Hmmm. . . ISO 1950s vintage IH pickup with Ford F-Series W6695 paint job to re-badge as a Tonka Truck. . . *heh* ??
Ooooo! Wait! Maybe Line-X has a Tonka Yellow-compatible color!
So, I Saw a T-Shirt. . .
. . .that I can’t quite get behind, IYKWIMAITTYD.
Nah. That’s WAY too friendly, and besides, feds aren’t my type. You know, human. I’m not into bestiality, ya know. (Ya can’t blame me for dehumanizing the feds, because they have done it to themselves.)
*world’s smallest violin plays tiny, inaudible lament*
Every druggie who CHOOSES to shoot up, snort, whatever, this deadly substance is giving aid and comfort to America’s enemy, eh? Yeh, yeh, it’s their lives to choose to suicide, giving their all for the CCP.
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=533202546049312
Somehow, I have grown to just not GARA what people CHOOSE to stupidly put in their bodies, as long as they do not cause DIRECT harm to others (theft, physical violence, etc.). They want to be druggies? Fine. Fentanyl just speeds the inevitable process and cuts down on much of the serious social cost involved in “supporting” druggies who have chosen their route to death.
Let sanity prevail. Admit that the so-called “War on Drugs” is lost and only serves to support drug cartels and government tyranny. Sooner or later, they’ll be coming after our aspirin, no doubt. #gagamaggot
Kamalamadingdong’s Russian Influence?
*heh* I adapted a Babylon Bee “meme-y thingy” to more closely match my perceptions of Kamalamadingdong. ‘Tis a poor thing but mine own” as it were. . .
Experimental Petting?
I’ve used “inside the ear pets” with dogs and horses (yeh, depends on the animal to an extent) to great effect—appreciation and calming—but I’ve not had good results with cats. . . *heh*
N.B. It’s more of a massage than petting, and part of a deeper, more massage-like petting/grooming of the critter than just simple stokes like most petting action, so it does take some practice.
“Tales of When Amazon Goes Wrong. . . and Almost Makes It Right”
Soooo. . . Tales of when Amazon goes wrong. . . and almost makes it right: Product ordered. Delivery date comes. . . and goes. More than a week past initially noted delivery date, product comes. Order says battery and charger included. Nope. After some. . . time and firmly expressed displeasure, refund made. Oh, wait! Amazon doesn’t want the product back? Yeh, shipping & handling, etc., eat up too much? Maybe want to assuage dissatisfaction? Maybe, but it’s Amazon, so who knows? If that’s the goal, it doesn’t work, though, because the “refund” is just about right to just buy battery and charger from manufacturer. Meanwhile, search out order for battery (make that “batteries”) and charger, place order, wait. Wait some more. FINALLY, maybe a month after initial order, can use the product. Probably. Did refunding the purchase price (w/o the tax, BTW) actually make me whole? Not when counting my time wasted, which is never a consideration for people who just DGARA about their customers.
*arrrgghh*
It’s Not Wisdom and Experience. . .
You know why old people panic less often than “younkers”? A proper panic entails running away, and, normatively, old folks just don’t move that fast.
*grumble-grumble-gripe-complain* #5,386
“Aight” is the stupid version of “alright,” WHICH IS ALSO NOT A WORD! (Although, to be fair, “alright” is used by a very slightly less stupid class of persons.)
That is all. For now.
Why Go There Anyway?
Well, and. . . Target, where the only people less aware of their environment than the customers are the employees? Maaaaaayyybe. . .
Observations From A Limited, Idiosyncratic, Data Set
Given my limited data set (my own children and OPB* for example, grandchildren) I have known, it seems that, while all the babies I have known have been human, there is a brief period before they transition from intelligent infant to self-aware person. I have actually seen—or, at least I think I have—the *CLICK* when a baby suddenly thinks “Hey! I am ME!”
Before that point in time, they are still very definitely human, but thereafter, they are solidly PEOPLE.
Is it just me? Maybe.
The really sad, sad thing is that I see A LOT OF people in our society ceding their personhood to someone else’s “identity politics,” handing off the agency of their sapience to someone else’s control. Scary. But maybe the phenomenon only seems more widespread because it is so widely propagated by—wait for it— the Hivemind Media. Or, maybe the Hivemind Media is spreading the phenomenon. OR, perhaps I should embrace the power of “and.”
*OPB = other people’s babies