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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th February 2024, 02:33 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,987
Posted By Manopolus
Never mind. Self-modded.

Never mind. Self-modded.
Forum: USA Politics 16th February 2024, 02:21 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 992
Posted By Manopolus
As others have mentioned, my primary issue is not...

As others have mentioned, my primary issue is not allowing a completely evil, mentally disturbed, idiot to continue his attempts at becoming dictator. That's pretty much it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th February 2024, 09:34 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,111
Posted By Manopolus
Some of his efforts sound like a bad attempts at...

Some of his efforts sound like a bad attempts at humor to me, but maybe that's just Poe. I wouldn't be so quick to claim insanity was a factor. While yes, sane people don't generally behead their...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 11:08 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,445
Posted By Manopolus
Sorry, perhaps a bit flippant. Main thing is that...

Sorry, perhaps a bit flippant. Main thing is that I'm having a hard time making sense of it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 07:38 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,445
Posted By Manopolus
Huh? Using voice recognition with your mouth...

Huh?

Using voice recognition with your mouth full, or what?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 04:26 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 1,637
Posted By Manopolus
Rather bizarre, but it actually kind of follows....

Rather bizarre, but it actually kind of follows. If the mother hadn't been an employee, then the fetus wouldn't have been present. That makes it a weird and unexpected gray area.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 04:02 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,445
Posted By Manopolus
Well, my guess regarding the KC shooting that got...

Well, my guess regarding the KC shooting that got drug into this is that (some of?) the people involved were likely Latino, considering that the only death was a Latino DJ doing a Tex-Mex segment....
Forum: USA Politics 15th February 2024, 03:23 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 577
Posted By Manopolus
Oh yeah, it can be interesting. But like I...

Oh yeah, it can be interesting. But like I mentioned, it can also be self-fulfilling to some degree, which doesn't make much of a case for it being a good influence on society. Don't let my poetic...
Forum: USA Politics 15th February 2024, 02:57 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 577
Posted By Manopolus
The system is mostly mechanical at this point....

The system is mostly mechanical at this point. The humans are just the cogs in a machine that isn't controlled by really anything but its own illusions, occasionally bending back on themselves to...
Forum: USA Politics 15th February 2024, 02:35 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 577
Posted By Manopolus
I already despised polls well before they became...

I already despised polls well before they became completely unreliable.

The sad part is that the people who put the most stock in polling are the people raking in the advertising money. I wonder...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2024, 06:49 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 385
Posted By Manopolus
It has always been a family tradition to just...

It has always been a family tradition to just write in my uncle's name (who isn't particularly political -- was basically just a welder at the local post and pipe, now retired) when we don't see...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2024, 05:58 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,445
Posted By Manopolus
Well, we sort of know that it wasn't just one guy...

Well, we sort of know that it wasn't just one guy involved, here. No clue on skin color, but I wouldn't be interested in speculating, anyway. WTF does that have to do with it?

I suspect if you've...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2024, 05:51 PM
Replies: 382
Views: 4,445
Posted By Manopolus
Hmm? Can't say I've done such things. Burned...

Hmm?

Can't say I've done such things. Burned an old outhouse as a Halloween prank when I was in HS (the last outhouse in town). That's pretty much it. I rather doubt we had much of anything like...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2024, 05:35 PM
Replies: 1,911
Views: 54,987
Posted By Manopolus
Hmm... yeah. Just heard about it (KC shooting)....

Hmm... yeah. Just heard about it (KC shooting). Had a number of people on my FB in KC (both living there and visiting), but so far no one that was near Union Station at the time.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th February 2024, 12:16 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 542
Posted By Manopolus
Yeah, I wish they taught methods as methods from...

Yeah, I wish they taught methods as methods from the start and quit pretending that their preferred method is the only way to do math. But that wasn't what you were asking. It just came up.

And...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th February 2024, 02:58 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 864
Posted By Manopolus
Yeesh. Of all things. Had a girlfriend who...

Yeesh. Of all things.

Had a girlfriend who brought scabies home from a nursing home she worked at back in the day. Not fun.
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2024, 01:22 AM
Replies: 81
Split Thread: Why Capital punishment?
Views: 1,422
Posted By Manopolus
Well, I'm not strongly on one side or the other....

Well, I'm not strongly on one side or the other. It just makes more sense to me to get it over with and move on instead of wasting resources.

...in some particular cases, mind. Not if...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2024, 01:08 AM
Replies: 81
Split Thread: Why Capital punishment?
Views: 1,422
Posted By Manopolus
Of course it does, but I doubt we're willing to...

Of course it does, but I doubt we're willing to provide a gilded cage.

And that's another thing with the current system, though. Prison conditions are ridiculously inconsistent. Even considering...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2024, 12:59 AM
Replies: 81
Split Thread: Why Capital punishment?
Views: 1,422
Posted By Manopolus
...and I say that's less cruel than keeping them...

...and I say that's less cruel than keeping them in lifelong captivity. But, of course, you'd better make damn sure you've got the right person. I do realize that's the other problem.
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2024, 12:14 AM
Replies: 81
Split Thread: Why Capital punishment?
Views: 1,422
Posted By Manopolus
Which is why I think that the victim(s) (or their...

Which is why I think that the victim(s) (or their family, friends, whatever, if the victim is unable) should be the one to do it, perhaps only by pushing a button. And if they choose not to, then it...
Forum: USA Politics 13th February 2024, 10:20 PM
Replies: 81
Split Thread: Why Capital punishment?
Views: 1,422
Posted By Manopolus
I suppose so, but what else to you call the...

I suppose so, but what else to you call the system? Justice is the word we use to describe the whole system, and I don't tend to consider it explicit to a particular purpose among the many it claims...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 13th February 2024, 02:50 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 800
Posted By Manopolus
I haven't gotten any email scam-spam at any of my...

I haven't gotten any email scam-spam at any of my emails in ages. I kind of miss them, actually. Some of them were hilarious.

I do get a legit ad now and then from someone who I had recent contact...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2024, 05:50 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,884
Posted By Manopolus
Hmm... actually sounds a LOT like what I read...

Hmm... actually sounds a LOT like what I read about Elan's M.O.

So this is probably one of the bad ones. Unless they have serious political allies or something, this will likely be a shut-down...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th February 2024, 05:30 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 542
Posted By Manopolus
{x|x=all numbers} /calculus Imaginary...

{x|x=all numbers}

/calculus

Imaginary numbers also count, since 5i+2 = 5i+2, obviously.

I barely remember calculus, though. It has been a while, and I was often hungover in class that year....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th February 2024, 12:58 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 542
Posted By Manopolus
x=x x-x=x-x x-x=0 There ya go. All...

x=x

x-x=x-x

x-x=0

There ya go. All x on one side of the equation. Of course, that still boils down to 0=0.

Should we factor it?
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2024, 10:27 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 951
Posted By Manopolus
I voted "Pol Pot" just for kicks, but now I'm all...

I voted "Pol Pot" just for kicks, but now I'm all in for Stiffler's mom. It wasn't a choice in the poll, though.
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2024, 10:21 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,642
Posted By Manopolus
My gloves have been off since 2016. Haven't put...

My gloves have been off since 2016. Haven't put them back on since.
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2024, 10:15 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
Umm... yeah... I'm not sure what press you...

Umm... yeah...

I'm not sure what press you were listening to, but the talking heads rambling to us here in Kansas absolutely loved him. Admittedly, I was fairly young at the time. But I remember...
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2024, 09:48 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 1,619
Posted By Manopolus
I already mentioned this in another thread. ...

I already mentioned this in another thread.

AOC.

She turns 35 one month before the election, and people have been complaining about how old the choices are. She would be the youngest person...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 08:07 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
Yep. I've been mostly discussing alternative (and...

Yep. I've been mostly discussing alternative (and technically possible) future history in the past few posts, but that's pretty much where we are right now. The fact that the second is even an option...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 07:10 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
The first hurdle is that I don't think that she...

The first hurdle is that I don't think that she believes she's ready for something like that. It has been clowned around on the talk shows a bit, and her usual response has been rather meek and...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 05:30 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
Well, technically it doesn't even require him to...

Well, technically it doesn't even require him to step aside. He could actually just die or become incapacitated by a sudden health issue, you know (not that I want that to happen, but it could). AOC...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 05:02 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
It would likely automatically be the current Vice...

It would likely automatically be the current Vice President. I'm not greatly impressed with her, either, but that would make actual sense. Michelle Obama makes no sense whatsoever. She has said...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 04:36 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
There is absolutely no case where I would support...

There is absolutely no case where I would support the "former president's wife" ticket. I don't even get the appeal -- it's stupid. Also, there is no way that she would ever run, anyway. She isn't...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 02:09 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,579
Posted By Manopolus
Unfortunately, this part probably won't happen,...

Unfortunately, this part probably won't happen, mainly because the committee assignments and leadership positions are based on seniority. So basically, the oldest ones (or the ones there the longest)...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 09:39 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
I doubt the O.P. will get your reference, but I'm...

I doubt the O.P. will get your reference, but I'm just fine with that, as well.
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 09:22 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
Well that's just it. The president doesn't...

Well that's just it. The president doesn't actually make many decisions unilaterally, anyway. Unless you're talking about Trump.
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 09:04 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
Umm... no. Most of those people clearly intended...

Umm... no. Most of those people clearly intended to "get out of line" before they ever entered Washington D.C. You can clearly see that in their social media and the planning for the event. I'll let...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 08:05 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
That was the least important part of what I said....

That was the least important part of what I said. That's why I only used three words for it.





Indeed. Republican vs Democrat is an entirely separate thing from my opinions about Trump. I...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 07:24 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
I've also experienced this phenomenon. I think in...

I've also experienced this phenomenon. I think in my case, though, it has to do with the fact that I travelled a lot for a particular job early in my career, and during that time, I very seldom saw...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 06:18 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
Oh and the interesting thing about the part I...

Oh and the interesting thing about the part I ignored...

I didn't even argue with you about Biden's mental fitness. I don't even care. My point was that it doesn't even matter considering who his...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 06:05 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
You can stop right there. I'm actually not...

You can stop right there. I'm actually not particularly partisan. There are things I've always agreed with coming from both sides of the aisle, and things I strongly disagree with going on in both...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 05:36 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,925
Posted By Manopolus
I don't agree, but even if true, a literal corpse...

I don't agree, but even if true, a literal corpse is more fit for office than Trump, assuming that corpse has a few half-literate advisors around him to sort things out. A little brain fog is way...
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 05:30 AM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,579
Posted By Manopolus
Sure, but the question is more of what? Baloney,...

Sure, but the question is more of what? Baloney, perhaps? That's being generous. "Executive crime" might be a more fitting description of what we get more of.
Forum: USA Politics 10th February 2024, 08:35 PM
Replies: 81
Split Thread: Why Capital punishment?
Views: 1,422
Posted By Manopolus
On this one I'm kind of conflicted... but just...

On this one I'm kind of conflicted... but just barely.

My ideas of justice revolve mainly around making sure it doesn't happen again. If that necessarily means reform, then we should reform. If...
Forum: USA Politics 10th February 2024, 08:07 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,579
Posted By Manopolus
Not impressed with Phillips. The...

Not impressed with Phillips. The rich-guy-funding-his-own-campaign-thing only works for conservative candidates. Moderate-to-left voters aren't generally impressed with that sort of thing. His shtick...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th February 2024, 07:26 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,213
Posted By Manopolus
If there's something economically useful that...

If there's something economically useful that requires the LHC to discover it, that might also require building an LHC to produce it. When scientific experiments become prohibitively expensive, that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th February 2024, 07:02 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 8,861
Posted By Manopolus
Hmm... don't know much about spiders and don't...

Hmm... don't know much about spiders and don't want to, but we've got our big 'uns around here, too, specifically tarantulas. Those don't tend to cause many problems, though. Usually when someone in...
Forum: USA Politics 10th February 2024, 06:34 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,579
Posted By Manopolus
You've got my vote if you run. Don't ask me for...

You've got my vote if you run. Don't ask me for money, though. Oh, and I'm in Kansas. A non-republican vote is often useless in this state.
Forum: USA Politics 10th February 2024, 05:53 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,579
Posted By Manopolus
You might want to rephrase that. The military...

You might want to rephrase that. The military standards for maximum weight at my particular height sits at 235 for a reason (and that's the weight that they start calculating body fat to potentially...
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