Let me state it as a parable: If the building was on fire and someone was blocking the fire exit, but I managed to escape by shattering a 2nd floor window, yes, I would be mad at the person blocking the exit.

And more so: This was, very much, a clear and present danger. As we are all experiencing now. None of what is happening now is a surprise. Yet those people still refused to help or lift a finger to prevent it.

Doesn’t matter.

There was a clear and present danger that everyone with two brain cells to rub together was trying to prevent, and these people were actively standing in the way.

I’m a salt mine over this.

I like that expression.

People are dying, poor families with disabled children are losing healthcare, trans people are under federal attack, science and education is being gutted, and on and on

According to the people we’re both salty at, that’s apparently an acceptable price to pay to “teach the Dems a lesson”. (That was one of the most common reasons they’d give last year, and yep, I’m still salty about that too).

But at least they saved Palestine ¯_(ツ)_/¯

We could have done that last November, but some people decided it was better to single-issue abstain / protest vote / spread FUD / otherwise get in the way. Yes, I’m still salty about that.

The cans cost “borrowed them from my dad” dollars each lol.

They definitely weren’t supposed to stack, but the system didn’t prohibit it. I found that out with some earlier $0.20 off per gallon coupons I had. That was the Speedway near my work, and she was still working there months later, so I guess she survived lol.

Exactly what I did :)

Car had a half-full 10 gallon tank. The limit was 25 gallons, so I came prepared with four, 5-gallon gas cans and filled those up.

1 is “Gladiator”

4 is “Black Swan”

9 is “Office Space”

10 is “Harry Potter” (which I’ve actually never seen, but I do recognize Delores Umbridge from other memes)

“Wear a human suit to hide your weird real self”

I just use cleaning vinegar and a sponge (the cleaning style is a little stronger than the food grade), but I think the “vinegar trick” is filling a bowl or cup up with vinegar, microwaving it for about 5 minutes, and letting it stand. Supposedly the vapors coat the inside and make anything stuck-on easy to wipe off.

I’m not active here as I should be, but no. For all the reasons you said, plus politics creeps into everything and I’m sick of hearing about it. It’s nice to have “no politics” as a firm rule to immediately shut those down. All people want to post about is political crap, and I’ve blocked so much as it is.

And Congress authorized a war…when, exactly?

Lol, of course. I need to do a re-watch.

I’ve heard that before but cannot place it. What is that from?

Aside from mentioning the reconciliation process (which I agree could have been included), that’s not even close to actual journalism. It might fly on from one of the talking heads spewing endless opinions shows on cable, but reputable outlets do not “report” that way.

Quality outlets also do not (or should not, anyway) point blame in such a brazen manner. They should report the facts and list some potential effects of those, but they shouldn’t tell you how to feel or sink into the petty bickering of the subject matter.

I’m old-school and grew up before the plague of 24-hour cable news and worked for two different newspapers, so I’m, I guess, a little more sensitive to the sensationalist crap that gets called “news” these days. I guess what I’m saying is that this article passes my “sniff test”.

For best results, it depends on the context.

For example, when I’m dealing with people who cannot (or refuse) to do the simplest of tasks, I’ve found myself muttering “ugh, just read the instructions I wrote you troglodyte”.

Naturally, this is all the Democrats fault for not letting the republicans steamroll them with their anti-American (and frankly, anti-human) policies. Great job, media.

(Emphases about blaming the media mine) Seriously, WTF? What other way could they have reported that? They’re refusing to back the bill without ACA extensions and repealing the cuts to health care programs. As far as reasons go and playing hardball, that’s a pretty good one (or two).

And if NPR didn’t include that info about Democrats refusing to back the R spending bill, then you all would be complaining that “Oh, the Democrats do nothing blah blah whine whine blah both sides”.

As far as “the media” goes, NPR is pretty top-tier. I swear, I am starting to think half the people here just do not understand how journalism works.

I would take any and everything you see in YPTB with the largest grains of salt. Most of the posts there are from frequent flyers apparently unaware and unable to see that they are the problem. The comments to those are from similar frequent flyers. Basically every post there is framed to make OP entirely the victim and often are turned into some kind of conspiracy-laden narrative about the mod(s) involved. Frankly, YPTB and similar communities are beyond redemption, IMO.

I will admit I do not know (nor particularly care to know) the specifics of this case, but some of the communities Jordan mods are targets for some of the worst people in this place, and he’s only human. So don’t crucify me if there’s some egregious offense I’m ignorant of and don’t take this statement as a direct defense of that. I’m merely pointing out that the guy takes a LOT of abuse from some real, uh, how do I put this charitably…“characters”.

Lemmy, of late, has lost many of its more rational voices, so please keep that in mind and exercise caution when asking the inmates what they think about the rules of the asylum.