I made cream cheese cupcakes for my team off this dudes site back in 2008 and they were the bomb.

Expensive to make but really good. I never baked again.

Oh my god thank you. Somehow despite being engulfed in this stuff being an I.T person while having affection toward Ed Zitran and full agreement on almost all arguments living this weird ying yang over the topic.

This is the succinct detail I hadn’t clued into until this moment of what the core motivation is for all of the crazy spending that makes zero sense. It’s literally this. There is no amount of money, lying, cheating or stealing that cannot be justified by the most cynical of capitalist if they believe this is the outcome.

It’s such an obvious thing when you put it like that and I’m even sure I’ve seen it said before but it really hit me for some reason from your comment. They would move mountains if they thought there was even the smallest chance and bet the entire farm over it.

First you have recognize there is no barriers to their cynicism I guess but this is the only root cause conclusion that could be rationalized. That or fomo and temporary wins but for those spending and not on any receiving end, I couldn’t make sense of the rational until you said it so plainly.

I think it used to be that even Europeans traveling in the u.s wouldn’t like tipping culture but recognized the plight of the worker and would tip something.

The Americans have been so offensive, weak, embarrassing and completely subjugated to their own corporations that people from abroad no longer empathize with the worker. They wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t for their sports game. There’s no culture to experience or anything to see.

Americans have made it clear that they refuse to stand against their brand of capitalism and the rest of us want nothing to do with it as mini versions of their bullshit get attempted elsewhere.

There’s no reason to respect or empathize with the population further. I don’t go there for anything but I wouldn’t tip anyone either or spit on them if they were on fire. We’ve run out of empathy and there has been no benefit to being kind to Americans. It’s far better to just not have them in your orbit. They won’t help themselves so why should we open our wallets.

The tv’s with really nice screen tech that is dumb usually costs more I find. Every time I go tv shopping I just end up getting angry about it and talk myself out of it again. I like some of the Hisense stuff but Samsung panels are really the best and the price reflects that.

I can’t leave the house without a shower even if it’s just a quick 5 minute trip to the gas station. The only exception I’m willing to make for this is if someone else is in some sort of harms way from nature or whatever.

Wake up late to the thing? I just won’t be doing the thing I guess or everyone will have to wait. That said, I’m good about not being in that situation and plan myself well for the sake of others as I recognize it’s a weird thing about me, not them.

https://internet.nl/ that tests a bunch of security related things and gives your server a score. Great for checking a few more boxes.

Can’t stop, won’t stop baby.

You ever stand under a waterfall? This boy is training for the next MK tournament.

Still needs infinite scroll.