The Left, Which Has Propagandized Against Childbirth and For the Self-Extiction of the Human Race for 50 Years, Wonders Why People Aren't Having Babies Any Longer

Of all the anti-human psyops of the left, this one is the most consequential -- and insidious.

The New York Times looks right past their own relentless anti-childbirth propaganda and names "cell phones" as the disruptor.

Now, thare's some truth in that -- in that the cell phone is The Regime's greatest achievement, a mobile, personal, 24/7/364 portal to Regime propaganda.

Why Are Birthrates Down? Two New Studies Point to Phones.

Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.

The enduring mystery of the fertility decline has a new culprit: the smartphone.
Experts have long wondered if phones played a role in the birthrate decline -- which began in 2007, the same year that Apple introduced the iPhone -- but until now there had not been hard evidence to prove it.
Two new papers, one published Monday and the other in May, are the first academic endeavors that test whether the smartphone was a cause.
They are the most recent efforts to explain the sweeping fertility rate decline in the United States and other countries over the past 20 years. Researchers have already looked at contraception use, abortion rates, rising levels of female education and even the popular television show "16 and Pregnant."
Proving phones caused the decline is a tricky endeavor. There were a number of major events in those years, including the Great Recession, and isolating smartphone use is difficult.
The gold standard for scientific evidence is known as random assignment. It compares outcomes for people randomly chosen to receive a treatment (like getting a smartphone) with people who are not.
But that is not possible when it comes to ferreting out reasons for declining fertility.
So researchers sought out data about smartphones that introduced randomness.
Caitlin Myers, an economist at Middlebury College, and Ezekiel Hooper, her student, used the spotty early rollout of the iPhone as a way to isolate the effects of the phone on fertility. The first iPhone was released in June 2007, they wrote, and was available only on the AT&T network until February 2011. The study compared fertility rates in U.S. counties that had near-universal AT&T coverage with counties that had little or none.

Their paper, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, found that the iPhone caused as much as half of the fertility decline between 2007 and 2011. The most pronounced effects were among young people aged 15 to 24.
What happened in the counties with iPhones? One theory, Professor Myers said, is that young people began to socialize more on their phones and less in person, and consequently were less likely to have sex and become pregnant.

And what messages did they get over their cellphones 24/7? Constant crisis, constant fear, constant messaging that the world was ending and it was all due to human births, constant messaging in favor of hook-up culture and abortion and, for the boys, pornography, and constant messaging against marriage, the family, and humanity itself.

And then they wonder: Why are women under 40 barren by their own decisions and actions?

I have never once in my life encountered someone expressing this sentiment. Either I live in quite a bubble, or Ezra Klein does. pic.twitter.com/Wojwr3mMaa
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) June 9, 2026

The SPLC has declared that restricting abortion is "white supremacy."

The SPLC said that "restricting and banning abortion is a tool the far-right uses to maintain white supremacy."

I asked the President of the SPLC if he thinks that pro-lifers are white supremacists.

And then reminded him that nearly half of all babies killed in the womb are… pic.twitter.com/VESLVVYrRX
— Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) June 9, 2026

By the way, the organization that calls all Republicans "Nazis" and gets them debanked and hunted by leftwing assassins can't comment on Gerald Platner's Nazi tattoo.

You can hear how upset and frustrated the SPLC is at being led by Brandon Gill into denouncing a Democratic political candidate for having a Nazi tattoo

Really sums up what that organization has become pic.twitter.com/vmbFadq9HJ
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) June 9, 2026

And speaking of cell phone disruption...

Yesterday in NYC…

Jonathan Pettigrew (41) asks a "teen" on an MTA bus to lower his phone volume — the "teen" kills him: pic.twitter.com/xDdbr3Cqgg
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 9, 2026

Update on another "Teen" Cultural Enricher:

MaryAnn Martinez
@MaryAnnreports
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Karmelo Anthony breaks down in tears as he heard verdict. We have not taken a break. Karmelo has been walked out of the court. Karmelo's mother is also sobbing in her seat.
Extraordinary moment just now: Karmelo's lawyer asked if he could take his client somewhere to pull himself together. Judge responded Karmelo has been found guilty is now in the custody of the sheriff. 'Things move differently now,' judge said.

Do they really think things are that far gone that they can just murder innocent people and then ask to be let go so they can calm themselves down with a fidget-spinner and pot?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: gp at June 09, 2026 06:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

2 First?, and nooding.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 06:15 PM (qx7Zg)

3 I'm doing my part.

Oh wait, you need a partner for that.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 06:16 PM (dK+Kv)

4 >>> Jonathan Pettigrew (41) asks a "teen" on an MTA bus to lower his phone volume — the "teen" kills him

It was self-defense.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 09, 2026 06:16 PM (/lPRQ)

5 I have a real problem with that study.

There is nothing random about counties with and without ATT coverage -- ATT made a decision on what to cover based on density, wealth, etc. So that confounds the study into the trash bin.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 09, 2026 06:17 PM (RxI34)

6 Here's hoping the sheriffs get to pull Karmelo together using a straightjacket, Extra-Small.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 06:17 PM (qx7Zg)

7 I'd say unbangable women but that wouldn't explain South Korea.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 06:17 PM (Sco7b)

8 The Left are incapable of determining Cause & Effect.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:19 PM (GseMx)

9 Do they really think things are that far gone that they can just murder innocent people and then ask to be let go so they can calm themselves down with a fidget-spinner and pot?
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I mean, it's been working so far. They'll just keep pushing it until it stops.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 09, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

10 Kier says "successful, brilliant, creative Muslim immigrants havd made great contributions to Britain's story."
Posted by: Skip

Why, population control alone!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 09, 2026 06:19 PM (ndZc7)

11 I know why I don't have kids. I spent time on my career, not learning how to get to first base with women.

I'm also one of those who subscribes to the definition of marriage from Genesis.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 06:19 PM (qx7Zg)

12 Also I thought climate change was the cause of low fertility rates.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:19 PM (GseMx)

13 The cellphone is insidious. Before I retired, I would walk across campus and see almost every single students glued to a cell screen, whether sitting or walking (and not watching where they were going). When I started working there in '88 and again in 2002, students actually looked up and around at the world.

Miss Linda sits here every evening and scrolls endlessly on her phone.

I use mine for phone calls and texts, and not much else. It stays in the car when I go into the library or someplace that asks you to mute the device.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:20 PM (wzUl9)

14 I'm pretty sure fertility and birth control are two separate issues. Many young women don't want to have children. It's very difficult to support a family in these modern times and even more difficult to establish a home without getting youself into debt up to your fucking eyeballs. But rest assured, the economists and the government are on your side.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 09, 2026 06:20 PM (pSkMS)

15 If the dumb bitches worried about climate change aren't having children, that's natural selection at work. Good job.

And population decline when the hardy survive isn't a bad thing.

Screw the ever growing economy....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 06:20 PM (Sco7b)

16 >>>Experts have long wondered if phones played a role in the birthrate decline -- which began in 2007, the same year that Apple introduced the iPhone

Apple users are impotent? Shocker.

Relax, it is a joke. A bad one, but still.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (dK+Kv)

17 I blame lack of PBS and NPR in the, um, "heartland."

Posted by: Ken Burns at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (0256r)

18 There is nothing random about counties with and without ATT coverage -- ATT made a decision on what to cover based on density, wealth, etc. So that confounds the study into the trash bin.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 09, 2026 06:17 PM (RxI34)
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The birth rate among conservative women remains almost unchanged since the 1980s. Liberal women started to drift downwards long before cell phones were a thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (ZOv7s)

19 The main reason is feminism. Western women have become so self centered, obnoxious, and masculine there are few fit to be wives. And the young men have noticed. Who wants to wife up some chick covered in metal and tattoos and masculine energy, and fucked in every hole by 50 guys? Thats a losing proposition.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (pohLc)

20 Their paper, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, found that the iPhone caused as much as half of the fertility decline between 2007 and 2011.

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hmmmm...Obama was in office between 2008-2016. His and his wife's mug caused infertility in men and women. Prove me wrong !

Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (GD0B3)

21 They talked women out of homes, have casual sex, look for careers at jobs, they don't need men they have government.

Posted by: Skip at June 09, 2026 06:22 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Reposted just because I think it’s funny.

Dude, we've all been there.

https://tinyurl.com/yeczt5x7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 09, 2026 06:09 PM (ndZc7)

Bitches be buggin'.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 09, 2026 06:22 PM (ndZc7)

23 He can get a fidget spinner and pot in prison, sadly

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 09, 2026 06:22 PM (xcxpd)

24 And are we just ignoring The Pill and what it did to Western birth rates?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 09, 2026 06:22 PM (xcxpd)

25 I'm afraid to ask what a "fidget spinner" is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

26 Rarely do we get great news, but liberals no longer procreating sounds like a big win to me.

This has been a trend for a while, religious people and conservatives are having all the kids.

I don't think its phones directly, but social media is definitely a big part. I was talking to a youth group leader and she was saying just relationships in general are very odd with young people. Like nobody feels they have any friends.

I think it's partly economic. Buying a starter home in large swaths of America is basically gone unless you have family money. You can thank Private Equity and VRBO for destroying that. If you can't buy a house, do you really think people feel safe starting a family?

Posted by: Leupold at June 09, 2026 06:23 PM (eIzlH)

27 A group of Leftist scientists walk into a bar and order drinks As the bartender serves the drinks he says ' and for the last time it's not the lights and loud music that's making you light headed and slur your words'.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:23 PM (GseMx)

28 I'm afraid to ask what a "fidget spinner" is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

Today's pet rock.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)

29 It's the same iPhone that told women that getting fat and becoming toxically bitter bitches was empowering.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (g8Ew8)

30 Hang um high.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (IP7s4)

31 Lloyd

Or the A-6 that clipped a gondola lift in Italy
********************

Or the flat-hatting P-3 pilot who clipped a tram wire in Pago Pago and crashed into a hotel.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (J4Dwc)

32 Or at least about 6 or 7 years ago.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (dK+Kv)

33 Are we ignoring the fact that soy is in everything? It can decrease sex drive in both men and women.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (OsdBI)

34 The main reason is feminism.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (pohLc)
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I think the inflection point was abortion went from "the least worst option" to something to celebrate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

35 FYI: Belfast is burning.

Specifically, the houses and businesses belonging to migrants, and the NGO offices that arranged their arrival, are burning.

That is all, for now.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (jGGMD)

36 I'm afraid to ask what a "fidget spinner" is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

It's intended to replace bouncing legs and tapping fingers to release nervous energy.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (qx7Zg)

37 Take out note pad, write:

List of things to have sex with to produce children
- - - -
mobile phone ... no
waffle maker ...

Posted by: banana Dream at June 09, 2026 06:25 PM (3uBP9)

38 FYI: Belfast is burning.

Specifically, the houses and businesses belonging to migrants, and the NGO offices that arranged their arrival, are burning.

That is all, for now.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (jGGMD)

. . . a good start.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 06:25 PM (dK+Kv)

39 Earrrrlier some of youz werrre speaking fondly of IRA for some reason, well here is your precious IRA :

"Sinn Féin Councillor Róis-Máire Donnelly is the new Lord Mayor of Belfast.

She pledged:

"...to put diversity, young people, and language rights at the heart of her term in office."

She also said:

“I was raised in an inclusive and welcoming environment, where difference and diversity is embraced and celebrated, and I am proud of that. My upbringing has shown me that everyone deserves to be, and must be, treated equally.”

What a great start, her words have aged like milk and shes only been in the role for 8 days!!!!

irishnews.com/news/belfast-g

*Sinn Féin is the political arm of the IRA

Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 06:25 PM (GD0B3)

40 >>" Police have not yet released any images of the gunman."

We all know what this means. BTW, MTA busses have cameras and they know who it was and have good images. So if they are looking for him, wouldn't a photo help? Or do they already know his name and don't want to spook him into running and hiding.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 09, 2026 06:26 PM (RxI34)

41 Jonathan Pettigrew was a black man and a father on his way to work or back from work. All they say about the assailant was that he was wearing a white tee shirt, had a backpack and fled on foot. What a helpful description./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 09, 2026 06:26 PM (ix8EF)

42 Watched some random panel discussion the other night about declining birth, marriage, dating, sex etc. and one guy did tie it to the iPhone and social media but started with noting that kids in clubs don't dance. Why? The panopticon. Everything is on video and gets broadcast worldwide. You don't look cool enough you get put on blast. You ask a girl out and she thinks you aren't hot, you get put on blast. You do anything at all that somebody doesn't like you get put on blast and shamed in front of the whole world. So extreme risk aversion - and not an entirely irrational one - is part of the equation.

Posted by: I think he has a good point at June 09, 2026 06:26 PM (TbWk/)

43 Today's 20 somethings think a starter home is a move in ready 2500 sq ft one in an upper middle class neighborhood.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:26 PM (GseMx)

44 Are we ignoring the fact that soy is in everything? It can decrease sex drive in both men and women.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 09, 2026

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I admit I used to eat those vegan Amy's Mexican frozen dinners from time to time. Then I found out they have soy and read about soy's effects on you. No more.

(Well, the fact they now cost $5-6 each might have had something to do with my loss of interest.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:26 PM (wzUl9)

45 FYI: Belfast is burning.

Specifically, the houses and businesses belonging to migrants, and the NGO offices that arranged their arrival, are burning.

That is all, for now.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (jGGMD)

Let me know when the migrants get stripped, their IDs and an outbound ticket stapled to their chests using a roofing stapler, and are delivered to the nearest airport for spaces on outbound cargo planes.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 06:27 PM (qx7Zg)

46 FYI: Belfast is burning.

Specifically, the houses and businesses belonging to migrants, and the NGO offices that arranged their arrival, are burning.

That is all, for now.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (jGGMD)

. . . a good start.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 06:25 PM (dK+Kv)

Go on...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 09, 2026 06:27 PM (ufFY8)

47 I have my phone with me mostly all the time. But, often it goes nearly unused, so at the end of the day I might have 90% charger left. I basically recharge it twice a week.

I like to be in quick contact with my family, if something comes up, and if I find myself in a waiting room at a doctor's office, I can keep myself occupied reading AoSHQ.

But I never look at my phone when walking, and when driving, it stays in my front pocket until I can stop and take a look.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 09, 2026 06:27 PM (0aYVJ)

48 Jonathan Pettigrew was a black man and a father on his way to work or back from work. All they say about the assailant was that he was wearing a white tee shirt, had a backpack and fled on foot. What a helpful description./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 09, 2026

***
First name Tyrone or Muhammad? Just a wild guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:28 PM (wzUl9)

49 40% of Belfast’s population is aged 30 or under...

Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 06:28 PM (GD0B3)

50 It might have something to do with the fact that over 1 million babies are aborted every year in the US. and that data is without california, maryland, new hampshire and new jersey reporting their numbers.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 09, 2026 06:29 PM (0N4FZ)

51 I've consumed lots of soy, and it hasn't made me any less of a man!

Posted by: Tim Walz, Alpha Male at June 09, 2026 06:29 PM (0256r)

52 And what messages did they get over their cellphones 24/7? Constant crisis, constant fear, constant messaging that the world was ending and it was all due to human births, constant messaging in favor of hook-up culture and abortion and, for the boys, pornography, and constant messaging against marriage, the family, and humanity itself.

Thing is, the polling shows men actually want families and children more than women do. The women are too busy girlbossing and getting their wombs scraped more than the flat grill at Waffle House, not to mention hating men for no particular reason, again as studies are showing.

Posted by: We're kinda fucked at June 09, 2026 06:29 PM (TbWk/)

53 Do they really think things are that far gone that they can just murder innocent people and then ask to be let go so they can calm themselves down with a fidget-spinner and pot?
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Which state?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 06:29 PM (RIvkX)

54 Wonders Why People Aren't Having Babies Any Longer
......

Because half the country is gay?

Posted by: wth at June 09, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)

55 Also the government took over things that would traditionally be done by kids.

Caregiving for seniors - stick them in a home.
Grow old - government pensions - you don't need kids

And Daddy government takes from those who would have kids to fund this.

Oh, Canada has a baby bonus. I'm not sure what you get but it's pretty nice. People from other countries can come here, kicm the kids out and live better than the locals.

I can't wait until the welfare system collapses.

Damn, I'm in a mood.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 06:29 PM (Sco7b)

56 The younger people just walk around staring down at the phone all day and clueless about what is around them. Their brains are scrambled eggs...

Every other word is "Like" and " Oh my God" and if the phone is dropped, fails, or stolen their pitiful little lives go into DEFCON 1....

The art of verbal communication is gone for this generation.... Just send me a Text....

These phones are more addictive than Crack Cocaine...

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 09, 2026 06:30 PM (OAePN)

57 Do they really think things are that far gone that they can just murder innocent people and then ask to be let go so they can calm themselves down with a fidget-spinner and pot?

That's not Pennsylvania's social and economic plan for the future? Oh, and gambling, too.

Posted by: The Gov's IT Team at June 09, 2026 06:30 PM (NFX2v)

58
I have a real problem with that study.

There is nothing random about counties with and without ATT coverage -- ATT made a decision on what to cover based on density, wealth, etc. So that confounds the study into the trash bin.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 09, 2026 06:17 PM (RxI34)

Plus, each wireless carrier has geographically defined wireless spectrum licenses, issued and auctioned off by the FCC, to avoid stepping all over each other's traffic.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 09, 2026 06:30 PM (FkdoK)

59 But I never look at my phone when walking, and when driving, it stays in my front pocket until I can stop and take a look.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 09, 2026

***
I either put my phone into the center console, or leave it on the passenger seat. If it signals a call or text, I wait until I get to my destination. If I know it's important I pull into a parking lot before answering or calling back.

There are too many crazies out on the road for me to be distracted by phone calls. Hands free would not be any better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:30 PM (wzUl9)

60 Louisiana State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 310 and reported that Victor Rivas, of Montz, displayed signs of impairment.

It was at that point that Rivas allegedly fled on foot and jumped off the side of the elevated freeway, into a nearby swamp.

He was then attacked by a gator, with footage showing him being mauled by the predator in its murky waters.
Posted by: fd

I think this is AI but I want to believe.

https://tinyurl.com/42j2kbs3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 09, 2026 06:31 PM (ndZc7)

61 I missed the previous thread. PC problem. I think everyone will find this interesting

Some video clips of Scott Pelley 'in combat' in Afghanistan.

https://youtu.be/PHH9U4qCZuc

https://youtu.be/0TSLJ1vhm84

https://youtu.be/TzLN4dzUgj0

Posted by: Gref at June 09, 2026 06:32 PM (5rh/l)

62 And criminals haven't learned not to carry a phone when doing a crime and don't post on social media

Lucky the criminals are mostly dumb. Until they get to prison and become mcyver.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:32 PM (GseMx)

63 "Jonathan Pettigrew (41) asks a "teen" on an MTA bus to lower his phone volume"

I would not attempt that. There's no upside to engaging sketchy assholes in public, and a lot of risk in the downside. Stay gray.

It sucks that we live like this, but there it is. I'd like to see DJT resume the campaign of violent crime crackdowns that were so successful last year. What happened to those?

Posted by: gp at June 09, 2026 06:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

64 No love for Belfast but would 10x much rather Tehran be burning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 09, 2026 06:33 PM (RIvkX)

65 Why? The panopticon.

Future geneticists are going to see the age of the phone as a major selection against the autism gene, like the arrival of malaria was a selection FOR the sickle-cell gene.
Assuming future geneticists will ever be born.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (gKWVE)

66
All they say about the assailant was that he was wearing a white tee shirt, had a backpack and fled on foot. What a helpful description./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

He had two legs.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (Cqx++)

67 It is economics as well. My Son's generation are not getting married and having children because for guys? Marriage is a crap shoot where they can make you a virtual slave via child support for decades... when they divorce you...

And there is no way you can have a married family on one income in most places now. Housing is ridiculous... and not coming down. Salaries have lagged inflation for decades.

They have pretty much destroyed the old 'middle class'...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (mP0Kj)

68 Wombs being scraped like Waffle House griddles. Who says poetry is no longer relevent?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (wBaIH)

69 >>>here are too many crazies out on the road

Always pay attention to oncoming traffic, especially when driving in a curve to the left.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (J4Dwc)

70 The main reason is feminism. Western women have become so self centered, obnoxious, and masculine there are few fit to be wives. And the young men have noticed. Who wants to wife up some chick covered in metal and tattoos and masculine energy, and fucked in every hole by 50 guys? Thats a losing proposition.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (pohLc)

Only 50?

Posted by: That's an overly optimistic estimate at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (TbWk/)

71 @21/Skip: "They talked women out of homes, have casual sex, look for careers at jobs, they don't need men they have government."

And while big government will definitely fuck you, it won't get you pregnant.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 09, 2026 06:35 PM (O7YUW)

72
And there is no way you can have a married family on one income in most places now. Housing is ridiculous... and not coming down. Salaries have lagged inflation for decades.

They have pretty much destroyed the old 'middle class'...
Posted by: Romeo13

And the Dems will run on AFFORDABILITY.
What they intend to do about it is another matter.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 09, 2026 06:35 PM (Cqx++)

73 If I were a bookie, I wouldn't even take any bets on how long until Karmelo is back before a judge for killing someone else in prison. It's just impossible to say whether he would even get a chance before he got himself killed in the same way, since he's going to the one place chock-full of guys that are all exactly like him, but older.

Posted by: SciVo at June 09, 2026 06:35 PM (Sy6m/)

74 The main reason is feminism. Western women have become so self centered, obnoxious, and masculine there are few fit to be wives. And the young men have noticed. Who wants to wife up some chick covered in metal and tattoos and masculine energy, and fucked in every hole by 50 guys? Thats a losing proposition.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at June 09, 2026 06:21 PM (pohLc)

Only 50?
Posted by: That's an overly optimistic estimate at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (TbWk/)

Some of them can only count that high.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 06:35 PM (qx7Zg)

75 >>>here are too many crazies out on the road

Always pay attention to oncoming traffic, especially when driving in a curve to the left.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 09, 2026

***
Especially on a two-lane road. There were several like that in Kansas -- not every road is string-straight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:36 PM (wzUl9)

76 At BBC: "A version of an AI tool which the company said was too powerful to be released to the public has just been released to the public."

This is fine

Posted by: gp at June 09, 2026 06:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

77 Always pay attention to oncoming traffic, especially when driving in a curve to the left.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 09, 2026 06:34 PM (J4Dwc)

Thank you for our daily safety tip.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 09, 2026 06:36 PM (g8Ew8)

78 I want karmello to have to use a 55 gallon barrel for a butt plug.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 09, 2026 06:37 PM (5P5DO)

79 MTA bus killer knew he had to run ... but I assume he will be found and face 25 years in prison. Do we know if he was black, or is that just what "we" should assume?

Posted by: illiniwek at June 09, 2026 06:37 PM (vbXSk)

80 Soy does not affect testosterone or raise estrogen in men. It does contain plant based phytoestrogens, but it does not effect hormones unless you are eating more soy than would almost be possible, and the minute you stopped eating it, because you probably want to throw up, the minimal impact would reverse almost immediately. BUT what studies have shown is eating soy (like in soy protein shakes, or edamame, or tofu) in normal amounts actually has a positive impact on prostrate cancer. It also has shown in multiple studies to have a positive impact on bone density in women.

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:38 PM (p4NUW)

81 Louisiana State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 310 and reported that Victor Rivas, of Montz, displayed signs of impairment.

It was at that point that Rivas allegedly fled on foot and jumped off the side of the elevated freeway, into a nearby swamp.

He was then attacked by a gator, with footage showing him being mauled by the predator in its murky waters.
Posted by: fd

***
I know that elevated highway. Exits are far apart. There isn't any place to go except along the roadway, or over the side.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:38 PM (wzUl9)

82 Didn't Caryn "Whoopi Goldberg" say she had a few of those? That poon is more haunted than the Overlook.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 09, 2026 06:38 PM (gKWVE)

83 I got prostrate cancer from laying down too much.

Posted by: gp at June 09, 2026 06:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

84 It probably sucks to be a 30 year old woman and realize your progeny is the care you gave to taking care of the Henderson account.

I still expect to have a family. Not here but I still expect to have a family.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 06:39 PM (Sco7b)

85
“I was raised in an inclusive and welcoming environment, where difference and diversity is embraced and celebrated, and I am proud of that. My upbringing has shown me that everyone deserves to be, and must be, treated equally.”

"Unless you're a Protestant. In that case, lemme go get my cordless drill so that you die screaming when I kneecap you."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 09, 2026 06:40 PM (FkdoK)

86 Are we ignoring the fact that soy is in everything? It can decrease sex drive in both men and women.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 09, 2026 06:24 PM (OsdBI)

I have plenty of sex drive. Possibly too much. However I do not meet any of the physical, social, or financial requirements that are currently necessary, though not necessarily sufficient, for a man to participate in modern dating. And ao endless frustration is the order the day, week, months, years...

Posted by: It's really awful out there at June 09, 2026 06:40 PM (TbWk/)

87 1) Karmelo verdict

2) Helicopter shot down

3) U.S. launches retaliatory attacks

A heavy news day, eh what?

Posted by: mnw at June 09, 2026 06:40 PM (RCjYY)

88 I contest that Al Gore and his climate change doomsaying did more for young people deciding not to have children than the iPhones. It's not the medium, it's the message.

Posted by: Decaf at June 09, 2026 06:41 PM (xpP6J)

89 Posted by: illiniwek at June 09, 2026 06:37 PM (vbXSk)

No race description so you can make a reasonable assumption.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:41 PM (GseMx)

90 88 I contest that Al Gore and his climate change doomsaying did more for young people deciding not to have children than the iPhones. It's not the medium, it's the message.
Posted by: Decaf at June 09, 2026 06:41 PM (xpP6J)

I second this. Fucking Endbelievers. All stupid and always wrong.

Posted by: Reforger at June 09, 2026 06:42 PM (ZxzYs)

91 "No race description so you can make a reasonable assumption."

The story is right out of "Do the Right Thing" (1989).

Posted by: gp at June 09, 2026 06:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

92 Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:38 PM (p4NUW)

I knew you were a shill for Big Kale™, guess it's no surprise you're a shill for Big Soy™ as well.

Posted by: Gonna make us green-skinned and estrogenated at June 09, 2026 06:43 PM (TbWk/)

93 >>>The SPLC said that "restricting and banning abortion is a tool the far-right uses to maintain white supremacy."

Hilarious, considering that Planned Parenthood was founded by a White Eugenisist* for the purpose of killing Black unborn babies.

*Margaret Sanger

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 09, 2026 06:43 PM (syz1S)

94 59 But I never look at my phone when walking, and when driving, it stays in my front pocket until I can stop and take a look.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 09, 2026

***
I either put my phone into the center console, or leave it on the passenger seat. If it signals a call or text, I wait until I get to my destination. If I know it's important I pull into a parking lot before answering or calling back.

There are too many crazies out on the road for me to be distracted by phone calls. Hands free would not be any better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

My phone connects to my car, I don’t and won’t look at it while driving. I will do voice to text through the car, which can be funny if it doesn’t hear you correctly. I don’t like talking on the phone even if I am not driving, so that is rarely a concern.

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:44 PM (Wmg4n)

95 Posted by: Gonna make us green-skinned and estrogenated at June 09, 2026 06:43 PM (TbWk/)

That nic is teh hawt!

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 09, 2026 06:44 PM (0256r)

96 The verdict in the Karmelo Anthony trial was quick and decisive. Because the evidence was clear and unequivocal. Nothing else.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at June 09, 2026 06:44 PM (kGdxl)

97 David Spade tells a funny story of going out on a date with a wannabe actress waitress when he was at the peak of his success. He amusingly described how he was the one being evaluated whether he was up to her standards.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:44 PM (GseMx)

98 92 Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:38 PM (p4NUW)

I knew you were a shill for Big Kale™, guess it's no surprise you're a shill for Big Soy™ as well.
Posted by: Gonna make us green-skinned and estrogenated at June

If only they would pay me…

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:44 PM (Wmg4n)

99 I think people say "climate change" for why they arent having kids to look noble, but it's not the real reason. Nobody doesn't have a family because they're worried about storm patterns.

In addition to a lot of things like economics, the hook up culture shares a lot of blame also. Women thinking a career is super important sort of sideline themselves until its too later. Men dont want to start a family with a woman that's nearly 40.

Posted by: Leupold at June 09, 2026 06:45 PM (iLtBj)

100 Decaf heard that many times

Posted by: Skip at June 09, 2026 06:45 PM (Ia/+0)

101 >>>The SPLC said that "restricting and banning abortion is a tool the far-right uses to maintain white supremacy."

--

Uh, restricting and/or banning abortion would result in much higher black births. But yeah, maintain white supremacy through more black babies being born. Makes sooo much sense....

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)

102 I like the headline I saw from the media putting in the scare quotes for "self defense"

Posted by: steevy at June 09, 2026 06:45 PM (YwEeS)

103
I knew you were a shill for Big Kale™, guess it's no surprise you're a shill for Big Soy™ as well.
Posted by: Gonna make us green-skinned and estrogenated at June

If only they would pay me…
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:44 PM (Wmg4n)

Motivated not by lucre but instead by malice.

Posted by: That's worse! at June 09, 2026 06:45 PM (TbWk/)

104 22 Poor old gorilla, the lousy zoo will probably make him keep living with that shrew. Maybe she had a headache and he shouldn't have tried. Maybe when he got done sitting, he was going to beat her azz.

Posted by: Kafiroon at June 09, 2026 06:45 PM (IzMux)

105 "No race description so you can make a reasonable assumption." Posted by: polynikes

and he killed an older black man, so "at least" it was not purely a "kill whitey" situation. Not saying that is progress.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 09, 2026 06:46 PM (vbXSk)

106 Do they really think things are that far gone that they can just murder innocent people and then ask to be let go so they can calm themselves down with a fidget-spinner and pot?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM

+++++++++

I want a fidget-spinner.

Posted by: Joemarine at June 09, 2026 06:46 PM (y171U)

107 98 92 Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:38 PM (p4NUW)

I knew you were a shill for Big Kale™, guess it's no surprise you're a shill for Big Soy™ as well.
Posted by: Gonna make us green-skinned and estrogenated at June

If only they would pay me…
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:44 PM (Wmg4n)

I wonder how W-2 and 1099s work for ghosts....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 06:46 PM (qx7Zg)

108 I don't get the animosity to iPhones where people think it is so totally unacceptable to have people stare at their screens in public. This has been happening since the advent of mass printing. Think back to what people were doing on public trains and elsewhere in public while waiting, they were reading newspapers. It's the same with phones but with more choices s to content.

Posted by: Decaf at June 09, 2026 06:46 PM (xpP6J)

109 If you want to reproduce you have to get thru the fishing tackle first.

Posted by: Pawl at June 09, 2026 06:47 PM (vFG9F)

110 2007 was also when the world's finances started to get scrambled, leading up to the big bust in 2008.

Suddenly, it got a lot harder to plan for employment, housing, and health care during the Great Recession. Just another reason to put off having kids.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 09, 2026 06:47 PM (P/woT)

111 ROFL... so... seems the LA Mayor race? uh... there were other city offices and referendums on the ballot...

and the Mayor race, and ONLY the mayor race, has 67,000 more votes then those other things on the exact same ballot.

Kinda makes ya go... hmmmm.....

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:47 PM (mP0Kj)

112 All theories about lower birth rates must account for Japan-- because Japan has been having "going-out-of-business" sale for decades.

I think the declining birth rates in the West have to do with increased prosperity-- having kids isn't the only Social Security there is any more. But it still is in the Third World, where birth rates are sky high.

"Cell phones" might be a tiny subset of "increasing prosperity."

Posted by: mnw at June 09, 2026 06:48 PM (RCjYY)

113 There is no money in kale.

Posted by: Big Broccoli at June 09, 2026 06:48 PM (vFG9F)

114 Staring at your phone in public transport is fine. Listening to loud videos or having loud speaker phone conversations is not.

Posted by: steevy at June 09, 2026 06:48 PM (YwEeS)

115 Piper I enjoy your posts, jncluding the spiritual ones that I don't give a shit about. I dislike the jokes about your passing.

When it comes.to.soy, not interested. it makes me capable of shitting over a 12' fence into a Coke bottle. Proobably too much information, there.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at June 09, 2026 06:49 PM (wBaIH)

116 Being murdered by a typo is no big thing. You get over it.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)

117 I think the declining birth rates in the West have to do with increased prosperity-- having kids isn't the only Social Security there is any more. But it still is in the Third World, where birth rates are sky high.

Despite our best efforts.

Posted by: Gates Foundation at June 09, 2026 06:50 PM (TbWk/)

118 I realize that the internet, and specifically social media, has made everyone intensely stupid.

I was struck by this when watching this Karmelo trial play out. The evidence was overwhelming, incontrovertible, even; and the self defense claim was laughable. The "size of the knife" was an incredibly stupid issue for anyone to bring up, because it meant absolutely nothing. It was big enough to kill, issue closed. It was an obvious slam dunk conviction to me, right from the start.

Add to that one of the most incompetent defense performances I've ever followed, by an absolute clown for a lawyer. And yet here were a host of people saying KA would be found innocent because he was just a sweet nice boy. Was I crazy, or were there?

Answer is in - their hopes were shipwrecked on the cruel hard rocks of Reality, and a 3 hour guilty verdict in a murder case is about the most slam dunk declaration of guilt that you will ever see. And yet the net is full of all these people crying and wondering, "how could this have possibly happened?"

They have lost all connection with reality, and live in some kind of LARP world full time now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 09, 2026 06:50 PM (edUvp)

119 108 I don't get the animosity to iPhones where people think it is so totally unacceptable to have people stare at their screens in public. This has been happening since the advent of mass printing. Think back to what people were doing on public trains and elsewhere in public while waiting, they were reading newspapers. It's the same with phones but with more choices s to content.
Posted by: Decaf at June 09, 2026 06:46 PM (xpP6J)

I agree with you, as long as people are interacting with their phones *quietly*. Where I get annoyed is if they are noisy: loud conversations, listening to music, playing videos, etc.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 09, 2026 06:50 PM (syz1S)

120 Mortgage Interest rates were well over 10% in 1980 and over 15% in 1981. Houses weren't inexpensive in the same places they aren't inexpensive today.

I don't need to hear 20 somethings whining about buying a house.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:51 PM (GseMx)

121 96 The verdict in the Karmelo Anthony trial was quick and decisive. Because the evidence was clear and unequivocal. Nothing else.

Did you hear the guy on Court TV melting down? "It was only a 4-inch knife! He only used it once! How could they reach this verdict!"

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 06:51 PM (gtcuf)

122 Something like 30% of GenZ thinks they’re gay thanks to nonstop MSM propaganda celebrating being gay.

Gee I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 06:53 PM (4G08c)

123 It was only a .22! He only used it once!

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 06:53 PM (vFG9F)

124 Posted by: It's really awful out there at June 09, 2026 06:40 PM (TbWk/)

I stopped a very active dating life during Covid ( had just broken up with someone)... and suddenly realized just how damn PEACEFUL my life suddenly was.

Even though I was still taking care of my almost 90 year old Mom... so much less stress... and so many less crises... and so much ability to actually FIX shit when it went wrong, without endless accusations and discussions...

I realized in hindsight that I had put MUCH more energy into dating, then the Woman I had dated...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:53 PM (mP0Kj)

125 It was only a tire iron! He only used it once!

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 06:53 PM (vFG9F)

126 They have lost all connection with reality, and live in some kind of LARP world full time now.

--

It's truly something to behold. Yet it doesn't leave me in awe. It leaves me absolutely horrified at just how detached these people are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (qBdHI)

127 He didn't even go to that school.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (3VIUE)

128 Planned Parenthood was established to abort minority babies. In that, it was moderately successful, until the incentive among minorities proved a counterweight. Like many things, the unintended consequence was the easy abortion of white babies, for several reasons, which has now proved to be more of a feature than a bug, also for several reasons.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (QaH55)

129 As y’all know, I had a new dishwasher installed today, and now the disposal is not working…what should I look at for an obvious fix?

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (Wmg4n)

130 I think probably 30% of gen z is gay.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (vFG9F)

131 Time to RIOT, Burn Down, and Destroy our own houses, business's, Parks, Neighborhoods, and Public Buildings to Protest....

Then complain the businesses are leaving and No Cops as well as housing prices collapsing..

IMPEACH TRUMP NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (OAePN)

132 what should I look at for an obvious fix?
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (Wmg4n

Connected to power supply.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:55 PM (GseMx)

133 116 Being murdered by a typo is no big thing. You get over it.
Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 06:50 PM (vFG9F)

Used to be fixed using White Out... but that is now RAAAAACIST.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:55 PM (mP0Kj)

134 Many here know I moved from Colorado to Arkansas. One of the most striking differences is the culture. I am now surrounded by young married women having babies. It's so wholesome and life-affirming!

Posted by: Emmie at June 09, 2026 06:55 PM (FMtrg)

135 Circuit breaker.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 09, 2026 06:56 PM (3VIUE)

136 4 inch blade you ignorant news reader.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 06:56 PM (GseMx)

137 117 I think the declining birth rates in the West have to do with increased prosperity-- having kids isn't the only Social Security there is any more. But it still is in the Third World, where birth rates are sky high.

Despite our best efforts.
Posted by: Gates Foundation at June 09, 2026 06:50 PM (TbWk/)

That truism about declining birth rates isn't completely true; or at least it's quite misleading. I have a very conservative catholic nephew in north Florida, and he and his wife have 7 kids. A lot of conservative Christians see it as their duty to have families like that.

A dark joke I've often made, and which is looking more likely to come true every day now, is that within 40 - 50 years the US will be populated by 50% conservative Christians, and 50% Mexicans. And that'll be an interesting mix.

It's an uncomfortable topic to mention, but the black segment of the population - except for those who intermarry with the hispanics, and in my part of the world there's a lot of that - is weeding itself out of the population.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 09, 2026 06:56 PM (edUvp)

138 A dishwasher with a disposal?

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 06:56 PM (gtcuf)

139 The Cafe is less than 5 minutes awy, but...

I still want to state that I don't think stock market crashes (200

or warmer weather (climate change) can cause people to have fewer babies!

Posted by: mnw at June 09, 2026 06:56 PM (RCjYY)

140 "As y’all know, I had a new dishwasher installed today, and now the disposal is not working…what should I look at for an obvious fix?
Posted by: Piper "

How's the disposal wired? Is it disconnected or turned off under the sink?

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 06:56 PM (vFG9F)

141 129 As y’all know, I had a new dishwasher installed today, and now the disposal is not working…what should I look at for an obvious fix?
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (Wmg4n)

There is usually a small button the disposal itself, that is an internal Breaker... I'd check that first...

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (mP0Kj)

142 Never bring a knife to a gun fight. It shows how dumb you are.

And never bring a knife to a track meet. It shows what an evil POS you are.

Posted by: Wally at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (0e5Te)

143 Something like 30% of GenZ thinks they’re gay thanks to nonstop MSM propaganda celebrating being gay.

--

The MFM have become the Curtis Mayfield Pusherman outside the school yards, constantly targeting these young people with their sick agenda. It's intentionally been a targeted plan. And stats prove it's working.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (qBdHI)

144 Wow. Good thing that bus is a gun-free zone. Otherwise, someone might have gotten hurt.

Posted by: GWB at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (BhUhY)

145
I stopped a very active dating life during Covid ( had just broken up with someone)... and suddenly realized just how damn PEACEFUL my life suddenly was.

Even though I was still taking care of my almost 90 year old Mom... so much less stress... and so many less crises... and so much ability to actually FIX shit when it went wrong, without endless accusations and discussions...

I realized in hindsight that I had put MUCH more energy into dating, then the Woman I had dated...
Posted by: Romeo13

==

My brother in his early 40's went through a nasty divorce. At first he jumped into the dating scene and was loving it, but became bitter.

He honestly would be a "catch" for one, he's rich. A woman his age would kill to marry him if they knew what he was worth

But he just says its too much damn work. He also got sick that every date was basically trying to size up what his economic value was. Questions like do you rent or own, etc.

The women his age, it's like pure economics for their motivations. And they have absurd standards.

Posted by: Leupold at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (CwtZH)

146 It was only a typo. He only used it once!

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (vFG9F)

147 132 what should I look at for an obvious fix?
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (Wmg4n

Connected to power supply.
Posted by: polynikes at June 09,

It’s plugged in to the the same outlet the dishwasher is under the sink and the dishwasher turns on.

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Wmg4n)

148 Piper maybe wire not connected?

Posted by: Skip at June 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)

149 Maybe reset trip plug.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 09, 2026 06:59 PM (3VIUE)

150 Kier says "successful, brilliant, creative Muslim immigrants havd made great contributions to Britain's story."
Posted by: Skip

Yeah. Look at that guy in the Robin Hood story....

Posted by: GWB at June 09, 2026 06:59 PM (BhUhY)

151 Sounds like your fuse tripped, Piper.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 09, 2026 06:59 PM (n5tGW)

152 Be on the lookout for a possible teen who once wore a white shirt....
Reading Between The Lines:
Male
Negro
As
Usual

Posted by: Sesame Street Life at June 09, 2026 06:59 PM (Dz7wk)

153 "And yet the net is full of all these people crying and wondering, "how could this have possibly happened?"

They have lost all connection with reality, and live in some kind of LARP world full time now." Posted by: Tom Servo

Well they have a real life example with OJ. And many others the leftist judges have let off lightly for lesser crimes. So LARP world has already reached into the reality world.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 09, 2026 07:00 PM (vbXSk)

154 Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Wmg4n)

As Romeo pointed out. There is a safety breaker on the disposal.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:00 PM (GseMx)

155 How does it matter the size of the weapon or how many times it was used IF THE VICTIM IS DEAD?

This fallout is going to test my BP.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:00 PM (gtcuf)

156 It’s plugged in to the the same outlet the dishwasher is under the sink and the dishwasher turns on.
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:58 PM (Wmg4n)

Switch the two plugs and see if anything changes.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 09, 2026 07:00 PM (syz1S)

157 As y’all know, I had a new dishwasher installed today, and now the disposal is not working…what should I look at for an obvious fix?
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (Wmg4n)

There is usually a small button the disposal itself, that is an internal Breaker... I'd check that first...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (mP0Kj)

If it isn't the internal breaker, the breaker/fuse at the panel, and it's plugged in, I'd suggest using a wrench for garbage disposals, in case the blades were locked during the install.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:01 PM (qx7Zg)

158 So go on a date and the woman is sizing you up like the prize pig at the county fair. Thank God I am well and happily married.

Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:01 PM (Gqar8)

159 The outlet for a disposal is usually wired to a switch beside the sink. Did they monkey with that?

Also check the breaker on the disposal.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

160 I somehow don’t feel sorry for Mr. Anthony. Shoulda thought of that before stabbing someone to death. It’s a little late in the game now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 07:01 PM (T6aVk)

161 Even though I was still taking care of my almost 90 year old Mom... so much less stress... and so many less crises... and so much ability to actually FIX shit when it went wrong, without endless accusations and discussions...

Posted by: Romeo13

Bless you for that!

I could die today peacefully without regrets knowing how much I was loved and appreciated by Mom and Dad. They told me so.

We had no unexpressed thoughts...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 07:01 PM (Sco7b)

162 4 PM EST: Democrats: Trump is a Pussy and will not do anything about an Apache being shot down !!!!!!!!!!

4:03 PM EST: CNN Reports US Strikes Iran after Apache shot down

4:05 PM EST" Democrats: Trump is a war monger and killing innocent children

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 09, 2026 07:02 PM (OAePN)

163 157 As y’all know, I had a new dishwasher installed today, and now the disposal is not working…what should I look at for an obvious fix?
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 06:54 PM (Wmg4n)

There is usually a small button the disposal itself, that is an internal Breaker... I'd check that first...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (mP0Kj)

If it isn't the internal breaker, the breaker/fuse at the panel, and it's plugged in, I'd suggest using a wrench for garbage disposals, in case the blades were locked during the install.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:01 PM (qx7Zg)

Call whoever installed the dishwasher and tell him/her to get their ass to your place and fix what they broke, PRONTO!

Posted by: Gref at June 09, 2026 07:02 PM (5rh/l)

164 Okay, I am climbing under the sink with all your ideas. Will report back. Thank you!!

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:02 PM (Wmg4n)

165 Brave Sir Kier ran away.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:03 PM (gtcuf)

166 Probably a GFCI tripped in the kitchen.

Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:03 PM (Gqar8)

167 Okay, I am climbing under the sink with all your ideas. Will report back. Thank you!!
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:02 PM (Wmg4n

Don't get stuck. ( guys know what I'm talking about)

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:04 PM (GseMx)

168 Kevin Samuels tried to tell women they weren't all princesses and that if they wanted a better man, they should make themselves a better woman.
Let's just say he met a lot of resistance.

Posted by: Wally at June 09, 2026 07:04 PM (0e5Te)

169 134 Many here know I moved from Colorado to Arkansas. One of the most striking differences is the culture. I am now surrounded by young married women having babies. It's so wholesome and life-affirming!
Posted by: Emmie at June 09, 2026 06:55 PM (FMtrg)
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I moved from the Bay Area to a small area between SF and LA and the difference is striking here, too. Babies and kids are everywhere. And young moms who look to be in their 20s, not the late 30s I would see in the Bay Area.

Posted by: beckster at June 09, 2026 07:04 PM (kX27y)

170 Apparently some Tik Tok chick a few weeks back went on a date with an MLB player. Immediately made a video afterwards about how he tried to get her to have sex with him.

Posted by: steevy at June 09, 2026 07:04 PM (YwEeS)

171 21 They talked women out of homes, have casual sex, look for careers at jobs, they don't need men they have government.
Posted by: Skip at June 09, 2026 06:22 PM (Ia/+

Just as people no longer understand what “health” means, people do not understand the difference between a “job” and a “career”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 07:04 PM (T6aVk)

172 Posted by: Jackson K. at June 09, 2026 07:02 PM (OAePN)

The correct term is TACO.

Okay, back to work in a few minutes.

KFC Canada had a 2 for 1 meal deal for $12.99. It was really good. I still have some left over. I'm not much of a fast food guy but lately....

And Ralphy enjoyed tons of fries. I carried him down here. He should hopefully just sleep for several hours while I work....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 07:05 PM (Sco7b)

173 "It’s plugged in to the the same outlet the dishwasher is under the sink and the dishwasher turns on." Posted by: Piper

seems odd to me either one of those would be plugged into an outlet, and not wired directly. BUT, what Gref said, get the installer to fix it (for free).

Posted by: illiniwek at June 09, 2026 07:05 PM (vbXSk)

174 Okay, I am climbing under the sink with all your ideas. Will report back. Thank you!!
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:02 PM (Wmg4n)
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And we never saw Piper again...

Hope she's enjoying her adventures in Narnia!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 09, 2026 07:06 PM (gnNyN)

175 Call whoever installed the dishwasher and tell him/her to get their ass to your place and fix what they broke, PRONTO!
Posted by: Gref at June 09, 2026 07:02 PM (5rh/l)

I take it back. Gref is right - they screwed it up, so they have to fix it - on their dime!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:06 PM (qx7Zg)

176 Women here still have lots of babies. Sometimes families have four or more children. The thing here is they WANT the kids and build their lives around the family. Dad works Mom stays home. It seems to work out well. Funny, that.

Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:06 PM (Gqar8)

177 Report back! It’s fixed! There was a little tool thingy and I turned the blades. It’s now working.

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:06 PM (pZEOD)

178 Probably a GFCI tripped in the kitchen.
Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:03 PM (Gqar

She said the dishwasher turns on and they are on the same outlet though the GFCI can be located somewhere else. My refrigerator has the GFCI in my pantry. Weird.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:06 PM (GseMx)

179 Yay Piper! Who needs AI?

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:07 PM (vFG9F)

180 Disposal locked up. Good job Piper.

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

181 Report back! It’s fixed! There was a little tool thingy and I turned the blades. It’s now working.
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:06 PM (pZEOD)

Piper the Wonder Plumber!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:08 PM (qx7Zg)

182 And the young men have noticed. Who wants to wife up some chick covered in metal and tattoos and masculine energy, and fucked in every hole by 50 guys? Thats a losing proposition.

Pity that's apparently the only kind of girl guys are able to see.

The plain -less-sociable girls who would make good wives are, as always, invisible, and therefore non-existent.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 09, 2026 07:08 PM (vJrRc)

183 Her time in the Beyond gave her Skills.

Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:08 PM (Gqar8)

184 There is usually a small button the disposal itself, that is an internal Breaker... I'd check that first...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 09, 2026 06:57 PM (mP0Kj)

From what I recall, there is one outlet for both the dishwasher and disposal, from what I've seen. Check that they are both plugged in. Check the circuit breaker is not tripped by cycling it.

If it is an older place, there may be one GFCI outlet on the bank of kitchen outlets that could have tripped. Reset that.

On newer constructions, the breakers may be GFCI - ours are - and you will have to reset the breaker and/or GFCI in the panel, where the GFCI on the breaker is a little colored pop-up button that you can reset.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:09 PM (dK+Kv)

185 Some people have google, we have the horde.

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:09 PM (Wmg4n)

186 Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 09, 2026 07:08 PM (vJrR

Don't want a co-dependent either. Perhaps something in the middle.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:09 PM (GseMx)

187 young moms who look to be in their 20s, not the late 30s I would see in the Bay Area.
Posted by: beckster

Why is that better? As long as the number of kids is the same I’d argue it’s better for society to have kids later in life when they’re more financially secure.

Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:10 PM (4G08c)

188 Ok, so what else needs fixin'?

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:10 PM (vFG9F)

189 Apparently some Tik Tok chick a few weeks back went on a date with an MLB player. Immediately made a video afterwards about how he tried to get her to have sex with him.

Posted by: steevy at June 09, 2026 07:04 PM (YwEeS)

The nerve!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:10 PM (dK+Kv)

190 Uh, restricting and/or banning abortion would result in much higher black births. But yeah, maintain white supremacy through more black babies being born. Makes sooo much sense....
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 09, 2026 06:45 PM (qBdHI)

If you consider the Left is much about projection, it might make some sense. Create a massive underclass that you can rule over. They do it with (illegal) immigration, because abortion is a sacrament to the AWFLs for their own use. Maybe they assume the other side must have similar motives.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at June 09, 2026 07:10 PM (qivay)

191 My next recommendation was to give it a good whack with a hammer.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:11 PM (GseMx)

192 Especially on a two-lane road. There were several like that in Kansas -- not every road is string-straight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 09, 2026 06:36 PM (wzUl9)

Why should roads wind at all in Kansas, of all places? Isn’t it the flattest state of the union? Just going by what Dorothy Gale told me, never been there.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 09, 2026 07:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

193 88 I contest that Al Gore and his climate change doomsaying did more for young people deciding not to have children than the iPhones. It's not the medium, it's the message.
Posted by: Decaf at June 09, 2026 06:41 PM (xpP6J)

Doomsaying is constant. Before global warming or whatever we will call it tomorrow, we were all supposed to die in a nuclear holocaust followed up by nuclear winter. Then you had the Malthusian obsessions of the 1970s. Etc etc etc.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 07:12 PM (T6aVk)

194 My next recommendation was to give it a good whack with a hammer.
Posted by: polynikes

3lb sledge. Make sure you fix it good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 09, 2026 07:12 PM (9NN0K)

195 Is Kansas the flattest state, or North Dakota?

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

196 My refrigerator has the GFCI in my pantry. Weird.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:06 PM (GseMx)

You may only need one for a run where a GFCI is required, in some versions of the electrical code. Our last house, it was in the garage, for the bathroom.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)

197 My next recommendation was to give it a good whack with a hammer.
Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:11 PM (GseMx)

Karmelo Anthony? It could work.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)

198 My next recommendation was to give it a good whack with a hammer.
Posted by: polynikes

3lb sledge. Make sure you fix it good.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 09, 2026 07:12 PM (9NN0K)
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Percussive maintenance

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (gnNyN)

199 Some people have google, we have the horde.
Posted by: Piper

Not AI, RI (real intelligence).

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (ndZc7)

200
Apparently some Tik Tok chick a few weeks back went on a date with an MLB player. Immediately made a video afterwards about how he tried to get her to have sex with him.
Posted by: steevy

================

On their first date? What a sleaze.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (n7rxJ)

201 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 09, 2026 07:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

If I'm remembering my trivia, Kansas is not even in the top 5.

Florida is #1

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (GseMx)

202 195 Is Kansas the flattest state, or North Dakota?
Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:12 PM (Gqar

Ahem.
- Florida

Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (4G08c)

203 Why is that better? As long as the number of kids is the same I’d argue it’s better for society to have kids later in life when they’re more financially secure.
Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:10 PM (4G08c)

Meh. Whatever works. My mother had her first kid when she was 18, her last at 26.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (T6aVk)

204 I have a sister that got married after 10 years living together with her boyfriend. They did not have children She once said "They were worried about nuclear war and what kind of world that would be to bring a child into."

Bullshit. She had a good paying job and he was an adolescent that never grew up.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (qFwJc)

205 Doomsaying is constant. Before global warming or whatever we will call it tomorrow, we were all supposed to die in a nuclear holocaust followed up by nuclear winter. Then you had the Malthusian obsessions of the 1970s. Etc etc etc.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 07:12 PM (T6aVk)

I'm just old enough to remember Global Cooling and the coming Ice Age.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:14 PM (qx7Zg)

206 Took a load of bedding to the laudromat last weekend. Put about a zillion quarters in a triple loader and nothing happened. Called the attendent over and without saying a word he just gave it a Fonzie whack with the bottom of his fist and it started right up.

Lesson learned: always try hitting it first.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:14 PM (gtcuf)

207 Why is that better? As long as the number of kids is the same I’d argue it’s better for society to have kids later in life when they’re more financially secure.
Posted by: Heroq

Physically babies and moms are healthier when mom is young (early to mid 20s).
But modern society has stigmatized that

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 09, 2026 07:14 PM (LmPA0)

208 Someone said Florida was around sea level.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 09, 2026 07:14 PM (3VIUE)

209 AOC addresses her mystery kitchen sink appliance.

Wonder is she has a dishwasher?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Piper's Perfect Plumbing at June 09, 2026 07:14 PM (dn9xm)

210 In 1975 Current Science promised me an ice age.
Still waiting...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 09, 2026 07:15 PM (TL+fP)

211 Florid IS really flat, no doubt.

Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:15 PM (Gqar8)

212 My next recommendation was to give it a good whack with a hammer.
Posted by: polynikes

3lb sledge. Make sure you fix it good.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 09, 2026 07:12 PM (9NN0K)
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Percussive maintenance
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 09, 2026 07:13 PM (gnNyN)

Those who are talented can use the threat of percussive maintenance to fix computers. Just the threat, mind you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:15 PM (qx7Zg)

213 Don't want a co-dependent either. Perhaps something in the middle.
Posted by: polynikes

Odd that "co-dependent" is the first thing that pops into your head at the description "plain and less sociable".

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 09, 2026 07:15 PM (vJrRc)

214
Has anyone seen the condition and quality of the fields to plant in?

Posted by: The seed planter at June 09, 2026 07:15 PM (OkYzo)

215 Before the climate changed, Florida was completely underwater. Half of Georgia too.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

216 Chilly May and June so far. At least inside.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 09, 2026 07:16 PM (3VIUE)

217 210 In 1975 Current Science promised me an ice age.
Still waiting...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 09, 2026 07:15 PM (TL+fP)

Everything old is new again.

It's only been about 4 days since I turned on the air conditioning....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 07:16 PM (Sco7b)

218 "Those who are talented can use the threat of percussive maintenance to fix computers. Just the threat, mind you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf"

I have made seemingly dead hard drives spin up with a good whack on top.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (vFG9F)

219 90 here right now with 65% relative humidity. Air is thick.

Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (Gqar8)

220 Don't forget "The Population Bomb." Complete Malthusian bullshit.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (qFwJc)

221 Odd that "co-dependent" is the first thing that pops into your head at the description "plain and less sociable".
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 09, 2026 07:15 PM (vJrRc)

How is that strange. If someone is not sociable then you would most likely be their only social outlet. Co-dependent.

Posted by: polynikes at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (GseMx)

222 So, Killmelo cried like a baby when the verdict came in.

My schadenboner rages.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (gtcuf)

223 We are VERY disappoint in this thread.

Posted by: Big Hot Iron at June 09, 2026 07:19 PM (0256r)

224 A noisy fan can sometimes be fixed with a good thump on the side of the case.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:19 PM (vFG9F)

225 Doom is good for business if you are in the news business. Telling people everything’s fine doesn’t get a lot of eyeballs. Telling them something is going to kill you, does.

So every few years the next big thing that will kill us all shows up. Ice age, global warming, acid rain, killer bees, covid, data centers. It never ends.

Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:19 PM (4G08c)

226 my grandmother had her first of eight kids at 21, and her last at 34. All birthed at home with a neighbor helping. They had five boys first (good for helping on the farm), then three girls.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 09, 2026 07:19 PM (vbXSk)

227 We just took out the water supply of Sirik, a major IRGC hangout along with their "air defense "

Posted by: Ben Had at June 09, 2026 07:19 PM (5P5DO)

228 220 Don't forget "The Population Bomb." Complete Malthusian bullshit.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (qFwJc)

I was thinking of exactly that.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 09, 2026 07:19 PM (T6aVk)

229 When our daughter was already three, MiladyJo and I were considering having another child. That year was when there was a TV movie about nuclear war, and all the newsmagazines (they still had those back then) had cover stories about the imminent WWIII threat.

We decided, with God's help, we would all survive this crisis and went ahead with having a new child.

God gave us twins. Pretty cool.

Posted by: mindful webworker - before time runs out at June 09, 2026 07:20 PM (dn9xm)

230 222

Thank you, Caucasian Longhorns.

Posted by: mnw at June 09, 2026 07:20 PM (RCjYY)

231 188 Ok, so what else needs fixin'?
Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:10 PM

Well…we still need to pick out tile for the bathroom, and decide if we paint the kitchen cabinets the same color they are now, or go with a new color. 😂

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:20 PM (Wmg4n)

232 "We just took out the water supply of Sirik, a major IRGC hangout along with their "air defense "
Posted by: Ben Had"

What's their power situation like? Trump is too nice to these people.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:20 PM (vFG9F)

233 "Those who are talented can use the threat of percussive maintenance to fix computers. Just the threat, mind you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf"

I have made seemingly dead hard drives spin up with a good whack on top.
Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (vFG9F)

I've done that to. I reached the point of computers behaving with a "Wait until your father gets home" attitude. Those were fun. Of course, I had sufficient tools to damage the computers in my desk as well.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:21 PM (qx7Zg)

234 We just took out the water supply of Sirik, a major IRGC hangout along with their "air defense "
Posted by: Ben Had

It's a start. I want leadership in body bags.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 09, 2026 07:22 PM (9NN0K)

235 Oh no, tile!

*recoils, holds fingers in sign of the cross"

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

236 Ice Age maybe 10,000 years.
Warming Period around 800 to 1200.
Mini Ice Age 1800s, you could walk across the Thames.
Current stable period almost 250 years.

We could not measure temperature until about 1750.
The French tried to measure CO2 in around 1700.
It was capturing air and find the density and quality (flammability) and the always came up with 400 ppm.
Same as today.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:23 PM (/+uur)

237 If I'm remembering my trivia, Kansas is not even in the top 5.
Florida is #1
Posted by: polynikes

Florida goes from 0 to 345 ft above sea level.

ND from 750 to 3506. KS from 679 to 4039.

The eastern halves of those states are pretty flat. They just get too close to the Rockies on their western ends to be "flattest."

I think the Red River Valley in northeastern ND and northwestern MN is "locally" the second-flattest place in the country, behind Utah's salt flats. It was the bottom of "Lake Agassiz" for a few millennia after the last glaciation.

Posted by: mikeski at June 09, 2026 07:23 PM (VHUov)

238 Science: Egg Freezing and Maternal Health | 60 Minutes Full Episodes
Complete control for the upper middle class, and above.

Culture: i.e., Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical, Tony Award-winning dark comedy by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann that parodies the legal system, capitalism, bureaucracy, and Broadway itself. Set in a drought-stricken city, a draconian corporation outlaws private toilets and forces citizens to pay a fee to pee.

Music: It should try to at least set an appropriate mood.
Under the boardwalk.
Baby, I need your loving.
Lose control.
Dylan's "In the Moonlight (Do Me)"
--
The horror stories of being saddled to Social Security contributions for the elderly and disabled.

"China’s Demographic Future Is Now"
We estimate China will lose nearly 60 million people in the next decade, roughly equivalent to the population of France. The impact on household consumption is obvious, but the larger problem for Beijing may be the hit to social security funds.

General "Rat Frenzy" - obsessive or aggressive stress responses triggered by overcrowding (resource guarding and social friction) or boredom (under-stimulation).

Drugs.

But it's not phones.

Posted by: The Gov's IT Team at June 09, 2026 07:24 PM (NFX2v)

239 235 Oh no, tile!

*recoils, holds fingers in sign of the cross"
Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

We don’t have to install it, we just have to pick it out yay!

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:24 PM (Wmg4n)

240 No carpet here. Tile, engineered wood flooring, high end vinyl floor in basement. Couple of big area rugs.

Posted by: tubal at June 09, 2026 07:24 PM (Gqar8)

241 Did I miss a meme?

Why is Platner "Gerald" now?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 09, 2026 07:24 PM (Wnv9h)

242 Mr Aspirin Factory, the IDF took out two of their Air Farce commanders in the last round and nobody has heard anything from Vahidi in 3 days.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 09, 2026 07:24 PM (5P5DO)

243 So, Killmelo cried like a baby when the verdict came in.

My schadenboner rages.

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:18 PM (gtcuf)

Yeah, video would be nice.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:24 PM (dK+Kv)

244 Flattest states

1 Florida
2. Louisiana
3. Illinois
4. South Carolina
5. Minnesota

Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:25 PM (4G08c)

245 Changing gears here, but Mike Rowe's Mom is hilarious. Here's a sample with Mike Rowe.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TcKq0mHOK2U

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 09, 2026 07:25 PM (qx7Zg)

246 I'd enjoy seeing that Iranian Foreign Minister Arugula has kicked the oxygen habit; pushing up daisies; joined the choir invisible; taking a dirt nap.

Posted by: mnw at June 09, 2026 07:25 PM (RCjYY)

247 Its women's resource independence. Simply put men are willing to trade resources for sex and women sex for resources. Now women don't need to trade sex for resources so they get to be extremely picky.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at June 09, 2026 07:26 PM (eiX6O)

248 188 Ok, so what else needs fixin'?
Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:10 PM

Well…we still need to pick out tile for the bathroom, and decide if we paint the kitchen cabinets the same color they are now, or go with a new color. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:20 PM (Wmg4n)
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Piper's gonna have a fully rehabbed house by the time the Horde is done with it...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 09, 2026 07:26 PM (gnNyN)

249 The altitude here is 350 feet. Everything in Florida could be covered up and I would have beach front property, just like 25 millon years ago.

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:26 PM (vFG9F)

250 women's resource independence. Simply put men are willing to trade resources for sex and women sex for resources. Now women don't need to trade sex for resources so they get to be extremely picky.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken a

What if women also want sex?

Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (4G08c)

251 Before the climate changed, Florida was completely underwater. Half of Georgia too.
Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:16 PM (vFG9F)

You talking about when the mosasaur swam over south Georgia?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (ZVgZ4)

252 So, Killmelo cried like a baby when the verdict came in.
My schadenboner rages.

Posted by: Delurker

Leroy, his future cellmate, likes it when his date cries during the buttsecks.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (/lPRQ)

253 Lesson learned: always try hitting it first.
Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:14 PM (gtcuf)

We aren't allowed to anymore. Now they make us go to marriage counseling.

Posted by: Good enough for grandpa by god! at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (TbWk/)

254 I had some marriage and family issues today. My younger daughter came over. She told me she worked a wedding at the winery where she sometimes works. She told me the bride went up into the barn loft. Her father went up there to greet her and begin the walk down the aisle. The bride was clearly very moved. Ten years ago, when my daughter married, there was family drama causing her to essentially elope rather to have a big ceremony. She told me, tearfully, that she regretted that she had not had me there to walk her down the aisle. I never blamed her for the drama that had prevented a ceremony but I was sad she and I were deprived of that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (ndZc7)

255 White Americans don't have kids because they have been conditioned to think kids are expensive, in and out of court. No one tells them of the benefits of successful children and a loving marriage.

Everybody else has gone wild since it pays to spread your legs and be a broodmare and husbands be damned, just another payday from another baby daddy in the queue.

Posted by: Zombie LBJ at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (z20w/)

256 So we do Texas stuff at least 1st a years.
Go to a cave, a city, or a mountain.
We are wimps and stay at the nicest hotel near.
But fun

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:29 PM (/+uur)

257 Lesson learned: always try hitting it first.
Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:14 PM (gtcuf)

We aren't allowed to anymore. Now they make us go to marriage counseling.

Posted by: Good enough for grandpa by god! at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (TbWk/)

The Graham Platner School of Dating.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:29 PM (dK+Kv)

258 Disney said Space Mountain was tallest mountain in FLA.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:29 PM (/+uur)

259 women's resource independence. Simply put men are willing to trade resources for sex and women sex for resources. Now women don't need to trade sex for resources so they get to be extremely picky.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken a

What if women also want sex?
Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (4G08c)

Tinder

Posted by: They can get it pretty much whenever at June 09, 2026 07:30 PM (TbWk/)

260 NOOD Cafe

Posted by: Delurker at June 09, 2026 07:30 PM (gtcuf)

261 "We could not measure temperature until about 1750.
... (flammability) and the always came up with 400 ppm.
Same as today." Posted by: r hennigantx

Those ice cores (and probably other methods) may not all totally reliable, but did tell us something. I thought we got down to around 280 ppm, where 180 would mean extinction or something. Also periods of much higher CO2.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 09, 2026 07:30 PM (vbXSk)

262 "You talking about when the mosasaur swam over south Georgia?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit "

As recently as 25 million years ago,I believe. When were the mosasaurs around?

Posted by: fd at June 09, 2026 07:30 PM (vFG9F)

263 Karmelo should tattoo a Polish flag on his butt.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 09, 2026 07:30 PM (gKWVE)

264 Monday cafe is open, even on Tuesday!

Posted by: Piper at June 09, 2026 07:31 PM (Wmg4n)

265 I’d rather have less quantity and more quality kids born.

Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:31 PM (4G08c)

266 254. Ten years ago, when my daughter married,
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

Perhaps she and her husband would renew their vows.

Posted by: The Gov's IT Team at June 09, 2026 07:31 PM (NFX2v)

267 huh, apparently there is second wave of US strikes! And were were 2 days away from the BEST DEAL!!

Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)

268 She told me, tearfully, that she regretted that she had not had me there to walk her down the aisle. I never blamed her for the drama that had prevented a ceremony but I was sad she and I were deprived of that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (ndZc7)

checkbook
Dress
Bride

Assembly required

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 09, 2026 07:31 PM (/+uur)

269 265 I’d rather have less quantity and more quality kids born.
Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:31 PM (4G08c)

I'd rather have not been born at all, but that's a whole other story.

Posted by: Life is a sexually transmitted terminal condition at June 09, 2026 07:32 PM (TbWk/)

270 What if women also want sex?
Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (4G08c)

Put a ring on it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:32 PM (dK+Kv)

271 So, I guess if one claims "self defense," one needs to put on some like, actual evidence of "self defense?"

Merely asserting it isn't enuf?

Posted by: mnw at June 09, 2026 07:33 PM (RCjYY)

272 270 What if women also want sex?
Posted by: Heroq at June 09, 2026 07:28 PM (4G08c)

Put a ring on it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 09, 2026 07:32 PM (dK+Kv)

That'll dry them up faster than a shamwow on a soda spill.

Posted by: It's the cure for female libido at June 09, 2026 07:33 PM (TbWk/)

273 I have made seemingly dead hard drives spin up with a good whack on top.
Posted by: fd

Me likewise. Was copying off files before the drive died, when it refused to spin. One whack on the side of the box and it returned from the dead, long enough
My favorite percussive maintenance was with a printer. It had quit feeding paper through. I lifted it off the table a couple of inches and dropped it. Didn't work. Tried again at about five inches and it got the message. No further problems.

Posted by: mindful webworker - many folks could use some percussive maintenace upside the haid at June 09, 2026 07:34 PM (dn9xm)

274 267 huh, apparently there is second wave of US strikes! And were were 2 days away from the BEST DEAL!!
Posted by: runner at June 09, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3

I was hoping for Iran to be wiped out July 4th.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 09, 2026 07:35 PM (Sco7b)

275 Secret pathway to the NOOD Cafe
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420080

No tolls.

Posted by: mindful webworker - menu features duck at June 09, 2026 07:36 PM (dn9xm)

276
Eh, almost every recent show or movie has some chick spewing the line that kids are4 awful and spoil your life and anyway you can wait till you're in your 30s or whenever. Freeze your eggs.

It's not always said that plainly but that's the message.

What women have forgotten is that (IIRC) ages 16-30 is the prime period for having kiddos biologically and fertility wise.

I've know several couples who waited till their mid-30s to have babies and have had a very hard time. Not all but several.

Biology is a strict mistress, folks.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 09, 2026 07:38 PM (iJfKG)

277 Scientific fact:

You can't have babies b*tt ramming men you've defeated in combat.

Posted by: Nelly at June 09, 2026 07:51 PM (6+ehB)

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