[Cyphon]

Woop woop, sounds like an all round win Tiste!

[Slow Ben]

Hells yeah Tiste!

[QuickTidal]

 Tiste Simeon, on 28 June 2022 - 12:58 PM, said:

I got a new job! I've been trying to get out of the police for a while - for numerous reasons - and nothing has been happening.

I just got offered a job in the AML/CFT (anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism) team here on the island. It involves a lot of the same skills and bits I enjoy about the policing without the relentless stress, stupid hours, dealing with constant idiots and all the other bits in between.

Also pays about the same and gives me much better hours and flexi-time so I can have a much better home-work life balance.

I'm very happy with this turn off events!

AH-MAZING!

Love career moves like this. So happy for you and your family!

[Abyss]

 Tiste Simeon, on 28 June 2022 - 12:58 PM, said:

I got a new job! I've been trying to get out of the police for a while - for numerous reasons - and nothing has been happening.

I just got offered a job in the AML/CFT (anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism) team here on the island. It involves a lot of the same skills and bits I enjoy about the policing without the relentless stress, stupid hours, dealing with constant idiots and all the other bits in between.

Also pays about the same and gives me much better hours and flexi-time so I can have a much better home-work life balance.

I'm very happy with this turn off events!

Congrats, this will make your late night masked vigilantiism way easier!

[amphibian]

 Tiste Simeon, on 28 June 2022 - 12:58 PM, said:

I got a new job! I've been trying to get out of the police for a while - for numerous reasons - and nothing has been happening.

I just got offered a job in the AML/CFT (anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism) team here on the island. It involves a lot of the same skills and bits I enjoy about the policing without the relentless stress, stupid hours, dealing with constant idiots and all the other bits in between.

Also pays about the same and gives me much better hours and flexi-time so I can have a much better home-work life balance.

I'm very happy with this turn off events!

I am very happy for you. Here's to a great and easy transition over to saner hours and more family time.

[Macros]

I've found Daz at 40° gets the money cleanest, so look out for the guys bulk buying at the supermarket

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

 Tiste Simeon, on 28 June 2022 - 12:58 PM, said:

I got a new job! I've been trying to get out of the police for a while - for numerous reasons - and nothing has been happening.

I just got offered a job in the AML/CFT (anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism) team here on the island. It involves a lot of the same skills and bits I enjoy about the policing without the relentless stress, stupid hours, dealing with constant idiots and all the other bits in between.

Also pays about the same and gives me much better hours and flexi-time so I can have a much better home-work life balance.

I'm very happy with this turn off events!

This is excellent news - congrats!

[BK (NTS no politics)]

I just had my very 1st threesome of the more grills than sausages type. It was awesome but it is definitely something suited for younger bendier people. Still did myself proud though.

Later gators.

[Mezla PigDog]

My friend got us free tickets to see Guns n Roses last night! They were seated so not ideal but who's complaining?! We had a pretty good view of the stage. We also had a pretty good view of the VIP area where Jason Momoa was hanging out! The band were late so he went to a merch stall and was working there for a while. He is such a serious unit. But also very jolly with the people endlessly reaching up for handshakes and photos.

[Nicodimas]

10 days in bend oregon !

My sister moved there precovid (her house doubled in price form 425k to 850k in 2 years; what bubble?)

Fly fished x2 , trolled x1 , hiked 2x .. and lots of exploring too! We stayed along the deschuetes and tubed too in between.

I see why they moved there .. though they went from.. Phoenix.. so gets cold often.

Definitely another place to visit each summer !

This month SDCC for real again…

Caught this 20 inch rainbow .. which is pretty good for me. Still looking for my lake monster..

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 06 July 2022 - 03:27 AM

[Nicodimas]

Someone destroyed the Georgia guideatones finally..

Good riddance

( creepy atuuf)

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Nicodimas, on 07 July 2022 - 12:51 AM, said:

Someone destroyed the Georgia guideatones finally..

Good riddance

( creepy atuuf)

Guess you're hoping Stonehenge will be next?

Why oh why didn't some good Christians 'blow up that creepy shit'... not even back during Cromwell's glorious reign, eh?

'an explosion hit the stones, destroying the Swahili/Hindi language slab and causing significant damage to the capstone.'

Georgia Guidestones - Wikipedia

Hmm....

[Aptorian]

It's like those pesky Buddha statues in Afghanistan.

[worry]

The right to exist starts and ends with whether someone with a bomb designates you or your things creepy or not. Basic principles of sovereignty.

[Malankazooie]

The musk of Elon won't taint the - echo chamber / ideology reinforcement machine / dunk on someone and give them a proper public haranguing / I TOLD YOU SO HAHAHA YOU'RE WRONG I WIN! YOU SUCK LOSER! - machine. ... so it's a push, therefore no change, ergo more of the same that is destroying us, which has infected all aspects of public and private discourse? ergo not even giving a modicum of respect to someone who has a different viewpoint or opinion on a topic? cool! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Nicodimas]

Azath Vitr (D, on 07 July 2022 - 01:29 AM, said:

Nicodimas, on 07 July 2022 - 12:51 AM, said:

Someone destroyed the Georgia guideatones finally..

Good riddance

( creepy atuuf)

Guess you're hoping Stonehenge will be next?

Why oh why didn't some good Christians 'blow up that creepy shit'... not even back during Cromwell's glorious reign, eh?

'an explosion hit the stones, destroying the Swahili/Hindi language slab and causing significant damage to the capstone.'

Georgia Guidestones - Wikipedia

Hmm....

Well it did advocate for the death of like 5.5 billion people. Guess that would be cool for some people..got be accepting of all ideas

Wait did u even read them lol



Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the Earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 10 July 2022 - 12:30 AM

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Nicodimas, on 10 July 2022 - 12:24 AM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 07 July 2022 - 01:29 AM, said:

Nicodimas, on 07 July 2022 - 12:51 AM, said:

Someone destroyed the Georgia guideatones finally..

Good riddance

( creepy atuuf)

Guess you're hoping Stonehenge will be next?

Why oh why didn't some good Christians 'blow up that creepy shit'... not even back during Cromwell's glorious reign, eh?

'an explosion hit the stones, destroying the Swahili/Hindi language slab and causing significant damage to the capstone.'

Georgia Guidestones - Wikipedia

Hmm....

Well it did advocate for the death of like 5.5 billion people. Guess that would be cool for some people..got be accepting of all ideas

Wait did u even read them lol



Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the Earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.

That doesn't imply 'we need to murder 5.5 billion people'; as a long-term goal, it just requires enough people to decide not to produce children.

'More young people are opting not to have kids not only because they can't afford them but also because they assume they'll have only a scorched or sodden wasteland to grow up in. An increasingly popular retirement plan is figuring civilization will collapse before you have to worry about it. I'm not sure anyone's composed a more eloquent epitaph for the planet than the stand-up comedian Kath Barbadoro, who tweeted: "It's pretty funny that the world is ending and we all just have to keep going to our little jobs lol."'

Opinion | It's Time to Stop Living the American Scam - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 10 July 2022 - 01:10 AM

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Or to produce children at below the reproduction rate (given enough time...).

Personally I'm optimistic about overpopulation not being a major issue over the next 100 years, but it's a reasonable position.

A system in which people are taught from an early age that producing children of their own is not necessarily a virtue, and in which all people (who can) donate to sperm or egg banks, with the best possible combinations (and ideal diversity and random variations) calculated by AI to determine the next generation and unauthorized reproduction prevented by medical procedures, might actually be more rational---and preferable. (While it's true that many people desire children, it seems that parental instincts can be satisfied by raising, or helping to raise, other peoples' children---or pets, or possibly even virtual children (perhaps in raising virtual children they could educate (or re-educate) themselves, their own 'inner childs', towards greater virtue and understanding).)

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 10 July 2022 - 01:23 AM

[worry]

Wouldn’t be super surprising if its mysterious architects were Malthus-addled eugenicists though.

[Abyss]

Almost picked a fight w Margaret Atwood on twitter.
Decided that was probably a bad idea.
She posted a picture of herself looking smug, sitting waterside holding a mug with the words 'I told you so'.
Predictably people started attacking, I caught the thread early, and in response to someone posting 'gloating isnt virtuous' she replied 'I never claimed to be virtuous'.
And I almost, almost, posted... 'you also never claimed to be a science fiction writer'.
If you're familiar with her history of denying she writes sf til handmaids tale tv took off, then reversing herself, you know why this is both funny and a huge burn. But still a bad idea.