Yes, and we get to hear about it and complain about it and decide if that private company deserves to die as a result.
Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences. That means Meta can kick people off their platform for saying things they don’t like, and it also means that we can collectively decide Meta should cease to exist.
[checking my notes to see what happened to the last guy we put in charge of Iran]
Yeah, honestly, I wasn’t really trying to establish a cause and effect. More that the out-of-control wealth disparity appears to have enabled a large number of vile, evil scum to rise up the top.
No the only thing that stands between me and child molestation is my morality, but that also stands between me and money and power.
Make it a fee based on vehicle mass and miles driven, have it apply to all vehicles and eliminate the gas tax.
My dad was notoriously cheap when it came to hiring contractors. Many, many years ago, when he built a building for his office, the results were ridiculous. Everything worked, but it was clear no one knew what they were doing.
The plumbing for the sinks in the bathroom was roughed in with the hot water on the right, and the cold water on the left, and then the pipes crossed each other under the sink to align with the correct valves.
When you stood at one end of the hallway, and looked to the other end, you could see that the walls, although parallel, twisted from one end to the other about 30 degrees.
I tend to go with the more expensive contractors, and I usually get screwed.
Part of my problem is people in the US don’t know how to work on old houses. We just redid our powder room. When I insisted on plaster instead of drywall, my contractor had to find an older guy who still knew how to do it.
The plasterer did a great job, but then the painters screwed up. The plaster wasn’t ready, they used the wrong paint, and after it dried the paint just fell off the walls.
Our contractor had to find a painter who knew how to work with plaster. Once he did, it was fine.
I’m not entirely happy with how they did the tile work. They did a sloppy, lazy job, which is probably what they’re used to doing. However, that wasn’t bad enough to keep fighting over.
Still, it looks nice:
My house is a ~130-year-old brick Victorian that was picked up and moved about 40 years ago. There’s no sense even suggesting any part of it should be square. However, the closet I mentioned was very obviously always that way.
With all it’s gone through, nearly all the repairs we’ve needed have been related to modern changes. The only failure we’ve had from the original structure was when the wooden dowels that a radiator was hanging from finally gave out after a hundred years and dropped the radiator on the kitchen floor.
The DIY’ers who owned my house before me were very confident in their ability and proud of their accomplishments*.
They shouldn’t have been. Inside corner trim cut at a 45° with the gap filled with wood filler. Chair rail molding installed in the dining room with up to a quarter inch gap between the molding and the wall.
Of course, I’ve had hardly any better luck hiring professionals. It seems like no one has any logic anymore.
To a certain degree, some screwups add to the character of the house. A closet door frame noticeably out of square becomes quaint when the finish carpenters match the odd angles perfectly when cutting the trim.
* Neighbors who live next door told us about the previous owners bragging about the work they did.
as if anyone with such power would practice child molestation.
It’s starting to seem that way to me.
39+ years here. I think after another 21 years, I can be sure.
You need house centipedes. Those murderous guys will eat everything else that tries to move in.
She’s a mutt. No big deal, most of us are.
It’s what we’re supposed to be. Blending, swapping traits, improving the species through diversity.
There’s no need to label the “type” of human she is.
I’ve served on two juries.
The first was for a traffic accident. The parties involved had already decided on the amount of money that was involved, we just had to decide the percentage of fault of each party.
The second was a criminal case in which two people broke into a restaurant and held employees prisoner to rob the restaurant. They were convicted.
I’ve been summoned twice since. The first time I went in and was excused. The second time I was told I didn’t have to appear the night before.
Here in my county you have to fill out and submit a questionnaire. One of the questions is whether you can give a police officers testimony the same weight as any other person.
My response recently has been that I would believe a police officer less than any other person. My reasoning being that anyone who has been paying attention to current events and doesn’t believe that all cops lie would be too stupid to serve on a jury.
I don’t mind serving on a jury, but it’s looking like answering the questions honestly means I won’t be selected again.
[slaps shoe]
“That ain’t goin’ nowhere!”
The worst often are born with it.
If you want solutions that don’t involve digging up the outside, sealing the wall, and adding proper drainage to direct the water away, you’ll probably need to say more about how the wall is constructed and what sort of drainage currently exists.
Do you have a sump pump? What is the wall constructed of (concrete, cinder block, stone, brick, etc)? Is the basement finished?
Most of the time, you can say things like, “I’ve never done this before”, and the people you’re interacting with will tell you what to do.
So, at the doctor’s office, just ask the receptionist what they need you to do. If you have questions, ask.
The trick is to not care about not knowing something. Everyone is born knowing nothing. Everything has to be learned. Ignorance is only a flaw if it’s a choice.
Much like this administration is packed with shit people.
It’s not like they have to try all that hard.
Consider also that some US Christian Nationalists are descended from people who left Britain for freedom from the national religion.
Europe dumped all their assholes and prudes in North America, and then they’re surprised that it turns to shit.