I never said they didn’t? But I get how you got there.

Agreed, we need to pick our representatives better :(

Oh I’m not advocating for nothing, just saying that alone this isn’t enough.

We should absolutely outlaw congressional stock trading, and more.

Trust me I’m well aware of the failings of my country. That doesn’t mean I can’t recognize one of them or that you have to remind me of their existence when I do.

In other words, I get it but you’re not helping.

Yeah I see what you’re getting at, but not a fan of rewarding bad behavior which is really all throwing money at establishment politicians will ever do.

If we outlaw it they’ll just go around it using someone else as a proxy. Must try harder. :(

Only issue is we’re supposed to be their boss. Americans elect representatives to do the job of representing us. If they don’t do their job they shouldn’t be paid, and overall public support for representatives is incredibly low because of the behavior you’re advocating to pay them off in order to avoid doing.

Not sure where you work but if I stopped doing my job I’d expect a firing, not a raise.

To solve both problems the public needs to scrutinize the shit out of their elected officials and be more willing to throw them to the side when they stop being useful, like corporations do to us all the time.

Essentially they exist to make the cost of the risk they agree to bear reasonable and affordable to their customers.

The second they fail to serve that purpose they become useless.

Their very existence depends on the same thing that has made them into the shitstains they are: Greed.

Why is this in shitpost it’s true

https://x.com/joncoopertweets/status/1859602254577230289

Honestly it’s only because dipping your fingers into your drink just seems kinda gross, and with a fork you can fully soak the Oreo.

……I like cookies 😁🍪

You can also just dunk the Oreo and fish it out with the fork ;)

Bonus: the fork can be used to weigh down the Oreo so you can get all the air bubbles out.

Damn you might be right.

I like to put a fork through the filling and dip so I can eat the whole cookie without any dry parts or putting my fingers in the milk, what does that make me?

Yep. Absolute immunity.

All Biden needs to do is declare the 2024 election invalid on the grounds that trump as a convicted felon is not eligible to be President (because he fucking isn’t) and call it an official act.

It’ll be just as legal as anything else Trump is planning to do starting January.

Crandall office furniture!

Ordered a reconditioned Aeron there this Summer for about half what it would cost new and I love it. And since it’s reconditioned that means Herman Miller and their shitty-ass CEO didn’t make anything from me.

Only thing is it had a bit of a funky smell when unwrapping, but it aired out quickly.

That’s clean energy, the incoming government won’t care until he turns to oil.

“Think about how stupid the average American is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

-George Carlin

I did. It took a while because I enjoyed it so much, but it worked better than anything else. It simulated the smoking experience, tasted great and was a fun little device to tinker with. Sure it made me look stupid but in return I got healthier lungs.

Of course I was wrapping my own coils and used a mech mod, the concept of a juul made it so stupidly easy to vape without understanding how it works and just programmed everyone to use cartridges.

And here we are.

When used correctly to wean and taper, vaping can be really helpful as a quit smoking aid.