@taylorburrowes Grok isn't a lawyer but it agrees you can't actually fully waive liability in this circumstance.
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That's Fallacious
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That's Fallacious
@RSLogic
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Richland, WA Katılım Mart 2010
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@RSLogic Yes that’s why I said we can waive liability for them so the car rentals aren’t resistant. Parents have the ultimate responsibility it’s just a kind assist.
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I’ve been traveling this week with our 22 month old son, while dad gets time to focus on work without us because we are visiting my ailing mom in Miami, who’s meeting her grandson for the first time.
Here are some things I’ve noticed that may be helpful to family-oriented older parents (mid-forties):
People are selfish and not family-oriented these days. We’ve built a culture that’s deeply uncomfortable with inconvenience and babies are the most inconvenient thing in the world to a stranger.
Even though many love to ogle cute babies, few are going out of their way to help you, other than the occasional opened door. Relying on kindness is naive these days.
It takes a major toll on your body to carry 1-2 carry-on size bags and a baby for long durations of time. Hello back pain! A stroller and diaper bag with toys and supplies aren’t a luxury, they’re more like medical equipment. But it’s ideal to be empty-handed and simply pushing a stroller.
Hotels need to do better. Check if they have functioning elevators, counters clear of dangerous items and family-friendly staff trained to give special assistance, especially late at night or when mishaps happen.
Our first night was a lesson in what not to book. A South Beach hotel that looked great on paper without an elevator, mold in the room, low countertops stocked with alcohol and glass and a check-in staff that routed us through a back-alley kitchen entrance (up narrow stairs) at 9pm with a baby, stroller and bags. We checked out an hour later and are disputing the charge.
These should be a standard checklist item on travel sites: family friendly and stroller accessible (play area, elevator status, counter height, staff family training). If it doesn’t exist yet, someone should look into it.
Wipe down everything and use hypochlorous acid spray liberally. Don’t worry about looking weird. People are nasty and babies, infants and toddlers want to touch everything.
Rental car companies should have designated staff to help install car seats for families who request it. After a long day of travel, the last thing you want is to struggle with a car seat installation for 30 mins. It’s fine we’ll waive liability on the contract. Please be more family-centered.
My sister found a fantastic Airbnb in an area of Miami I’d never been to with a dedicated kids’ playroom that was huge, expertly designed, fully stocked and cleaned with full access until 9pm.
The play room wasn’t an afterthought, it was the whole point. It told me everything I needed to know about how the property manager thinks about families. The most important detail is whether the space was designed for families in mind or just adult children.
There was also an ideal shaded playground just across the street where local parents brought their kids. A great place for adults and children to socialize. The residential-style units were top tier, comfortable, sanitary and nothing was designed in a way that made monitoring my son difficult. I’ll be making a note of this place as a go-to for Miami travel. At minimum, I now know exactly what to look for on location.
What happened to automatic opening doors? Most doors I encountered this week required two free hands I didn’t have. Establishments need to get back to installing these, it’s genuinely cumbersome to open doors while pushing a stroller or wheelchair.
Finding a coffee shop or restaurant that is truly kid-friendly with crayons, coloring paper, a sectioned-off play area, patient and playful staff is always a highlight. More of this please.
Every kid is different, but one thing is certain: when they’re tired, they’re cranky. A cranky toddler isn’t a parenting failure. If you want a quieter kid, help the parents make them comfortable enough to eat, drink and sleep when they need to. Build better environments, get quieter kids.
We go back home tomorrow and can’t wait to see Dad. Praying for a smooth return through MIA.
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Can someone tell me how this is even a case?
Joel has business named Impossible.
Trademarks it.
Impossible Foods comes along later.
Sues... ON WHAT GROUNDS!?
Aren't trademarks basically "you got it first, you win"?
Sam Parr@thesamparr
This is nuts - my buddy joel has had a company called Impossible. its decade plus old - impossible foods comes along - joel owns the impossible trademark - impossible foods sues him for trademark - he spends a TON of his own money defending the case. Like over 5-6 years. Counter sues. - We tell him he's nuts, just give him. - Today he just won Kudos, Joel!
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Thank you very much for this explanation. When Joe said that during this episode, i didn't have the knowledge or experience you have, but i still thought, "dude, bullets do weird things and i at LEAST heard the talk about his decent bone density, there has to be a pretty simple explanation, don't spread this crap".
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I feel compelled to share some insight on the shot/bullet that killed Charlie Kirk.
I hate to wade into this conversation, but some sanity is necessary - seeing all the insane BS that’s out there.
I’m a lifelong hunter and have shot at least 75+ deer with a 30-06, and countless more with other rounds, as well as bow and arrow. I guided hunting trips full-time for a decade. I have personally seen literally hundreds if not thousands of “kill shots” with high powered rifles. And in this line of work, I studied ballistics, bullet performance, etc. I guarantee I have more first-hand knowledge than pretty much every single “influencer” out there who is presenting themselves now as an expert in this.
Two key points:
- First, bullets do inexplicable things. Yes, they always obey the laws of physics (no “magic”) but there are just so many variables that an outcome in a dynamic situation is simply not predictable within the range of possibilities.
- Second, yes it is quite possible that a 30-06 round (with a soft-point, lead-filled bullet, designed for expansion, as is the case here) would NOT make an exit wound. AND it is possible without a significant amount of external blood loss.
I once shot a deer in the head at about 100 yards with a 30-06, and there was no exit. The skin on a deer’s head is thin compared to a human neck, and the cumulative bone-mass on the bullet’s trajectory much less than a human spine. I was baffled about this (must be magic!) until I figured it out.
What happened is that (a slow-mo video would have revealed) the head instantly inflated like a balloon, and the insides turned to mush. That’s how it absorbed the bullet’s energy. It looked normal on the outside when I went to retrieve it, but on inspection it was obvious. And there was minimal blood loss (b’c the only hole was 3/10’s of an inch - ie, 30 caliber, as in 30-06 - and the skin closed around it as it sprang back after the shot).
In the sickening video of Charlie’s assassination, there is a freeze-frame where his neck did the same thing — blew up (momentarily) like a balloon before springing back. That’s where the energy went. Not rocket science.
Combined with a healthy spine (higher on the bone density scale, we are told), the thickness of skin and density of muscles in a human neck, the story we are being told is 100% plausible.
I’m not saying I know what happened. Only that the folks saying this is not possible have no idea what they’re talking about, and by spewing this ignorant crap, they are only making things worse.
If you are prone to be influenced by such ignorant conspiratorial information, please understand the context: fact is, “influencers” make their money by peddling their influence. Unethical ones do so to the highest bidder. Others have hidden agendas/biases that taint their content. Some are just batshit crazy. Some sow division on purpose, and fling out all kinds of crazy crap, just to stir the pot - to get clicks.
Psyops from myriad powers shape our social media. Generating deepfake videos is easy as logging into Grok. It’s not rocket science to gin up a “following” and appear “credible” and “sincere.” The point is, you should not wholesale believe or even give a smidge of credibility to ANYONE you don’t personally know. And even then you have to be careful.
The devil knows the more he tries to oppress revival from the outside, the more it breaks out. So the way to defeat it is to divide and conquer, through lies and deception that appear as truth. “The devil comes masquerading as an angel of light.”
Be smarter.
Joe Rogan Podcast News@joeroganhq
Joe Rogan talks about new footage of the Charlie Kirk assassination.
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Thank you very much for this explanation. When Joe said that during this episode, i didn't have the knowledge or experience you have, but i still thought, "dude, bullets do weird things and i at LEAST heard the talk about his decent bone density, there has to be a pretty simple explanation, don't spread this shit".
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Thank you very much for this explanation. When Joe said that during this episode, i didn't have the knowledge or experience you have, but i still thought, "dude, bullets do weird things and i at LEAST heard the talk about his decent bone density, there has to be a pretty simple explanation, don't spread this shit".
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Thank you very much for this explanation. When Joe said that during this episode, i didn't have the knowledge or experience you have, but i still thought, "dude, bullets do weird things and i at LEAST heard the talk about his decent bone density, there has to be a pretty simple explanation, don't spread this shit".
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@uubzu There are a few words:
White
Patriotic
Conservative
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Suppose you were to post a flyer at some location where people congregate:
“______ Americans! We are meeting every Saturday afternoon at 4 PM at the park to discuss the issues which affect us. Please join us!”
Correct me if I am wrong, but for almost any word with which you fill in the blank, this flyer would be unremarkable. Whereas there is one word which would scandalize the public. The flyer would be torn down. The police would be called. Surveillance video would be consulted to find out who posted it. Nextdoor and Reddit would be buzzing frenetically
And the meetings at the park? Forget it. Regular counterprotests. Everyone shouted down. Antagonists making lists of attendees and circulating them, calling their employers, putting all their personal information online
And I believe that this is the case even in the parts of the country which should in principle be most sympathetic
Am I wrong? We are never going to get anywhere unless we can go on offense. The script needs to be flipped. Ten million of us agreeing online doesn’t get us anywhere if we put our phones down and return meekly to the world I described
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@MadelaineLucyH Intelligence matters SO MUCH. Speaking from experience here.
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“Men don’t care about how smart you are”
Story time:
I know this millionaire. Actual millionaire, not crypto millionaire. Very, very clever. He kept dating dumb women, very beautiful women, but SO stupid. Kind of women who just say “ok” and “I guess” and stare into space. Sofia Coppola film women. (Before you ask, very much just a friend, never romantic.)
Anyway one day he rings me up and goes, I’ve left XXXX. I say I’m sorry to hear that. He explains that he was on his boat with her for a week and realised every meal with this woman and every day would be hell because she had nothing to say and nothing to talk about and didn’t understand any of his interests.
A year later he married a very, very lovely artist in her forties who honestly looks like any random cashier. But she’s super, super smart and amazing at dinner parties.
So yeah: compatibility matters. If a stupid woman is good company for you, that’s probably a reflection on your own intelligence.
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I think maybe, instead of the "crunches", they just should have let the level cap grow by some amount each time. It likely wouldn't be hard to figure out experience per quest/dungeon/raid appropriate for each level to maintain normal progression.
FF14 does this better.
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It feels a bit sad that I could start a new character on WoW and not be able to experience the stories of each expansion from Vanilla on while leveling. Presumably a lot of work went into them, and I steamrolled through them to reach max level as fast as possible in the past.
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There's a Starbucks i have to run into occasionally for uber orders. I frequently have to park next to a dumpster behind the nearby grocery store(not a parking space) because a group of seniors decided to make it their hangout spot and god-forbid they park farther away to leave those close spots open for anyone trying to get in and out quickly.
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Yesterday I took my two 4-year-old daughters to our local public pool—a nice, fairly new facility. They don’t have “Family Change Rooms”, they have “Universal” ones, but whatever - what’s in a name, right? There are about 14 individual private stalls, designed for parents with young kids (especially mixed-gender siblings), or people needing extra space or assistance, or anyone that needs extra privacy.
We arrived to find every stall occupied except one. As my toddlers and I approached it, a sixty-something golden girl elbowed right past us, dropped her shoes on the bench inside, turned to me without a hint of apology: “I’ll be right back—my shoes are holding this spot.”
As we waited we watched six or seven other stall doors open, in each one a boomer (men and women alike) lounging single-occupancy, leisurely packing bags, blow-drying hair, gabbing loudly across the corridor like it was a coffee shop social hour. No rush. No awareness of the growing line of actual families and one wheelchair waiting.
This is a perfext snapshot of why we are where we are as a country. A vocal cohort—often the same demographic that polls show still reliably backs the Liberals by wide margins, even as GDP per capita flatlines and housing/affordability crush younger generations—cheerleading “progressive” redesigns and policies while quietly hogging the practical benefits for themselves, leaving everyone else (especially those coming up behind) to queue, adapt, or go without.
No shame. No urgency to yield. Just a casual assumption that the system should bend around their convenience, forever.
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Young Canadians keep getting more miserable
Old Canadians keep getting happier
Data from world happiness report: worldhappiness.report
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After believing and reposting this i looked up HB 1589 and it doesn't force anyone to go electric. All i could find was if you want to sell your home it has to meet whatever environmental standards the state sets. If you want to majorly renovate your home, you're probably going electric unless you wanna pay a lot more money. If you're just living in your home and existing, nothing changes.
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If you live in Washington, you've been feeling something for years.
Our state is unaffordable. And it's worse than the states "they" use as a comparison to justify their decisions.
For years the narrative was that Washington was the common-sense alternative to California. The data now proves that is a lie. When you factor in the legislative stack and the removal of the public voice, we have surpassed the cost burden of Los Angeles.
And our weather isn't as good...
Here is what Governor Bob Ferguson doesn't want you to know...
Seattle is now 5% more expensive than Los Angeles. In Snohomish County, your overall cost of living is 31% higher than the national average.
Median rent in Snohomish is between $2,325 and $2,700. I hear even higher than this in my circle. The national average is $1,627. That's a 50% premium just to have a roof over your head.
Washington is the most expensive state in the lower 48 to eat at a restaurant. Anyone else feel this? A burger in Snohomish costs 14% more than the national average. That's a direct result of the highest labor-cost mandates in the country and a ban on tip credits. Restaurant owners pay the full $17.13+ wage on top of tips. You pay that difference on your receipt.
Gas is $4.38 per gallon. That's a $1.27 surcharge over the national average. A $1,500 annual penalty just to drive to work. The Cap and Trade carbon tax is an invisible drain on every delivery and grocery item in the county.
Sales tax sits between 9.2% and 10.6%. Fourth highest in America. You are penalized every single time you spend your own money.
The Legislative Mechanism.
SB 6346. The 9.9% income tax. They passed it. Then immediately labeled it an "emergency." Under Article II of our constitution, an emergency clause legally bars you from filing a referendum. They used 26 words to silence the 116,000 people who signed in to oppose it.
HB 1589. The forced retrofit. They're killing natural gas. If you own a home, you're looking at a state-mandated transition to electric. Experts estimate this will cost homeowners $20,000 to $40,000. They used an emergency clause here too. They don't want you to vote on your own utility bills.
HB 2355. The 4-hour trap. Hiring a neighbor to clean your house one afternoon a month now makes you a "hiring entity." One paperwork error carries a $20,000 state fine.
SB 5974. The Sheriff removal. They gave an appointed board in Olympia, the CJTC, the power to remove your elected Sheriff. The Governor appoints that board. Your local vote for public safety can now be nullified by political appointees.
"They" will tell you this is for the collective good. They will call me names, make fun of my grammar and talk down to me with their Berkley education (which they want us to pay off btw).
What they are doing is unintelligent business.
The "Tax the Rich" defense. They say the 9.9% tax only hits the top 1%. If that were true, they wouldn't have needed an emergency clause to stop the other 99% of us from voting on it. Once the infrastructure of an income tax exists, the threshold always drops to fill the next budget hole. Always.
The "Living Wage" defense. Forcing a $17.13+ base wage with no tip credit doesn't help a server when menu prices get so high that families stop eating out. Record restaurant closures are happening right now because the state made the cost of doing business higher than the value of the service.
The "Emergency" defense. You don't need to delete the public's right to a referendum to fund schools. You use an emergency clause when you know the public will reject your work. Since 2015, the state budget has outpaced population growth by nearly 4 to 1. This isn't about services. This is about power.
Consent of the governed is the foundation of a Republic. Right now, Olympia is treating it like a suggestion.
If we don't demand fiscal accountability now, there won't be a Washington left for our kids to inherit. Unless you count inheriting debt.
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@RogueMacro_ @yavanikashah I was gonna say..."Compliment me before i start a fight" is SUPER childish and your edit is very much better.
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@yavanikashah Better tickets:
“I'd like you to call me.”
“Can you plan the date? I'll love it, I promise.”
“̶C̶o̶m̶p̶l̶i̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶f̶i̶g̶h̶t̶.̶”̶ (weird)
"Will you give me positive feedback of what you like about me, so I can do more of it?"
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Coming back to that whole “boy brain vs girl brain” debate - I’ve cracked something that lowkey saves relationships daily:
Men don’t think in emotional webs, they think in tickets. Like… full corporate workflow.
You hint = not logged
You sulk = unclear requirements
You say “it’s fine” = ticket closed
Ladies, if you want peace, stop being Shakespeare. Be product manager.
File CLEAR JIRA tickets:
“Call me.”
“Plan the date.”
“Compliment me before I start a fight.”
And if he loves you? That ticket becomes HIGH PRIORITY, auto-renew, no deadline missed.
Men don’t ignore you. They just didn’t see the task. Meanwhile you’re running a full emotional Netflix series in your head.
Love is not complicated; it’s just good communication + project management skills
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@TheJoeySwoll Not that anyone should really film in a gym, but he coulda just put the camera stand right at his feet and then he's not taking up more space and there's no room for anyone to walk between...
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NO ONE GIVES A F**K ABOUT YOUR VIDEO! YOU DON’T OWN THE GYM! 🤡🤡🤡
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I've been sitting outside OPH for 30 minutes waiting for my next UberEats order, thinking it was just a slow day, when in fact, without any kind of indication given, i was actually offline, presumably because i randomly needed to take a picture of myself i prove it's still me. Again, without ANY INDICATION i needed to do so. There are so many very dumb things about this app...
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Oh, and moving from TN back to WA (to be closer to family as i start my own family) was WILD. Gas prices pretty great until i hit...I think OR? Where they skyrocketed. Had to look up why. Part of it was taxes which AI claims pretty much entirely go to infrastructure (maintaining roads), and when you compare roads in WA to those in TN/PA, it seems like they're doing a better job here. But the price is also explained by a lack of oil refineries on the West Coast (due to Progressive laws).
And minimum wage being astronomical means a McChicken here is a dollar and 20 cents more than one in TN. The cost always goes to the consumer, and we also lose smaller businesses.
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Whenever i hear a comedian or music artist talk about ticket master it's always very negative but ends with "but what'r'ya gonna do 🤷🏻♂️"
If you care about your fans even a tiny bit, stop doing shows with any venue that uses Ticketmaster!!
If sports teams actually care about fans at all, stop using Ticketmaster!
David J Harris Jr@DavidJHarrisJr
🚨Ticketmaster directors were caught bragging in internal messages about 'robbing [fans] blind'! The messages: • 'These people are so stupid. I almost feel bad for taking advantage of them' • 'Robbing them blind, baby. That’s how we do it' • Charging '$50 to park in the grass' and '$60 for closer grass' They recently reached a deal with the U.S. government to avoid a breakup over allegations of running an illegal monopoly.
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