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@Papa1313131313 @atKenNelson @GlowSurfing Another good one was watching someone pay for things with WIC/food stamps, then carrying the groceries out to their brand-new or nearly new vehicle.

@Papa1313131313 @atKenNelson @GlowSurfing Worked in one for a few months in HS in rural IA, so really no minorities, but still saw some stuff all the same. My favorite was using food stamps to buy food, but then magically having cash/check to buy the cases of beer and cartons of cigs.

My radicalizing moment was taking my son to urgent care and the illegal ahead asking price, told free, and then I have to pay $125 copay. How did I know he was illegal? They discussed it.

@RiddledRobots @Not_the_Bee Rethinking it and there is one *slightly* adult joke, when the main character is cycling through computer-generated voice options. One is of a woman who sounds like she is in ... let's say a state of arousal. But pretty brief; 8YO likely wouldn't even get it.

@RiddledRobots @Not_the_Bee That may be just a bit too young to appreciate some of the more emotionally complex elements of the story. But there's essentially no bad language, no inappropriate sex scenes, no graphic violence, or anything like that, so it's completely appropriate in that sense.

This was a good movie. Not a perfect movie by any means and a little long, but a good story without a bunch of lecturing the audience. Rocky the alien is of course the highlight. Take your kids too, they’ll enjoy it.

@ingelramdecoucy @overtintrospect Best description I saw of him was the guy in a post-apocalyptic movie that is friendly and nice and invites people into his house for respite. Then about five minutes after they're inside, those characters realize that he kills and eats people.

@overtintrospect Dude gives off messed up energy, man. Even beyond what he’s saying, just the way he is is freaky af

I don’t live in Texas so this is just the perspective of an outside observer, but something about James Talarico freaks me out. He had soulless, dead eyes and the way he talks, not the words he says but HOW he talks, gives me the heebie jeebies… like a weird uncanny valley thing

@iowahawkblog They created 1000 more, but only 500 eyebrows.

All you accomplished was to create 1000 more Heads of the Intelligence Division of the Basij Force Esmail Ahmadis

@iowahawkblog "Almost the entire state is laid out in 1-square mile grids divided by roads." And oddly enough, it's one of the things I miss most about living there. Almost impossible to get lost or have to go too far out of your way for a detour.

I give you the near-grid county map of Iowa (1). Almost the entire state is laid out in 1-square mile grids divided by roads. Case in point (2), a two-by-two mile area centered around my boyhood home. Note the divisions; the green square is exactly 160 acres. Easy to divide.

Because the USA is denominated in miles. There are 640 acres in a square mile. 640 can be divided by 2 easily. A square half mile is 160 acres, a square 1/4 mile is 40 acres, a square 1/8 mile is 10 acres. Nobody in America knows what a kilometer is, let alone a hectare

@StinkyJSock @iowahawkblog Funny you should ask ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft_…

@iowahawkblog Always wondered why Kossuth county isn’t two separate counties to give Iowa an even 100 counties.

@ThoreauBklyn @megbasham most commonly lack of capitalization and punctuation like this Also, likely a lot of abbreviations and/or digital slang.

@megbasham I honestly wouldn't even know how to be grammatically incorrect. Do you deliberately misconjugate verbs or something? Like, I know how to speak English. Or is it just horrible spelling?

Last night, after she’d gone to bed, my 16 y/o daughter receives a text from a friend. (We keep electronics in our room at night). I know my daughter isn’t gonna see it for a while and I know the answer to the girl’s dance-class-related question. So I just pick up the phone and answer it really quick as if I’m my daughter and leave it at that. Tonight, I see her giggling over her phone. I ask what’s up. Apparently, the other girl’s mother had just wanted to get an answer to the question really quick, so she picked up HER daughter’s phone and texted mine as if she were her daughter. (basically both of us were too lazy to go through the rigmarole of explaining, “hi, this is Mrs. So-and-so, and here’s why I’m texting you on your friend’s phone…” But the funny part was how the two girls figured this out. Because the first one was so appalled at seeing her mother‘s perfectly punctuated and capitalized sentences, that she felt she needed to come clean that it was her mom lest my daughter think she is that conscientious. And my daughter, likewise, didn’t want her friend to think that SHE uses correct grammar when texting either. So what I learned today is that it is apparently humiliating to be caught correctly formulating sentences via text.

@dank1j @christopherrufo It's Dem logic. They think that if a guy puts on a dress and makeup, he magically becomes a woman. Ergo, just put on the hard hat and high-viz vest, and voila! Qualified constructiony engineer-type project manager person!

@christopherrufo You say she has no experience but she's got the hat and the vest... what more do you need?

Beth Pratt is the left-wing activist in charge of building Gavin Newsom's $114 million cougar and butterfly bridge. She's turned the bridge into a boondoggle, and now blames Trump for blown deadlines and increased costs. Her bio does not note any previous construction experience.

@strudalsmom @Not_the_Bee Thankfully, he's doing us the favor of retiring. Probably because he knew he would get primaried. "You can't fire me; I quit!"

@Not_the_Bee That cowardly Son of a . . . . . 🤬 You need to remember this North Carolina, when it's time to primary that guy.

Republican Thom Tillis failed to show up to vote for the SAVE Act, one of the most important bills in U.S. history notthebee.com/article/republ…

@ITM369832248681 @iowahawkblog Similar to my take: Looks like this is from an Ant-Man movie when a toy gets hit with an errant Pym Particle enlarging disc. But, if I'm recalling correctly, this thing is supposed to be highly customizable, so while this one might not do much for me, could build one that would.

@iowahawkblog Looks like it came off the shelf at Toys “R” Us

NGL, this thing kinda slaps

@ProfessorSenko @603greg @nettermike I'm guessing it's fully remote but also somehow comes with a city-provided vehicle, the salary starts north of $500K with a bonus for hitting targets on the number of seized businesses, and there's a minimum 8 weeks of vacation ... I withdraw my /sarc, posthaste!

@darth_devo @603greg @nettermike You were so close to being appointed Food Czar of Seattle.

Seattle’s socialist Mayor Katie Wilson has officially declared war on grocery chains. She claims she will unilaterally BAN grocery stores from closing down in her city, arguing that food access is a human right that overrides business decisions. She said : "We cannot allow big grocery chains to close stores at will!" The Plan: If a private business tries to leave due to theft, taxes, or safety concerns... the government will step in. Her allies in the state legislature have even introduced a bill (HB-2313) allowing the city to use Eminent Domain to SEIZE grocery store properties and turn them into government-run shops. Mayor Katie Wilson calls it "protecting the community." Critics call it "holding businesses hostage." Thoughts?

@603greg @nettermike What do you mean? Food just comes from the back of the grocery store. I've seen it. When they're running out of something, the workers just go in the back to get more and restock the shelf. (/sarc, just in case you can't tell)

@nettermike Even if she seizes the properties...most of which are probably leased. How does she plan to handle the rest of the supply chain and fulfillment?

@Not_the_Bee She won't grab nearly as many headlines, which is a shame. But I pray God honors her obedience. Good for her. (2/2)

@Not_the_Bee This takes more honesty, integrity, and conviction than most politicians in any party possesses, especially when you have so-called conservatives (*cough*DavidFrench*cough*) saying James Talarico is a model Democrat who claims to be Christian. (1/2)

Michigan rep not seeking reelection because she can't "be a faithful follower of Jesus Christ while remaining a member of the Democratic Party" notthebee.com/tc2e8

@Bobby_LaVallley James Talarico, circa 1861: "Most Confederates, and I'm talking 90–95%, do not believe that a slave is a legal person. Now, the slave is biologically alive. That is certainly true. But being alive and being a person are two different things."

Texas Democrat James Talarico in 2024: "Most Americans, and I'm talking 90-95%, do not believe that an embryo is a legal person. Now, the embryo is biologically alive. That is certainly true. But being alive and being a person are two different things."

Married men, make sure you live a long life. Selah.

@midwestern_ope Before I could drive, I used to ride my bike on the street at the north end of the alley I grew up on. I'd pretend I was Han Solo piloting the Millennium Falcon through the asteroid field in The Empire Strikes Back, with the potholes being the asteroids.

“Why are you so good at Mario Kart?” Because I’m from the Midwest and grew up driving on roads like this:

@Vennyneckveins @InternetH0F The waitress blowing the bubbles in Harry's soda and Sea Bass asking Harry if he still wants the burger is from the unrated version (also shows the loogie landing in the burger, which isn't shown here). Then they trimmed bits and pieces out to make the clip about a minute long.

@InternetH0F This has to be a different take than what's actually in the movie. The dialogue is slightly off and the bubbles thing isn't even in the movie. Source: trust me bro, I've seen this movie hundreds of times.

The only smart move they ever made in dumb and dumber 😂