    Nowhere in the first comment did the poster claim that tidal waves and thunderstorms are related.

    Maybe you came in after CrimeDad made their comment.

    I can understand the confusion.

    Dagwood222 ,

    Nixon used a 'Southern strategy' to get in in 1968.

    https://youtu.be/X_8E3ENrKrQ

    I like to say that Nixon fed the base beer, Reagan made it grain alcohol punch, Bush Jr. pulled out the moonshine, and Trump gave them meth.

    Dagwood222 ,

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-state-representative-in-florida-calls-for-the-death-of-all-palestinians-during-a-call-for-ceasefire/ar-AA1jG00Z

    Dagwood222 ,

    The worst thing I could wish for you as a person, is that this comment follows you around for the rest of your life.

    Dagwood222 ,

    In your mind, MLK was okay with the right kind of genocide?

    Dagwood222 ,

    Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by author Adrian Tchaikovsky. Similar idea; in the far future, an exhausted Earth sends out a fleet to try and terraform exoplanets. Problems arise...

    Tools for collecting traffic data on my street?

    I'm working with my neighbors to petition the city to add traffic calming measures (e.g. speed bumps, one way roads) to my street. I'm also hoping to turn it into a bit of a research project. Does anyone know of any tools to monitor or even automate data collection of the speeds of cars, number of cars going by, how many...

    Dagwood222 ,

    I know there are better options. I’m not saying to add speed bumps

    So we agree. Speed bumps aren't the best option. That's all I'm saying.

    Dagwood222 ,

    Ever seen one of those speed monitors that tells drivers exactly how fast they are going? Those seem to work well.

    Dagwood222 ,

    I haven't seen those in my area.

    Dagwood222 ,

    I live in a city and they seem to work there. Also, they can be equipped with cameras to take pictures of offenders.

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