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@DreCuler @DFrankcom Signing a receipt to confirm purchase?

@TooTallForChina @DFrankcom i think he’s talking about the pen and the receipt being awkward more than the $1

The tipping culture in America never fails to baffle me I won’t lie. A pint is around $9 (just under £7) which includes an 18.75% service charge (so around $7.50 for the actual pint itself, which isn’t too dissimilar to UK prices) and I’m fine with that. But then they give you a pen with the receipt to write an extra tip on and it’s so bloody awkward. So many questions going through my mind every time. What do you want me to do here? What was the 18.75% for? Are you not getting paid by the hour? How much are you getting of that service charge? How much more are you expecting? Do I look a tight bastard if I just do $1 more? I’d say I’m a very generous bloke too with my time and my money but it’s just mind-blowing stuff how this is a normality. Can’t beat just buying 3 pints in the UK (well Europe, let’s be honest) in a pub for around 18quid… and just giving a 20sheet to the barman and letting them keep the change 🍻

@DFrankcom Im a bartender, $1 a drink sits fine with me.

@TooTallForChina I am as we speak When they close out though it’s the same thing right?

@r0berto_mid_5 This is the opinion of a person who has not traveled.

I think this area might be the most racist place in the world

@eedaaf @wtflanksteak How do you understand the context for the dialog?

@wtflanksteak This is smart. I hate all of the descriptions. Like I can’t even envision it and it is boring. Although, when I write I feel like I need to add stuff like that in to make a “good book” 😢

Finding out people on booktok skip everything but dialogue makes reading 30+ books a year make a lot more sense.

@wtflanksteak What? There are people out here "reading" books dialoge only? How do they understand what the dialog is about?

@1frge @CLINTON83873782 @Leddy_Sean They deserved to be hanged as treasonists.

@CLINTON83873782 @Leddy_Sean They deserve it. Gfy.

It’s not weaponization when everyone is found guilty by a jury of their peers and every appeal is lost. Republicans are offended when they get caught, not for actually committing the crimes.

Fuck people who litter. What kind of piece of shit person just throws trash on the ground?

By Jasmine Crockett: "Hey Tim Scott, You spent years tap dancing through every interview, every speech, every Sunday show appearance telling America that racism was basically over and that your success story proved everybody else just needed to work harder and complain less. You carried water for people who mocked civil rights, demonized poor people, gutted diversity programs, attacked voting rights, and treated Black history like a disease. And for what? No VP slot. No cabinet throne. No real power. Not even basic respect. You confessed your admiration on national television for people who viewed you as nothing more than a convenient talking point — the “See? We have one!” guy standing in the background smiling on cue. Then the second you showed the smallest trace of independence and questioned that disgusting Obama monkey post, your own side turned on you like starving wolves. Suddenly the loyal house servant wasn’t loyal enough. Now you’re sitting in a car recording cellphone videos reminding the world that you’re still Black. Trust us, Senator — nobody forgot. The problem is that you spent so much time trying to convince other people that racism wasn’t real that now, when it smacks you directly in the face, you want sympathy from the same community you lectured for years. You defended the people stripping away protections for minorities, women, the poor, and working-class families. You stood beside people cheering the destruction of programs our grandparents marched, bled, and died for. And now you look shocked that the crowd you entertained never actually saw you as an equal. The Bible talks about the Prodigal Son returning home after losing everything. But the Prodigal Son came home humble. You spent years helping burn the house down. And now you’re politically homeless: too Black for the people you defended, too eager to defend them for the people you abandoned. That’s the tragedy of selling your dignity for a seat at a table that was never meant for you. Tim, you may be the PRODIGAL SON, BUT YOU CAN’T COME HOME." We saw it coming. He didn't want to.

@Bullskickass He was, in fact, a Bull.

Where do you rank Zach LaVine all time as a Chicago Bull, Bulls fans?

@TheCinesthetic Donnie Darko.

What is the single worst movie you sat through hoping it would get better, but didn’t?

@Pat_Stedman You made the decision to participate in an insurrection. It should not surprise you that the government you attempted to overthrow was less than lenient in their dealings with you. You deserved every second of that prison term.

On January 6th I followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted. Police stood by the whole time, hanging out with us and sometimes directing us places. At one point near the House Chambers I was walking downstairs when a trio of some special section, secret service looking men started pointing guns in my direction. Confused and annoyed, I walked the other way and when I saw a normal police officer asked him why they were doing that. He informed me a protestor (Ashli Babbit) had been killed, and advised me to leave the building. I walked towards the exit and after a short rest on the bench I left. I harmed nobody and damaged no property that day and complied with all police orders. What I received for that was a pre-dawn raid at my parents house, where my 1 month post-partum wife and I were staying, on Biden's first day in office. His DOJ had signed the order to arrest me 3 hours after his inauguration. In the subsequent weeks I received death threats online and harassing phone calls, something that would be ongoing for the next few years. I was banned from Meta and Paypal. My wife and I were both debanked by PNC and banned from Airbnb. My wife was detained at the airport for hours with our newborn daughter. I was charged with 4 misdemeanors and the 1512 unconstitutional felony. The government offered to drop the misdemeanors if I pled to the felony. The felony was a lie, so I refused and went to trial. At trial the prosecution for 2 days straight was allowed to show footage to the jury of things that occurred around the Capitol I wasn't present for "for context." When we asked to put forward footage that contradicted the prosecution's "context" we were not allowed. They could show what they wanted, we could not. Police officers were then put on the stand for the next 2 days who cried about their experiences. I had no idea who they were. They admitted they never saw me or interacted with me. Nevertheless like every other J6er, I lost, and was sentenced to 4 years and $22k in fines and restitution. Yet even after the Supreme Court overturned the felony, the judge would not let me out until my misdemeanor sentences of a year were maxed out. Because she can't count she actually kept me in longer - to the extent she intervened at the last minute to make the prison release me on a Sunday, something that is against BOP rules. My family sat outside the prison gates the Friday before practically the whole day waiting in vain because of this pettiness. But the government wasn't satisfied with their pound of flesh: after my release they took me back in for resentencing, to attempt to have me resentenced after the fact to my misdemeanors consecutively, so I'd be taken from my family again and have another 1.5 years behind bars. This time I won, as they had no legal precedent and it skirted on violating double jeopardy since I had served my full prison time. Even still, it cast a cloud over the holidays and cost me another 20k my family couldn't afford. People ask whether prison was bad, and yeah of course prison sucked. It was a hard and violent place. I was present for a stabbing, and was lucky to avoid two fights and a race war. But dealing with Biden's DOJ and the DC Judiciary was the real trauma - they would grind down your spirit by weaponizing the legal system and use the endless procedure to bankrupt you. I had nightmares for months after release that I had somehow been hit with new charges. By the time I was pardoned by President Trump, I had spent literally every single day of Biden's presidency either in prison or under some form of supervision. I had incurred over $300k in legal fees and over $1 million in lost business. It was a reign of terror, and yet it was a mere foreshadowing of what they had planned for anyone else who opposed them under Kamala. The country should never forget it.

@the_cats_meowww Good. Your husband deserved all that and more.

We lost everything over J6. My husband, Jay Johnston, is an actor and comedian with a career spanning over three decades. A lifetime of work in the entertainment industry disappeared overnight, replaced with a campaign designed to banish us from society completely. Networks and studios publicly blacklisted him before any charges or arrest. He was fired from Bob’s Burgers and several other ongoing projects. Theaters around Los Angeles put messages up on their marquees. Social media filled up with thousands of death threats and hateful messages. Friends disappeared. We were de-banked. Everything we ever worked for was gone. He went from working in Hollywood for decades to doing handyman jobs just to survive. Federal agents raided our home at dawn. They dragged us out of bed in our underwear at gunpoint and forced him to kneel in the dirt while the entire neighborhood watched. The government and media worked together to destroy us. I lost my career even though I wasn’t there that day. Our daughter, who was only 11 and has autism, was kicked out of her special needs programs. School administrators denied us. Other parents boycotted us and wouldn’t let their kids near her. She was placed on the Quiet Skies terrorist watchlist and subjected to repeated invasive searches at the airport. The sensory overload was so bad we couldn’t take her to visit her grandfather while he was going through cancer treatment. Our story is not unique. Hundreds of other families went through similar nightmares. Some lost their homes, businesses, marriages, and children. Military benefits gone. Fathers spent years in prison. Many were in solitary confinement, denied medical care and religious services, missing funerals and family milestones. The stress destroyed their health. Some J6ers even took their own lives. It’s time for restitution. Every ruined life, every traumatized child, and every stolen year demands full accountability and fair compensation. The amounts must reflect the true, permanent damage done - lost careers that spanned decades, destroyed futures, and irreplaceable family time - so victims are made whole, not given token settlements.

@GSpellchecker Probably. If the studio has a problem with it I'm sure she'll hear about it. Maybe they're calculating that folks who have a problem with what she said weren't likely to see the movie to begin with.

@TooTallForChina I'm sure those paying her millions to sell tickets would prefer her to sell tickets.

I've no real interest in a Supergirl movie. The trailer looks like fairly standard safe-action-comedy CGI superhero fare to me. But I like movies, so genuinely, good luck to them. What has been interesting, though, is watching its lead star, Milly Alcock, seemingly fail to understand the assignment. It's not even that what she said was necessarily wrong. The point is that her job right now isn't to be "right" about everything. It's to help sell a product that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to as many people as possible. Stars of massive studio films really need media coaching on how to avoid picking fights while promoting a movie. It should begin with understanding that saying anything which can be perceived as attacking your audience is a really, really bad move. When asked about "fan backlash", it shouldn't be difficult to give some version of: "I love this character, and we put everything into making this film. I'm excited for fans to see it. I understand people can be passionate and opinionated, but that passion is why we get to make these movies in the first place". Easy. Isn't it? Making movies is a team sport. They require the blood, sweat and tears of thousands of people, most of whom you'll never know by name. The lead actor should be going to bat for every single one of them every time they step in front of the press. This means doing your best to be as likeable to as many people as possible.

@ChrisWickNews So many people warned you he was lying. He lies all the time. About everything. It's impossible for me to believe people were dumb enough to think he was telling the truth.

I didn’t vote for Donald Trump because I thought he was flawless. I voted because I thought he was the last off-ramp. The lesser of two evils… with a promise that actually meant something. No new wars. End the old ones. Put America First. That message hit hard. It felt like a reset. But look around now. Conflicts aren’t ending — they’re multiplying. Billions are still pouring overseas. Military support keeps expanding into places most Americans can’t even point to on a map. And back home? People are drowning quietly. Groceries cost more every week. Families are hanging on by a thread. Veterans — the ones who already gave everything — are still sleeping on the streets. Debt is crushing. Stress is everywhere. So I keep coming back to one question: What happened to America First? Because this doesn’t feel like it. This feels like the same machine… just repainted. I didn’t vote for global escalation. I didn’t vote to fund the world while Americans fall behind. I voted for peace abroad and stability at home. And right now? That promise feels further away than ever. This isn’t just disappointment anymore. People are starting to wake up.

@MumOfEliNoah33 @BuffaloGal1963 @Her_Nonymous_D I agree.

@TooTallForChina @BuffaloGal1963 @Her_Nonymous_D It is in fact DV

Got a call from my stepdaughter’s school today telling me her ex-boyfriend broke her glasses because he’s angry she ended the relationship. Apparently he’s been struggling to accept the breakup and decided damaging her property was an appropriate response. The school asked if I wanted reimbursement for the glasses. Absolutely!!! I already sent my stepdaughter money to order a new pair because she needs them now, but he will still be paying every cent back. Then the school officer asked if I wanted to move forward with a property damage citation. Again, absolutely. And when they brought up the threatening and…..

@BuffaloGal1963 @Her_Nonymous_D We don't need to criminalize everything. Use this as a teachable moment for this school-aged boy. If it continues or escalates then stronger intervention would be warranted.

@Her_Nonymous_D This is actually domestic violence. You should go to the police.

@pdoherty972 @an66195253 @FilosoferRaptor @ManitobaSAO You're getting it.

@TooTallForChina @an66195253 @FilosoferRaptor @ManitobaSAO Oh I see - you were referring to half being below that because of median.

The boomer vs zoomer money debate can be boiled down to two competing principals that are exclusive to their reality of origin. The boomer can’t process the logic of a $28 lunch when you don’t even own a house or car. Why? Because their reality is one with a future. They see the zoomer as able to differ those lunches and leverage that deferment into a new home… and in the boomer’s reality, this does and has worked. The zoomer can’t explain the rational of a $28 lunch while being a paycheque to paycheque brokie. Why? Because the zoomer has no future. Recall “You’ll own nothing and like it.”??. A down payment is a decade of lunches, not a year of lunches. If houses are still legally tradable after that decade! A $28 lunch isn’t THAT fancy, but is better than fast food, that’s only marginally cheaper… and in the zoomers reality, a good lunch today is worth more than a fake house in never never land in a tomorrow they’ve been expressly told they will not have.