BlackRing

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[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 32 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I work retail. People walk up to me like I'm a robot.

"Duck tape??" They just... Bark at me. I have gotten to the point that I refuse to tell them where something is until they treat me like a human being and ask a very simple question, "where's duck tape?"

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

My toddler absorbed "goddammit", and used it correctly! Was reaching for a toy on a high(ish) table, fell, knocked toys over, and landed in a heap. I hear, "goddammit" from behind me, and feel my wife stating daggers at me! Fun times.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Each and every one of the politicians in and adjacent to the democratic party better have one hell of a plan if they're being this brazen in their calls for him to step back. This is really not good.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago (8 children)

As Kongar said, I agree, the new car is an suv. Which... Is by and large not great, but also what's an SUV now?

When I was a kid by parents had one of the original Nissan Pathfinders. The one with the spare wheel that swung away, definitely 4wd, and so forth. OJ Simpson ran from the cops in a white Bronco.

Those were SUVs. Today's monster Expeditions and Suburbans are SUVs.

At introduction, the Subaru Outback was a station wagon. Now... It's an SUV? I have a 2022. No, it's not small, but I have a kid and we use the trunk space and the awd all the time. Winter sucks here, and there are dirt roads. But to me it's a car. But on paper it's an SUV.

I am sure there's a real distinction, but... Next to a Tahoe or a Grand Cherokee it is absulotely not an SUV. It's a car with awd and a beefy-ish suspension.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, I can't. Fucking... Is banana pudding a euphemism for something or has reddit gotten that awful??

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

Or walking out of the room.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago

No.

I am a good person with a capacity for kindness. The difference? It's not reflex.

Nice is the guy waving you through at a stop sign when it's their turn. Sure there's good intention, but seriously? No.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 7 points 5 months ago

That was a wild ride!

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 7 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Guitar is the only hobby I acquired that never took. I wanted it to take, but did not have the funds to pursue lessons.

I could not get over the beginner hurdles of how to strum, how to really hold the pick, and so forth. If I could have taken lessons or gotten past that I might have learned and still be playing today instead of seeing the case just sitting there collecting dust.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

They've been used twice, no charges, not fired. Not at my store.

Yeah, I don't know, I think it's nuts, and I hate that place, but somehow it's made to work.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Lovely.

The company I work for has some of the general managers of stores carrying tasers.

[–] BlackRing@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I WANNA PLAY WITH THE MRAP!! But I'd... Like maybe not run over brown people with it, and instead use it as a force for good...?

Edit: or just fun.

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