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katakowsj  ·  525 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You’re hurting me a lot by hurting her

Unfortunately,,this is how things like this change

As an educator of nearly25years. I've found getting angry at ignorance of this type is aboutas productive as pissing into the wind. rarely effective, often messy. :)

. a n ynfortunate situation.

katakowsj  ·  545 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I have important things to say about addiction

Ca you provide a common example most folks call enabling and why/ why not?

katakowsj  ·  546 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I have important things to say about addiction

Enabling isn't a thing? Will you expand on that and common misconceptions please?Iam not too familiar of them ouside the post-tehab & post relapse ramblings of my alcoholic Uncle. For years and ears his siblings accused my grandparents of enabling his reckless behaviors byenablung him to erase consequences of his irresponsible actions. I. beleivehelpingvhim take on these responsibilities at thee

him up for financial consequences. He's now, good for him,got his shit together, and at age 57, working to set himself up for a likely doable retirement planI'm trying to understand how my uncle was not enabled to make terrible life choices.

Agreed. My family got into cooking Hello Fresh meals at the start of he pandemic. It took us quite a while to adjust ourselves tfantasy cooking timelines. We became accustomed to understanding That making pork chop with fig sauce was pretty much the entire evening's project. WTF?

True Thousands of Americans die in automobile related deaths each yearNHSTA Says 42,915 Americans bit the dust I. auto related deaths last yearI’d expect there’d be some ore alarm if drivers were randomly infiltrating school hallways and mowing down children and teachers several times monthly. No one is shouting from the rooftops tropes such as , to solve this, we just need more GOOD GUYS with cars!

Cars are dangerous. 6000lb boxes of metal traveling 80mphc produce boatloads of death inducing momentum. It is a fact of life a death we all accept as we move about in automobiles

For reasons we could speculate all day, it seems that the accepted death toll for automobiles seems to also be normalizing forfirearms all so. We’re now telling ourselves guns are as indispensable as cars and handheld bringers of death are an American necessity. I just don’t see I it add up. A government should fear its ciitizenry. That is why we have a free press. ITo be productive! We wanna settle our beefs with words before pointing guns at one another. Go figure.

katakowsj  ·  582 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Florida Man asks you to stop laughing at Florida

Ha. I totally thought this would link to an Onion article.

katakowsj  ·  590 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Russia’s Economy Is Starting to Come Undone

Blind ambition adds some predictability...of failure

I'd predict as their economy accelerates southward Putin finds himself violently deposed. He exists in a tenuous space. allhis own doing.

katakowsj  ·  607 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lawyer: Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime

Maybe he’ll be feeling ballsy enough an actually order up some of his numb-nuts followers to commit a felony on Truth Social. He can only go so long before believing he’s a modern day Pablo Escobar. That’ll get him sent away.

katakowsj  ·  618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado River's Lake Powell

Soooo, The LakePowell system works fine, as long as conditions are absolutely ideal.

Oops.

Gotta expect Solar to become very popular in cities dependent on Lake Powell’s power production.

katakowsj  ·  618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Per Trump: Trump to be Arrested Tuesday, Calls for violent protests

Good question. If there isn't an exact term for his bloviating stlye, we all need one common term for describing his particular brand of BS.

katakowsj  ·  618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Per Trump: Trump to be Arrested Tuesday, Calls for violent protests

An arrest at least generates some interest in him. cmy guess is chance of nil, nothing, zippo.

katakowsj  ·  635 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What superstitions do you have?

Knocking on wood seems useful to me. I often see it as a way of reflecting withgratitude on something positive in my life. I might mention to my wife,” Knock on wood, but tomorrow’s weather is predicted to be nice so I can get out and run a few miles. Knocking o wood is recognizing things are pretty good and there are no guarantees they’ll stay that way. I’ve no good reason to change it and don’t expect to do so.

katakowsj  ·  635 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What superstitions do you have?

Baseball could do without the Superstitions. They can e so odd and nonsensical. It alienates the younger generation that look for ways to engage in the game. what’s your view on pitch clocks? My son had waaaay too many super-late little league games that had to be ended arbitrarily due to darkness, and player safety, that I expect pitch clocks will eventually become accepted and possibly save a game that cannot meet the needs of folks that keep a schedule.

katakowsj  ·  638 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Scott Adams is a crank looking for a problem.

Sure.Be willing to admit your white privilege is that you've never been stopped for driving while black, or that having never had your ancestors.owned, or redlined while. buying housing, or being subjected to Jim Crow Laws has left you with a privileged head start in life over those whose ancestry were purposely penalized in their efforts in working to achieve financial success.

Being white seems cool. Being white and ignoring the challenges of those that are not , is a dick move.

katakowsj  ·  638 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Scott Adams is a crank looking for a problem.

Speak as a douchebag. Get canceled as one.

katakowsj  ·  654 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski movie recommendations

Thanks. I'll have to check that out.

katakowsj  ·  705 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Wine Fake?

Iguess the topic hit a sore spot for me. I had wogood friendsI see far less often as he and his wofegot caught up in the jackassery of wine and.bourbon snobbery that my wife and I ccould not justify ever trying to keep up with. Dissapointing to find the friendship was built on a bed of san, I guess.

katakowsj  ·  705 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Wine Fake?

It's nice to know I can always count on a thorough response from the blOO. AAThanks for the food for thought. Jeff.

katakowsj  ·  718 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Stream Heat Sinking Missile --

Perfectly horrible. Are you rewriting Spinal Tap?

Heat sinking or heat seeking?

katakowsj  ·  734 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Wine Fake?

Somehow wine is a socially acceptable way to flaunt one's wealth and be a douchebag. I wonder why. If I wear fat gold chains and a diamond studded medallion I'm seen as low class. I insread order a 1940 Chateau blah dee blahfo$500 a bottle. It's expected the restaurant sommeleir would come kiss my ass. because I'm a high roller.WTF!?

katakowsj  ·  735 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Wine Fake?

SUUPER FAKE.mMoreso for bourbourbons andvespecially. vodka!

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katakowsj  ·  745 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My mom might die

Whoa. cat pics ? Sometimes life gives us a shit sandwich. I believe it's time to dig in and deal witj the shit.

katakowsj  ·  745 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My mom might die

I 'm afraid I'll need some more spite and hatred soon Thank you Donald Trump, you fuckwit.

katakowsj  ·  772 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Teen with sensory issues, ask me anything

What sort of Sensory issues? I’m have some of my own right now. I’m working to navigate the world I with a damaged left field of vision that has come about as a result of surgery to remove a glioma (brain cancer) from my right temporal lobe. As a result, Typing this message accurately is manytimes more difficult than it was when I arrived t the hospital last Wednesday.

katakowsj  ·  803 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If You Want This Job, We Must Interview You Forever

Damn funny. Thanks for the laugh. Loved. "We've menjoyed getting to know you the last eight months". ,