I would have if I expected it to be delivered. It wasn’t supposed to be there for another week, hence my surprise.

We have a parcel room.

They don’t use it half the time.

Same thing happened to me.

I ordered an expensive instrument, and they said it’d be delivered the week after Thanksgiving.

Got an email that it was delivered to my porch the day after Thanksgiving, when I was all the way across town.

I didn’t want to leave a $1,300 lute on my doorstep for anyone to snatch, so I drove the hour home to secure it. It wasn’t there after all, so I installed their stupid app and it told me it would be delivered next week.

One of the worst buying experiences I’ve ever had. 1/10, would not recommend.

There was a book called The Ministry for the Future in which eco-terrorists used these drones to enforce fuel efficiency standards on shipping freighters.

It’s a very interesting book about taking the world back from billionaires who would ruin it to enrich themselves.

What is your budget?

The whole idea of parading suspects in front of the media is a mockery of the principle.

Fuck the NYPD.

Right?

When your business model is an engine that creates desperate people with nothing to lose, you have to expect something like this.

I’m sure Academie (or whatever they’re calling Blackwater these days) and the Pinkertons are about to see a lot of new business.

Cooking is something that fulfills a need that you have anyway, and is actually really easy to get into if you pick simple recipes to start out.

Maybe pick a few dishes that you’ve never tried to make before and see if you enjoy the process enough to want to branch out.

As a bonus, it’s one of the sexiest hobbies to have. Nearly everyone likes good food, even if its just a simple dish that you’ve perfected.

They’re consistent.

Which is not great when it comes to making compelling art (IMO), but it makes for a predictable experience with a known value which appeals to many people.

Not really my thing, but I’m glad people like it. Everything doesn’t have to be for me.

Wow, that’s insanity. I don’t particularly like the word, but come on.

It does get confusing! I’m kind of a Shakespeare nerd, and the cult I was in till I was a young adult was big on the King James Version of the bible, so I guess I’ve just had a lot of exposure. I don’t really know the rules.

Whore’s bath.

Maybe they thought you were accepting the classic introductory RPG quest?

I believe it’d be thou wouldst sound archaic or thou soundest [most] archaic, in early modern English depending on the tense, but that’s a great point.

The Texas Observer is maybe the best paper in the State.

Ooh, then he got the satisfying little ping sound at the end of the clips!

Because reactionaries are inherently cowards— it’s the entire reason behind their worldview.

Afraid of society changing, so their bigotry isn’t as acceptable. Afraid of minorities being more competent than them and outcompeting them. Afraid of being ostracized for their beliefs. Afraid of using the apparatus of the state to improve people’s lives. Afraid of fake conspiracies and false-flags. Afraid of immigrants. Afraid of anything different and non-conforming. Afraid of non-compliance, afraid of checks-and-balances, afraid of the press, and of the freedoms that others enjoy. Afraid of alternate religions and worldviews, afraid of being laughed at by women. Afraid of other people’s self-determination and agency.

And they’re terrified of progress.

In German one capitalizes all nouns, proper or not.

The brownshirts are signaling their ascendance after a fascist got elected? I feel like I’ve heard this one before.