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Indeed. Guy's on the ground, fight's over. Dust yourselves off and go your way if you can't shake hands.

As you well know, despite us living only 40 miles or so apart we live in very different places. I'm not gonna say your experience isn't valid, it probably is, and lil Gug sounds like a good kid. But goddamn the schools I've been to here...it doesn't give me much to hope for, and that's before talking about the state of public (government) education nowadays. That being said... Gen Z is a wait and see sort of deal. They're really young and came into the world while big media/Hollywood had its firmest grip on the national conversation ever. But some of them are curious to a fault and I think could revive real journalism. They're realizing that Facebook/Google/Disney/etc. have controlled everything that they've seen since they were very young and now demand more. They look at the state of politics in this country and think it couldn't possibly have always been this way and want more from their government (in a good way). But then some of them are ****heads who only care about Fortnite and whatever some "influencer" with a giant ass is posting about that hour on Thirstagram. Take the good with the bad I guess.

That lady is being a B word but childless 20- and 30-somethings going to a Disney park does ring a bit creepy and weird to me. Grow the ***** up.

I'm technically a millennial, born in '91. But my dad was 39 when I was born, so I'm in a different spot than most. Boomers are easily the worst generation. Barely worked for anything and put off every problem to the next few generations. Often raise entitled, spoiled children because they themselves were entitled and spoiled. Have cursed us with the worst of both conservative and liberal politics. Hep C is an epidemic among them. Gen X is raising awful children. Maybe their "don't care" attitude carried into child rearing when their condoms broke or birth control failed. Somehow narcissistic and nihilistic simultaneously. Millenials are, as stated before, spoiled and entitled in many cases. They carry the expectations of their Boomer parents but have none of the benefits that boomers had upon graduation from high school. So they whine and quickly forget that communism is evil in the hopes that they can get something for nothing. Gen Z. Dear Lord. These kids are being raised on Tide pods, fake news, and their parents' apathy. God save them. The good times after WWII created generations of soft people. Soft people are creating hard times again. Hard times create hard people. Hard people will bring good times again. The cycle continues.

Snopes is now fact-checking satire websites, so there's that.

I have two friends that took an opportunity to go to CC for free out of high school (if you graduated HS top ten they waived all tuition and fees) and then transferred to excellent four year schools after getting their associates degrees. Worked out nicely. I'm slowly taking classes working towards my masters degree in my field (unnecessary, but free for me). The local CC is always looking for adjuncts in my field as it's a very popular track and I might look into teaching there.

How did they find so many Josh Allens in one place???

Well if you're going to claim it's Ian Fleming's character then no, Bond can't be black. And yeah can you imagine a 6'3" 250lb black dude trying to be inconspicuous in, say, St. Petersburg? Reminds me of that old joke about the CIA agent in Moscow: A CIA agent is arrested in Moscow and charged with spying. The agent is fluent in Russian and has had years of specialized training on how to blend in with the Russian people. he's the perfect sleeper agent. Down in the darkest dungeons beneath Kremlin the Russian Secret Service (FSS) begin their interrogation. "We know you are American, spy Pig. Admit it!" "How can you say that? I speak Russian like a Muscovite, I am Russian." "You are lying, Spy Pig. We know you are a Yankee dog. Admit it" The Agent pulls a copy of Pushkin from his jacket pocket and begins to read aloud. Within minutes the guards are weeping with joy at how beautifully the poetry is read. "You see, only a Russian can read Pushkin like this", said the agent. "You lie, Spy Pig, I know you are an American, confess". The agent calls one the of the guards to play Kalinka on his balalaika. The agent leaps on to the table a dances a Russian folk dance whilst singing. The guards clap and cheer having seldom seen such a perfect performance. "You see no one can sing the most loved song in Russia like this if you are not a Russian." "You lie Yankee snail pig. I know you are an American". The agent calls of 6 bottles of Siberian vodka and over the next hour drinks them all finally smashing his glass on the table. "No one drinks vodka like a Russian and I am a Russian" Impressed the FSS agent claps his hands slowly. "You are good Yankee Pig poo, very good, but I know you are not Russian and now you die". The CIA agent slumps in his seat knowing he is defeated. "Tell me one thing, how did you know? I am highly trained can speak, read Pushkin, sing and dance and drink like a Russian. My cover was perfect. How did you know I am an American?" "It was easy Yankee man, we have no Blacks in Russia" The Bond films started going downhill once the USSR was no longer a thing.

Shrader is correct, they're simply passing on the agent code. Daniel Craig is still James Bond. This must be the last installment in Daniel Craig's run. There'll be another reboot in 5-10 years a la Casino Royale.

Absolutely not, unless the situation involves water (washing one's car, at the beach/poolside).

1. Make yourself your mission. No woman, child, job, sports team, whatever is your mission. Ever. 2. Don't ***** up. 3. Go home today. 4. Walk with purpose. 5. Approach/flirt with women during the day. 6. Save money from every paycheck. 7. Be generous. 8. Be 6'+ tall. 9. Be attractive. 10. Don't be unattractive.

Better than the fatties and the weird hijab models.

Take it from me here, man. Your take is bad.

This x10000000000 I eat low carb high fat, generally lots of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy with fresh fruits and vegetables as small sides. I'm in good shape and test at the top of my job's physical fitness evals every year. I have a friend that's vegetarian and eats eggs and cheese (no fish). He's an ironman. Very low body fat %. I have another friend that eats your standard chicken/white rice/broccoli basically every day. Gym guy, good muscle mass and cuts down impressively in the summer. Three very different diets but we're all in good shape. That's because the human body has adapted to tolerate and excel with multiple kinds of diets. What we have in common is we don't eat ultra-processed garbage that causes us to be hungry again two hours later, so we don't rack up huge calorie counts by grazing six meals worth of energy every day. Oh, and we aren't vegan. Because that's a diet that humans can't flourish in.

It ain't Pellegrino soda but it'll do.

Lo-carb and very crushable. And at 5%abv not terrible for trying to get a buzz.

This is incorrect. Light beer will always have a place. You even see some micro-breweries making light beers now. Bland tasting? Yeah that might slowly die off. But a cheap 30 rack is a godsend to the tailgater/BBQ-er who wants to share and doesn't want to be hungover by 2:00pm.

Dude got put away for murder recently. Guess he got a taste and just couldn't look back.

Women initiate 70% of divorces in the United States. It's estimated that 10% of us are wrong about who we think our biological father is.

Hmm. I had to think about this one. I tend to use "bring" when I'm adding something to the situation, "I'm bringing potato salad to the cookout." I use "take" when I'm subtracting something from the situation, "I'm taking my leftover potato salad home from the cookout." "Bring to" vs. "take from." I wonder if there's an actual rule associated with that. Or maybe I'm wrong

One of the areas where devout Christians have made strides in music (rather than simply "making rock and roll worse" as so eloquently stated by Hank Hill) is in the hardcore/metalcore/metal area. See Demon Hunter, Zao, August Burns Red, Extol, among others. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if some of these bands made the "devil's music" list on sound/imagery alone.

So is it as good now as it was back then?

Perhaps that's another similarity he and I have. He was awfully pale...

Mahler was great. Bach was excellent as well. I'm a Liszt guy all the way though. Perhaps that's because he and I share traits like having large hands and being strikingly handsome

Honestly I'd put McCartney over Lennon as far as composition goes. I realize we get three extra decades of McCartney work but still. But no, I can't say I can think of anyone in the modern genres that can compare to the great orchestral composers. But I also think it isn't a comparison that should be attempted.