The Morning Rant

Funny how governments obfuscate their financial decisions with high-minded platitudes about the social good and moving forward and building community. The Norwegian government decided to reopen those fields for one reason...tax receipts from the sale of that natural gas will be through the roof. And then they will be able to pay (for a little while) for the massive welfare state that has developed in the last 25 years, as the immigrant population has tripled. Yes...tripled! 6% in 2000, to 18% today.

Norway to Reopen 3 Gas Fields Shut Down in 1998

Norway has approved plans to reopen three gas fields in the North Sea that were shut down nearly three decades ago, a move the government says will support European energy security.
The Ministry of Energy said on May 5 that it has approved development plans for the Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma fields, all located in the Ekofisk area in the southern North Sea.
The fields were discovered in the 1970s and began production between 1977 and 1988, but were closed in 1998 during a redevelopment of the Ekofisk field.
Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland said the reopening showed the continuing value of Norway’s offshore assets.

Norway is positioned well in comparison to most of the rest of Europe, because they are almost entirely powered by hydro power. They use petroleum for profit, which sounds good, but they are unbelievably smug and hypocritical about going carbon-zero domestically, because they pay for it with petroleum exports!

Gas will be exported to Emden in Germany, while condensate, a light liquid hydrocarbon that is separated from natural gas, will be sent to Teesside in the UK.
Unlike Norway, Germany has moved more cautiously, backing limited domestic and cross-border gas projects, while the UK’s major new North Sea projects remain caught between energy–security arguments, court rulings, and a government net-zero policy shift away from new drilling licenses.
Germany and the UK are collaborating on net-zero goals—the total “decarbonization” of all sectors away from fossil fuels—with Germany targeting 2045 and the UK 2050.

Ah yes...the two European economies failing the fastest! Destroying domestic energy production, welcoming millions of 3rd world savages who are busily draining the government coffers while simultaneously catering to their every cultural demand does not sound like a solid basis for a 21st century economy! Germany is particularly suicidal...they had 19 functioning nuclear power plants in 2000, and today? Zero. None. At least the UK only cut nuclear power by half, not the absolutely insanity of the Germans.

But both countries are fixated on carbon-zero economies, and both countries will fail. Perhaps they can repurpose their highways and use them for solar generation? Nobody will be able to drive anyway. Or start cutting down their forests for a few years' worth of heating. That would work!

It is impossible to run a modern economy on renewables, except for a few small countries that have hydro or geothermal. The other technologies simply don't work. The sun doesn't shine very much at night, and the wind doesn't blow 24 hours a day! Plus, the destructiveness of solar and wind is the dirty little secret of the environmental lobbies. Solar is inefficient and sucks up huge amounts of land. Wind generation is also inefficient, uses a huge amount of petroleum during construction, and is famously unreliable. Then at the end of their functional lives, these installations are enormously difficult to recycle. Mostly they get dumped into land fills!

And the upshot of all of this communist/environmental nonsense is that electricity rates in Germany have almost tripled since 2000. And in the UK? Pretty much the same! But all of those Germans and Brits can feel satisfied that they are saving the earth! as they freeze in the winter and boil in the summer.

At least the Germans can enjoy their fast cars for a little while longer on those good highways of theirs...right? Except that their fuel costs between double and triple what ours costs.

It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at their predicament. They have no one to blame except themselves and their feckless leaders. In 50 years, when the UK and Germany are the poorest countries in Europe, and on the fast track to being governed by Sharia law, I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?

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Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 07, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Minkey.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 07, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at May 07, 2026 11:02 AM (6+a3l)

4 Reality setting in is always a good thing.

Well, not really.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:02 AM (bss/y)

5 Willowed...

Get your glasses at Sam's or Costco. I wear progressive lens, got a pair of Ray Ban frames and paid maybe $250 with insurance.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 07, 2026 11:02 AM (EneHm)

6 Denmark sold the rights for offshore wind farms to Norway.

Denmark can see the turbines off their shoreline.

They don't generate much energy themselves and pay Norway handsomely for theirs.

A really stupid decision by Denmark.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 07, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

7
I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?

Hahahahaha.

Between islam and communism...

Of course, they'll blame everyone else.

Esp the saboteurs, despoilers, and useless eaters ruining their Glorious Peoples Republic of Allah.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 11:05 AM (iJfKG)

8 Zero energy production from the state and zero production from the citizenry. Win win?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 07, 2026 11:05 AM (z2aPa)

9 I've had enough of Europe.

Posted by: XTC at May 07, 2026 11:05 AM (FpHTM)

10 It's almost funny to see these virtue-signalling Euro's handicapping their economies with stupid Net Zero initiatives.
Meanwhile, China has over 1,200 coal fired generation plants, with hundreds more under construction and planned.

The US has around 200 such coal fired plants by comparison.

The Chinese burn coal shipped in from the US and Australia, which is carried across oceans by hundreds of ships burning fossil fuel derived energy. Such a joke.

China is allowed to continue to pump massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, as under the Paris Accord they considered a "developing nation".

If it wasn't so stupid and detrimental to Western Civilization it would be to laugh.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 07, 2026 11:06 AM (MNCvZ)

11 I don't think useless eaters should be able to buy junk food with their EBT.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 07, 2026 11:06 AM (Frqjk)

12
In reference to the end of the last thread-

If you have cataracts at all, get snazzy new lens implanted,

you may never need glasses again!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (iJfKG)

13 I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?

There is a tendency to extrapolate today's idiotic decisions indefinitely into the future. I'm not so sure we won't be seeing a massive backlash, followed by very significant forced remigration.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

14 Also willowed:
241 I guess what I'm asking is : What are fake tomatoes made from, if there's no tomato in them?

I'm not challenging, I'm honestly curious.
Posted by: XTC at May 07, 2026 11:02 AM (FpHTM)

With almost any produce (grown thing) it is about the soil and how they are grown (how quickly.) A LOT of produce is grown in China. Their soil is shit and they have used a old soviet chemical that dramatically increases growth rate and size, but also depletes soil quickly (their already shit soil.)

So you have these massive berries or tomatoes or whatever, but they have no flavor. They are usually pale and just kind of disgusting looking. Saw it with strawberries sourced from there... fuck almost 20 years ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)

15 Ouch. Hope it heals well, man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'm fine and my new glasses should be in any day now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (ndZc7)

16 They've still got all those dykes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (Frqjk)

17 wow, that is going to leave a mark

Posted by: yoeman at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (r2U0A)

18 I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?

Religion of the State™ is the worst of all possible, and, yes, blame always lands on someone else.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (diia5)

19 If it wasn't so stupid and detrimental to Western Civilization it would be to laugh.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 07, 2026 11:06 AM (MNCvZ)

Yeah, the world is a silly place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)

20 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 07, 2026 11:08 AM (N1DT3)

21 16 They've still got all those dykes.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (Frqjk)

Are they busty dykes? Because that would be a consolation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:09 AM (bss/y)

22 The thing I was talking about was a low quality tomato being sold as one from a high quality region with strict certification standards.

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2026 11:09 AM (fV4Kz)

23 We whipsaw between different regulatory regimes here. Who doesn't think the Democrats will reverse/overturn as many of Trump's policies as they can starting on their first day in power?

It'll be back to EV's, solar and wind, 15 minute cities, etc.

The difference in the EU is that there's a longer spate between their regulatory regimes. Not sure the next one will be sane enough to reverse what's happened to them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 07, 2026 11:09 AM (jehhT)

24 Too many people in those 2 countries are too brainwashed to save.
Add in the Muslims and the writing is on the wall.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (rKOFC)

25 - Just a friendly reminder...

I may have missed it but didn't see JJ or anyone else bring it up this morning. Maybe in the art thread comments? Wouldn't know what got said there.

Today is the National Day of Prayer.
We now return you to your soap boxing.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (PpROq)

26 How can you call it a gas "field" if it's somewhere out in the ocean?

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)

27 If it wasn't so stupid and detrimental to Western Civilization it would be to laugh.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 07, 2026 11:06 AM (MNCvZ)

Yeah, the world is a silly place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)

Or China is behind a lot of the decision making of these "western" "leaders".

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (fV4Kz)

28 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2026 11:11 AM (zVtNN)

29 I saw where a group went to UK and polled people there as to where they thought the UK would land economically if it was a US state.

The Brits answered on average 7th. The answer is last.

Apparently the poll responded had angry and confused responses even though this data is publicly available.

Note in leftwing forums they note "but they have free healthcare!"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 11:11 AM (sKqQm)

30
It is impossible to run a modern economy on renewables

__________

Who said they cared whether the little people had a modern economy?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2026 11:11 AM (HdYcL)

31 The difference in the EU is that there's a longer spate between their regulatory regimes. Not sure the next one will be sane enough to reverse what's happened to them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

The trans-fascist regime of the EU won't be removed without a lot of blood and toil. <- See whut I did there? No, ok, just me. * kicks rocks *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 07, 2026 11:12 AM (diia5)

32 In 50 years, when the UK and Germany are the poorest countries in Europe, and on the fast track to being governed by Sharia law, I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?
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Trump. Obviously!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 07, 2026 11:12 AM (w2BpZ)

33 Or China is behind a lot of the decision making of these "western" "leaders".
Posted by: ... at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (fV4Kz)

Absolutely. It is funny watching Trump fucking with them and their global hegemony schemes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

34 Posted by: Skip at May 07, 2026 11:11 AM (zVtNN)

You started early today, Skip. Eat lunch. How far did you have to travel this morning?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2026 11:13 AM (ix8EF)

35 Note in leftwing forums they note "but they have free healthcare!"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 11:11 AM (sKqQm)

The illegals do.

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2026 11:13 AM (fV4Kz)

36 I thought I saw that Canada had plans for some sort of 'National Wealth Fund. Like Norways.

Funded by IOU's and dreams of unicorns I guess.
It made me laugh though

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 07, 2026 11:15 AM (Sco7b)

37 If it wasn't so stupid and detrimental to Western Civilization it would be to laugh.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 07, 2026 11:06 AM (MNCvZ)

Yeah, the world is a silly place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:08 AM (bss/y)

Or China is behind a lot of the decision making of these "western" "leaders".
Posted by: ... at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (fV4Kz)

China is still operating under their theory of-

War is for Suckaz! When you can just bribe everyone to damage their countries.

I do wish the Trump Administration would find out and reveal who these traitors are in our country, and then imprison them.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 11:16 AM (iJfKG)

38 Where do you get the money from when you've replaced your citizenry with worthless piece of shit muslhams who do nothing but rape, pillage and burn?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 07, 2026 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

39 Mazel tov!

https://tinyurl.com/2pycjy8p

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 07, 2026 11:16 AM (y1wyK)

40 There is a tendency to extrapolate today's idiotic decisions indefinitely into the future. I'm not so sure we won't be seeing a massive backlash, followed by very significant forced remigration.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

A fair point, but the European citizen has been neutered over the last 80 years, and no longer has the spark of patriotism, love of family, or individualism that protected Western culture for 2,000 years.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (iERP6)

41 Posted by: TeeJ at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (PpROq)

Thanks for letting us know. I had forgotten, but today's devotional from "Our daily bread" ( posted in the tech thread about six hours ago) was about the importance of prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (ix8EF)

42 Gonna go ahead and guess that Norway should send a nice gift basket to thank the gas production companies in the US that have advanced extraction technology exponentially over the last 25 years to make it far more economical to produce gas out of the North Sea.

They should, but they won't.

Posted by: ballistic at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (oqH4h)

43
I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?

Blame Trump.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (Cqx++)

44 Note in leftwing forums they note "but they have free healthcare!"

Support for the National Health Service is virtually 100%, yet the vast majority of the population is deeply dissatisfied with it. Make it make sense.

According to a December 2024 poll, almost nobody in Britain (only 1%) supports abolishing the NHS. Despite very high dissatisfaction—with 51–59% of the public reporting they are unhappy with the service in 2024–2025—the vast majority still support a publicly funded system, with 89% wanting it to remain free at the point of use.
Desire for Radical Change: 63% of Britons want a radical overhaul, rather than getting rid of it entirely.Satisfaction Rates: As of early 2026, 26% of British adults are satisfied with the NHS, with 51% remaining dissatisfied.
Core Principle Support: 81–83% of Britons favor the NHS continuing to be funded through taxation.
Privatisation Concern: 66% of people are concerned about outsourcing the health service to private companies.

While dissatisfaction has reached historic highs, the public generally seeks reform and better funding rather than the removal of the National Health.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

45 It is impossible to run a modern economy on renewables

__________

Who said they cared whether the little people had a modern economy?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2026 11:11 AM (HdYcL)
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What the elites still don't get is that they NEED the little people to have a modern economy or the elites won't enjoy the perks they have now...though they will have them for a little while until they need critical maintenance...which is no longer available.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (gnNyN)

46 Nobody saw this coming or told them that the carbon hoax was going to jeopardize their false economies.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (D1E+2)

47 "At least the Germans can enjoy their fast cars for a little while longer on those good highways of theirs...right? Except that their fuel costs between double and triple what ours costs."

Higher fuel costs don't affect the germans as much as it affects us. europeans in general rarely take long car trips. If they have to travel for long distances they take the train mostly.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 07, 2026 11:18 AM (0N4FZ)

48 Support for the National Health Service is virtually 100%, yet the vast majority of the population is deeply dissatisfied with it. Make it make sense.

Its the propaganga.

Brits that haven't been to the US believe that significant numbers of Americans are dying in the streets from easily fixed health issues and the argument goes that if they got rid of the NIH the same thing would happen there.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 11:20 AM (sKqQm)

49 Well, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has come to pass.

Come meet Gabi, a Buddhist monk in South Korea who happens to be a robot

https://tinyurl.com/7mdc9wur

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Actually, I'm thinking a robot pope might not be so bad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 07, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)

50 Note, the Oligarch's desire to endless AI data centers will formally kill global warming.

In 10 years no one will claim to have ever believed in it.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 11:21 AM (sKqQm)

51 "Or start cutting down their forests....."

I remember reading of a solar project in Germany that cut down 6000 acres of old growth forest in Bavaria. It was a forest that inspired numerous old German folk tales, was something that made Bavaria special.

Posted by: George V at May 07, 2026 11:21 AM (HUbHH)

52 It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at their predicament. They have no one to blame except themselves and their feckless leaders. In 50 years, when the UK and Germany are the poorest countries in Europe, and on the fast track to being governed by Sharia law, I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

Islam is a victimhood culture, where if they are not conquering and ruling over the Kafir, it's ALWAYS the result of conniving and conspiring infidels.

So the citizenry of Germany and England will OF COURSE blame someone else.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 07, 2026 11:21 AM (N1DT3)

53 It should be pointed out in the 70s Europe was on par with the US.

But then they decided they wanted more socialism and we didn't.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

54 What the elites still don't get is that they NEED the little people to have a modern economy or the elites won't enjoy the perks they have now...though they will have them for a little while until they need critical maintenance...which is no longer available.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (gnNyN)

Yeah, they are retarded because they continually do not understand that they do not understand large scale, complex systems. Most people don't. The thing is most people don't but also realize they do not have their arms around how large and complex the system is, so they don't fuck with it.

The problem comes in when people who think they are smart (but are really fucktards) think they DO understand the system and then decide to fuck with it.

Bill Gates retarded idea of a solar shade is a perfect example of a complete retard who THINKS he knows what he is doing. And is too stupid to say 'Hey, maybe I should study this a bit more.'

Nowhere is this better explained/illustrated than Global warming.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:22 AM (bss/y)

55 While dissatisfaction has reached historic highs, the public generally seeks reform and better funding rather than the removal of the National Health.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
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Another data point in realizing that the Brits are now a country of quaking, scared pussies that hate everything but can't/won't do anything about their situation.

Posted by: ballistic at May 07, 2026 11:22 AM (oqH4h)

56 14 With almost any produce (grown thing) it is about the soil and how they are grown (how quickly.) A LOT of produce is grown in China. Their soil is shit and they have used a old soviet chemical that dramatically increases growth rate and size, but also depletes soil quickly (their already shit soil.)

So you have these massive berries or tomatoes or whatever, but they have no flavor. They are usually pale and just kind of disgusting looking. Saw it with strawberries sourced from there... fuck almost 20 years ago.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:07 AM (bss/y)

That's still different from "This is made from completely artificial compounds", which is what was seemed to be implied.

Posted by: XTC at May 07, 2026 11:23 AM (FpHTM)

57 49 Well, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has come to pass.

Come meet Gabi, a Buddhist monk in South Korea who happens to be a robot.

Actually, I'm thinking a robot pope might not be so bad.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

It needs a bored horse.

Posted by: Reforger at May 07, 2026 11:23 AM (ZFqKB)

58 Support for the National Health Service is virtually 100%, yet the vast majority of the population is deeply dissatisfied with it.

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Can't win for losing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 07, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7)

59 Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 11:16 AM (iJfKG)

Biden probably pardoned any he could find out about.

Posted by: ... at May 07, 2026 11:25 AM (fV4Kz)

60 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 07, 2026 11:25 AM (Q7T+R)

61 Support for the National Health Service is virtually 100%, yet the vast majority of the population is deeply dissatisfied with it.
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Can you imagine?

Posted by: The GOP at May 07, 2026 11:26 AM (fV4Kz)

62 That's still different from "This is made from completely artificial compounds", which is what was seemed to be implied.
Posted by: XTC at May 07, 2026 11:23 AM (FpHTM)
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My willowed comment from last thread:

It's not that the can doesn't contain tomatoes, it's that they aren't San Marzano tomatoes in the sense that they're the correct varietal grown in the correct soil and manner as to have the distinctive taste people are looking for when buying San Marzanos. They are cheap, industrial-scale produced tomatoes that taste like ass.

If you want San Marzanos, the brand you want is Bianco DiNapoli. You need look no further.

Posted by: ballistic at May 07, 2026 11:26 AM (oqH4h)

63 What the elites still don't get is that they NEED the little people to have a modern economy or the elites won't enjoy the perks they have now...though they will have them for a little while until they need critical maintenance...which is no longer available.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 07, 2026 11:17 AM (gnNyN)

Our "elites" are the stupidest our culture has ever produced.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 07, 2026 11:27 AM (N1DT3)

64 UK imports US pelletized wood to burn in power plants. Wood harvested in Mississippi, ground, dried, bagged in US, shipped across the ocean in carbon burning ships, trucked to power plants, all so they can claim it's a renewable resource. Madness on anyone's scale.

Posted by: The King Is A Fink! at May 07, 2026 11:28 AM (oftw2)

65 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 07, 2026 11:25 AM (Q7T+R)

How's the trip going?

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

66 If you want San Marzanos, the brand you want is Bianco DiNapoli. You need look no further.
Posted by: ballistic at May 07, 2026 11:26 AM (oqH4h)

From Northern CA.

Posted by: It's me donna at May 07, 2026 11:28 AM (MUEZN)

67
If you want San Marzanos, the brand you want is Bianco DiNapoli. You need look no further.

Posted by: ballistic at May 07, 2026 11:26 AM (oqH4h)

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Supermarkets sell fruits and vegetables whose sole virtue is a long shelf life. Little things like flavor are not considered important.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2026 11:28 AM (HdYcL)

68 Europe's about a decade away from becoming the European Caliphate. Sad thing is, we'll likely be at odds with them to a degree not unlike our current situation with Iran about that time too. Unless we too succumb to the Islamic horde as well.

Or political class seems more than willing to import whatever race or ethnic group(s) they think will subjugate the masses for them.

It's really cultural extermination by proxy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 07, 2026 11:29 AM (jehhT)

69 I remember when it came out Spain was using gas generators to power lamps to power their solar infrastructure.

All so they can claim to be carbon neutral

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 11:29 AM (sKqQm)

70 The CBD Art Thread was rather blurry this AM, but his Rant is crystal-clear.

Posted by: The Red Light Was My Mind... at May 07, 2026 11:30 AM (oftw2)

71 That's still different from "This is made from completely artificial compounds", which is what was seemed to be implied.
Posted by: XTC at May 07, 2026 11:23 AM (FpHTM)

You'd almost have to see a side by side comparison like I mentioned with the strawberries. We did one at that time. On the one hand you had the chinese strawberry which was about 3 times the size, pale, washed out looking. On the other you had a strawberry from south america. Deep red. Smaller but much firmer.

And this is not even getting into the taste differences, which were dramatic.

At what point is something such a distorted version of a thing where it is no longer an example of that thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)

72 Angel the vampire detective.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 07, 2026 11:30 AM (Frqjk)

73 I remember reading of a solar project in Germany that cut down 6000 acres of old growth forest in Bavaria. It was a forest that inspired numerous old German folk tales, was something that made Bavaria special.
Posted by: George V at May 07, 2026 11:21 AM (HUbHH)
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17 million trees!

Posted by: Scottish Wind Project at May 07, 2026 11:30 AM (xvhJH)

74
Higher fuel costs don't affect the germans as much as it affects us. europeans in general rarely take long car trips. If they have to travel for long distances they take the train mostly.
Posted by: Mister Scott

What powers their trains?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2026 11:31 AM (Cqx++)

75 sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at May 07, 2026 11:31 AM (Bry6f)

76
On a trip with Rosalind, Her Majesty bought some super excellent tomatoes from a roadside stand. She had one and put the rest in the cab of the RV, blocked it off and ran some errands. When she returned, she found that Roz had disassembled the barrier and eaten all the tomatoes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 07, 2026 11:32 AM (HdYcL)

77 You'd almost have to see a side by side comparison like I mentioned with the strawberries.
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Proven with geometric logic.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 07, 2026 11:32 AM (xvhJH)

78 At what point is something such a distorted version of a thing where it is no longer an example of that thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Hey, I'm right here, you know.
-- Woman with sleeve tats on both arms, green hair, multiple piercings (including through the septum), etc.

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:32 AM (77rzZ)

79 On the one hand you had the chinese strawberry which was about 3 times the size, pale, washed out looking.

Human waste is an excellent fertilizer.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)

80 What powers their trains?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2026 11:31 AM (Cqx++)
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Sauerkraut farts.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 07, 2026 11:33 AM (xvhJH)

81 But all of those Germans and Brits can feel satisfied that they are saving the earth! as they freeze in the winter and boil in the summer.
And it's the earth that is killing them. How's that for irony?

Posted by: GWB at May 07, 2026 11:34 AM (h5D0I)

82 Little things like flavor are not considered important.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

If you've got enough hot sauce, you don't need flavor.

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

83 sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at May 07, 2026 11:36 AM (Bry6f)

84 Middle to late 1970's Europe was the shizz. So much fun. Went back in 2010 and found the ugly precursors of what they are today. It's like comparing apples to oranges as they say.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 07, 2026 11:36 AM (g8Ew8)

85 We whipsaw between different regulatory regimes here. Who doesn't think the Democrats will reverse/overturn as many of Trump's policies as they can starting on their first day in power?

Of course this will happen, also, once they regain power the Democrats will:
- refund USAID
- refund NPR/PBS
- refund the Dep't of Education
- defund ICE and CBP
- kill the filibuster
- pack the SCOTUS
- make DC & PR states to gain 4 Senators
- make mail-in ballots, drop boxes and ballot harvesting required
- reinstate DEI in the colleges, military and schools

Get ready, it's all coming.
And they'll us Trump & MAGA as the bogeyman to do it all.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 07, 2026 11:36 AM (MNCvZ)

86 How's the trip going?
Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:28 AM

Extremely well, thanks. Spent the last two and a half days exploring Thessaloniki. Much too little time. I'll have to come back.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 07, 2026 11:37 AM (Q7T+R)

87 Get ready, it's all coming.
And they'll us Trump & MAGA as the bogeyman to do it all.

Ya know, the warnings on the blackpill bottle say not to consume the whole bottle at one time. It's right there in black and white.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

88
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 07, 2026 11:39 AM (y9nCu)

89 Reality rears its' head for the Euros. Too little, too late? I have my opinion on that.

Posted by: tubal at May 07, 2026 11:39 AM (Gqar8)

90 87 Get ready, it's all coming.
And they'll us Trump & MAGA as the bogeyman to do it all.

Ya know, the warnings on the blackpill bottle say not to consume the whole bottle at one time. It's right there in black and white.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

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"Democrats will do things if they gain power back. I'm the first to notice this."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 07, 2026 11:39 AM (CAfza)

91 At what point is something such a distorted version of a thing where it is no longer an example of that thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)

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Do you know about the forms?

Posted by: Plato Costanza at May 07, 2026 11:39 AM (CybdD)

92 Bianco DiNapoli are very close to San Marzano in terms of quality. I buy them on sale all the time.

Posted by: The GOP at May 07, 2026 11:40 AM (fV4Kz)

93 Good rant!

I would change one word: boil. It should be roast.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 07, 2026 11:40 AM (qFwJc)

94 We've got to save the Earth from people who are saving the Earth.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 07, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)

95 Thx CBD.

As I understand it a lot of the gas that Norway will produce will be sold to the UK. The UK doesn't want to open its gas fields. Starmer can't be defenestrated quickly enough (maybe today)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 07, 2026 11:40 AM (gu0hJ)

96 👍

Germany has a very high number of billionaires (over 150-200, depending on the source), ranking among the top countries in Europe and worldwide, while Norway has a lower absolute number (~17-26) but ranks high on a per-capita basis. Germany dominates European wealth, while Norway's wealthy are often linked to resource-based industries.

And their people, so very safe and secure - for the present.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 07, 2026 11:41 AM (NFX2v)

97 I would change one word: boil. It should be roast.

We're simply ignoring braising?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

98 97 I would change one word: boil. It should be roast.

We're simply ignoring braising?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

What about broiling? What do you use that for?

Sod it all, I'll just use an air fryer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:43 AM (bss/y)

99 97 I would change one word: boil. It should be roast.

We're simply ignoring braising?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

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I would have opted for "cook." People are not lobsters, after all.

Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43) at May 07, 2026 11:43 AM (CybdD)

100 Spent the last two and a half days exploring Thessaloniki.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Sounds great! The best vacations are the ones where you can just explore a place at leisure.

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

101 What about broiling? What do you use that for?

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R's cost money, and we're not the Rockefellers around here.

Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43) at May 07, 2026 11:44 AM (CybdD)

102 Eh, our billionaires, or multi-billionaires are the feudal barons of our age. They work to secure and enlarge their fiefdoms while giving allegiance to the lords of the progressive system.

Posted by: tubal at May 07, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

103 I can see no way this could go wrong.

AI Models Near the Point Where They Can Build a Better Version of Themselves

"My prediction is by the end of 2028, it's more likely than not that we have an AI system where you would be able to say to it: 'Make a better version of yourself.' And it just goes off and does that completely autonomously," Jack Clark, who heads The Anthropic Institute, told Axios.

The speed with which AI systems are evolving is far outstripping our ability to gauge the impact on humans and society. Lots of good things can happen in medicine, biology, and other sciences where AI is already making a big impact. The speed and autonomy of artificial intelligence models promise an abundant future.

Or something totally unforeseen.

https://is.gd/0X65Y5

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

104 People are not lobsters, after all.

Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43) at May 07, 2026 11:43 AM (CybdD)

The Germans on vacation in hot weather countries sure look like lobsters.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 07, 2026 11:45 AM (iERP6)

105 AI Models Near the Point Where They Can Build a Better Version of Themselves
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Skynet smiles.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 07, 2026 11:46 AM (xvhJH)

106 102 Eh, our billionaires, or multi-billionaires are the feudal barons of our age. They work to secure and enlarge their fiefdoms while giving allegiance to the lords of the progressive system.
Posted by: tubal at May 07, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar

Kind of like the 'nobles' in the late western empire period...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)

107 The Germans on vacation in hot weather countries sure look like lobsters.

Pfffffft.

Posted by: Brits at Disney World Orlando in April at May 07, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

108 So, are the Dems gonna try to make DC a state without amending the Constitution?

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:46 AM (77rzZ)

109 Socialism will work if you have a relatively small, homogenous population with a common heritage and culture, and you have at least one natural resource to exploit. Norway turned their back on that and as a result, they have doomed themselves. The only thing opening the gas wells will do now is make their new Muslim overlords richer.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 07, 2026 11:47 AM (2WIwB)

110 105 AI Models Near the Point Where They Can Build a Better Version of Themselves
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Skynet smiles.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 07, 2026 11:46 AM (xvhJH)

Haven't they read/seen I Robot ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 07, 2026 11:47 AM (MUEZN)

111 My town just took a bunch of empty field meadow that was surrounding the dump/transfer station - and completely covered it with butt-ugly solar panels.

I wonder how much of my tax money got siphoned off to some connected palm-greaser for that project.

Posted by: Defenestratus at May 07, 2026 11:47 AM (WYStd)

112 The Germans on vacation in hot weather countries sure look like lobsters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 07, 2026 11:45 AM (iERP6)

The sun is different in other places. They need to experience full summer sunshine in El Paso.

You could defeat the germans in one go just having them go from a refrigerated building into the sun. Like getting hit in the face with a baseball bat. It is weird, it is like the sun hitting you is a physical impact.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)

113 I would change one word: boil. It should be roast.

We're simply ignoring braising?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

But all of those Germans and Brits can feel satisfied that they are saving the earth! as they freeze in the winter and ~~boil~~ braise in a delightful sauce of burgundy wine and herbs then served with shaved truffles and fresh raspberries in the summer.

They simply must keep up standards, don't you know.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (iJfKG)

114 108 So, are the Dems gonna try to make DC a state without amending the Constitution?
Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:46 AM (77rzZ)

First they are gonna get rid of the Filibuster, then load the Supreme Court and so on and so on...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (MUEZN)

115 Yeah, they are retarded because they continually do not understand that they do not understand large scale, complex systems. Most people don't. The thing is most people don't but also realize they do not have their arms around how large and complex the system is, so they don't fuck with it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:22 AM (bss/y)
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One of the things I've learned to appreciate is just how mind-bogglingly complex our technological world really is. I'm helping build courses for a geospatial engineering degree program. It's incredible what our current satellite technology can deliver and how important it is for not only mapping our planet, but in tons of other industries such as agriculture and infrastructure development.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (gnNyN)

116 The Germans on vacation in hot weather countries sure look like lobsters.

Pfffffft.
Posted by: Brits at Disney World Orlando in April at May 07, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

Or Scots on a Thai beach.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (g8Ew8)

117 France is lost. Germany is lost. Britain is lost.

They all forgot the necessity of making babies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (qFwJc)

118 117 France is lost. Germany is lost. Britain is lost.

They all forgot the necessity of making babies.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (qFwJc)

Their new "citizens" haven't...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 07, 2026 11:49 AM (MUEZN)

119 Western europe is gone and at best might come back in two decade but I say never.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 07, 2026 11:50 AM (xvV+O)

120 The Germans on vacation in hot weather countries sure look like lobsters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 07, 2026 11:45 AM (iERP6)

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That must be why "ich bin so rot wie ein kreb" is the only phrase that stuck with me from high school German class.

Posted by: Cicero (@ciceto43) at May 07, 2026 11:50 AM (CybdD)

121 One of the things I've learned to appreciate is just how mind-bogglingly complex our technological world really is. I'm helping build courses for a geospatial engineering degree program. It's incredible what our current satellite technology can deliver and how important it is for not only mapping our planet, but in tons of other industries such as agriculture and infrastructure development.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (gnNyN)

https://youtu.be/67tHtpac5ws?si=lsHkBxdGWiKitjmw

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

122
You could defeat the germans in one go just having them go from a refrigerated building into the sun. Like getting hit in the face with a baseball bat. It is weird, it is like the sun hitting you is a physical impact.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)

To be fair, photons are traveling at the speed of light, so there relative mass must be like that of a locomotive engine.*

* "Fun Science for Morons Vol 12" Published by AOSHQ LTD.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 11:51 AM (iJfKG)

123 France is lost. Germany is lost. Britain is lost.

They all forgot the necessity of making babies.

Traditionally the only way to get people to stop having children is a complete societal collapse.

It is interesting that Europe got this to occur running, essentially, their own version of the rat utopia experiment instead.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

124 https://youtu.be/67tHtpac5ws?si=lsHkBxdGWiKitjmw
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)
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Yep. "I, Pencil" is a classic for a reason.

Even BASIC stuff requires so much knowledge and so many skills that no one person could ever replicate it on their own, except in a crude fashion.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 07, 2026 11:52 AM (gnNyN)

125 Second Junior now has an adorable green cast.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 07, 2026 11:53 AM (CAfza)

126
Went shopping for Mother's Day cards today and the top rack was all labelled "LGBTQIA" cards.

Daddy, where do babies come from, again?

Posted by: Auspex at May 07, 2026 11:53 AM (Y8DZL)

127 OT: the asian squats are making other exercises more interesting.

All of a sudden when doing my chest workout, my hips are aching. Damn 29 year old! Must be my form, tightening up the core seems to be helping.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)

128 The speed with which AI systems are evolving is far outstripping our ability to gauge the impact on humans and society. Lots of good things can happen in medicine, biology, and other sciences where AI is already making a big impact. The speed and autonomy of artificial intelligence models promise an abundant future.

Or something totally unforeseen.

https://is.gd/0X65Y5

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 11:45 AM

Do these people not watch movies? We already know what the end game of AI is.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 07, 2026 11:53 AM (0N4FZ)

129 To be fair, photons are traveling at the speed of light, so there relative mass must be like that of a locomotive engine.*

* "Fun Science for Morons Vol 12" Published by AOSHQ LTD.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 11:51 AM (iJfKG)

Like Stacy Abrams at a Golden Corral.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

130 128 Do these people not watch movies? We already know what the end game of AI is.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 07, 2026 11:53 AM (0N4FZ)

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I watched a movie that said that driving my SUV will lead to the reversal of the gulf stream current and the freezing of most of North America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 07, 2026 11:54 AM (CAfza)

131 France is lost. Germany is lost. Britain is lost.

They all forgot the necessity of making babies.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 07, 2026 11:48 AM (qFwJc)

Well, to be fair, babies are just horrible. Horrible! They ruin your life and are just so needy. Creepy little pests.

Posted by: All Female Characters in American Popular Media Right Now at May 07, 2026 11:55 AM (iJfKG)

132 To be fair, photons are traveling at the speed of light, so there relative mass must be like that of a locomotive engine.*

*******

Like Stacey Abrams at the Golden Corral

Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2026 11:55 AM (I0N4X)

133 Went shopping for Mother's Day cards today and the top rack was all labelled "LGBTQIA" cards.

Daddy, where do babies come from, again?

You call a broker and buy one for cash, of course.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 07, 2026 11:55 AM (2ocoG)

134 129, 132 Horde Mind is real, and it's spectacular!

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

135 Drat =>

that close

Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2026 11:56 AM (I0N4X)

136 Daddy, where do babies come from, again?

You call a broker and buy one for cash, of course.
Posted by: Ian S.

Blue-light specials at K-Mart.
-- Calvin's dad

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

137 Also OT: Am I the only 29 year old who, when working out, suddenly goes 'Was that the second or the third set? Fuck.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)

138 "Like Stacy Abrams at a Golden Corral."

Mark my words: destined to become a classic.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 07, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)

139 in the last 25 years, as the immigrant population has tripled. Yes...tripled! 6% in 2000, to 18% today.

18% of a bigger number, is a bigger number. It has actually quadrupled, from 268,000 to just over a million, in a nation of now 5.8 million.

Posted by: Ensign Wesley Crusher at May 07, 2026 11:57 AM (IfQzb)

140 It is impossible to run a modern economy on renewables, except for a few small countries that have hydro or geothermal. The other technologies simply don't work. The sun doesn't shine very much at night, and the wind doesn't blow 24 hours a day!

ah, but once we reach the critical tipping point where we have just enough renewables to support a massive ai that we can ask to figure out for us, it's solved!!!

Posted by: anachronda at May 07, 2026 11:57 AM (oY6Yp)

141 135 Drat =>

that close
Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2026 11:56 AM (I0N4X)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:57 AM (bss/y)

142 I didn't realize that Captain Outrageous died yesterday.

RIP Ted.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 07, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)

143
The speed and autonomy of artificial intelligence models promise an abundant future.

Duty now for the future

All hail Colossus!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2026 11:59 AM (Cqx++)

144 In the UK Reform put out a deportation plan for illegals. They said all illegals would be housed in detention centers, built in constituencies that vote Green and not a single one will be in constituencies that vote Reform.

Greens of course called that plan racist. 🤣🤣

How is it racist that they’re putting illegals whom you love close to your voters guy?

Posted by: Heroq at May 07, 2026 12:00 PM (5Yz+T)

145 142 I didn't realize that Captain Outrageous died yesterday.

RIP Ted.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 07, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)

I had to look it up to realize you were talking about Ted Turner. I thought you meant some beloved commenter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 12:00 PM (bss/y)

146 Also OT: Am I the only 29 year old who, when working out, suddenly goes 'Was that the second or the third set? Fuck.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 11:57 AM

I just work to failure anyway.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 07, 2026 12:00 PM (4NO2D)

147 Traditionally the only way to get people to stop having children is a complete societal collapse.

It is interesting that Europe got this to occur running, essentially, their own version of the rat utopia experiment instead.

Eh, pretty much every developed economy (and many developing ones) have sub-replacement fertility. I think it's because we've simply found too many ways to amuse ourselves, other than reproduction.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

148 I didn't realize that Captain Outrageous died yesterday.

RIP Ted.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 07, 2026 11:59 AM (4NO2D)

I had to look it up to realize you were talking about Ted Turner. I thought you meant some beloved commenter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

He was also known "the Mouth of the South." LOL

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

149 Do these people not watch movies? We already know what the end game of AI is.

See the problem with movies/books is that they are presenting a case that AI, or alien contact, or genetic experimentation could be really, really bad for humanity as a whole.

Our transhumanist elites DO NOT CARE.

Their focus is instead: Absent some fundamental change in our level of technology SOON I will die. There is no afterlife so its the end. And if I am going to end it is worth risking everything and everyone else for a chance to expend how long until I end.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 12:01 PM (sKqQm)

150 Posted by: Ensign Wesley Crusher at May 07, 2026 11:57 AM (IfQzb)

Shut up Wesley.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 07, 2026 12:02 PM (iERP6)

151 BASIC stuff you say?

Posted by: Bill Gates, Jr at May 07, 2026 12:02 PM (k7VQ7)

152 In the UK Reform put out a deportation plan for illegals. They said all illegals would be housed in detention centers, built in constituencies that vote Green and not a single one will be in constituencies that vote Reform.

How long did it take them to equate the detention centers with concentration camps?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 07, 2026 12:02 PM (Riz8t)

153 I promise that the FRG and the UK are buying evil nuclear energy from France, which still relies on it for over 70% of its needs.

Suckers.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (pY2C3)

154 I had to look it up to realize you were talking about Ted Turner. I thought you meant some beloved commenter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 12:00 PM (bss/y)
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I'm still here.

Oh. "Beloved."

I'll show myself out, shall I?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (xvhJH)

155 I think after everything crashes and burns Europe still has a lot of killing in it.

Noon...
CBC - virus cruise
CNN - Iran response later
MSNow - Rubio and the Pope - worst romantic movie ever
Fox - Outnumbered - Texas shooter

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (Sco7b)

156
Or China is behind a lot of the decision making of these "western" "leaders".
Posted by: ... at May 07, 2026 11:10 AM (fV4Kz)

Unwashed peasant! Do you have any idea how much it costs for annual maintenance on a Bentley Flying Spur?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (y9nCu)

157 Eh, pretty much every developed economy (and many developing ones) have sub-replacement fertility. I think it's because we've simply found too many ways to amuse ourselves, other than reproduction.

In the rat utopia experiment they gave rats all the food they needed, a safe place to live, and no risk of predation.

The rats acted like gender fluid urban twinks...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)

158 We test marketed "Like Callista Flockhart at a Golden Corral" but it just didn't have the same impact...

Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (I0N4X)

159 I just work to failure anyway.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 07, 2026 12:00 PM (4NO2D)

Probably a better way to go, but I like counting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (bss/y)

160 This review of "The Odyssey" made me laugh a bit. Apparently a bunch of leftists were complaining that the actors -who are American -were not speaking with British accents:

https://tinyurl.com/mvyp5stb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (ix8EF)

161 I had to look it up to realize you were talking about Ted Turner. I thought you meant some beloved commenter.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

He was also known "the Mouth of the South." LOL
Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

Jimmy Hart from the old WWF was The Mouth of the South.

Posted by: Doof at May 07, 2026 12:04 PM (FenX4)

162 I'm still here.

Oh. "Beloved."

I'll show myself out, shall I?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (xvhJH)

Don't die, dude. ace's orders.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)

163 162 Don't die, dude. ace's orders.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)

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Some people just won't listen to authority no matter what.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 07, 2026 12:05 PM (CAfza)

164 I think the mouse-utopia experiment turned out to be an irreproducible result.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 07, 2026 12:05 PM (k7VQ7)

165 160 This review of "The Odyssey" made me laugh a bit. Apparently a bunch of leftists were complaining that the actors -who are American -were not speaking with British accents:

https://tinyurl.com/mvyp5stb
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (ix8EF)

How many people could place a Greek accent- especially ancient Greek?

I am pretty sure they did not sound like Grand Moff Tarkin.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 07, 2026 12:05 PM (bss/y)

166 Oh, yes, Achilles will be played by Elliot Page because, why not hater?!!! a role earlier played by Brad Pitt.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2026 12:05 PM (ix8EF)

167 I think the mouse-utopia experiment turned out to be an irreproducible result.

That's true of most studies that break out into pop culture awareness.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 07, 2026 12:05 PM (2ocoG)

168 164 I think the mouse-utopia experiment turned out to be an irreproducible result.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 07, 2026 12:05 PM (k7VQ7)

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Proposal:

Research experiments are not allowed to be published until they have been reproduced by separate teams at least twice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 07, 2026 12:06 PM (CAfza)

169
CRUISE SHIPS

Come for the Hanta Virus, Stay for the Drunken Fist Fights over Chicken Wings!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 12:06 PM (iJfKG)

170 This review of "The Odyssey" made me laugh a bit. Apparently a bunch of leftists were complaining that the actors -who are American -were not speaking with British accents:

https://tinyurl.com/mvyp5stb
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

In The Last Temptation of Christ, all the Jewish characters talked like they were from New Yawk, and all the Roman characters like they were from Oxford.

Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 12:06 PM (77rzZ)

171 Dying, as a Horde member, should need to be put before the Horde Collective. None of this willy-Nilly dying stuff.

Posted by: tubal at May 07, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar8)

172 What powers their trains?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 07, 2026 11:31 AM (Cqx++)

I assume mostly electricity made from coal, but some might be Diesel. Those are about the only options available anymore.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 07, 2026 12:08 PM (utfVc)

173 Posted by: Bulg at May 07, 2026 12:06 PM (77rzZ)

I didn't see that. Was it a problem?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 07, 2026 12:08 PM (ix8EF)

174
We test marketed "Like Callista Flockhart at a Golden Corral" but it just didn't have the same impact...
Posted by: muldoon at May 07, 2026 12:03 PM (I0N4X)

Could Callista Flockhart die of starvation in a Golden Corral?

I believe she could.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 07, 2026 12:09 PM (iJfKG)

175 Remember the Mag-Lev Train concept?

Posted by: tubal at May 07, 2026 12:09 PM (Gqar8)

176 157 In the rat utopia experiment they gave rats all the food they needed, a safe place to live, and no risk of predation.

Posted by: 18-1

Maybe so, but a difficult platform to defeat in an election.

Posted by: Auspex at May 07, 2026 12:09 PM (Y8DZL)

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