Miles O'Brien

strongly worded

WOAH there, cowboy. We don’t want to go wording our PR too strongly, or Israel might think we’re semi-serious!

I’ll have you know I have never once accidentally made a Cronenburg monster.

dine on the flesh of Christians

Hard pass.

Too much fat, I’m on a diet.

Yeah, not trying to poke holes, but I was hearing “less than 50 years left” when I was in school in the 2000s. I do remember seeing a post here and there about new oil reservoirs being discovered but never any follow up. So I suppose that could be stretching things out. But oil use certainly hasn’t decreased in the last 25 years.

You heard it right here, folks.

No discussion of any specific country or region, because this is apparently not a place to ask questions.

Well I’m willing to bet the nearest US carrier group is getting (probably metaphorical) steak and lobster for dinner. The brass tends to bring out the good food when they announce a change of course towards potential danger.

The question is, will Chinese forces leave as soon as the group changes course, or will they stare grumpily at them in person before leaving.

As soon as I read the title I thought “that sounds like something a shady politician would make a talking point in preparation to try and get rid of FOIA so they can do even more shady shit…”

An off-brand oreo called Kaleidos. Idk what it is but they are better than oreos, and they’re cheaper to boot.

Also a bag of milk chocolate chips. spread some peanut butter on bread, sprinkle some chips on top and pop them in the toaster oven. Boom. Toasted PB&C, goes nicely with a small cup of milk. Great when it’s cold outside.

I work for company A. Company A is based in Florida, USA. I work in a warehouse owned by Company X, and staffed by Company Z.

As an employee of Company A, I do have my own conduct rules.

That said, when working in Company X’s warehouse with Company Z’s people, I have a different set of conduct rules, some of which conflict with Company A’s rules. But since I’m currently on contract with and on the premises of Company X and Z, their rules take precedent. Company A understands this and is okay with it. I will not be fired.

I am not being condescending, and genuinely hope this helps it click for you.

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follow their instructions

I’m white.

I have been stopped, at gunpoint, by cops who were both screaming different things ranging from “get off the bike” to “get on the ground”, “turn around”, “face us and walk forward with your hands out”, and “drop your bag” which for the record was strapped to my back with a waist belt on.

Luckily another car rolled up seconds later and when one of the cops inside ran over to them they exchanged a few sentences and then the ones that were pointing guns at me seconds before, one says “you’re good to go.” and the first two leave like nothing happened. The ones that came up a minute behind came over and told me someone was purse-snatched at a specific shoe store across town and fled on a green bicycle 10 minutes beforehand. I was about 6 miles away, and riding a red bike

I fully believe that if the first cops had stopped someone who wasn’t white, or if I had tried reaching for my waist buckle on my bag, they would have opened fire.

LMAO “just follow their orders” what a fucking joke.

When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

And cops are the biggest tools out there.

When people start seeing huge rises in their electric bill, don’t be surprised to see normal everyday people trying to burn down datacenters.

The first time I interacted with water and it did something in response instead of being static blew my mind.

Seeing my own reflection in a game hurt my brain.

All things being relative, of course.

I haven’t even been tortured yet!

Hey.

HEY YOU

FUCK YOU

I was having a perfectly good day…

Lol a Chevy from the 90s. Back before someone ripped a huge line of coke and went “but what if we made them BIGGER?!”

My wife refused to get a helmet when we got bikes because “I’ve never had an accident on a bicycle and we don’t go fast enough to need it” , so I said “Fine, we’ll have this discussion after the first ride”

I got up to the top speed of the speed-controller ebike, she followed, and when we stopped it old her to imagine a puppy runs out in front of her, she has nowhere to go but straight into a wall and smash her head into the concrete, the trees and smash her head into the wood, or jump off the bike and smash her head into the pavement. Because in a crash, your head is going to hit something, and in this case you could be the most careful person on the planet but you can’t stop a puppy, or child, or DUMP TRUCK from blocking your path and forcing you to make a hard choice in less time than it takes to sneeze.

She decided to pick a helmet.

The hard surface your head will bounce off or grind into will not be nice about you failing to wear a helmet. Neither will I.

My work truck only clocks in at 1700. I might hit 2100 when I’ve got myself and all my tools loaded up.

I legitimately think my truck would break in half if it got hit by an EV.

Oof yeah, if you work IN the van, standing room would be fantastic.

Right now I have work tables I flip out of my truck bed that all my stuff goes on. If I had to fabricate things on the fly more often, I’d definitely want the tall enclosed space. Slap an exhaust fan on there and good to go.

I imagine it’s great for cold days and rainy days, too…