I’m going to throw up.

That’s funny. Maybe they just didn’t notice? When I was there and started to pump my own gas (being from out-of-state), they stopped me and took over, but it wasn’t like the pumps were locked or anything. I did see that stations turned off the pumps after-hours, when they didn’t have anyone to pump fuel…

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I’m from a US state where we don’t pump our own gas.

You can just say New Jersey. After Oregon lifted its ban in 2023, it’s the only one left!

Or Mortal Combat.

This could still absolutely be orchestrated to rehab Musk’s image, but there’s no way it will “fix his stocks”. For the most part, the only people who would be caught dead buying Teslas recently were MAGA freaks. And now he’s alienated them with his feud with Dear Leader. After the share price was already falling and Teslas sales were down over 70%, at least in the US. I think it will truly nosedive now…

Only Reddit is allowed to profit off its users’ content and personal data!

No, it shows up as a downloaded book, no browser required! Well, you have to be connected to Wi-Fi (or have the mobile version) to “Whispersync” initially, but once it’s on there, you can read it offline, delete it, send it to the cloud, etc. It does open the browser if you want to archive or favorite it to your Pocket account, but you could do that when you have service again, or just not use that functionality…

The only reason I used Pocket was to save longer articles, ebooks, journals, etc with one click so they would sync with the free p2k (Pocket2Kindle) service and automatically end up on my Kindle. Is there anything similar?

Isn’t this exactly what was exposed at the Amazon “Just Walk Out” stores? Turns out all the cameras and sensors weren’t good enough, so they paid thousands of people in India to watch videos and correct checkouts. They basically just outsourced the position of cashier, while pretending it was all done automatically!

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

Uber has been fucked since the very beginning.

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds #271 - Uber (NSFW)

You’re telling me my Extreme Sport Muscle Mustang Power Jizm scent isn’t preferred by women!?

Sorry if I came across that way, I genuinely wasn’t intending to be condescending. The “correction” was simply me clarifying my own experience. But that image is genuinely amusing. I’ve driven through so many towns that look exactly like it!

Rural towns. And yes, that’s what I’ve experienced.

I’ll give you the *second image. Like I said, I only spent a couple minutes finding them. But the *first is absolutely typical, in my experience. In small rural towns, the “downtown” is concentrated like this (maybe with 1 fewer floor, and narrower roads). I’ve seen this exact scene in multiple smaller towns, literally all over the US…

This is a typical American rural town:

This is a typical American city:

^((That took less than 3 minutes to find and link))

beating around the bush

everything that could possibly be sensitive

Being nervous and awkward

avoiding the elephant in the room

self consciousness

You’re literally strawman-ing what I said. Empathy is considering others. It really is that simple…

I can’t imagine caring that a happy family member or friend’s partner is less conventionally attractive, much less saying that to them!

You need to meet and surround yourself with less horrible people.

Honesty is telling the truth to people. Openness is feeling free to express yourself. Empathy is considering other people’s perspectives and taking their feelings into account. People should practice the last one before impulsively acting based on the first 2. It’s called being an adult member of society.

No? It was a comparison of the streak, not the subject of the streak. That was just an example. My point remains. Unless you can literally stop time, the streak died. It’s okay that it did, but why pretend it didn’t?