[with visibly bloodshot eyes] “Nah, man, I disagree with your definition there.”

like I know it’s a science meme but both the stoner and the linguistics guy inside me go “but wait, there’s more…”

that’s when you send the new offer of a whopping $21.37 and add “I’ll even throw in half a jimmy johns sammich if you accept in the next 30 minutes”

God is dead and we killed him

Ah, that’s what that feeling was – here I thought it was seething rage building up inside me, now I know that was simply my affinity for dick leaving my body.

meanwhile, my family: “just don’t be gay for the next 3 and a half years, we don’t need to leave”

… Right, I’m sure they definitely leave office as scheduled and I’m sure with how quickly things are progressing I’ll still be around to see them do so. Yep. Definitely. 👍

Ah, what a marvelous idea, we should look to the present!

[reads the news]

… Hm. I think I may have noticed a problem with this theory.

This is gonna be our white and gold/black and blue dress, huh?

What’s this? A charming French town woefully underpopulated by bees?

A large influx of bees ought to put a stop to that!

a policeman? racist? why, I’m shocked, I tell you, just shocked.

fair enough, goes to show the gaps in my knowledge – but after seeing one guy desperately trying to crawl away with his legs blown off before being blown up by a second drone, I decided that was all the Ukraine footage I needed to see.

I’m not saying you’re wrong, but: has anyone in Ukraine actually tried a shotgun?

I generally try to avoid watching anything that’ll scar my psyche, but, as far as I’m aware soldiers in the field don’t usually carry shotguns, but rifles, in the anticipation of dealing with enemies wearing body armor/at some distance. And hitting a moving drone with a rifle, yes absolutely that’d be a bitch – one projectile is not enough, especially for an erratic moving target.

Police (and I’m assuming ICE as well), generally dealing with people not equipped with body armor, tend to keep shotguns handy for a multitude of reasons (breaching doors, not overpenetrating through walls, etc), and skeet shooting is already a thing (though admittedly it would still be harder if the drone was moving erratically).

All this is to say: I don’t know anything for a fact, because I’ve tried to avoid watching anything that’ll scar me, but has anyone in Ukraine on either side had access to a shotgun or two before getting turned into gibs? because I can absolutely believe that soldiers with rifles would fail to shoot a drone, but I wouldn’t be so quick to discount a couple people with shotguns unless that’s already a solution the Russians tried before the cope cages. Especially in the context of just filming them, your drone probably isn’t moving very fast or flying very high if you’re trying to get a good shot.

That sounds like a fine way to have your (presumably expensive) drone carrying your (presumably also expensive) camera hit with buckshot.

I’m not saying don’t try anyways. But there’s a good chance the gestapo just starts blastin’.

2, 8, [1/6], [3/4/7], 5

apparently, yes, human meat tastes like pork to the point that it is nicknamed “long pig”.

Don’t forget walks.

That dog doesn’t “get taken” for a walk, it’ll take you for a walk. Or a drag.

ah, so now instead of China spying on TikTok users, it will be Russia spying on TikTok users.

but are those cheese bags endorsed by a dashing celebrity chef?

a paywall I am sure will be exactly as effective as google’s attempts at ad-blocking on YouTube, for exactly the same reason: a dedicated group of pissed off nerds who spend their time getting around it as a service to everyone. Bypass Paywalls Clean is already a thing.

uBlock Origin probably just needs its filter lists updated, you can update them by opening the extension, hitting the gears icon, clicking on the “filter lists” tab at the top and selecting update next to any that are outdated.

Personally, I use the nuclear option because fuck google – I have AdNauseam (which includes uBlock Origin), SponsorBlock, PopUpOFF, DeArrow, Return Youtube Dislike, and CanvasBlocker.