Universal Music Group Fires "Brown and Gay" Employee Who Refused to Work-- Because He Was "In Mourning" Over Roe v. Wade

And his playing of the "brown and gay" card didn't save him, surprisingly.

Are people just finally fed up with this?

A woke Universal Music Group worker claims he was fired for "speaking up" about abortion rights -- after he admitted he refused to work because he was in "mourning" over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Michael Lopez, a production coordinator at Universal Music Enterprises, blasted the company as "anti-gay" for terminating a "queer brown person" during Pride Month for "speaking up in defense of abortion rights," according to a lengthy note on LinkedIn that went viral last week.
"Last Friday, like countless other folks, I was devastated by the news of the supreme court's [sic] attack on abortion rights," Lopez wrote.
"Paired with the flood of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation, it's been hard to process how company's [sic] expect us to be productive while our rights are being stripped away."
Lopez then went on to explain that each Friday "one of my tasks was to process reports for upcoming releases" and then to email his work to 275 people.
But instead of doing the usual process reports, he wrote an email that read: "I didn't do them today."
"I'm in mourning due to the attack on people with uteruses in the US. Federally guaranteed access to abortion is gone," the email continued.

"Vivendi and Universal Music Group must stop donating to anti-abortion, anti-queer and anti-trans politicians. Politicians like Marsha Blackburn, Ken Buck, Victoria Spartz, etc. Or expect more unproductive days," he wrote, signing off with "Yours in fury, Michael Lopez."

Amazon employees banded together to demand time off to "grieve" the Dobbs decision.

Amazon employees upset over the recent decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade asked the company for "space and time" to "grieve" and "protest against this assault on our rights," according to a leaked letter.
The petition was reportedly signed by hundreds of employees at the Seattle-based retail giant, according to Insider. A copy of the petition was posted online by the Twitter account "Libs of TikTok."
The letter also demands that Amazon "cease operations in states that enact laws that threaten the lives and liberty of abortion seekers, either by denying healthcare in life threatening circumstances or by criminalizing abortion seekers and providers."
Amazon's human resources chief Beth Galetti on Friday implored workers to "be respectful of everyone's perspectives" after arguments over abortion broke out on the company's Slack platform. The fights reportedly erupted in the #christians channel, according to Insider.

I never saw an update to this story. I don't think Amazon granted the time off, but I'm not sure.

Dungeons & Dragons fans, it might be time to abandon the official game and just go OSR (rules based on the original ruleset): the woke idiots that make D&D, and who have been injecting trans characters all over the place and offering characters' pronouns in a game set in a quasi-medieval era, are demanding that their parent company, Hasbro, do more to protest the Dobbs ruling.

Note that Hasbro is mostly a company that makes family-friendly games like Hungry Hungry Hippos.

But D&D game designers feel they need an official policy in favor of abortion.

Employees at Wizards of the Coast, famed for publishing tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, have staged a walkout in response to its parent company's "lackluster" answer to the dismantling of Roe v Wade.
In a statement published to a brand new Twitter account, Wizards for Justice, employees lambasted its parent company, Hasbro, for a poor response to the ramifications of the Supreme Court ruling. Apparently, the company sent out an email to staff which prompted the response. "We, as employees of Wizards of the Coast, are frustrated, disappointed, and completely dissatisfied with Hasbro's out of touch, tone-deaf, and lackluster response to Friday's Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade," it said. "This decision, that healthcare for marginalized individuals is a privilege based on location and means, violates basic human rights."
As a result of what employees feel is a mishandling of the situation, Wizards for Justice announced its encouragement for employees to walk out in protest and take a day to "reflect" on the situation. "On Wednesday, June 29th all employees are encouraged to take a day to reflect, nurture mental health, and show solidarity that Hasbro will not," it said. "Decisions like this cause suffering and it's this that we ask, on the same day, Hasbro leadership to reflect on. Particularly, how messaging like this violates and stands in the face of a diverse and inclusive workforce and creates yet another burden for already marginalized people."

Disgusting.

Not another dime.

Wizards of the Coast story via Clownfish TV. He notes the obnoxious, aggressive wokeness of the company.

Posted by: Ace at 12:08 PM

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1 First~!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 05, 2022 12:08 PM (w9Wax)

2 second!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 05, 2022 12:08 PM (w9Wax)

3 Hat trick@!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 05, 2022 12:08 PM (w9Wax)

4 DURING PRIDE MONTH??

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 05, 2022 12:09 PM (mE7cY)

5 OK, this is getting ridiculous

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 05, 2022 12:09 PM (w9Wax)

6 4?

Posted by: 29Victor at July 05, 2022 12:09 PM (BJKQV)

7 Willowed on this:

Capital for expansion of the oil companies dried up due to the new ESG rules:

https://tinyurl.com/585r28m3

(H/t to Dr Malone)

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 12:09 PM (5HBd1)

8 What is wrong with these people?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 05, 2022 12:10 PM (Y+l9t)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)

10 Yeah, I play 3rd edition D&D.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (b2nrj)

11 Called the others in the thread below.

Posted by: gdgm+ at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (mucm9)

12 Start culling the HR departments.

End all "culture" efforts within the company.

Focus on your widgets and tell people to get a life outside of the workplace.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (kxFWR)

13 Having worked at Wizards of the Coast, even doing playtests for D&D 4th edition (I tried to tell them)...none of this surprises me.

The VAST percentage of their employees are Left to Hard Left. Hell, when Barry was elected, and I was working there, they were handing out comparative plates to all employees to celebrate.

Paizo today is just as bad.

Vote with your wallet. If you're a gamer, sure, buy the game materials if you want...buy it used if you can. But stop giving them money for modules or merch.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (XvPQV)

14 You mean having Dwarf females with beards wasn't enough?

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

15 Would it be wrong to encourage my woke cow-orkers to do this?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (llON8)

16 Sponge!!!!!

Posted by: Dad of Six at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (kSZfR)

17 Pesky Profit Margins!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (mE7cY)

18 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?

Posted by: Obligatory at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (ESjRY)

19 Note that Hasbro is mostly a company that makes family-friendly games like Hungry Hungry Hippos.

So they're already years ahead of everyone else in creating trans and SJW characters!

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at July 05, 2022 12:12 PM (wmDcS)

20 I think sportsball fans should demand time off when “their” team loses. Makes about as much sense.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:12 PM (OalnH)

21 Well shit, so many missed opportunities. Could have called in mourning my loss of bodily autonomy due to clot shot mandate.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2022 12:12 PM (1DCnl)

22 This post looks amazingly familiar.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 05, 2022 12:12 PM (5Qjf9)

23 Willowed:

LOL. He still lists himself as a "Production Coordinator at Universal Music Enterprises" on his LinkedIn page, despite having posted a whiny screed about being fired on his LinkedIn page.

I guess as a "queer brown person", he thought he was untouchable.

Litigation to follow, I guess.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:12 PM (I2/tG)

24 In a statement published to a brand new Twitter account, Wizards for Justice, employees lambasted its parent company, Hasbro, for a poor response to the ramifications of the Supreme Court ruling. Apparently, the company sent out an email to staff which prompted the response. "We, as employees of Wizards of the Coast, are frustrated, disappointed, and completely dissatisfied with Hasbro's out of touch, tone-deaf, and lackluster response to Friday's Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade," it said. "This decision, that healthcare for marginalized individuals is a privilege based on location and means, violates basic human rights."
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SJW == Social Justice Wizard. Update your macros.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (WWh8n)

25 Note: Wizards already has a 4 day work week.

Friday is a 'half day' and most of that half day is meetings and goofing off.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (XvPQV)

26 18 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?
Posted by: Obligatory at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (ESjRY)

And does the brown queer Michael Lopez?

Posted by: kathysaysso at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (vkS2Z)

27 Last Friday, when gay brown dude was so sad about Roe being overturned, was July 1. Pride month was over. Tough break for him.

Posted by: huerfano at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (dTFZY)

28 Next time try, "dog ate my homework".

Posted by: BignJames at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (AwYPR)

29 >>> 21 Well shit, so many missed opportunities. Could have called in mourning my loss of bodily autonomy due to clot shot mandate.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2022 12:12 PM (1DCnl)

THAT'S DIFFERENT!!

Posted by: Karen #571503258 at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (llON8)

30 Deja vu all over again!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (FVME7)

31 There weren't any trannies in the middle ages because they were too advanced culturally for this sh*t.

In earlier eras if your tribe was conquered the new bosses might well turn your sons into "dancing boys". But by the era D&D was set in, Christianity had pretty much ended that crap.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (ESjRY)

32 So I guess there will be a delay in getting the new Dildo of Empowerment card into the latest booster packs?

Posted by: Rbastid at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (Mf806)

33 What roll do you need to get an abortion in D&D?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (BFigT)

34 Willowed: Nor was he helped by the media portraying the fairly short 1991 recession as Great Depression Part II.
Posted by: radar at July 05, 2022
*
Yep. A recession that was well into recovery by late 1992 which the media ignored as well.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022

***
There was a recession in 1991-92? Darned if I remember that. Of course I was working 2 jobs and dating 2 women (at one point), so I guess I had other things on my mind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (txdEq)

35 Note that Hasbro is mostly a company that makes family-friendly games like Hungry Hungry Hippos.

But D&D game designers feel they need an official policy in favor of abortion.

Hungry Hungry Hippos is surprisingly on-brand for the abortion protests I've seen footage of.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (ZGrMX)

36 Never a dime anyway, so no more dimes, no problem.

Problem is denying my dimes to companies I want to see disappear, based on their lack of character and embrace of the Gleichschaltung, would mean going to 17th century self-reliance for almost everything.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (OTzUX)

37 Hasbro a company relying largely on children and cold nostalgia as its business model advocates the elimination of children.

Great job fellas.

Posted by: sven at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (Lzpvj)

38 Hasbro makes GAMES. I don't need them commenting on politics or 'healthcare.'

Fuck you if you think they need to.

The lot requesting they do should be fired immediately.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)

39 I'm so tired of these pathetic, woke babies. I desperately wish corporations would get back to what they do and that is to sell crap. I desperately wish they would fire each and every pathetic, woke baby who thinks they have the right to demand anything from their employers.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (sVtYq)

40 "I'm in mourning due to the attack on people with uteruses in the US. Federally guaranteed access to abortion is gone," the email continued.
"Vivendi and Universal Music Group must stop donating to anti-abortion, anti-queer and anti-trans politicians. Politicians like Marsha Blackburn, Ken Buck, Victoria Spartz, etc. Or expect more unproductive days," he wrote, signing off with "Yours in fury, Michael Lopez."
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Dude: I'm engaging in a one-man sympathy strike on behalf of those traumatized by the decision. I will continue this strike until you firmly support my position and spend your money to defend my position.
Company: Pack up your desk and get the hell out.
Dude: Why you bein' all racist and queer-phobic, bro?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (WWh8n)

41 18 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?
Posted by: Obligatory at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (ESjRY)

All of my gaming group is/has been married.
Most of them have reproduced as well.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (XvPQV)

42 >>> 36 Never a dime anyway, so no more dimes, no problem.

Problem is denying my dimes to companies I want to see disappear, based on their lack of character and embrace of the Gleichschaltung, would mean going to 17th century self-reliance for almost everything.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (OTzUX)

Wait until this autumn.

Posted by: Great Resetters at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (llON8)

43 You've got to hand it to them, they absolutely never miss an opportunity to reinforce the stereotypes.

Posted by: Xander Crews at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (MpOGS)

44 It would be great if Amazon would leave Texas over abortion since pretty soon you'd have every independent bookstore owner (along with most big box Amazon competitors) demanding strict pro-life laws in even in the bluest of states.

Posted by: Match Checksout at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (IK4m/)

45 How many conservatives called in to say they were mourning the theft of the election and hence could not work?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (eGTCV)

46
I wish I knew more about D&D or MtG, so I could make a bunch of savage jokes about the bloodthirsty Communists who make them.

But, sadly, my nerditude does have an upward limit, and those games were always just a touch above that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (IXpV7)

47 Also Liberace Perez at the music factory is probably afraid he will not be able to abort his inseminated bezoar anymore.....

"dial Elton John."

Posted by: sven at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (Lzpvj)

48 Dungeons & Dragons fans, it might be time to abandon the official game and just go OSR (rules based on the original ruleset): the woke idiots that make D&D, and who have been injecting trans characters all over the place and offering characters' pronouns in a game set in a quasi-medieval era

They've been purging Magic Cards as well of any "problematic" cards.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (I2/tG)

49 D&D makes the women swoon, I've heard.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (mE7cY)

50 As a result of what employees feel is a mishandling of the situation, Wizards for Justice announced its encouragement for employees to walk out in protest

If you walk out, don't bother walking back in.
--Management

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (3MYGJ)

51 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?
Posted by: Obligatory at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (ESjRY)

A friend in college was a girl gamer and her big thing was trying to get more women into gaming. Her reason was that whenever members of a gaming group got a serious gf or married, they eventually dropped out because the wife didn't want him wasting his time. My friend figured that if the wife played as well, that wouldn't be a problem.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (wmDcS)

52 learn to code

Posted by: Dr. T at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (Vgw1E)

53 THAT'S DIFFERENT!!

Posted by: Karen #571503258 at July 05, 2022 12:13 PM (llON

We joke, but that is the official answer from the left.

The clot shot has no side effects and shows you care...so who wouldn't get it?!? I mean why should we even let people have a choice?

But babies...from brown people at least...ICKY!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (ESjRY)

54 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?
___

*snort*

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (FBkLm)

55 It's not just WotC or Hasbro or any specific corporation. What's really going on is that we finally have an an entire adult population of working age that was coddled from birth, showered with undue and unearned praise for every little stupid thing they ever did or said, and taught that their nonsense opinions are very very important. These little shits think the world revolves around them, and that everyone must listen in rapture to their ignorant opinions. "In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience."

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

56 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?
Posted by: Obligatory at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (ESjRY)

All of my gaming group is/has been married.
Most of them have reproduced as well.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM

All of the people I used to play D&D with are married with kids.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at July 05, 2022 12:16 PM (bVYXr)

57 "On Wednesday, June 29th all employees are encouraged to take a day to reflect, nurture mental health, and show solidarity that Hasbro will not," it said. "Decisions like this cause suffering and it's this that we ask, on the same day, Hasbro leadership to reflect on. Particularly, how messaging like this violates and stands in the face of a diverse and inclusive workforce and creates yet another burden for already marginalized people."
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Actually, I kind of support this from a pragmatic standpoint. They should absolutely go on strike. Then those who remain will probably get a lot more work done, and the act could potentially backfire hugely on the people who do it. If it doesn't, the non-woke could go on a counter-strike and these companies will start to fracture and fail.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:16 PM (WWh8n)

58 40 Company: Pack up your desk and get the hell out.
Dude: Why you bein' all racist and queer-phobic, bro?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (WWh8n)

========

Because Corporations are evil and must be destroyed. Vote Communist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:16 PM (kxFWR)

59 46 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (IXpV7)

If you play 5th edition D ampersand D rules as written (raw) you wind up spending 3/4s of every session having a doctor phil episode on the sexual congress of the players.

Posted by: sven at July 05, 2022 12:16 PM (Lzpvj)

60 They've been purging Magic Cards as well of any "problematic" cards.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (I2/tG)

Jah, like hot chicks in revealing outfits. Gone, gone, gone, long gone.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (XvPQV)

61 I can't believe all of this is happening so soon after pride month.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (AutJR)

62 >>> 55 It's not just WotC or Hasbro or any specific corporation. What's really going on is that we finally have an an entire adult population of working age that was coddled from birth, showered with undue and unearned praise for every little stupid thing they ever did or said, and taught that their nonsense opinions are very very important. These little shits think the world revolves around them, and that everyone must listen in rapture to their ignorant opinions. "In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience."
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

something something 'when men are paid for existing'

Posted by: Rudyard Kipling at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (llON8)

63 I think sportsball fans should demand time off when “their” team loses. Makes about as much sense.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:12 PM (OalnH)

I lived in Columbus, OH. It was pretty close to that.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (wmDcS)

64 I'm enjoying the hell out of watching leftists lose their shit over this. What else can we do to make them whine and cry?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (ZLI7S)

65 They've been purging Magic Cards as well of any "problematic" cards.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM (I2/tG)
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Yet there will still be a resale market, and they will only get more valuable until MtG as a thing stops being popular. Canceling physical shit that people own is a whole different game from canceling virtual shit that happens online and is fully controlled by tech platforms.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (WWh8n)

66 While the job market is still relatively good, it's getting worse. Expect to see more of this as people lose options for new employment

Posted by: Marcus T at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (b82nJ)

67 What roll do you need to get an abortion in D&D?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Kaiser

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (u4Glt)

68 I cast a stamina spell before I charged her Mountain Gates. I needed a 8 to win but I only got a 4.

Sadz

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (mE7cY)

69 64 I'm enjoying the hell out of watching leftists lose their shit over this. What else can we do to make them whine and cry?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (ZLI7S)

==========

Dress codes.

Start a rumor that IBM fired a woman for not plugging up in her time of the month, and she bled all over herself while presenting. They sent her home, and when she refused, they fired her.

Picket IBM!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (kxFWR)

70 First Edition AD&D for me, TSR all the way, and fuck Wizards of the Coast.

It amazes me still that people ADMIT, publicly, their flaws.

I don't crow from the rooftops that I'm fat enough to be Jabba the Hutt's understudy. I don't demand anything because of it (except steering clear of wicker furniture).

Why would you cite Roe as your reason for not working? Call in sick, leave it at that.

Leftism is a mental disease.

Posted by: acethepug at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (5faQs)

71 I had some uber woke cow-workers. Whenever they went on some rant I just a few clicks left.

So when Nike gave out a big payout to Crapperdick they were in love with them...but I just kept asking how they could stand to support an evil multinational that was abusing workers in 3rd world countries?!?

It was great...I totally killed their buzz.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (ESjRY)

72 I'm so tired of these pathetic, woke babies.

LOL. Remember, these people have done so much damage to "woke" left-wing nonprofits that the nonprofits now quietly evaluate how much damage a job candidate can potentially do if they hire them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (I2/tG)

73 What else can we do to make them whine and cry?
___

Continue to exist.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (FBkLm)

74 How many conservatives called in to say they were mourning the theft of the election and hence could not work?

--

Not to mention those mourning...ya know...aborted little, innocent lives.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (sVtYq)

75
Go right ahead and self select for firing ... idiots.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (CP91p)

76 The Warhammer community may hold firm even after everyone else has gone soft-n-stupid.

As I joked the Hobbit battle of five armies will be a clash between different types of pride banners.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (44ww/)

77 Hasbro?

More like Hadbro, if the abortion rights crowd gets their way.

Posted by: 496 at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (VJsqe)

78 Ryan Long is a national treasure. 😂😂😂

A hilarious abortion-related short YouTube fed me last night:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Px1GOyrU9Bs?feature=share

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 05, 2022 12:19 PM (rF64X)

79 While the job market is still relatively good, it's getting worse. Expect to see more of this as people lose options for new employment
Posted by: Marcus T at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (b82nJ)
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Which is funny for how dumb it is. You may well be right, but when the job market is soft and you're likely to take a pay cut when you move, staking your job on a public statement about how awful and evil your company and bosses are isn't exactly rational.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:19 PM (WWh8n)

80 This little shit-stain is a "brown" person? Maybe when he's covered in his male truck-stop prostitute's scat. But that's a pasty white soy-boy in the pic.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

81 Wait, is Monkeypox Pride month is already over?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:19 PM (ESjRY)

82 63 Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (wmDcS)

In a sane world these fucks would be fired and workers who just "shut up and work" rewarded....

we call that world "Pre-Ogabe."

Posted by: sven at July 05, 2022 12:19 PM (Lzpvj)

83 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?
Posted by: Obligatory at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (ESjRY)

My freshman year of college, there was a group that played D&D in the snack bar all the time, all hours of the night. We called their 'leader' butter eater because it looked like he just oozed oils from everywhere. And, his teeth had a weird green tint to them.

They had a girl that hung around them. I think they passed her around like a joint at a Stones concert.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

84 D&D makes the women swoon, I've heard.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 05

Female level 15 warrior elf seeks level 20 or higher mage, any race other than elf, for creation of hybrid super magical being. Chaotic evil alignment need not apply.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (1DCnl)

85 This is as crazy as wanting Toy-R-Us to back abortion for their client base.

Wait ...

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (yQpMk)

86 As Arch(Warhammer) said last year and many times since, if you want to keep the woke virus out of your hobbies (such as D&D, W40k, etc), you have to gatekeep hard and often.

https://tinyurl.com/335rstx4

Posted by: Thrawn at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (Rl7KJ)

87 71 So when Nike gave out a big payout to Crapperdick they were in love with them...but I just kept asking how they could stand to support an evil multinational that was abusing workers in 3rd world countries?!?

It was great...I totally killed their buzz.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (ESjRY)

=========

"How much have they invested in fighting the NRA? Why is the CEO making so much when so many brown bodies are dying in the streets?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (kxFWR)

88 >>> 79 While the job market is still relatively good, it's getting worse. Expect to see more of this as people lose options for new employment
Posted by: Marcus T at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (b82nJ)
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Which is funny for how dumb it is. You may well be right, but when the job market is soft and you're likely to take a pay cut when you move, staking your job on a public statement about how awful and evil your company and bosses are isn't exactly rational.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:19 PM (WWh8n)

I'll just form my own company and we'll totally make a billion dollars!

Posted by: Michael Lopez at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (llON8)

89 I once had an employee that demanded some time off for something frivolous (she was the kind that was never there to get an important machine out the back door, so I could make pay bills, but always there on payday). I told her she could have the whole day off. Hell the month because as of that moment she no longer sucked a paycheck from me.

That was one of three unemployment cases that I won.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (WKPeU)

90 A hilarious abortion-related short YouTube fed me last night:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Px1GOyrU9Bs
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 05, 2022 12:19 PM (rF64X)
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Dayum.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (WWh8n)

91 Fuck these people!

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (EhcSP)

92 Remember, these people have done so much damage to "woke" left-wing nonprofits that the nonprofits now quietly evaluate how much damage a job candidate can potentially do if they hire them.

I all but guarantee for-profits are starting to do that too.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 05, 2022 12:21 PM (ZGrMX)

93 HasBRO? Toxic much? How about Hasthey/them

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:21 PM (AutJR)

94 you'd think gays, who claim they are born that way, would understand the abortion flowchart that would come into play when the gay gene is discovered.

Posted by: x at July 05, 2022 12:21 PM (uQFwj)

95 I'll just form my own company and we'll totally make a billion dollars!
Posted by: Michael Lopez at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (llON

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#MeToo

Posted by: David Hogg, Pillow Magnate at July 05, 2022 12:21 PM (WWh8n)

96 33 What roll do you need to get an abortion in D&D?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2022 12:14 PM (BFigT)

The table would look like this:
1: Orcus is summoned, fight him immediately.
2-9: Woman and baby dies.
10-12: Woman dies, baby lives.
13-19: Baby dies.
20: Baby is born healthy, but has immortal trait.

Posted by: Scott_T at July 05, 2022 12:21 PM (2waQ7)

97 As Arch(Warhammer) said last year and many times since, if you want to keep the woke virus out of your hobbies (such as D&D, W40k, etc), you have to gatekeep hard and often.

https://tinyurl.com/335rstx4
Posted by: Thrawn at July 05, 2022 12:20 PM (Rl7KJ)

Arch be preachin'!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:21 PM (XvPQV)

98 Jah, like hot chicks in revealing outfits. Gone, gone, gone, long gone.

Not surprised - I haven't paid attention to Magic Cards since about 2000.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:21 PM (I2/tG)

99 Idiocracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5MHDrvkmXs

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (FBkLm)

100 Perhaps they can make a game derived from "Operation" where kids perform an abortion but make sure they "don't touch the sides!"

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, JD at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (j4Hob)

101 Just claim he is a white supremacist and close the case, no one will question it

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (QSRro)

102 Oil is below $100! Thank you FJB! Who knew the way to fix oil prices was to crash the global economy?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (AutJR)

103 One great thing about Warhammer...we can see people that could easily fit in as heralds of the Chaos Gods just be turning on the TV news.

Khorne - Lizard Cheney
Tzeentch - Hitlery
Nurgle - Fauci
Slaanesh - apparently every Democrat office holder now

Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (ESjRY)

104 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?
Posted by: Obligatory

Raj Koothrappali, Sheldon, Stuart & Wil Wheaton, no.
Leonard and Howard, yes.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (3MYGJ)

105 Adult brat monsters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2022 12:23 PM (89T5c)

106 Hey chique!

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 05, 2022 12:23 PM (FBkLm)

107 Perhaps they can make a game derived from "Operation" where kids perform an abortion but make sure they "don't touch the sides!"

"You touched the clit! BZZZZZZZZZZZZT!"

Posted by: Ian S. at July 05, 2022 12:23 PM (ZGrMX)

108 Whenever my president looks like a senile old fool in front of the world, I'm just too upset to go to work.

These last 18 months have been pretty tough on my emotional state, but I have saved a lot of money on gas.

Posted by: Wally at July 05, 2022 12:23 PM (FJYfm)

109 100 Perhaps they can make a game derived from "Operation" where kids perform an abortion but make sure they "don't touch the sides!"
Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, JD at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (j4Hob)

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Or Battleship.

"D 16"

"You sunk my uterus!"

Posted by: 496 at July 05, 2022 12:24 PM (VJsqe)

110 Raj Koothrappali, Sheldon, Stuart & Wil Wheaton, no.

Hey I got more action on the casting couch then you ever will you right wing wacko.

Posted by: Wil Wheaton at July 05, 2022 12:24 PM (ESjRY)

111 LOL. Remember, these people have done so much damage to "woke" left-wing nonprofits that the nonprofits now quietly evaluate how much damage a job candidate can potentially do if they hire them.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (I2/tG)
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I think there could be a real market for a software platform that is designed to do exactly this. Ingest the candidate's resume and use AI to identify school, degree program, etc. and determine a "Woke Risk Score" based on where they attended school, when they attended, the degree program, associated events, etc. Generate the score based on those risk factors. High Woke Risk means you circular-file the resume and move on to the next candidate.

And since political discrimination is completely legal, companies could easily get away with it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:24 PM (WWh8n)

112 >>>Adult brat monsters.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Raised by terrible parents.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 05, 2022 12:24 PM (VWp7G)

113 Perhaps they can make a game derived from "Operation" where kids perform an abortion but make sure they "don't touch the sides!"
Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, JD at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (j4Hob)

But you win if you can find the G Spot, right?

Posted by: Wally at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (FJYfm)

114 Crap I've been talking to myself on the previous thread. That guy is boring.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (0SIeT)

115 >>> 69 64 I'm enjoying the hell out of watching leftists lose their shit over this. What else can we do to make them whine and cry?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2022 12:17 PM (ZLI7S)

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Dress codes.

Start a rumor that IBM fired a woman for not plugging up in her time of the month, and she bled all over herself while presenting. They sent her home, and when she refused, they fired her.

Picket IBM!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:18 PM (kxFWR)

Period Shaming! REEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Posted by: leftists at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (llON8)

116 I'd love to know how much of the job market is retired people saying "I'm going back to work for a while longer."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - screw anyone here who thinks he should tell Americans what they need or should buy at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (RPimh)

117 Oil is below $100! Thank you FJB! Who knew the way to fix oil prices was to crash the global economy?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:22 PM (AutJR)
++++
"The cure for high prices is high prices."
- Dead white guy

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (WWh8n)

118 A tenured anthropology professor at UCLA is taking early retirement because he can't stand the "woke" campus any more.

As bad as you think colleges and universities are, they are actually much, much worse, and he details why.

https://josephhmanson.com/
2022/07/04/why-im-leaving-the-university/

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (I2/tG)

119 Well, at least they haven't ruined drinking yet.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (Y5qcH)

120 Her reason was that whenever members of a gaming group got a serious gf or married, they eventually dropped out because the wife didn't want him wasting his time.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at July 05, 2022 12:15 PM

Marriage has been the death of many a good rugby player.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (a3Q+t)

121 I don't think Amazon granted the time off, but I'm not sure.

Amazon's response: we must be respectful of everyone's rights sounds like NO to me.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (giAl5)

122 FNM delanda est. Mentally unstable people have this notion that SCOTUS overturned abortion on demand in CA, CO, NM, VA et al. rather than saying that AL, TX et al. are now free to restrict abortions in their states because the FNM has been lying to them and the mentally unstable ain't smart enough to fact check the FNM.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (3cGpq)

123 Wizards For Justice. Fire all they asses.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (4I/2K)

124 And since political discrimination is completely legal, companies could easily get away with it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:24 PM (WWh8n)

Funnily I think political discrimination is illegal in California.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (b2nrj)

125 What roll do you need to get an abortion in D&D?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Well, not 69.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 12:26 PM (FVME7)

126 He'll have plenty of time for grieving and pillow biting, now.

Posted by: Broken Apple at July 05, 2022 12:26 PM (ZLALC)

127 Hasbro.

Don't they make stuff for toddlers to 8 year olds so they learn not to soil themselves?

Jeez...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 05, 2022 12:26 PM (xu2px)

128 Hello, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Hope you're all feeling better than I am.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2022 12:26 PM (2JVJo)

129 Funnily I think political discrimination is illegal in California.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (b2nrj)
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It is, yeah. I'm not sure about other places. But that it is illegal in CA is one of the best jokes in recent memory.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:26 PM (WWh8n)

130 Hi SMH!

Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 05, 2022 12:26 PM (rF64X)

131 for terminating a "queer brown person" during Pride Month
------------

LMAO

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2022 12:26 PM (dscaa)

132 Oil is below $100! Thank you FJB! Who knew the way to fix oil prices was to crash the global economy?

*

Another moron pointed it out, but we've had high oil prices before without having these high gas prices. There is other f*ckery at work.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - screw anyone here who thinks he should tell Americans what they need or should buy at July 05, 2022 12:27 PM (RPimh)

133 There seems to be a lot of unemployable people out there.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 05, 2022 12:27 PM (lTGtQ)

134 They have elected to spend more time with their dusty tomes.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2022 12:28 PM (44ww/)

135 Funnily I think political discrimination is illegal in California.

It is.

The law is only enforced one way, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:28 PM (I2/tG)

136 I'd love to know how much of the job market is retired people saying "I'm going back to work for a while longer."

There are people doing that, but I think it's around 3-5%.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 12:28 PM (5HBd1)

137 Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Also known as the view.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 05, 2022 12:28 PM (MGB5H)

138 Brandon strikes again!!

All the averages are down but the MOEX Russian exchange.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 05, 2022 12:29 PM (WKPeU)

139
Well, at least they haven't ruined drinking yet.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (Y5qcH)

Last thing to go.

Keeping people piss-drunk all the time is one of the only ways authoritarian socialism can work.

No joking... one of the final straws for the good ol' USSR was when Gorbachev had the bright idea to start seriously restricting alcohol sales. That seriously pissed off Russian people, and dealt a serious blow to the agricultural economy. Both in terms of limiting production, and the massive spike in panic buying & bootlegging of the sugar and fruit supplies that did make it to market.

The whole stupid idea only lasted a couple of years. And I won't say it was what tipped the scale. But it sure helped.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2022 12:29 PM (IXpV7)

140 If these toolbags do even the smallest amount of damage to DaVinci's Last Supper, I'm in full support of breaking out medieval methods on them.

https://bit.ly/3ac1zJz

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2022 12:30 PM (eyxn4)

141 *cue Batman narrator* What's this? A glimmer of sanity in the UK? Banking customers vs. Woke Bank

https://is.gd/3FZ6e0

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2022 12:30 PM (PiwSw)

142 But stop giving them money for modules or merch.

There are so many amazing adventures out there among independent gamers, for every edition of the game (except possibly 4e), there’s no need to buy adventures from Hasbro. Ditto with rulesets based on, at the very least, the original game through second edition.

There’s a lot available free, too, from places like DragonsFoot and just people’s blogs.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2022 12:30 PM (U+Oxn)

143
Capital for expansion of the oil companies dried up due to the new ESG rules:

___________

Oil exploration, production, refining and distribution are all extremely capital intensive. No capital, no oil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2022 12:31 PM (/U27+)

144 Well, at least they haven't ruined drinking yet.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 05, 2022 12:25 PM (Y5qcH)

Last thing to go.

Keeping people piss-drunk all the time is one of the only ways authoritarian socialism can work.
===

There was a reason in 1984 the outer party could always get the gin.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 05, 2022 12:31 PM (WKPeU)

145 It's not $100 oil driving prices it's supply.
Russia's selling to others and SA is pumping at full capacity.

Little Joey, lighten up on the producers and the prices will come down.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 05, 2022 12:31 PM (giAl5)

146 Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Also known as the view.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Didja see that the View has promised to name a new conservative cohost by the end of the month? Lizard Cheney's gonna need a job.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 12:31 PM (FVME7)

147 There are people doing that, but I think it's around 3-5%.

*

I wonder if they're cashiers and grocery baggers or if they're working in their fields?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - screw anyone here who thinks he should tell Americans what they need or should buy at July 05, 2022 12:31 PM (RPimh)

148 Norm Macdonald did a great joke about an MLB team being in "hot water" for sending a guy down to the minors on his birthday.

Something about the team releasing a statement about them being a major league organization and him not being 12. He worded it better.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2022 12:31 PM (dscaa)

149 I'm definitely glad I gave up Magic: The Gathering a few years ago. The product is basically just shit now, even without the woke nonsense.

D&D is the same way. 3rd Ed. was OK, but not great. I still maintain that 1st Ed. is the way to go...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (YIVH2)

150 Car dealer service guy recommends i replace my tires - they are the originals from 2016. Tread is ok but the rubber is wearing. $971 best quote. Considering future tire availability and price (?), should I?

Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (ezukD)

151 I am going on a commenting strike to reflect on the lack of LGBTQ support at the HQ in light of the Dobbs decision.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (AutJR)

152 Turns out Murder Boi dressed as a woman for the shooting and borrowed his mom's car to drive to the parade.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (ptqGC)

153 I'm retired and have always intended to go back to work part time at some brainless job but real life got in the way. I eventually may still but the more time that goes by the less I'm inclined to be on somebody else's time schedule again. Trying to decide if I should take early SS at the reduced rate.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (0SIeT)

154 Anyway. I am back. I hope younall learned something

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (AutJR)

155 154 Anyway. I am back. I hope younall learned something
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (AutJR)

========

We really missed you.

It just wasn't the same without you.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:33 PM (kxFWR)

156 I have only played original AD&D and that's all i'll ever play.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:33 PM (ezukD)

157 Highland Park shooter's gun. Do we know anything other than "legally obtained, high-powered"?

Posted by: BignJames at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (AwYPR)

158 ...the lack of LGBTQ support at the HQ...

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (AutJR)

You are woefully misinformed. Ace supports all of his LGBTQ contributors 100%!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (XIJ/X)

159 Trying to decide if I should take early SS at the reduced rate.

Nope. It won't get easier to go back to work, only harder, and pretty much EVERY financial advisor will tell you to work at least until you get full SS.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (/NCI4)

160 MD Governor Hogan has directed the Maryland State Police to ditch the "good and substantial reason" requirement for issuing Wear and Carry Permits.

https://bit.ly/3R9gEMv

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (eyxn4)

161 158 You are woefully misinformed. Ace supports all of his LGBTQ contributors 100%!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (XIJ/X)

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Garrett shoutout!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (kxFWR)

162 Toy companies should be totally pro abortion. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Toys R Us at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (a0KPx)

163 Tread is ok but the rubber is wearing. $971 best quote. Considering future tire availability and price (?), should I?
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (ezukD)

What type of tires? Check the intertubes for price comparison but I definitely would consider a change. Tires sidewalls do break down.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (0SIeT)

164
Another economic impact of Gorbachev's policies affected the *whole* economy... they limited alcohol sales to a few hours a day - everyone just started ditching work and school to line up during legal hours for whatever booze was available. Seriously, the whole thing was a tragicomic fuckup of proportions only Communism can bring about.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (IXpV7)

165 Maybe Universal Music Group can just give the brown and gay employee an abortion?

Posted by: blaster at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (6TxNR)

166 I'm retired and have always intended to go back to work part time at some brainless job but real life got in the way. I eventually may still but the more time that goes by the less I'm inclined to be on somebody else's time schedule again. Trying to decide if I should take early SS at the reduced rate.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (0SIeT)

If you're anything like me - and I hope you're not - don't do it. You'll grow to hate that this 'brainless job' has a hold on your life and time and you will inevitably hate yourself for being shackled to it.

Take the reduced rate. I wish I had.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (2JVJo)

167 Lightning sucks. It fried the board in my invisible dog fence.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (/NCI4)

168 Trying to decide if I should take early SS at the reduced rate.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter
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Simple calculation to do. For me I will have to live to 82 to reach breakeven with full benefits versus benefits at 62. Given the odd of 20 years life after 62 and that SS will still be solvent, I'll be taking it early.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (WKPeU)

169 152 Turns out Murder Boi dressed as a woman for the shooting and borrowed his mom's car to drive to the parade.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (ptqGC)

yet the media is running with "He went to a Trump rally. "

Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (bs+z0)

170 Do we know anything other than "legally obtained, high-powered"?

Posted by: BignJames at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (AwYPR)

"High-powered?" He used something other than a typical AR-15 chambered in .223/5.56?

I wonder if he used a .308?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (XIJ/X)

171 I would replace the tires. I plan to do that with mine after the move.

And I'd bet it depends on the field that the retired were in. Some folks might just want a part time job to get through the Biden years.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (5HBd1)

172 one of the final straws for the good ol' USSR was when Gorbachev had the bright idea to start seriously restricting alcohol sales.

Russian Revolution, too. The Czar banned alcohol sales at the start of World War I, which pissed people off, and cut off alcohol taxes, which were the most important source of state revenue.

The Commies finally re-legalized alcohol in 1925, when they figured out that this would be a substantial source of income for the state.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (I2/tG)

173 I wonder how lizards plan to have donks vote for her in the primary so she can trounce them in the general will work out for her.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (AutJR)

174 167 Lightning sucks. It fried the board in my invisible dog fence.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (/NCI4)

You have an invisible dog?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 05, 2022 12:36 PM (Y5qcH)

175 Considering future tire availability and price (?), should I?
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (ezukD)
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Based on wear a good tire guy can tell you how many miles of tire life remain. That will help with your decision. Discount Tire is your friend.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 05, 2022 12:36 PM (giAl5)

176 You are woefully misinformed. Ace supports all of his LGBTQ contributors 100%!

Come on folks, let's all pitch in for our busty lesbian shelvers!

Posted by: Obligatory at July 05, 2022 12:36 PM (ESjRY)

177 I was a weirdo in HS. Played varsity sportsball, but also was in chess club and nerded out with things like D&D. And went to the cool kid parties and got a respectable amount of action with the ladies. Which is why none of the 80s HS movies made any sense to me where it was jock vs needs or cool vs uncool stuff. For me I was “fluid” hung out with everyone.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:36 PM (OalnH)

178 You have an invisible dog?

It's a very rare breed.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:36 PM (/NCI4)

179 He was probably even fired from ACROSS STATE LINES

Posted by: Who is Brandon Galt? at July 05, 2022 12:37 PM (YJG+R)

180 Take the reduced rate, go back to work when you hit full retirement age. What you put in will bump up your benefits and you won't be penalized for working.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 12:37 PM (5HBd1)

181 Considering future tire availability and price (?), should I?

Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (ezukD)

Check tirerack.com for better prices. Dealers are usually overpriced and charge more for installation.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:37 PM (XIJ/X)

182 I inadvertently insulted? Offended? A customer a few weeks back. Not at all my intention. Boss-man asked me to send apology. Sure, okay. After thinking about it all day all I could think to say to him? I'm sorry you're a whiny little girl. I decided it was best to remain silent...

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 05, 2022 12:37 PM (PzBTm)

183 yet the media is running with "He went to a Trump rally. "

Yeah, angry tranny rapper from Shitcago shoots up a 4th of July rally and the FNM is pushing the narrative that he went to a Trump rally. Note, dressed as Waldo.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:37 PM (ESjRY)

184 Morn' all...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2022 12:37 PM (bs+z0)

185 Stepping in invisible dog shit sounds like something that would happen to me.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 05, 2022 12:37 PM (Y5qcH)

186 Nope. It won't get easier to go back to work, only harder, and pretty much EVERY financial advisor will tell you to work at least until you get full SS.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (/NCI4

The break even point is about 12 years before you start losing money . A bird in the hand is part of my considerations.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 12:38 PM (0SIeT)

187 I'm tired of this shit. And with Pride Month finally over, it's time for a new sin. I nominate Sloth. We can get some rest.

Posted by: Eeyore at July 05, 2022 12:38 PM (TgBWG)

188 Lightning sucks. It fried the board in my invisible dog fence.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (/NCI4)

------------

Yeah, it was lightning. That's the ticket! Lightning.

Posted by: Archimedes' Dog at July 05, 2022 12:38 PM (Qy7kP)

189
EVERY financial advisor will tell you to work at least until you get full SS.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (/NCI4)

___________

Except when you lose your job at 63, you won't be working until you get full SS.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2022 12:38 PM (/U27+)

190 $971 best quote. Considering future tire availability and price (?), should I?

*

Lots of variables there. If it's a Honda Civic that's high, but that's fair for a performance car with wide, sticky tires. Or a truck, probably, in California.

Don't mess around with tires. Check Costco and tirerack to see what they are priced at, and go from there.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - screw anyone here who thinks he should tell Americans what they need or should buy at July 05, 2022 12:38 PM (RPimh)

191 The FIB is getting better at grooming shooters. Make sure you out a picture of yourself at a Trump rally on your social media.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (AutJR)

192 Lightning sucks. It fried the board in my invisible dog fence.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (/NCI4)

Invisible dogs?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (4I/2K)

193 I wonder if he used a .308?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (XIJ/X)

Haven't heard any AR hair-pulling....M1-A, FN, FALN?

Posted by: BignJames at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (AwYPR)

194 The DaVinci video is awful. Ignorant Monster Babies.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (PiwSw)

195 164
Another economic impact of Gorbachev's policies affected the *whole* economy... they limited alcohol sales to a few hours a day - everyone just started ditching work and school to line up during legal hours for whatever booze was available. Seriously, the whole thing was a tragicomic fuckup of proportions only Communism can bring about.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (IXpV7)

So about Biden's plans to price control oil...

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (b2nrj)

196 America’s chief COVID-19 architect Anthony Fauci awarded over $200,000 at the height of the pandemic to research injecting hormones into male monkeys to transition them into females.

Posted by: SMOD at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (RHGPo)

197 one of the final straws for the good ol' USSR was when Gorbachev had the bright idea to start seriously restricting alcohol sales.

Russian Revolution, too. The Czar banned alcohol sales at the start of World War I, which pissed people off, and cut off alcohol taxes, which were the most important source of state revenue.

The Commies finally re-legalized alcohol in 1925, when they figured out that this would be a substantial source of income for the state.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (I2/tG)

The one any only time the U.S. formally repealed a constitutional amendment - prohibition - was mainly due to the loss of tax revenue from alcohol sales.

Posted by: Archer at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (gmo/4)

198 I took the Horde recco and bought the bullet (well, the tires). Had to up a level due to availability today (i need my car back) but he chopped the price so it's $30 more for slightly better brand. But i get the car back today.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (ezukD)

199 191 The FIB is getting better at grooming shooters. Make sure you out a picture of yourself at a Trump rally on your social media.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (AutJR)

And have face tats and pink pig tails.. That's a sure MAGA giveaway

Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (bs+z0)

200 Yeah, I play 3rd edition D&D.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (b2nrj)

*points*

NEEEERRRD!

*resumes trying to glue photo-etch bars onto a 72nd
scale Meillerwagen V-2 trailer*

Posted by: spindrift at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (h5TKJ)

201 I worked the numbers on the reduced rate and there was just no making up the dollars lost with the increase by waiting. Multiply the monthly payment by the number of months til the year to get the increase. You end up losing thousands of dollars to get a few dollars extra when you finally take it.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (Y+l9t)

202 That really weird looking cross dressing dude that Biden tapped to be a high level staffer at DoE apparently wrote an article in defense of a website called rentboy.com that promoted underaged prostitution.

SHOCKER!

https://bit.ly/3RcEbfh

Posted by: bonhomme at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (eyxn4)

203 I wonder if he used a .308?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:35 PM (XIJ/X)

Haven't heard any AR hair-pulling....M1-A, FN, FALN?

Posted by: BignJames at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (AwYPR)
===
.303 he used a bolt action Enfield.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (WKPeU)

204 Lightning crashes
An old mother cries

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (AutJR)

205 I filed for SS early on my first husband's claim. Got dinged for getting too much in benefits. Then, when I hit retirement age, we sorted that out and I went on my benefits. I'm on my second husband's benefits now. They will always bump you up to whatever gives you more benefits.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (5HBd1)

206 178 "You have an invisible dog?"

It's a very rare breed.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:36 PM (/NCI4)

That's only because people can never find them at the pet store.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (b2nrj)

207
Lightning sucks. It fried the board in my invisible dog fence.
Posted by: Archimedes

Now you can see your dog?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2022 12:40 PM (63Dwl)

208 Remember Milo Y got cancelled for saying that Gay Men liked their boys young. Epstein young.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:41 PM (ESjRY)

209 Repeal was also a big FDR campaign plank. Funny how alcohol enables tyranny.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:41 PM (ezukD)

210 Off topic subject but why are police dressed like soldiers? I'm referring most recently to the pictures of police in the Highland Park shooting, but as an example, why the camo when you're mainly in an urban environment? Why the kevlar helmets? If I didn't know any better I'd think we were under enemy occupation.

I grew up watching Adam-12 where the cops even wore ties for crying out loud. If you want soldiers in the streets, THEN PUT SOLDIERS IN THE STREETS.

No offense to the LE morons here but is all that battle rattle really necessary? I'm asking sincerely.

Posted by: Guidons, Guidons...Lariat Advance at July 05, 2022 12:41 PM (nGt7X)

211 And I heard this, on a retirement video the other day. You lose strength as you age. You are stronger now that you will be in five years. If you have things you want to do, it might be better to retire early. Plus, there's no guarantee you'll be around in five years.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (5HBd1)

212 Can I cast a Level 30 fireball at the Wizards of the Coast?

Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (u+Y3T)

213 This "gimme time off" thing is a total scam and nothing more than a power play to get some paid time off. Companies would be stupid to cave to this kind of blackmail, but companies are stupid and will cave. Black employees and students demanded time off to grieve during the Summer of Burn, Loot, Murder.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (iFTx/)

214 Weapon was "similar to an AR-15." He was dressed in woman's clothing and possibly had a long wig. Drove his mom's car.

This from the presser just now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (ptqGC)

215 America’s chief COVID-19 architect Anthony Fauci awarded over $200,000 at the height of the pandemic to research injecting hormones into male monkeys to transition them into females.

Posted by: SMOD at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (RHGPo)

Cripes. That's right up there with Mengele injecting blue dye into the eyes of children to make them Aryan.

Posted by: Archer at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (gmo/4)

216 This busty blonde in a white shirt plays D&D with modified rules that include a Woke Attack that is highly effective but if it is used, the person who invokes get physically thrown out the nearest window:
https://is.gd/Y3sA4B

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (WWh8n)

217 "You have an invisible dog?"

It's a very rare breed.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:36 PM (/NCI4)

That's only because people can never find them at the pet store.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

They're there. You just have to look hard.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (3MYGJ)

218 We need to know how the Diablo-playing Ryan feels about this. I suggest we ask Cake Girl.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (BeOl1)

219 I would like to point out that the people working at Wizards of the Coast are no more designers of Dungeons and Dragons than they are of chess. The game was designed in the mid 1970s -- all that's done now is dumbing it down, churning out politically correct decrees, and cross-marketing campaigns.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (naEeR)

220 Lightning crashes
An old mother cries

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05

The new mother cries, I think the old mother dies. Upon which her intentions fall to the floor.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (1DCnl)

221 Insanity used to be treated as.....wait for it......insanity.

Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (gktX6)

222 Last Friday, when gay brown dude was so sad about Roe being overturned, was July 1. Pride month was over. Tough break for him.
Posted by: huerfano

Times are rough all over.
What will happen if all those companies lose their "angry, gay, brown" employees? Don't they know what Brown can do for you? Or is that just UPS?

Posted by: Bozo Conservative......Living on the Prison Planet at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (tjZg/)

223
Remember Milo Y got cancelled for saying that Gay Men liked their boys young. Epstein young.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2022 12:41 PM (ESjRY)

__________

The sick secret is that this is true.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (/U27+)

224 I wonder what Wii-Fit girl is doing now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (89T5c)

225 EVERY financial advisor will tell you to work at least until you get full SS.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:34 PM (/NCI4)

I'm trying to make it to 65 and stop doing anything. With extreme luck, I might have 20 more years left. I don't want to spend the rest of my life cursing the sun for rising and creating a new day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (2JVJo)

226 Dont cheap out in tires. There’s a reason they’re cheap. Go with Michelins, Pirellis, Bridgestone. You will drive on those things for 30-40k miles. You want to be comfortable and safe. Don't buy Chinese made shit to save $100 on a tire and live with them for 3-5 years.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:43 PM (OalnH)

227 Car dealer service guy recommends i replace my tires - they are the originals from 2016. Tread is ok but the rubber is wearing. $971 best quote. Considering future tire availability and price (?), should I?
Posted by: SFGoth at July 05, 2022 12:32 PM (ezukD)

Tires are considered "aged out" if more than ten years old. Yours are only six or so. Now, if there are visible deep cracks in the tread or sidewalls (aka "weather checks"), you probably should replace.

I'd suggest you go to a major tire retailer for a second opinion, and a another quote.

Costco is a good source for tires, if you shop there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2022 12:44 PM (iz0N9)

228 I'm retired. My thoughts on SS is this; do I think it will be solvent long enough for me to get all my payments? Over time what amount do I actually lose and do I care? Lastly, will I live long enough for any of this to matter?

I'll take what's mine now, thank you. Later, what's mine might be gone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2022 12:44 PM (BFigT)

229 Which is why none of the 80s HS movies made any sense to me where it was jock vs needs or cool vs uncool stuff.

Yeah, for me High School was a lot more like Dazed and Confused (without the hazing) than Breakfast Club. While there was certainly rivalry, sometimes vicious, between extreme ends, for the most part people moved from group to group depending on what they enjoyed doing.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2022 12:44 PM (U+Oxn)

230
And I heard this, on a retirement video the other day. You lose strength as you age. You are stronger now that you will be in five years.

_________

Nonsense

*breaks fingers opening jar*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2022 12:44 PM (/U27+)

231 He was dressed in woman's clothing and possibly had a long wig. Drove his mom's car.

This from the presser just now.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Yup. MAGA alright.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 12:44 PM (FVME7)

232 Want to identify the most lazy, useless, and incompetent workers in any company? Just look at who is demanding time off to "grieve" over a court decision. You'd think that publicly announcing to your employer that you're an insecure, hysterical emotional wreck and unable to handle even the slightest stress would not be a smart thing to do. But these people are not smart. They are very very dumb.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

233 Times are rough all over.
What will happen if all those companies lose their "angry, gay, brown" employees? Don't they know what Brown can do for you? Or is that just UPS?
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.

The way UPS is refusing gun company packages and destroying others, fuck UPS.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 12:45 PM (3MYGJ)

234 The new mother cries, I think the old mother dies.

Correct. And a great tune.

Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 12:46 PM (u+Y3T)

235 The left wants a neopagan world

Posted by: CN at July 05, 2022 12:46 PM (ONvIw)

236 Want to identify the most lazy, useless, and incompetent workers in any company? Just look at who is demanding time off to "grieve" over a court decision. You'd think that publicly announcing to your employer that you're an insecure, hysterical emotional wreck and unable to handle even the slightest stress would not be a smart thing to do. But these people are not smart. They are very very dumb.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:45 PM (iFTx/)
++++
Racist

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:46 PM (WWh8n)

237 This busty blonde in a white shirt plays D&D with modified rules that include a Woke Attack that is highly effective but if it is used, the person who invokes get physically thrown out the nearest window:
https://is.gd/Y3sA4B

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (WWh8n)

Hooray for busty blondes!

Posted by: Archer at July 05, 2022 12:46 PM (gmo/4)

238 Totally off topic but do any of Our Georgia morons/ettes know if the polls showing Warnock 10 points over Walker right ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2022 12:46 PM (bs+z0)

239 Looks like a lot of planning went into this shooting.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 12:47 PM (0SIeT)

240 The way UPS is refusing gun company packages and destroying others, fuck UPS.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 12:45 PM (3MYGJ)

Do tell...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:47 PM (XIJ/X)

241 @18 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?

----

Gaming is more mainstream these days. For example, Vin Diesel plays D and D. Henry Cavill plays Warhammer. There are more public personalities I've heard about, though those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Posted by: junior at July 05, 2022 12:48 PM (WkKyj)

242 This busty blonde in a white shirt plays D&D with modified rules that include a Woke Attack that is highly effective but if it is used, the person who invokes get physically thrown out the nearest window:
https://is.gd/Y3sA4B
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:42 PM (WWh8n)

Pretty.

I wish I had a girl like that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2022 12:48 PM (2JVJo)

243 239 he looked so dreamy in his FBI hat

Posted by: Joe Alcoff of antifa at July 05, 2022 12:48 PM (ONvIw)

244
Do tell...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:47 PM (XIJ/X)

https://is.gd/HNWiRX

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (Zz0t1)

245 Thrilled about the MD change in CC requirements. Still have to take class which also requires an accuracy test. This is a good thing.
But, as a vertically challenged individual, the ability to protect myself.....Priceless.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (Y+l9t)

246 Is it, or was it, Hasbro that made Mr. Potato Head?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (txdEq)

247 Turns out Murder Boi dressed as a woman for the shooting and borrowed his mom's car to drive to the parade.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Yeah, that all ticks off some more "MAGA!" boxes. I mean, how many more clues do they need?

But seriously, what a sad tragedy.
We live in a sick, sad world.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative......Living on the Prison Planet at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (tjZg/)

248 235 The left wants a neopagan world

Posted by: CN
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Posted by: Braenyard at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (giAl5)

249
Pretty.

I wish I had a girl like that.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2022 12:48 PM (2JVJo)

You asked for it......

https://youtu.be/cmXZOI7cM0M

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (Zz0t1)

250 Hey, Dungeons & Dragons fans. Here's a thought. Instead of switching back to OSR rules, why don't you grow up and stop playing kiddie games, you pathetic poofs. Same goes for the "adults" who product that dreck.

"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."

Just a thought.

Posted by: Bottle Bot at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (1dzqn)

251 I worked the numbers on the reduced rate and there was just no making up the dollars lost with the increase by waiting. Multiply the monthly payment by the number of months til the year to get the increase. You end up losing thousands of dollars to get a few dollars extra when you finally take it.

I don't know how. I did the calculation as well, and you come out ahead after about 12 years if you wait. If you plan to die at an earlier age, okay, but otherwise, you lose by opting to take it early.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (/NCI4)

252 But seriously, what a sad tragedy.
We live in a sick, sad world.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative......Living on the Prison Planet at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (tjZg/)

Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (bs+z0)

253 Is it, or was it, Hasbro that made Mr. Potato Head?

--

That sounds right. Have they changed it to Non-Binary Potato Head yet?

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (sVtYq)

254 @18 Hmm, do guys playing D&D really have to worry about getting a woman pregnant?

Back in the day, geeky guys like me would have gone along with any woke fad in the slimmest hops of getting laid. I wonder if the same applies today. I have to think that any gals playing D&D have to fall on the woker-side of things.

Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (u+Y3T)

255 This busty blonde in a white shirt plays D&D with modified rules that include a Woke Attack that is highly effective but if it is used, the person who invokes get physically thrown out the nearest window:
https://is.gd/Y3sA4B
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022

***
That looks like Scarlett Johanssen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (txdEq)

256 HHS Sec. Considering Abortion Tents on Federal Lands

-
Like M*A*S*H except the theme song is Homicide Is Painless.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (FVME7)

257 Different tires wear out differently. Perfoamce tires wear out crazy fast. Warranty for Michelin sport is only 20k miles.Also different cars will have better or worse wear. Audis are notorious for quick and uneven wear. And of course climate. Really extremely hot or cold will wear out tires quickly.

So there’s no one size fits all rule on when you need new ones. At 6 years old it is probably time for new ones no matter what. That is getting up there in age.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (OalnH)

258 235 The left wants a neopagan world
Posted by: CN at July 05, 2022 12:46 PM (ONvIw)

=========

Zardoz!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (kxFWR)

259 For example, Vin Diesel plays D and D
Posted by: junior at July 05

Mmmmmmm, Vin Diesel.....

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (1DCnl)

260 Donna @ 238-
The dems havn't finished counting the ballots yet. Toilet overflow.

Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (gktX6)

261 Posted by: Archer at July 05, 2022 12:39 PM (gmo/4)

Started a National Bank.
Then gave Womenz the right to vote.
Then Prohibition...

Then the worst depression America has had.

Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (oHd/0)

262 246 Is it, or was it, Hasbro that made Mr. Potato Head?

Hello, its 2022, that's Mx. Potato Head to you Sir or Madam, I said Good Day!!

Posted by: Hasbro Marketing Department Shrew at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (2waQ7)

263 Eyes and ears and funny noses, you can put him in so many poses....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (89T5c)

264 The Warhammer community may hold firm even after everyone else has gone soft-n-stupid.

I have some bad news for you. A while ago Games Workshop published an "open letter" to their fans starting by saying "Warhammer is for everyone", saying they will "diversify their model range" so "everyone can find representation", and ending with "and if you don't agree, we won't miss you".

I do wonder who finds "representation" in the orks...

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (naEeR)

265 Just for fun, I went over to WoTC's Magic: The Gathering site to see what the newest set looks like.

It's pure crap. Just recycled mechanics for the most part. Nothing at all interesting or new.

All WoTC does is churn out worthless sets to keep things "fresh" and "new" but really it's just variations on stuff that was printed years ago. They also keep revisiting older sets like Kamigawa or Ravnica.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (YIVH2)

266 What do you feed an invisible dog?

Posted by: Huckleberry Hound at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (PIlQh)

267 Simple calculation to do. For me I will have to live to 82 to reach breakeven with full benefits versus benefits at 62. Given the odd of 20 years life after 62 and that SS will still be solvent, I'll be taking it early.

This is what I’m thinking, too. I retired several years ago (lived in California, looked at my savings, decided I didn’t need any more of this shit and retired to Texas) and will have the option of starting SS in a few years.

While I have started traveling more, I don’t really spend much.

I’m mainly going to look at what my savings are then (thanks, Brandon) and decide then, but I’m leaning toward earlier. My spreadsheet currently says I’d have to live to 79 to break even on waiting for full, and 81 on enhanced. My dad’s 83 right now, so I may well wait. Just depends on what I’d use the money for and how much trust I have in it still being there a few more years down.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (U+Oxn)

268 259 For example, Vin Diesel plays D and D
Posted by: junior at July 05

Mmmmmmm, Vin Diesel.....
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (1DCnl)

========

There's apparently some elite Hollywood D&D group. Joe Manganiello leads it, I think. Vince Vaughn is part of it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (kxFWR)

269 I'll take what's mine now, thank you. Later, what's mine might be gone.

Bear in mind that over-65's are the most important voting bloc in the United States. They are much more likely to vote than other groups, especially young people.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (I2/tG)

270 238 Totally off topic but do any of Our Georgia morons/ettes know if the polls showing Warnock 10 points over Walker right ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2022 12:46 PM (bs+z0)

How would anyone know either way?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (OalnH)

271 I do wonder who finds "representation" in the orks...
Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (naEeR)
++++
The SJWs, but I doubt they're that self-aware.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (WWh8n)

272 Started a National Bank.
Then gave Womenz the right to vote.
Then Prohibition...

Then the worst depression America has had.

Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Romeo13

Well, you left out "Income Tax" and getting into the World War. But otherwise, does kind of look like a real winning streak there.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative......Living on the Prison Planet at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (tjZg/)

273 "Yours in Fury"???

Some of my generation are so, so embarrassing. And emotionally fragile. They will not survive the burning times.

Posted by: LizLem at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (n9GSI)

274 I do wonder who finds "representation" in the orks...

Orpah, Tank Abrams, Liz Cheney, etc.....

Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (u+Y3T)

275 271 I do wonder who finds "representation" in the orks...
Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (naEeR)
++++
The SJWs, but I doubt they're that self-aware.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (WWh8n)

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"I am dragonkin! You must be destroyed for mis-speciesing me!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (kxFWR)

276 Speaking of toy characters: At Petco yesterday I spotted a cat toy of Lamb Chop, a tiny thing but with the character details, labeled "Lamb Chop! The Lamb! The Legend!"

DreamWorx owns the name now. Not a mention of Shari Lewis anywhere on the toy or its mounting card.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (txdEq)

277 250 Hey, Dungeons & Dragons fans. Here's a thought. Instead of switching back to OSR rules, why don't you grow up and stop playing kiddie games, you pathetic poofs. Same goes for the "adults" who product that dreck.

"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."

Just a thought.
Posted by: Bottle Bot at July 05, 2022 12:49 PM (1dzqn)

You know who did not slavishly follow the rules of D&D?

Gary Gygax. Had the privilege of doing a Dungeon run with him as DM at a Convention... He would have LOVED the Pirates line about 'more like guidelines'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (oHd/0)

278 I'm utterly shocked that this post didn't have the

"Is This Something ?"

lead out

SHOCKED !!!

Posted by: REDACTED at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (us2H3)

279 Gaming is more mainstream these days. For example, Vin Diesel plays D and D. Henry Cavill plays Warhammer. There are more public personalities I've heard about, though those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Posted by: junior at July 05, 2022 12:48 PM (WkKyj)

Joe Manganiello is a huge D and D player. He's married to Sophia Vergara.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (OgrpQ)

280 What roll do you need to get an abortion in D&D?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

None. As a helpless target, the fetus would be subject to coup-de-grace rules. No roll to hit, automatic critical hit.

Posted by: mikeski at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (P1f+c)

281 Never was a gamer , D&D player or Star Wars fan.

Though I was in band in Jr High School. Always wanted to play the saxophone.

But I always knew those geeks would be successful when they became adults.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (0SIeT)

282 "Paired with the flood of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation, it's been hard to process how company's [sic] expect us to be productive while our rights are being stripped away."

Ahhh like what Gomer?

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (GwxCX)

283 I still got my MtG decks from HS. I HAVENT touched those things in like 20+ years.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (MGB5H)

284 What do you feed an invisible dog?

Posted by: Huckleberry Hound at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (PIlQh)

Empty calories?

Posted by: Archer at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (gmo/4)

285 273 "Yours in Fury"???

Some of my generation are so, so embarrassing. And emotionally fragile. They will not survive the burning times.
Posted by: LizLem at July 05, 2022 12:52 PM (n9GSI)

Yours in Furry? That's hot!

Posted by: Robert Francis O'Rourke at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (PiwSw)

286 Speaking of invisible dogs, in the early 70s, I had what might be called hyperactivity. The pediatrician told my mom to get me to walk around the block at least once a day to burn it off. I wouldn't do it until she bought me one of those stiff leashes that made it look like you were walking an invisible dog. I must've looked like an idiot walking that block every day.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (sVtYq)

287 @76 The Warhammer community may hold firm even after everyone else has gone soft-n-stupid

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There's apparently a sizeable group of Warhammer 40,000 fans who see the Chaos Gods as the good guys, because they're fighting against the fascist Imperium.

Yes, you read that right.

There are people who view eldritch entities whose goal is to feast on the souls of every living thing in the galaxy as the good guys. Because the human faction is "fascist".

Posted by: junior at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (WkKyj)

288 It was time to abandon D&D at 4th edition. If you're still playing, there's no hope for you.

Posted by: James Schuler at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (g69k+)

289 I nominate Sloth. We can get some rest.

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Sloth Month would be totally epic, but first I need a nap...

Posted by: Bottle Bot at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (1dzqn)

290 Joe Manganiello is a huge D and D player. He's married to Sophia Vergara.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death

You DO Sofia. You don't do D&D.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (3MYGJ)

291 The closest I got to playing D&D was Atari Adventure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)

292 The Wizards for Justice demand to be taken seriously.

Posted by: Gob Bluth at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (zcPgo)

293 Was this Crimo scumbag dressed as a woman as a disguise or because he's a tranny or CD? My money is on the latter. The NY Post has some new (at least to me) pics of this guy, and he looks exactly like the creepy hermaphrodite incels you always see at antifa riots. I'll go out on a limb and say he also had a criminal background.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

294 For example, Vin Diesel plays D and D
Posted by: junior at July 05

Mmmmmmm, Vin Diesel.....
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (1DCnl)

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There's apparently some elite Hollywood D&D group. Joe Manganiello leads it, I think. Vince Vaughn is part of it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:51 PM (kxFWR)
D&D is pretty mainstream now, lots of 'pretty' people game now.
The 'Critical Role' group is mostly actors and voice actors and they make BANK on their live gaming sessions. Also had a cartoon made for them, up on Amazon.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (XvPQV)

295 Gary Gygax

Sounds familiar. Did he invent D&D? Or write the original books?

Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (u+Y3T)

296 Some of my generation are so, so embarrassing. And emotionally fragile. They will not survive the burning times.
Posted by: LizLem
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No, they're not.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (FBkLm)

297
Then gave Womenz the right to vote.

__________

To read the propaganda, you'd think that women were forbidden to vote anywhere until the 19th Amendment was ratified, whereas women could vote at some level in most states.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (/U27+)

298 Brother Grimaldus it is true that by blade and bolter we have crushed a hundred worlds into bloody compliance. But by the Emperor's throne I will not tolerate an environment that does not provide free healthcare to the most marginalized among us.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2022 12:56 PM (ojfj3)

299 294 D&D is pretty mainstream now, lots of 'pretty' people game now.
The 'Critical Role' group is mostly actors and voice actors and they make BANK on their live gaming sessions. Also had a cartoon made for them, up on Amazon.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (XvPQV)

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I played D&D once. I spent an hour building the character, and then walked away. I was just too bored.

More power to those that role play, but I don't think it's for me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:56 PM (kxFWR)

300 My assumption is SS will not give a dime. By the time I am of age SS will be a welfare program available only to members of disadvantaged communities.

My retirement planning uses $0 from SS. If by some miracle I manage to get a few bucks from it, it will be a nice bonus.

Anyone under 50 expecting to get a substantial amount of SS is going to be in for a rude awakening.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:56 PM (OalnH)

301 I don't know if Hasbro "invented" Mr. Potato Head, but we at CNN are proud to have him as the star of our evening lineup.

Posted by: CNN exec at July 05, 2022 12:56 PM (aHOQt)

302 I think I'll continue to not give a crap about the murderer.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 05, 2022 12:56 PM (FBkLm)

303 All WoTC does is churn out worthless sets to keep things "fresh" and "new" but really it's just variations on stuff that was printed years ago. They also keep revisiting older sets like Kamigawa or Ravnica.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Big Bang had pretty funny bit about that. The game they played came out with a Wild West expansion and they all complained about how stupid it was and a money grab. And then proceeded to reserve sets for themselves.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 05, 2022 12:57 PM (MGB5H)

304 Paris Hilton Cancelled Meeting with President Biden to Attend Britney Spears' Wedding

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 12:57 PM (FVME7)

305 Wizards of the Coast...just up the road in Renton (South Seattle).
No surprise here.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2022 12:57 PM (anj39)

306 Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

His full name is "Small Penis Coward."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (XIJ/X)

307 Anyone under 50 expecting to get a substantial amount of SS is going to be in for a rude awakening.
Posted by: Joe XiDen
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Under 55.

Hub and I aren't gonna see a dime, either.

GenX pretty much realized this at an early age.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (FBkLm)

308 This busty blonde in a white shirt plays D&D with modified rules that include a Woke Attack that is highly effective but if it is used, the person who invokes get physically thrown out the nearest window:
https://is.gd/Y3sA4B
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 05, 2022

***
That looks like Scarlett Johanssen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2022 12:50 PM (txdEq)

It does. Killer rack on her, all natural too, looks like.

There's going to be a Marylin Monroe movie, Blonde, coming out soon.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (XvPQV)

309 There are people who view eldritch entities whose goal is to feast on the souls of every living thing in the galaxy as the good guys. Because the human faction is "fascist".
Posted by: junior at July 05, 2022 12:54 PM (WkKyj)

Well it's hard to write inhuman villains, so I guess this lot was the source material for the Chaos faction.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (b2nrj)

310 DreamWorx owns the name now. Not a mention of Shari Lewis anywhere on the toy or its mounting card.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2022 12:53 PM (txdEq)

Had a serious childhood crush on Shari.

Posted by: BignJames at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (AwYPR)

311 The superman actor paints 40K miniatures.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (ojfj3)

312 Costco did a good job on my tires several months ago. $650 for 4 Michelins.
While I waited in the food court.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (jTmQV)

313 I don't know if Hasbro "invented" Mr. Potato Head, but we at CNN are proud to have him as the star of our evening lineup.
Posted by: CNN exec

IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!

Posted by: Count Frankenstein of Idaho at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (tjZg/)

314 There's going to be a Marylin Monroe movie, Blonde, coming out soon.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (XvPQV)

I have her centerfold hanging on the wall in my office.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (Zz0t1)

315 Why was Paris Hilton meeting with the vegetable knows as potus in the first place?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (OalnH)

316 "On Wednesday, June 29th all employees are encouraged to take a day to reflect, nurture mental health, and show solidarity that Hasbro will not," it said. "Decisions like this cause suffering..."

Gawd what a bunch of wimps.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2022 12:59 PM (anj39)

317 308 There's going to be a Marylin Monroe movie, Blonde, coming out soon.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (XvPQV)

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Apparently the way it's built is that each scene is visually based on a famous photograph of Monroe.

All I needed was Andrew Dominick's name, though. I'll be watching that on release day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:59 PM (kxFWR)

318 If you are too immature to cope with government decisions to the point that you can't work, you need to quit your job and commit yourself to a sanitarium.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 05, 2022 12:59 PM (lf83v)

319 *kicks rocks*

Posted by: Second Life at July 05, 2022 12:59 PM (4I/2K)

320 I played D&D once. I spent an hour building the character, and then walked away. I was just too bored.

More power to those that role play, but I don't think it's for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:56 PM (kxFWR)

Eh. It's just 'lets pretend' with dice rolling.
Or an excuse to do some improv acting.

Half the time, my group is just hanging out and drinking bourbon. But we also kill monsters.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:59 PM (XvPQV)

321 Off topic subject but why are police dressed like soldiers? I'm referring most recently to the pictures of police in the Highland Park shooting, but as an example, why the camo when you're mainly in an urban environment? Why the kevlar helmets? If I didn't know any better I'd think we were under enemy occupation.

I grew up watching Adam-12 where the cops even wore ties for crying out loud. If you want soldiers in the streets, THEN PUT SOLDIERS IN THE STREETS.

No offense to the LE morons here but is all that battle rattle really necessary? I'm asking sincerely.
Posted by: Guidons, Guidons...Lariat Advance at July 05, 2022 12:41 PM (nGt7X)

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Exactly.

Posted by: Broken Apple at July 05, 2022 01:00 PM (ZLALC)

322 I have her centerfold hanging on the wall in my office.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (Zz0t1)

I should have known you collected classic art.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:00 PM (XvPQV)

323 Today is Taco Tuesday. Taco Truck showed up since the "cafeteria" shut down due to small portions and high prices.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:00 PM (3MYGJ)

324 Only one of my biological family lived past 70. I'm taking it as soon as possible.

Posted by: Infidel at July 05, 2022 01:00 PM (mn1Pi)

325 Big Bang had pretty funny bit about that. The game they played came out with a Wild West expansion and they all complained about how stupid it was and a money grab. And then proceeded to reserve sets for themselves.
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 05, 2022 12:57 PM (MGB5H)
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Sadly a lot of truth in this...Marketing works, after all, or companies wouldn't spend insane money on it.

I have more than enough MTG cards to last a lifetime...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:00 PM (YIVH2)

326 GenX pretty much realized this at an early age.

Truth.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (89T5c)

327 Had a serious childhood crush on Shari.

Me too, but I felt really guilty about it. I wasn't sure why, but it may have had to do with the puppet.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (/NCI4)

328 > There's apparently a sizeable group of Warhammer 40,000 fans who see the Chaos Gods as the good guys.

Looking at the state of the world, I am not in the least surprised.

Posted by: me at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (9p+wn)

329 Bobby Crimo's neck tattoo is indicative of ties to the Democratic Socialists of America - the largest and fastest growing socialist organization in America.

Get ready to see coverage of this shooting go down the rabbit hole in 3, 2,1....

Posted by: Archer at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (gmo/4)

330 Vote with your wallet. If you're a gamer, sure, buy the game materials if you want...buy it used if you can. But stop giving them money for modules or merch.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:11 PM (XvPQV)

If I had any resources at all and knew people who could put games together, I would be contacting Ringo, Correia, Williamson, Stirling, even Schlichter, and pitching, "we want to build a board game based around your various universes, and we are willing to negotiate royalties and commissions on every game sold, and we would love for you to write new stuff so we can make you even more money."

MHI for example is designed for campaigns.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (xhaym)

331 All I needed was Andrew Dominick's name, though. I'll be watching that on release day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

All I needed was Ana darmas nc-17

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (MGB5H)

332
I should have known you collected classic art.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:00 PM (XvPQV)

My grandfather built the frame it sits in. He had it hanging on the wall in the basement stairwell for a few decades before I got it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (Zz0t1)

333 On Wednesday, June 29th all employees are encouraged to take a day to reflect, nurture mental health, and show solidarity

They learn it in school. I was doing a site survey at a school where 2 kids had died in a traffic accident that morning. They made it very clear that "counselors" were available for anyone who needed one. I'm sure the guidelines on needing one were not such that some kids could just slack a couple days off.

Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (u+Y3T)

334
No offense to the LE morons here but is all that battle rattle really necessary? I'm asking sincerely.
Posted by: Guidons, Guidons...Lariat Advance at July 05, 2022 12:41 PM (nGt7X)

And why keep running around saying "hut, hut, hut, hut..."?

Posted by: Roy at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (Ti+Tv)

335 "Why was Paris Hilton meeting with the vegetable knows as potus in the first place?"

They were vying for admission to the Mensa Society.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (lf83v)

336 SS is a big reason for boomer hate by the younger generation. We paid into it and will pay into it for several more decades. We will get shit from it. Meanwhile boomers are playing golf every day at The Villages and whatnot cashing those sweet sweet checks every month and telling young people, hey man work harder.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (OalnH)

337 I played D&D once. I spent an hour building the character, and then walked away. I was just too bored.

More power to those that role play, but I don't think it's for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 12:56 PM (kxFWR)

Eh. It's just 'lets pretend' with dice rolling.
Or an excuse to do some improv acting.

Half the time, my group is just hanging out and drinking bourbon. But we also kill monsters.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:59 PM (XvPQV)
***
Playing Army with BB guns was way more fun.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (anj39)

338 The superman actor paints 40K miniatures.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (ojfj3)

Henry Cavil. He also plays video games, he campaigned hard to be in The Witcher TV show because he loved the game.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (XvPQV)

339 Straight from pride month to unemployment month.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (buTO7)

340 Pope Francis Denies He Is Planning to Resign Soon

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I guess he hasn't done enough damage yet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (FVME7)

341 @293: "Was this Crimo scumbag dressed as a woman as a disguise or ..."

No reason to disguise himself if notoriety was his goal. His appearance likely didn't help him escape the scene either. Likely part and parcel of his own special brand of kink.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (4NlP1)

342 Playing Army with BB guns was way more fun.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (anj39)

I hear good things about airsoft.
Might need to get into that with Lazy Messenger soon.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (XvPQV)

343 295 Gary Gygax

Sounds familiar. Did he invent D&D? Or write the original books?
Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 12:55 PM (u+Y3T)
________________________________

A little bit of both. True story: prior to D&D, there was a fairly established role playing subculture that would reenact classic battles using characters and weapons appropriate to the period. Romans vs Carthaginians, Knights vs Knights, North vs South, Cowboys vs Indians, etc. GG was in that subculture. His idea was that since this is all make-believe anyway, why not add mythical creatures, magic, and other character races to the game? Seems like such a simple and obvious idea that it's amazing it took so long for someone to come up with it. But he did.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (iFTx/)

344 331 All I needed was Andrew Dominick's name, though. I'll be watching that on release day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

All I needed was Ana darmas nc-17
Posted by: BruceWayne at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (MGB5H)

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There was a rumor that the NC17 rating was because a girl went down on Marilyn while she was on her period. The director laughed it off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (kxFWR)

345
Ace should've included betty middler's semi-sane tweet. I think her NPC wires have crossed and shorted because she spoke the truth.

Posted by: Justice Soothsayer at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (K9bbp)

346 And why keep running around saying "hut, hut, hut, hut..."?

Because the parade scene in Animal House and the SWAT Team in Blues Brothers was prophetic.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (lf83v)

347 "I'm in mourning due to the attack on people with uteruses in the US. ..."

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Out: POC (People of Color).
In: POU (People of Uteri).

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, we got fun & games & Starveflation aims at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (QbCrG)

348 HHS Sec. Considering Abortion Tents on Federal Lands
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They should just put them in post offices.

"Have unprotected sex indiscriminately, then go to your local post office to buy stamps and have those nasty babies scraped out of your uterus, birthing people!

You'll have to pay for your own stamps, but taxpayers will foot the bill for your abortions!"

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (MvHI3)

349 On Wednesday, June 29th all employees are encouraged to take a day to reflect, nurture mental health, and show solidarity

My company did that. Only it was February 29th.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (3MYGJ)

350 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY'RE MOURNING THE NON-DEATH OF BABIES.

FREAKING SATANISTS, AM I RIGHT?

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (ePWGh)

351 326 GenX pretty much realized this at an early age.

Truth.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Yep

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (sAmhv)

352 MHI for example is designed for campaigns.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (xhaym)
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I just started reading that yesterday...Yeah, I could see it as the basis for one or more games...

You could do a tabletop miniature version, a role-playing game version, a regular board game version, etc...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (YIVH2)

353 338 The superman actor paints 40K miniatures.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 05, 2022 12:58 PM (ojfj3)

Henry Cavil. He also plays video games, he campaigned hard to be in The Witcher TV show because he loved the game.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (XvPQV)

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I don't think he campaigned for it to be a structural mess in the first season and for his character to be a secondary concern in the following season, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (kxFWR)

354 I'll go out on a limb and say he also had a criminal background.

They said yesterday he's "known to law enforcement".

I bet he could have caught a felony or been involuntarily committed at least once. Likely wouldn't have stopped him, but may have slowed him down.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (naEeR)

355 NOW - Robert Crimo, the Highland Park shooter, wore women’s clothing during the attack, the police say.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/
1544360387554033664

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (/jQbM)

356 They learn it in school. I was doing a site survey at a school where 2 kids had died in a traffic accident that morning. They made it very clear that "counselors" were available for anyone who needed one. I'm sure the guidelines on needing one were not such that some kids could just slack a couple days off.

Posted by: Mookie at July 05, 2022 01:01 PM (u+Y3T)
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Yes. My kids' very liberal high school does "walkouts" whenever some social justice cause demands it.

It teaches the kids very bad habits.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (llXky)

357 How "marginalized" can you be when all you have to do is complain that you don't like something and get a reward?

Posted by: Octochicken at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (oCS0o)

358 Straight from pride month to unemployment month.
Posted by: Jimco Industries at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (buTO7)

Could be a thread winner right here.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (anj39)

359 And he's about as brown as my Irish-Italian ass.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (yikp0)

360 SS is a big reason for boomer hate by the younger generation. We paid into it and will pay into it for several more decades. We will get shit from it. Meanwhile boomers are playing golf every day at The Villages and whatnot cashing those sweet sweet checks every month and telling young people, hey man work harder.

Oh, please. I worked and paid into it for 50 years, and would still have bailed on SS when Bush wanted to allow people to move into private accounts. It isn't a good deal for anyone who earns more than the average. You guys aren't unique.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (/NCI4)

361 I have to give this fucktard credit for the second greatest Complimentary Close of a letter ever*: "Yours in Fury, Fucktard".

*The greatest being that of Moe Dickstien (Joe Piscopo) in his "suicide" note at the end of "Wise Guys":

"Fuck You, Now And In The Hereafter,

Moe"

Posted by: Sharkman at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (tO55R)

362 I hate to break it to you, but they are trying to kill us off as early as they can. I am still paying into it, although I won't see any money from my own claim.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (5HBd1)

363 Eh. It's just 'lets pretend' with dice rolling.
Or an excuse to do some improv acting.

Half the time, my group is just hanging out and drinking bourbon. But we also kill monsters.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 12:59 PM (XvPQV)

There's the optimization/math/legal reasoning end of things and the acting/story end of things. Most players really like one or the other and a fair amount like both.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (b2nrj)

364 Pope Francis Denies He Is Planning to Resign Soon

You know who else made a habit of denying?

That's right. The original Pope.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (lf83v)

365 339 Straight from pride month to unemployment month.

Posted by: Jimco Industries at July 05, 2022 01:02 PM (buTO7)

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"You're gonna love starvation month, comrade! #Soon."

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, we got fun & games & Starveflation aims at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (QbCrG)

366 Robert Crimo, the Highland Park shooter, wore women’s clothing during the attack, the police say.
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Clearly MAGA!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (yikp0)

367 You could do a tabletop miniature version, a role-playing game version, a regular board game version, etc...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (YIVH2)
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The smart play would be for the guys who do Twilight: 2000 to buy the license.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2022 01:06 PM (llXky)

368 "Why was Paris Hilton meeting with the vegetable knows as potus in the first place?"

They were vying for admission to the Mensa Society.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot

Well, she won that battle of wits.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 01:06 PM (FVME7)

369 A little bit of both. True story: prior to D&D, there was a fairly established role playing subculture that would reenact classic battles using characters and weapons appropriate to the period. Romans vs Carthaginians, Knights vs Knights, North vs South, Cowboys vs Indians, etc. GG was in that subculture. His idea was that since this is all make-believe anyway, why not add mythical creatures, magic, and other character races to the game? Seems like such a simple and obvious idea that it's amazing it took so long for someone to come up with it. But he did.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (iFTx/)
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Yep. The entire role-playing game industry is an offshoot of the tabletop wargaming industry which preceded it. I believe the original rules for Chainmail, the precursor to D&D, came from tabletop miniature rules.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:06 PM (YIVH2)

370 The younger generation also thought they'd die before they were thirty. Just because you think something will happen in the future doesn't make it so.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 05, 2022 01:06 PM (5HBd1)

371 Why was Paris Hilton meeting with the vegetable knows as potus in the first place?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 12:58

To ask is to answer.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 05, 2022 01:06 PM (Y+l9t)

372 Clearly MAGA!
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0)

Cops believe as a way to cover his tats?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 05, 2022 01:06 PM (/jQbM)

373 SS is a big reason for boomer hate by the younger generation. We paid into it and will pay into it for several more decades. We will get shit from it. Meanwhile boomers are playing golf every day at The Villages and whatnot cashing those sweet sweet checks every month and telling young people, hey man work harder.
Posted by: Joe XiDen

Because we were forced at gunpoint to pay in every paycheck since we were 16.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (3MYGJ)

374 Carter-Era Economic Advisors Shooting Down All of Biden's Ideas to Curb Inflation

Mr. Blumenthal said Mr. Biden should heed the lessons of Mr. Carter’s failed attempts to curb inflation by avoiding measures that are counterproductive. He urged Mr. Biden to support a substantial interest rate increase and to abandon his sweeping legislative package in favor of deficit reduction, which some economists argue could dampen prices by slowing growth depending on how it is approached.

“Inflation fighting comes first,” said Mr. Blumenthal, who escaped Nazi Germany and lived in Shanghai during a period of hyperinflation in the 1940s. “He has to show the recognition to the public that inflation has lasting deleterious effects on the economy and that by trying to take half measures now, you merely prolong the pain of these effects.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (RHGPo)

375 359 And he's about as brown as my Irish-Italian ass.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (yikp0)

I thought the Irish were the Blacks of Europe?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (XvPQV)

376 HHS Sec. Considering Abortion Tents on Federal Lands

A wildlife feeding program? Seems, kind of extreme. Not sure feeding mountain lion's human fetus's is a good idea.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (sAmhv)

377 NOW - Robert Crimo, the Highland Park shooter, wore women’s clothing during the attack, the police say.

Women's clothing? Did they consult a biologist?

Posted by: Supreme Court Justice Brown Jackson at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (lf83v)

378 Cops believe as a way to cover his tats?
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And his Trump-flag cape!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (yikp0)

379 A little bit of both. True story: prior to D&D, there was a fairly established role playing subculture that would reenact classic battles using characters and weapons appropriate to the period. Romans vs Carthaginians, Knights vs Knights, North vs South, Cowboys vs Indians, etc. GG was in that subculture. His idea was that since this is all make-believe anyway, why not add mythical creatures, magic, and other character races to the game? Seems like such a simple and obvious idea that it's amazing it took so long for someone to come up with it. But he did.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (iFTx/)

He also pioneered key point of focusing it down to individual characters as opposed to controlling an army (tabletop wargaming).

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (b2nrj)

380 Yep. The entire role-playing game industry is an offshoot of the tabletop wargaming industry which preceded it. I believe the original rules for Chainmail, the precursor to D&D, came from tabletop miniature rules.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Risk.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (3MYGJ)

381 @300 Anyone under 50 expecting to get a substantial amount of SS is going to be in for a rude awakening.

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Which is everyone here, since no one's over 29. Right?

Posted by: junior at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (WkKyj)

382 Posted by: Elric Blade at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (iFTx/)
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Yep. The entire role-playing game industry is an offshoot of the tabletop wargaming industry which preceded it. I believe the original rules for Chainmail, the precursor to D&D, came from tabletop miniature rules.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:06 PM (YIVH2)

Yup, stemmed directly out of the miniatures game 'ChainMail'.... which even had a small blurb at the very end of the ruleset about using it for roleplaying.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (oHd/0)

383 373 Because we were forced at gunpoint to pay in every paycheck since we were 16.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (3MYGJ)

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Make SS optional.

All in on the current system or completely out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (kxFWR)

384 Because we were forced at gunpoint to pay in every paycheck since we were 16.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (3MYGJ)

Welcome to the party, pal.

Posted by: Roy at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (AiZBA)

385 Yep. The entire role-playing game industry is an offshoot of the tabletop wargaming industry which preceded it. I believe the original rules for Chainmail, the precursor to D&D, came from tabletop miniature rules.

Which is why ten feet are indicated as 1".

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (naEeR)

386 There's going to be a Marylin Monroe movie, Blonde, coming out soon.

I expect it to be awful.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (2JVJo)

387 So you think you are fully vaxxed? Not so fast, comrade!

https://tinyurl.com/mpp6bx9j

Canadians will have to get re-jabbed every 9 months because reasons.

Posted by: kallisto at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (dCxaZ)

388 NOW - Robert Crimo, the Highland Park shooter, wore women’s clothing during the attack, the police say.

He's a lumberjack and he's OK.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)

389 What ever happened to going to work. Doing your work. And going home?

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (MGB5H)

390 There's going to be a Marylin Monroe movie, Blonde, coming out soon.

I expect it to be awful.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (2JVJo)

I expect it to be visually stimulating.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (XvPQV)

391 HHS Sec. Considering Abortion Tents on Federal Lands

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In light of the WV v EPA slap down, where SCOTUS said that the EPA didn't have explicit authority to regulate carbon, this could be an interesting case study in how to not follow up a pair of loses at that level.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (kxFWR)

392 Make SS optional.

All in on the current system or completely out.

They can't, and still have it survive. They pretend that it isn't a welfare scheme, but it is. Those on the low end of the earnings scale get far more than they put in. Those on the upper end subsidize those on the lower.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (/NCI4)

393 384 Welcome to the party, pal.
Posted by: Roy at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (AiZBA)

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This guy doesn't even have a social security card!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (kxFWR)

394
Had a serious childhood crush on Shari.
Posted by: BignJames at July 05, 2022

***
She appears as a sexy but girl-next-door-type dancer in an episode of U.N.C.L.E., "The Off-Broadway Affair." One of their silly episodes, but she is super hot in it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (txdEq)

395 I thought the Irish were the Blacks of Europe?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM

And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.

Posted by: Jimmy Rabbitte at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (dTFZY)

396 could one of the Texas Horde post a link for me to the layman's explanation of Texas Concealed Carry dos and don'ts?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (MrZQl)

397 ALSO FUNNY THAT -NOW- AMAZON WANTS TOLERANCE FOR OTHER PERSPECTIVES, WHEN IT COMES TO WORKER TIME OFF. THEY ARE FINE WITH CENSORING BOOKS, MOVIES AND OTHER ITEMS BASED ON WRI G IDEOLOGY.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (ePWGh)

398 > Meanwhile boomers are playing golf every day at The Villages and whatnot cashing those sweet sweet checks every month and telling young people, hey man work harder.
___________

Considers using the term "boy" to suggest getting my Gin and Tonic whilst putting my feet up. And don't forget the lime this time, boy.

* leans back and lights cigar

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (BFigT)

399 damned Blade Runner.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (AiZBA)

400 Which is why ten feet are indicated as 1".
Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (naEeR)
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Whoa...I never made that connection until you pointed it out! A lot of other rules (e.g., rounds of combat) probably come from tabletop miniature combat as well.

One thing I never liked much about 3rd Ed. D&D was it was too much like a reversion to tabletop miniature combat (lots of rules lawyering).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (YIVH2)

401 Oh, please. I worked and paid into it for 50 years, and would still have bailed on SS when Bush wanted to allow people to move into private accounts. It isn't a good deal for anyone who earns more than the average. You guys aren't unique.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2022 01:05 PM (/NCI4)

You paid i to it and you are getting a lot out of it too. Could you have done better in private markets? Sure. But most people will have a positive return from SS who were born in the 40s and 50s. The yuutes on the other hand will get nothing. While paying an increasingly higher SS tax rate than you did. We are subsidizing your nice retirements so at least a little thank you would be nice.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (OalnH)

402 360 SS is a big reason for boomer hate by the younger generation.

boomers didn't like it either but you yutes kept voting democrat so you get what you fucking deserve.

Posted by: x at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (uQFwj)

403 WRG's historic [pre-modern era] rules were in paces!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (yikp0)

404 We must be inclusive. Except, of course, of those who disagree with us in any way, shape or form, formally or informally, and who do or may not espouse identical views to our views today, and to our new views, whenever they may change.

Posted by: Alexander Scipio at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (+uzCP)

405 Seems like such a simple and obvious idea that it's amazing it took so long for someone to come up with it. But he did.

There was a lot of “almost D&D” that was nothing like D&D because no one ever hit the DM as world, players as party formulation. So something really cool would flash through the community, be really popular for a few months, and then die. Either some sort of live action royalty pretend social event or special war-game ideas for players to compete against each other over.

When Gygax published his idea for wargaming with fantasy creatures and knights, a guy named Dave Arneson took that and starting running player vs. player games using those fantasy creatures. It was still wargaming—players competing against players.

But when Arneson showed this to Gygax at a wargamer convention, his group couldn’t make it. So it was Gygax’s group playing against a group in Arneson’s mind. Arneson took the role both of the world (as the war-game judge always did) and the competition (as the war-game judge did not do). This was the formulation that flashed through the gamer culture and did not fade.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2022 01:11 PM (U+Oxn)

406 And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.
Posted by: Jimmy Rabbitte at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (dTFZY)

So say it loud, "I'm black and I'm proud"

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:11 PM (XvPQV)

407 395 I thought the Irish were the Blacks of Europe?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM

And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.
Posted by: Jimmy Rabbitte at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (dTFZY)

And the North-Siders are the blacks of Dublin!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 05, 2022 01:11 PM (906pl)

408 Posted by: Roy at July 05, 2022 01:08 PM (AiZBA)

nice sock

Posted by: Roy at July 05, 2022 01:12 PM (Ti+Tv)

409 How did they know he wore women's clothing during the shooting? Cameras? Eyewitnesses?

A dude in a dress climbing onto a roof with a rifle should have been a clue that's something was not right.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 05, 2022 01:12 PM (lf83v)

410 Nood! Twerking State Senator...So maybe safer to hang around in this thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:12 PM (YIVH2)

411 @352 You could do a tabletop miniature version,

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The MHI miniatures game is about to have a Kickstarter start. Don't know exactly when, but Larry Correia has said it's immenent.

Posted by: junior at July 05, 2022 01:12 PM (WkKyj)

412 Because we were forced at gunpoint to pay in every paycheck since we were 16.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (3MYGJ)

And so are we. But you got something out of it. We will get nothing.

See the diff ?

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 05, 2022 01:12 PM (OalnH)

413 Meanwhile boomers are playing golf every day at The Villages and whatnot cashing those sweet sweet checks every month and telling young people, hey man work harder.
___________

Hah my older golfing buddy used to say that to me every time he called me at work. ' Hope you're working hard . Gotta keep my SS check coming in'

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 05, 2022 01:12 PM (0SIeT)

414 So, this idiot was "in mourning" over supposedly losing a "right" he never possessed, and (being gay) would never have exercised even if he did. We redefined marriage because people like him supposedly wanted to be part of that institution and just get on with their lives.

Posted by: Hunter's Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer at July 05, 2022 01:13 PM (l7udz)

415 And so are we. But you got something out of it. We will get nothing.

See the diff ?

Posted by: Joe XiDen

I ain't got shit. I still have another 8 years to go.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:13 PM (3MYGJ)

416 On Wednesday, June 29th all employees are encouraged to take a day to reflect, nurture mental health, and show solidarity
My company did that. Only it was February 29th.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 05, 2022 01:03 PM (3MYGJ)

Did you get out your Lech Walesa Solidarnosc! posters?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2022 01:13 PM (xhaym)

417 I am completely disgusted and disenfranchised due to the current stumbling, perverted, corrupt puddin' head sitting in the oval office. I DEMAND to stay home from work until 2024 and I expect to be paid dammit!

Posted by: Cheri at July 05, 2022 01:13 PM (oiNtH)

418 Off sock

Posted by: Scott_T at July 05, 2022 01:13 PM (2waQ7)

419 Huh. No to capital punishment, but they want the Feds facilitating, maybe even performing abortions??

Like, cops can't shoot a POC but heck, yeah, kill those POC babies in the womb (or in their way out)?

Abortion corrupts the mind.

Posted by: Lizzy's phone at July 05, 2022 01:13 PM (ePWGh)

420 The entire role-playing game industry is an offshoot of the tabletop wargaming industry which preceded it. I believe the original rules for Chainmail, the precursor to D&D, came from tabletop miniature rules.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

H.G. Wells wrote a set of tabletop wargaming rules way back when. I don't know whether his were the first or not.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 05, 2022 01:14 PM (FVME7)

421 Re: Providing feedback to companies for divisive politics

1. So there are some companies out there that offer no-questions-asked, guaranteed returns of their products. They stand behind them and will pay you out for any reason.

2. So there are some companies that recently used their platforms to attack the foundation of our constitutional system by assailing the Supreme Court. Some companies also recently used their platforms to very publicly choose their side in the abortion debate.

If we have any fly anglers here, you probably know of a company in both categories. It's a great time to try out new brands, especially when you're getting your money back.

Posted by: turnout man at July 05, 2022 01:14 PM (7CyhL)

422 And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.
Posted by: Jimmy Rabbitte at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (dTFZY)

And the North-Siders are the blacks of Dublin!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 05, 2022 01:11 PM (906pl)

Man I love that movie. Great music and wonderfully engaging characters. "That boy can sing!"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 05, 2022 01:15 PM (x8Wzq)

423 I just started reading that yesterday...Yeah, I could see it as the basis for one or more games...
You could do a tabletop miniature version, a role-playing game version, a regular board game version, etc...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (YIVH2)

Correia is a gamer and builds his own miniatures. I think he is too busy writing and living in his enormous house having fun to do a game.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2022 01:15 PM (xhaym)

424 One thing I never liked much about 3rd Ed. D&D was it was too much like a reversion to tabletop miniature combat (lots of rules lawyering).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2022 01:10 PM (YIVH2)

3rd edition was mechanically more approachable than its predecessors, rules complexity largely emerged from the huge amount of customization that became available over time. 4th edition tried to address this by homogenizing all the classes.

Grappling was unnecessarily complex all by itself in 3rd though.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at July 05, 2022 01:15 PM (b2nrj)

425 I took the reduced rate of railroad retirement. It was the right decision. As I tell people, your time is worth something. Enjoy while you can.

Posted by: Indiana lurker at July 05, 2022 01:16 PM (3ZVqj)

426 I wanted to like D& D and worked hard on my own campign world with maps and history and whatnot, but mostly I just wrote short stories based on my world. I found the actual game tedious.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 05, 2022 01:17 PM (x8Wzq)

427
I bet he could have caught a felony or been involuntarily committed at least once. Likely wouldn't have stopped him, but may have slowed him down.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 01:04 PM (naEeR)

If there's a serious criminal record on the kid - well, he's a good little rage-mutant from a rich, white, Dem hive. Can't be throwing in our precious Monster Babies in a cage with the *real* criminals, now, can we?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2022 01:17 PM (IXpV7)

428 Dungeons & Dragons fans, it might be time to abandon the official game and just go OSR (rules based on the original ruleset):

****

OD&D players have been doing this for years now. A lot of alternatives out there including the original system.

I switched over to the Castles and Crusades rule system about 20 years ago when they were old enough to play RPGs. I hadn't played D&D since the mid-80s and went and bought the 3.5 books and then wished I hadn't. I found the C&C system from searching the web and then found out they were friends with Gary Gygax in his later years. Very easy system, very simple to learn, and I've since morphed it into a homebrew campaign using original D&D rules and the C&C system. Wizards of the Coast has been a train wreck for years. It's just a very slow moving one but it's picking up speed.

Posted by: Azathoth at July 05, 2022 01:18 PM (wb1YC)

429 I am less than a decade from retirement age. I have no confidence that I'll be able to do so, despite us being pretty solid financially. We are a few months from paying off our mortgage. And we have no credit cards. Even so, I have no confidence I'll see much in the way of SS.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 05, 2022 01:20 PM (x8Wzq)

430 The Democrats have shown on multiple occasions that they have embraced Voodoo Economics of Modern Monetary Theory.

Posted by: SMOD at July 05, 2022 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

431
The Irish and Italians are both referred to as the "Ns" of Europe, and it's just silly.

The Slavs are.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2022 01:21 PM (IXpV7)

432 431. Haiti proclaimed Poles to be the noirs of Europe and did not slaughter them. Made them citoyens.

Posted by: CN at July 05, 2022 01:25 PM (ONvIw)

433 429 I am less than a decade from retirement age. I have no confidence that I'll be able to do so, despite us being pretty solid financially. We are a few months from paying off our mortgage. And we have no credit cards. Even so, I have no confidence I'll see much in the way of SS.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Non-sequitur professional at July 05, 2022 01:20 PM (x8Wzq)

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We've saved all our pennies and have a nice nest egg, but I'm terrified that hyperinflation will eventually make us paupers. I wanted to travel the world in our golden years, and now -- after the Covid bullshit -- I have no desire to go to any other country (or any blue state shithole here) let alone set foot in an airport again.

Anyway, I could retire, but I keep working now because I'm pretty sure we will experience an economic & societal collapse.

Out: Great Depression.
In: Great Reset.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, we got fun & games & Starveflation aims at July 05, 2022 01:27 PM (QbCrG)

434 “Inflation fighting comes first,” said Mr. Blumenthal, who escaped Nazi Germany and lived in Shanghai during a period of hyperinflation in the 1940s. “He has to show the recognition to the public that inflation has lasting deleterious effects on the economy and that by trying to take half measures now, you merely prolong the pain of these effects.”
Posted by: SMOD at July 05, 2022 01:07 PM (RHGPo)

Biden's "team" is very politically risk averse, is looking at possible default on public debt, and their ~~mega donors~~ dearest and most influential supporters are leveraged to the eyeballs on their leverage, and loves to pander to the individual who wants to get free money just like the big guys do.

They can't afford massive interest rates, and they can only modify supply through price controls and rationing (which is a proven failure) or modification of demand, somehow.
I suspect we will have lockdowns again by December "to combat long covid" or "Monkeypox" or whatever else comes from vaccine injuries.
It has the benefit of also not accepting that the pandemic response has killed so many

Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2022 01:29 PM (xhaym)

435 H.G. Wells wrote a set of tabletop wargaming rules way back when. I don't know whether his were the first or not.

I believe he was partly inspired by the Kriegspeil (sp?) used by the German War College to train officers.

But mostly he liked lining up tin soldiers and firing spring-loaded cannons into their ranks.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 05, 2022 01:30 PM (naEeR)

436
And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland.
Posted by: Jimmy Rabbitte at July 05, 2022 01:09 PM (dTFZY)

And this is wryly funny because Dublin means "Black Pool" in Irish

Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2022 01:32 PM (xhaym)

437 I have no desire to go to any other country (or any blue state shithole here) let alone set foot in an airport again.

I know we’ve been nooded, but one of the things I’ve done is search out interesting places to visit within a half day’s drive, a day’s drive, and two day’s drive. There are a surprising (for me, anyway) lot of them.

Also, because I don’t actually enjoy interacting with people, hotels that do full digital check-in. Many of the Hilton brands do.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2022 01:33 PM (U+Oxn)

438 D&D turned into a mess with 3.5th edition, into garbage with 4th edition, and now 5th edition is increasingly just woke propaganda.

Since they opened up the rules for third-parties years ago (the OSR Ace mentions) there are better alternatives like Pathfinder or Swords & Wizardry (the core rulebook is a free download from Frog God Games, though you need to register.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 05, 2022 01:51 PM (MqQvv)

439 Is there a Venn diagram showing the intersection of D&D and the likeliness of pregnancy?

Posted by: fluffy at July 05, 2022 01:56 PM (UnQlg)

440 I work for a major university. My supervisor told us to take the day off if we were upset about Dobbs. LOLOLOLOL.

Posted by: Anneke9 at July 05, 2022 02:26 PM (nw0FV)

441 Pathfinder is way better than D&D anyway.

D&D has been crap since 3.5.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 05, 2022 02:49 PM (setIA)

442 Monster Hunter has a really fun and easy RPG. I feel like it's easier to get started with newbies. And you are supporting based Larry Correia.

Posted by: LizLem at July 05, 2022 02:49 PM (UZMzP)

443 D&D going all-in on abortion? Well, it goes very well with the "murder hobo" theme of the game...

Posted by: setnaffa at July 05, 2022 04:52 PM (ud6pL)

444 "Wizards for Justice"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2022 05:30 PM (JdSZq)

445 Given how Hasbro has cut down spending on D&D because the return is not good enough, and given the tradition of Christmas firings, I have to wonder if Hasbro will not be happy to just close the whole division and license the IP to third parties if the in-house staff are going to get so uppity.
As for the only real cash cow, they have enough problems with groomers lurking in the dark corners of Magic organized play, they are not going to be happy to deal with mouthy employees who can be replaced.

441 Pathfinder is way better than D&D anyway.

Paizo (the company that publishes Pathfinder) is woker than WotC.
And more pervy.
And more hypocritical in their perviness.

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