That’s my guess as well. Still, it scared the bejezus out of us at the time.
The one about cows is no joke. Hitting a cow in a sedan at highway speeds is more or less the same as hitting a brick wall.
Edit: actually, given the choice, take the brick wall, because at least a simple masonry wall will crush and crumble and absorb some of the impact. The cow will just gain a sudden increase in its net velocity at your expense.
Korean proxy war is the loss.jpg of modern conflicts cmv.
Who said anything about getting wrinkles out?
Hey, thanks for the advice. If I have some free time and spare gumption, I’ll definitely give it a go. If that happens, I’ll let you know what comes of it.
Not op, I got a free Ender 3 from a frustrated co-worker, and am now the frustrated co-worker. I’ve tried getting a new glass print surface, tried using glue sticks, tried changing print temps and speeds, tried levelling and re-levelling and re-levelling the bed, but I just can’t get the print to stick for love or money. It’s now been re-homed to the garage, as a parking obstacle for my bicycle.
It was. There’s at least some evidence that the Inca invented the wheel independently, but its application was largely limited to children’s toys IIRC.
Tbf, the Europeans have some pretty fucked cryptid lore, it’s just that they’re more chaotic neutral and less chaotic vengeance than the American variety. My favorite american cryptid is an old one you don’t hear much of anymore, and was born from Pacific NorthWest loggers: the Hide Behind. Basically, this mf stalks your shit and will always duck behind a tree when you turn to look at it; it’s fast enough to never be seen clearly, but you can just catch glimpses of it if you’re fast/lucky. Eventually, it catches and eats unwitting loggers who let it sneak up on them.
Edit: I also like the deer stories. One of my all time favs was a free text about a deer stumbling up the street very clearly saying “BEEP BEEP BEEP” like a car being unlocked, followed by “Honey, I’m home!” over and over. That was the whole story, just a weird fucking deer stumbling up the street and talking to itself. 10/10 would gladly read again.
The thing that really kills me is that each of these donations is basically a raise that was denied, a health policy that was worsened, a law that was hollowed out. These are dollars made of the bones and cartilage that have been looted from our society. Democracy ™ brought to you by Acererak.
Paramedic here, this is still half of how it’s done for choking in small children and babies. Five back blows, flip, five chest thrusts.
Beautiful plant! Thanks for sharing!
I remember that the big remedy that free market evangelists propose to replace regulation is lawsuits. So people take them up on that, and suddenly it’s “NO, NOT LIKE THAT”. Go figure, who could’ve seen that coming, etc.
Thanks, I’ll check these out later
Those tech bros are up to something
That’s interesting, can you share any evidence for that?
No problem. Can I ask why you’re interested?
I find that to be a pretty surprising take, given the theme of righteous poverty that runs through the gospel. Do you have any more evidence for that claim?
It was more than any one thing. There were a few big factors, though. One was that I spent a few years away from the US where I developed my very personal relationship with the gospel; when I came back to the US, it was very apparent to me that whatever churches were focused on in the US, it wasn’t the message of the gospel. Another was working as a paramedic for over a decade; something about confronting the multitude of human suffering and mortality that’s out there, just beneath the paint, led me to re-examine very fundamental beliefs for Christianity. I ended up recognizing that I no longer believed those things, and, in time, came to Buddhism. The last major factor was the community; it certainly feels as though Evangelical Christian Fascism has permeated nearly every church. As one example among many, I decided to give some churches a chance for a lark around the time that the SCOTUS made gay marriage legal, and one church that seemed to be pretty progressive opened with this really emotional video set to some Beatles music about civil rights, only to reveal at the end that it was about Christians and how Christians are being oppressed by gay people being allowed to marry, and followed that up by getting on stage and pleading with Jesus to end the world. For me, the will to leverage the government to force your religious convictions on others is both heretical and disgusting. But a lot of evangelicals will insist that their faith calls them to harass and oppress people (not in those terms ofc), and people who don’t share those views aren’t real Christians. I came to the conclusion that there was no place for my faith in a church like that.
Anyone who’s actually sat down and drank deeply from the New Testament (Paul can get rekt, all my homies know Paul co-opted Jesus’ message) knows that love, acceptance, and tolerance (except for the money changers) was how Jesus rolled. And he didn’t go around telling people how cool he was and asking for cash and political power; he rolled up and helped people, challenged social, religious, and legal power structures, and on multiple occasions told the people he helped to keep quiet about it. As a former Christian who was deeply fond of the gospel, there is nothing that I see in the American evangelicals movement that I would categorize as Christian in the sense of being Christ-like. It’s got all the flashy trappings, all the 100 foot tall steel girder crucifixes and fancy pastors, huge campuses and ad campaigns that cost vast amounts of money, and so on, but there’s no more of the spirit (not in a paranormal sense) of the gospel in those places than there is in a Wal-Mart super center parking lot.
The people going to Evangelical services don’t feel that way about them, but having been in those places while I was Christian, it is my belief that what they’re doing and following is really something else. And I don’t mean that it’s low-key devil worship or anything weird like that, I mean it’s McChristianity. Fast faith for people who like their thoughts pre-chewed and neutered of all danger.
Plausibly, but unlikely. Criminals aren’t always the sharpest tools in the shed, but not many of them are going to go to the cops and tell them about how the mean old neighbor got them with a BB gun while they were trying to steal a catalytic converter.
I’d honestly be a lot more worried about the thief directly retaliating.