It’s on Merriam webster site as a word, what’s your question?

I read it a few times but I realized there was more to get from it cause I sort of sped read through some (dry) parts the first time. This was back in the mid 2000s when there was less relevant information for us in North America at the time. Nowadays it needs to be brought in for any decent curriculum, though I don’t think the fascists would approve that.

Course in the US there’s a lot less demanding of education for reasons like this book, you understand what can lead to our current situation and see how harmful it is. Heaven forbid the common folk understand propaganda like they show. Any truly great society would relish in their citizens being well educated and informed of such things to make better progress going forward.

I’m nearing 50 and found it seems I recall about the same of being a kid as I did 20 years ago, but don’t recall 20 years ago as much as I’d think so now. Though yes long term seems better cemented in memory than day to day lately.

Mean if I forgot the kid stuff I wouldn’t realize it cause no one around that would tell me either so…well I’m used to being wrong too.

Keep expectations low, he’ll probably beat the pettiness within a few weeks. Just describing the current president of the US. If this was the 90s it’d be an SNL skit, in 2026 it’s just just accurate.

Even if he understood (I doubt he does but perhaps) he wouldn’t even care cause NATO doesn’t give him tribute to helping the world keep peace.

Amazing what one person elected(?) can do to the world order.

I sort of thought during his first term the people who elect the country with the world’s most powerful alliance shouldn’t be just by their own country or at least be due to revue by the alliance’s participants. As much as it sucks for sovereignty we are in a different place these days, hell perhaps we weren’t aligned enough before.

Am Canadian so having our neighbor do this crap is horrifying.

Yes I know that goes against a country’s democracy but perhaps times have changed for alliance requirements. The US made themselves dependable and that should with stipulations to be a part of an alliance.

Haha I love the (semi) random experience shares,I keep doing those on here to keep up some engagement and well add something semi relevant. Usually tangential to the main topic.

Though by the description I’d love to try those pastries, never found anything too sweet. Near 50 now,I’ll assume it happens sometimes, once I thought I understood my mom saying it made her back teeth hurt which I’m pretty sure she meant it was too sweet but can’t recall it happening more than twice to me at most.

Grew up north in Canada, hate the cold but everything else about similar Nordic countries seem to be pretty good. Well work from home these days…didn’t have that before.

Heck for a good contribution you get a pardon too. Can even not be white for the right amount. Only people he says one nice thing about are people who’ve fluffed him up. If you’ve said no once to him you’re on his shit list.

Awesome leader there United States, hah he’s a LINO anyways, leader in name only. It’s really president Miller, the guy who got into politics cause he’s too weak to strangle prostitutes.

First Forza game looked so damn good at the time, like almost real for the videos (yes I know but when your peak graphics is really surpassed you think it’s real). Nowadays that never happens cause I’m old and time passes so quickly. I do stop to enjoy the flowers now and then still. Sometimes quite literally in video games to check out how things are progressing I love jungle scenes and they sort of needs tons of plants.

Wait why don’t you want LED? Visual thing or other reasons?

Mean I know I keep buying LEDs for the bathroom for my gf to tell me they’re too bright (waiting on the next set currently only tried a couple) but the time range on an incandescent is so low in comparison.

I’m mostly curious why you prefer something with more power draw for a shorter lifespan. I sort of assume I’m missing a piece, not knocking your preference or purchases and all. Hell if I have all the pieces and that’s fine for you, you do you no ill intentions meant.

That’s part of the problem, the establishment never planned to handle the current situation. No one is cut out for this moment that’s in a position of power, it’s just not something people think can happen so quickly.

They’re basically blitzkrieging the political norms to grasp power all guard rails are destroyed and the courts are just those low wide speed bumps.

They’ve already proven (okay stories but since it’s been a few and they have no leeway to think they’re better) that proper ID doesn’t exempt you. Hell I bet even if their unknown app says you’re good they’ll still bring you in if they want to.

Fuck fascist governments and fuck ICE. They’re a blight on humanity. Sure we can be that bad but everyone else is supposed to reign them in.

UN/NATO needs a fascism rule, countries that display enough fascist traits are treated as such, even if they have the biggest penis…I mean military.

Probably said below but will repeat it, the narcissistic asshole doesn’t realize it’s given to them in that way, cause the presenter is appeasing them.

They’re getting their fluffing and enjoying all the winds or something like that unsure if it’s ever said that way but fits.

Also appeasement never works check Poland WWII, similar to Trump pre ww3 perhaps? Perhaps time will tell.

They want to continue not working in the end. They’re lazy fucking useless. They got lucky with their wealth that’s the end of it maybe a few good investments or a good stock buy but they offer no real investment into our society. They just want to feed off everyone else’s work and that’s no way for society to thrive.

Fuck billionaires and their rich class. Imagine the society without them where we can live off our own futune? If I only, one day.

Today’s society sucks ass, we all ensure the rich survive cause we we let then (okay some have been better for sure)

At some point we have to say no more. The rich are a leech on everyone.

Look at Minneapolis, Trump sent in goons, killed an innocent person blinded another. Is this really the society we want to live in? It’s our society we have numbers let’s fucking act like it at some point.

Can you really let some rich orange douche feel like he has control? The weakest and most thin skinned person alive? Just make fun of him and watch his reaction to being strong.

Cheap computer (I’m Canadian so let’s say these are maple bucks) say $500, what’s a rental $30 a month, so 16ish months before it’s paid off.

I ran a media PC off a $300 computer for years (I can’t recall exactly least 2 maybe 3). If you need more you probably don’t need a cloud one, if you get a cloud one it’s cheaper to buy a cheap computer every 2 years.

It may make a sense to some but I enjoy having my nas backup and separate media PC. Also if Amazon goes down you can’t even access the calculator, least with no Internet there are options at home.

I think that works for everything gestures to marketing.

I saw a comment about the initial report ‘administrations do this all the time for sensitive information… etc’. Except this is one administration who uses flimsy excuses for everything, so I figured I’d take note if this headline came, just for personal knowledge and all that it may be correct. I mostly assumed but they’re so clumsy it’d come out. Within a couple days that’s enough to flood their zone with more bs. I sort of wonder what exactly they don’t care discussed, besides anything at all of their actions they have divine right of course in their minds.

Definitely one of my favourites somehow didn’t read (well listen) till like 8 years ago, wish I made the effort much sooner but grew up mostly without an Internet or friends to tell me I should check it out…then decades happened. Took me a listen or two to really get it but it’s one of those I pick up on some line I didn’t ponder before that says more than first glance.

Rest of the trilogy is great too I’m hoping the 3rd in the peripheral series will be good.

At my age (sorry dunno yours) everything comes quickly but I agree this, and other tech stuff lately, come on fast these days.

Side note reminds me of neuromancer (book) where it’s described as subcultures can come up and disappear quite fast. Oddly relevant to today even if we can’t plug into the net. It’s a single line in the book so don’t think that’s the focus if you haven’t read it, but I do recommend. Though the prose can’t be difficult sometimes cause sometimes almost written poetic.

Have never thought of to see a movie for him but he’s always done great work from what I recall, usually acts quite proficient and such. Plus no real bad quotes or scandals so always thought he was pretty good for that too. Unless I missed something which happens.

Think the only random movie I saw him in was Lost City of Children, but it’s been almost 30 years now so can’t even recall what it was about. Just my roommate at the time enjoyed it so we watched it once or twice. I should watch it again.

Bit late of a reply but you’ll probably lose any ideals your country stood for before you lose your job at that rate. At one point the US stood up to bullies now they let the most thin skinned douche make all the decisions. Congrats.