That’s bizarre …… during the independence violence the news always refers to it as East Timor, so it would have been more literally east east

I think I found the pictures you posted on that: https://youtu.be/aUTheooB-XQ

You don’t even need to do that: pressing your nail in requires too much nail, but “slitting the neck” can be done with less fingernail (and feels edgy)

Legit strategy: a buddy of mine does this to fight tendinitis. I don’t remember if it came from his doctor or from online

Have you had any success? How? Every time I’ve started down that road, it’s a maze of twisty passages, all alike

Huh, I wonder if that’s partly me …….

• Most people I recognize by “normal” things like faces
• ephemeral people like waitstaff or someone I pass in the street, never get committed to memory
• but some people I can’t distinguish from others, no matter how different. I never knew why but maybe gait

For example there were two kids in my high school. I interacted with at least one of them on most days, so they were familiar. One was much taller than the other, one was brown hair the other black hair, they were in different classes, one was in a club with me the other not. They really had nothing in common that I ever figured out. Yet all four years of high school I could not tell them apart.

I am really bad with names, which may be relevant.

Once you put “mega” in there, is there such a thing as a legitimate “pastor/priest”?

The article states it is sound frequencies “not normally measured”. It doesn’t say “can’t be”, so the first step is an objective measurement

Of course it goes further to point out that some things can only be heard/felt by a tiny percentage of people - the hard part is setting the allowed threshold and not perhaps that’s where your blind study idea would be helpful

And people with dissenting opinions?

No. He’s fine with female reporters that know their place. /s

Yep, she’s the only politician who’s ever told crowds what they wanted to hear.

…… and that’s exactly the same as bribery

In office, vs after

Quid pro quo, vs opinion and connections

Abusing the office for personal enrichment, vs speaking as a citizen with unique experiences for personal enrichment

It’s an accelerator. At some point even the wealthiest must be affected. If humanoid robots become e a practical means of automation, suddenly there will be a lot of desperate people. At some point UBI might be the cheap solution for the wealthy

I’ve known several people with a habit of buying old Volvos. Probably a luxury car …… but like 20 years old

Definitely part of your point: he’s also fucking over his own constituents. We not only have record high (for us) gas prices but he can gaslight us that they’re cheap relative to the Netherlands because taxes for infrastructure and maintenance do not come close to covering infrastructure or maintenance.

It’s just another level. Try to make us feel better because at least we’re not like Europeans … with their trains and bicycles. While we ignore that we’re also victims here. Our prices follow global supply and demand, so a big part of the difference is we don’t tax enough to maintain existing roads, much less catch up on infrastructure…… while a few oligarchs get ever richer

I believe a lot of the difference is fuel taxes. You also have to put up with… infrastructure you can afford to maintain

Yeah, you got me. I have a decent car that I like but I also like that I can walk a few places. I really miss when I lived downtown, and had the freedom to walk/subway anywhere without having to deal with traffic or parking. Unfortunately jobs in my field are in suburban office parks, and you can’t get there.

My current employers office is only 3.5 miles away. Too far to walk every day, even if there were sidewalks. Too hilly for bicycling with my bad knees. I’d consider an electric bicycle but can’t imagine surviving some of the roads to get there

And I’ll answer as well to keep the train running, even though i wasn’t part of this…

I don’t pay with cash unless specifically asked. I don’t regularly carry cash. If I need to pay cash I get it first that purpose, but usually get a larger amount. I’m a bit more likely to use it if I gave it but don’t refill it when it’s gone, until I’m forced to

You could ask some of those guys how they prefer to be paid. My electrician likes Venmo and my house cleaner prefers Zelle. I can pay them instantly like with a credit card but they’re not hit with the fees