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New comment by mynameishere in "California teacher dies from suspected rabid bat bite"

mynameishere — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:20:49 +0000

I've walked through swarms of bats without a care in the world. You came within ten feet of a sleeping bat and put your family through a medical grinder. Different strokes.

New comment by mynameishere in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

mynameishere — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:11:58 +0000

Ten million illegals allowed to enter in 3.5 years, plus God knows how many "asylum" seekers is more than about "cultural".

New comment by mynameishere in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

mynameishere — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:03:28 +0000

His supporters realize he is a blowhard and adjust accordingly. Shut down a TV network? Lock her up? It's BS. I don't like it much, but for him it's a rhetorical device.

By contrast when Biden calls me garbage, I'm pretty sure he means it.

New comment by mynameishere in "It's not just obesity. Drugs like Ozempic will change the world"

mynameishere — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:00:29 +0000

If people were compelled to take Ozempic to keep their jobs, there would be "issues".

New comment by mynameishere in "Who died and left the US $7B?"

mynameishere — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:23:26 +0000

I always wondered if there was a way to effectively "burn" one's entire wealth, creating a small deflationary event that would increase the value of existing dollars. How could one do this? Donate to the Federal Reserve? Or would you literally have to cash everything out and burn it?

New comment by mynameishere in "Possible cluster of human bird-flu infections expands in Missouri"

mynameishere — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 01:00:15 +0000

Like when Ebola was discovered near the Ebola River, it got the name "Ebola", which made everyone hate and loathe residents of the area around that river. Or Marburg, Germany, which became anathema after the Marburg Virus emerged. Or the "Hong Kong Flu" which nearly killed Lyndon Johnson (and did kill many others) and whose name resulted in the longstanding economic depression in Hong Kong. Even today people avoid Spain because of the dreaded Spanish Flu. I could go on.

New comment by mynameishere in "Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon"

mynameishere — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:11:40 +0000

Israel used letter bombs for a long time to assassinate and terrorize. People didn't stop using the mail because of that, but upgraded their opsec.

New comment by mynameishere in "USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave reviews from carriers"

mynameishere — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:54:11 +0000

Does anyone know how USPS/UPS/Fedex trucks can start and stop their engines over and over and over without running down the batteries? Do they have 400 amp/hour monsters installed and recharge them at the depot, or what?

New comment by mynameishere in "Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky"

mynameishere — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:48:35 +0000

I learned that tweets by nobodies on topics such as Hunter Biden's laptop or Russiagate or Israel's behavior in Gaza have more credibility than the entire mainstream media. I fully understand the danger of lies (more than you ever will) and that is precisely why I support free speech for ordinary people.

New comment by mynameishere in "Fake job interviews are securities fraud"

mynameishere — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:30:37 +0000

Umm, almost every media outlet does that.

By the way, this whole thing is like the "He" in the bible:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverential_capitalization

New comment by mynameishere in "Why don't they compose music like Bach any more?"

mynameishere — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:03:00 +0000

I believe students of composition will usually "cover" that era and intentionally write music like Bach, but it would be very strange if the teacher then said, "That's it. That's the pinnacle. Now, get working on your resumes."

New comment by mynameishere in "The cutest monopoly: Koala Kare"

mynameishere — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:48:37 +0000

I await your Subaru Outback rant.

But really, imagine how made-in-Mexico Mexicans feel about Taco Bell. It's just marketing.

New comment by mynameishere in "The Migrants Spending $72,000 to Illegally Immigrate to the US"

mynameishere — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:15:56 +0000

I think he's referring to illegal aliens voting illegally (which does happen sometimes) or, once they become legal through whatever means, they will become reliable Democrats. Or, their children will do the same. One way or the other, replacement-Americans tend to support the left. Always have. It's proveable.

Also, these sorts of shenanigans:

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064385999/new-york-city-will...

New comment by mynameishere in "Canadians are angry with their biggest supermarket"

mynameishere — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:18:01 +0000

Some variation of that in nearly every "Western" country. East Asian countries have similiar challenges with low birth rates, but aren't targeted for demographic replacement for totally mysterious reasons

New comment by mynameishere in "Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment?"

mynameishere — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:46:41 +0000

That's not bikeshedding, but the product of these types:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_astronaut

...bikeshedding is when you have that all-day, all-teams meeting where marketing and design and management argue about whether to put X content in the header or footer.

New comment by mynameishere in "Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago"

mynameishere — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:36:51 +0000

Try that at a coffeeshop open mic night where they don't have a BMI license.

New comment by mynameishere in "Guys what is wrong with ACATS"

mynameishere — Sat, 25 May 2024 14:04:54 +0000

What is this song that he mentions but never seems to name or link to?

New comment by mynameishere in "Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking"

mynameishere — Fri, 17 May 2024 16:48:21 +0000

A return to isolationism would be best. The next 1000 years belong to China, for demographic reasons--this or that sort of "Great Game"-style meddling won't fix anything.

It didn't need to be this way, of course.

New comment by mynameishere in "Woman Made Her Home Inside a Grocery Store's Rooftop Sign, Police Say"

mynameishere — Sun, 12 May 2024 13:57:09 +0000

The US has had extraordinarily high mass immigration (both legal and illegal) for decades.

New comment by mynameishere in "DoL: Modernizing Schedule A to Include Consideration of Additional Occupations"

mynameishere — Fri, 10 May 2024 13:42:35 +0000

I wonder what it's like to live in a country full of people you hate, and want to destroy economically. It doesn't seem like a fulfilling life.