I was out on St Patrick’s day and saw a guy go by in a novelty top hat that looked similar to this:

And I shouted “Holy shit! It’s St Jamiroquai!” to absolutely zero response

Elon’s stupid ass dedication to using cameras and image processing for self driving will ultimately be what leaves Tesla in the dust. A combination of LIDAR, cameras, and other detection tools are way safer than just cameras alone. I’m not a huge Mark Rober fan but he did show that you can beat Tesla’s self driving with Looney Tunes techniques

Remember, when someone asks what would Jesus do? Flip over tables and kick out all the bankers is an option:

and Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

That’s some Kingdom Hearts math right there. The Democratic 7: composed of 2 countries, a collection of 4 nations, 3 countries that are kinda sorta part of that collection, and a union of 27 countries (one of which has a higher GDP than any other member of the group). Oh did I mention one of those nations pretty vocally divorced themselves from someone else in that group?

People don’t know/have forgotten that the Democrats really pushed the moral panic around violent video games and music. Both Joe Liberman (Al Gore’s running mate and promenant senator) and Tipper Gore (wife of Al Gore) were leaders in pushing for music/video game censorship

What is 2000s club night if not an immersive historical re-enactment?

Generally speaking trafficking is bringing something into a place where it is not allowed to be

So in your first example, you are allowed to watch that kid, and both of you are allowed to be in that state and to see a movie, so no, you are not trafficking

Similarly if you are allowed to have that gun in both states then you are not trafficking. Additionally in the US if a case involves crimes across states it’s typically a federal charge and not multiple state ones

People can be trafficked against their will for slavery purposes or by their will as a form of illegal immigration. You can even “traffic” legal goods like cigarettes if you transport them without paying all applicable taxes. It’s a catch-all term for transporting things that a place does not want to let in. Typically the term is only used for bulk transportation, smaller amounts tend to have other more specific crimes

You ever see someone living your dream and think “damn, I wish I was a raccoon?”

That’s super normal. It’s important to remember objects don’t have any importance behind what we assign to them. If you still value that relationship maybe you can find a way to preserve it physically like the other commenters have suggested or it may be time to acknowledge that portion of your life is over and this can be symbolic closure. I have a beautiful handmade quilt from an ex-girlfriend and I haven’t seen her in almost a decade yet I keep it because the meaning behind it at the time is still important to me

An important thing to remember in these situations: “you cannot control your emotions, but you can control your reaction to them and allow that to shape you in the future”

I’ve got the same shit happening. I don’t like audiobooks but there’s a series I like where the third is an audible exclusive. So I have to pay money to Amazon for a service I don’t want if I want to read that book

Personally I pirate my books and if there’s one I particularly like then I’ll go find the author and give them money directly. Most have a substack/patreon/ko.fi and they get more money

(normally)

Doing a lot of heavy lifting there

Pimento cheese and a slice of tomato grilled on buttered sourdough. A southern classic

Recently PLUR1BUS seems alright, one of the characters in the show even argues that things are better

I mean, if history is any guide they’ll either wipe us all out with superior technology, enslave us, or some space disease will kill us all. Regardless, I’d anticipate it going poorly for humanity

I would guess the Batcave uses something proprietary based off of Wayne tech because he’s very paranoid. I’d also imagine it integrates some watch tower tech which is likely mostly from Cyborg

A huge point of I, Robot is that there isn’t some exact instructions you can give robots that will have them always protect humanity. They have an inherent danger in their literalism

Magic: the Gathering

It’s a sport if it was on ESPN!

I’d like to share your optimism but I think we’re going to be hearing about him for the rest of our lives. Reagan has been cold in the ground for 2 decades and I still hear about his bitch ass all the time