Pirated games have almost always been a superior experience. Games companies hate their customers almost as much as they hate their employees.

I’ll just point out that monotheism creates some interesting and silly problems too. The Pegans can just assign fertility to a female god for example. Without that option, monotheists have to shoehorn the concept of fertility and birth into the patriarch god.

This is the genesis of the idea of men’s spunk being referred to as a “seed”. It was “common sense” in Western civilization from Roman times to the 18th Century that sperm contained fully-formed little people. Women were just the dirt where you planted those little guys. The inventor of the microscope studied sperm first. And he fully expected to find homoculi in his spunk.

Meanwhile the “primitive” people’s of the world would have found this to be insane. Babies come from women, stupid.

Unpopular Opinion: Hendrix’s version is superior.

This is an opinion I’ve come to by listening to both dozens and dozens of times. What I can’t escape is that while the cover is longer and more expansive, there is nothing in SRV’s version that’s absent in Hendrix’s. Hendrix’s version has lyrics, that slap. So I have to give it to Jimmy by a hair.

I want to point out for context that I was exposed to Stevie’s version first and more often. Both versions can bring me to tears; I’d be difficult to exaggerate how much I love them both.

edit: also, Jimmy created little wing. And that counts for a lot.

Their is an old joke from Ireland, during The Troubles.

A man drives up to a checkpoint and the guard in the balaclava and holding an FAL asks: are you a Catholic or a Protestant? (this would reveal your allegiance to the Republicans or the Loyalists).

The man answers: I’m and atheist.

The rifleman responds: Yes, yes, but are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist?

This is funny to the heretic because we’re still culturally attached to our sect. I read the book; I sat in the pews; I sang the songs. I’m a Protestant atheist and that Catholic shit will always be foreign and weird.

Went camping at Olympic once. I was not ready for banana slugs.

The pawn business is so exploitative, but they’re heroes compared to payday lenders.

Judging by the suspect’s age and behavior, this sounds a whole bunch like a mental health event rather than something political. Don’t be surprised if the motive was something like OpenAI put chips in his blood on behalf of he CIA.

The only problem is that someone will win. A better idea would be a race to the Titanic wreck.

This would almost be funny if the sign wasn’t intended as double-entendre in the fist place.

Perfection. Best part is that it fits the meter so well, the song plays in your head.

When is the last time he updated his material? He’s out here still spewing that new-atheist line like his mind is powered by Reddit circa 2013.

Ricky is his persona. A dim man, in a fortunate position, over his head. He’s a stuffy old “ya dad” medium-level bigot like Archie Bunker; he’s only able to get a laugh by being the joke.

I once saw a podcast or something that had Ricky, Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld, and Louie CK. Now Ricky wasn’t the only shit-head at that table, but he did stand out sharply when back-lit by all that talent.

It’s ironic that the Dawkins-brained are obsessed with how Muslim women dress.

Bitcoin is for dodging sanctions and the influence America has over the international banking and payment systems. It’s also may shield third parties from sanctions the US may impose on those who transact with Iran.

Pihole has similar functionality, and it’s FOSS.

Sure, but advocates for prison reform don’t have to be incarcerated.

Meanwhile in Houston, the student’s ID cards are being upgraded to function in the prison system.

People leaving Twitter now is not very impressive. Less “seeing the light” and more “Trumpgret”.

I’ll remind you that the Debian project left Twitter over a year ago. So the EFF isn’t as fast moving or comfortable with change like … Debian.

I saw a post where a Cybertruck got T-boned by like a Nissan or something. The Tesla didn’t look damaged badly at all and the other car was modern art. Tesla people were bragging about it until someone pointed out that the Nissan driver walked away while the driver of the Tesla broke both legs.

I know this is anecdote, but the point is that vehicle damage doesn’t prove people injuries.