[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago

I mean... Bank drive thru, too?

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 13 points 2 months ago

Found your alt account, Elon, nice try.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago

It's ironic that capitalism is missing out on more efficient workers who could maximize production and profit because of this. Who knows where we would be if we actually helped people pursue their goals regardless of current income?

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 18 points 5 months ago

Skydiving, once, in my 20s. Not sure if the chute was on wrong, being slightly over the weight limit was a factor, or if it was just genetics, but when the chute opened, the jerk caused a loud enough pop that my instructor asked if I was okay.

I lied of course, the adrenaline kept me from knowing the deal, anyway.

The first time I threw my back out, after, it was from picking up a piece of paper. These days, when I have the least pain I can still tell my back muscles are as tight as a garage spring.

I had never known a moment of back pain before that day, and I don't know what it's like to walk a mile without back pain now.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 12 points 5 months ago

GODDAMMIT

It is.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 11 points 5 months ago

I can't believe in 2023 we are still in the position of having the only convenient capable way of incapacitating someone from a distance being to destroy their body.

I'm not trying to sound super anti-gun, it just seems like it's not the right tool for the job most of the time, and it sucks that that is the choice we have to make.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 14 points 6 months ago

A local personal assistant that isn't just focused on media consumption or purchasing. I want to ask about my most efficient route or ideal presents for my partner or a medical condition without it being data mined.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 21 points 6 months ago

Being in my 40s, I am relieved to say that I keep finding women attractive that are my age, and I look at people in their 20s as, well, kids. Even in my porn, I keep looking for women more my age.

That's true physically, but also emotionally. There is a humbling nearly all decent people seem to go through in their late 20s to 30s that at this point is a necessary point of bonding for me.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think it's obvious that his parents were mentally damaged and traumatized the boy, nevermind the neglect and tacit encouragement at the end.

Everyone is so hell bent on retribution, no matter the cost. What we want is someone who won't assault or murder others, owns their actions, and repays society to whatever degree possible - zero of those things are developed in prison.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 11 points 6 months ago

Considering how each generation of Boston Dynamics robots becomes more and more graceful, I don't see how the problems you suggested won't be non-issues incredibly fast.

Also, unrelated to your comment, people are delusional if they don't think this is the ultimate goal, right? Amazon's reassurances are bunk - if they could eliminate people they would, they just can't do without them yet.

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[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 15 points 6 months ago

Sunbird worked - I was in the beta - but it turned out to have no encryption whatsoever. I am skeptical.

[-] pickleprattle@midwest.social 26 points 7 months ago

They want to ruin public education and have it pay for private school so no one's child might learn anything they seem progressive. That's been the game plan, that's what DeVos was working on - underpaid teachers and a stifling censorship environment causing teachers and students to leave public Ed is by design.

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