Given his rapidly accelerating cognitive decline, I wouldn’t let him anywhere near a deep fryer. He’s liable to accidentally burn that restaurant down if he has another ‘dancing episode’ or something similar.

Damn, what a surreal and unpleasant experience this must be. Sorry man. Hope your and your family stay safe and secure.

I can’t imagine what it’s like. You’ve done a great job explaining it. But still, I haven’t walked in your shoes. But I guess it’s all about walking that fine line, right? Doing enough to get your job done for your employer, while also chipping away some time to give back a little to this in need in a fucking crazy, bad situation. Sounds like you’re doing a good job with that balancing act.

Thanks for the charity recommendation. I’ll see what I can do there.

Oh, my bad. I must have replied to the wrong comment.

Edit: I misread a word. I read your original comment as “how far right are you”

In some ways. Him publicly staying that he was done with the book series would be like ripping off the providential band-aid off.

There would be an initial backlash of upset people, and there would be a lingering nagging about giving the series over to someone else for them to finish writing it, but at least people would stop asking him “when’s the next book coming out?”, and variations on that. And if he said “no I’m not allowing anyone else to finish it!” (as he has hunted at before but then flip-flopped away from) then people would hang moved in. They’ve moved on anyway to some degree. But there’s a lingering resentment that is arguably bigger than that resentment would be with the above mentioned declarations.

But does he need to admit it? Do people deserve to know the truth from him? No. It’s his creation, and his choice. If he doesn’t want to admit it he doesn’t have to.

Oh he already gave up about 12 years ago. He just refuses to admit it.

I know your asking a figurative question not a literal one. But the fact that they are using the Express as a new source tells you all you need to know about their position on the political spectrum.

Also, if the Express is the source of news then that raises some critical thinking concerns.

Oh weird. The deleted comment just made counter assumption that I was referencing a recent incident where IDF forces got dangerously close to a battalion of Irish forces working under the UN to protect the Southern Lebanon border.

My reply to the deleted comment was me confirming that was the incident I was referring to originally.

Burned like that bush Moses saw in the old testament. Although Trump probably thinks that the term ‘burning bush’ would be in reference to an STD he got after sexually assaulting sometime.

Hopefully that demographic heads out to the polling stations in very large numbers.

You are correct. That’s the reference I meant.

ETA: the fact there are multiple incidents of the IDF going after Irish soldiers is kinda crazy.

This man spitting facts. Good man.

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

If they can’t bomb Irish defense soldiers they’ll get the next best thing.

We’ll isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black. The restaurant chain famous for jacking prices up while shrinking portion sizes and generally screwing their customers in every way they can doesn’t like it when they are getting taken advantage of. Cry me a fucking river. Fuck you McDogsBreath!

“FECK! ARSE! GIRLS!”

Well, I didn’t have Israel vs Ireland on my WWIII escalation bingo card.

Article doesn’t say, but I’m assuming they captured him in Ukraine. In which case Russia took someone from a foreign territory they were at war with (they’ve done this so much already that we know it happens) as a prisoner of war. And then sentenced him in one of their internal kangaroo courts.

I’m not a lawyer, but it sounds like they broke a plethora of Geneva Convention provisions. (Again, something we know Russia does a lot.)

Fuck Adobe. They are the epitome of the greedy, toxic software company.

I switched from Photoshop over to Krita last year. I’ve tried Gimp in the past, but just can’t adjust to the UI. Krita is different too, but not to the same degree. I’ve been enjoying it. It’s well-made and very powerful, with very good online support.

I get where they are coming from to a degree - that the Israeli government has not fulfilled it’s obligation to get the hostage home, and that the country on general is becoming increasingly run on religious fervor. But it’s disappointing that the ongoing genocide seems to have little to no part to play in their concerns. There’s millennia of bad blood there and they have been victims of atrocities too, I understand that. But if the murder of innocent people in their name isn’t causing pause for thought, then there’s something seriously wrong. (Same thing goes for every nation or cultural group.)

I tried Prime for the first time the other day. I think I’d rather drink hurricane flood water.