Greg Slominski

@ThrillaRilla369 Nothing else

What’s the best side for a steak dinner? No potatoes please 🥩🥔

@otokyo__ Well, when my wife says "I love you", I say "I love you back". Seems like "I hate you back" would work the same.

@Oldtimers365 How about 100+. Made in Germany late 1890s. My Mom and Dad had it for 55 years. No idea how it made the trans Atlantic journey and ended up in Nebraska though.

@Hunter_Eagleman Number 4, 1995. I still have the same phone number today

LOL…. I’m almost and I stress almost embarrassed to say… #4! 😎

@simonmaechling Hi. Fellow chemist, retired but still love the science part of life

I’m not a bot. I’m a chemist. I’m a human with a PhD in Chemistry, trying to talk about science. My goal is simple, make people smarter, not angrier. Science, explained clearly. I swear this place is full of bots. If you are a human too, drop a “Hi” so I can get to know you.

@_The_Prophet__ Wife and I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Raised our 3 kids in the 2000/2010s. Your post is very spot on.

⚡️The deeper signal is youth risk did not disappear. It migrated inward. Teen drinking fell because the old physical world of adolescence got dismantled. Alcohol belonged to a social ecosystem: unsupervised time, cars, parties, local jobs, malls, basements, boredom, flirting, older siblings, house gatherings, and the chaotic peer world where teenagers learned who they were by colliding with other people in real space. That ecosystem was replaced by phones, surveillance, parental tracking, algorithmic entertainment, social anxiety, online status games, and a much thinner physical commons. So the surface looks healthier. Fewer kids drinking. Fewer kids using weed. Fewer kids doing reckless things in public. The hidden layer looks worse. The young are less reckless because they are less socially embodied. Less initiation. Less unsupervised friction. Less courage-building. Less embarrassment and recovery. Less real dating. Less independence. Less contact with the physical world before adulthood demands it. The old teenage world produced damage, stupidity, alcohol abuse, pregnancy risk, fights, accidents, and bad decisions. No need to romanticize it. But it also produced social reps. It forced young people through discomfort. It made them practice attraction, rejection, conflict, reputation, risk, repair, and status in the open. The new world suppresses visible risk while increasing invisible fragility. That is the trade. A teenager can avoid drinking, avoid parties, avoid sex, avoid driving, avoid real confrontation, avoid rejection, avoid shame, avoid danger, and still arrive at 23 emotionally underbuilt. Cleaner behavior does not automatically mean stronger formation. This is why the marriage chart and the teen drinking chart are the same story at different stages. People are not suddenly failing to pair in adulthood. The whole pathway into embodied adulthood has been slowing for years before marriage even becomes the question. The real truth: society solved part of the teen vice problem by shrinking the arena where teenagers become adults. It took away the dangerous commons and replaced it with controlled isolation. The result is safer kids with weaker initiation into real life.

@james_xond *Buy

@james_xond But as much gold as I could.

If you woke up tomorrow in 1995 with your current knowledge, what’s the first thing you’d do?

@RyanAFournier I've lived in agricultural communities my entire life and I own several off-road diesel machines. I've never heard of a farmer changing to undyed fuel to go on a highway. No such thing.

🚨 In 1994, the federal government created a program that penalizes anyone caught using tax-exempt "red diesel" on public roads. The IRS enforces it with a minimum $1,000 fine and no exceptions. The problem is farmers use red diesel in their equipment every day. But the second they drive down a public road between fields, they're required to switch to taxed highway diesel at an extra 24 CENTS per gallon or face federal penalties. @SenTomCotton just asked Treasury Secretary Bessent to temporarily waive this penalty while global energy markets are disrupted. Immediate relief for Arkansan family farms at virtually no cost to the government. This would be a huge win for Arkansan farmers!

@HandeeManny @jonbrooks Ditto. Lots of friends borrow tools frequently because they know I have most any tool from some job I did in the past. Betting you are the same.

@jonbrooks I've always repaired everything myself since I was a teenager! I have a massive shop full of tools that paid themselves with the money I saved from fixing my own car and appliances and did my own renovations!

Everyone keeps saying “go into the trades.” I get it — but here’s my real experience: Called a local company to fix an icemaker on a 2007 fridge that still runs great. Tech shows up. Takes a picture. Can’t fix it. Charges $99 just for showing up. Then quotes me $1,300 to replace the icemaker. So I do what everyone can do now: I ChatGPT the model number. In 2 seconds: • Exact replacement part • Direct phone number • Cost: $300 Installation? 2 screws. 10 minutes. I’ll do it myself. Same thing happened with my pool heater: Repair guy quoted $2,000. I bought the part directly and fixed it myself for under $200. The problem isn’t the trades. It’s that information asymmetry is gone — and some businesses haven’t realized it yet.

@jonbrooks I agree 💯. I have done most all home repairs myself in my adult life. Last 10 years or so it has become incredibly easy. You Tube and Amazon - most of my household repairs are done in 2-3 days at very low cost.

@david_john68 @pr0ud_americans 💯

@pr0ud_americans I might be overly polite, but I wipe any visible crumbs off the table when I’m done, then take the tray to the trash. I think that’s as much a sign of self-respect as it is being considerate, to be honest. People who leave the table a mess are inconsiderate pigs

McDonald’s tray etiquette, what’s the actual rule? Saw a situation the other day where a group finished eating, left their trays on the table, and headed out. An older customer stopped them and called them “disrespectful” for not cleaning up after themselves. It escalated quickly. I’ve noticed people usually clean up after themselves pretty well, and then McDonald’s staff wipes down the tables. So it surprised me when this turned into a confrontation. Is there an unspoken standard now where customers are expected to fully bus their own tables? Or is it still expected that McDonald’s cleans up after customers? Curious what everyone thinks, do you usually clean your own tray at McDonald’s or just leave it?

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@lydiaonxx If you can't be pedantic in anatomy class, where can you?

At a medical school, a professor looked at a student and asked, 
"How many kidneys do we have?" "Four!" the student answered. "Four?" the professor replied, sounding proud and ready to embarrass the student. He was one of those teachers who enjoyed pointing out others' mistakes. Turning to his assistant, the professor said, "Bring some grass, because there’s a donkey in the room." "And a coffee for me!" the student quickly added, speaking to the assistant. The professor got very angry and threw the student out of the classroom. But that student was actually the well-known humorist Aparicio Torelly Aporelly (1895–1971), also called the 'Baron of Itararé.' As he left the room, the student boldly corrected the angry professor:
 "You asked me how many kidneys WE have. We have four kidneys, two are mine and two are yours. The word ‘we’ means more than one person. Enjoy my coffee… and the grass is for you."

@KurtSupeCPA Sound advice Kurk. My mom passed in 2016 and my dad lived alone in the 4000 ft2 house he bought in 1973 to raise 7 kids. The house and property brought family and friends together continuously to keep it going and help out Dad. House sold from his estate for 15x it's basis.

He called me after Thanksgiving. Said the kids had sat them down and told them it was time to sell the house and downsize. Easier to manage. Safer. He was 74. She was 71. They had lived there for 38 years. He said we are not ready but we do not want to be a burden. Before we talked about any of that I asked him one question. Do you know what your basis is in the house. Long pause. They had bought it for $110,000 in 1986. Put on an addition in 1994. Replaced the roof twice. Finished the basement. Redid the kitchen. He had no records of any of it. Their house was worth $780,000. The married exclusion covers $500,000 in gain. Which means $170,000 was potentially taxable. At capital gains rates that is a real number. A number that proper recordkeeping and planning could have reduced significantly. Then we talked about the move itself. I told him what the research actually shows. Older adults who feel pressured into leaving a home they are not ready to leave have significantly worse outcomes than those who make the decision on their own terms. The kids thought they were helping. They were solving a problem that had not fully arrived yet. Sometimes simplifying makes sense. Sometimes what looks like a burden is actually what is keeping everything together. Make sure you are solving the right problem before you sell the place that has been home for 38 years. Sources: Research published in The Gerontologist ranks residential relocation among the top three most stressful life events for older adults. A longitudinal study by the University of Michigan found that seniors who felt their housing transition was involuntary reported significantly worse psychological outcomes than those who made the decision on their own terms. IRS Publication 523, Selling Your Home. This is not financial advice. Consult a qualified financial professional before making any financial decisions. The scenarios described are hypothetical and for illustrative purposes only.

@MarioNawfal That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Trump has 100% clear on success objectives since day 1. No nuclear program. His exit will be when that is accomplished.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Per Politico, a senior Gulf Arab official cut through the diplomatic theater with one of the most accurate assessments of the entire war: "Trump badly wants the war to end, but the Iranians are so far refusing to give him what he needs to save face and leave. And he does not seem to understand that they need to save face, too." This is the central deadlock that keeps every framework from closing. Both sides want out. Both sides need a politically defensible exit. Neither side fully grasps what the other needs to claim a win at home. For Trump, the win is about ending the war as the dealmaker who stopped Iran's nuclear program. For Iran, the win is about surviving the war as the regional power that withstood American military force. Both sides are right. Both sides have legitimate face-saving requirements.

@JamesHu27192912 What carpenter reads those tiny printed fractions anyway?

The DOJ's deadline to charge Fauci for lying under oath about funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan is in 6 days. We can’t allow the statute of limitations to run out. He MUST be charged! Agree? RT.

The DOJ has ONE WEEK left to charge Anthony Fauci for the worst cover-up in modern medical history. He lied to Congress about funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan. Millions died. Trillions were spent. And Fauci walked away with book deals and fawning media coverage instead of handcuffs. I re-upped my criminal referral to the DOJ because the evidence is overwhelming, and justice has been delayed long enough. RT if you’re ready to see Fauci behind bars.

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What word is your spelling nemesis? This is a safe space.