#NeedsMoreLikes

[davide405]

Some Douglas Adams level fun vis. a vis. bureaucratic runaround

US health care plan perfectly described in a single tweet

More like: “You need this candy bar” “How much?” “Not sure. $300 - $5000 depending on membership. But knowing all the ins and outs of each membership policy is not my job. You do owe me $30 right now for coming in to talk about the candy bar. If we consider the candy bar as a drug, you might pay $25, $50 or $100 depending on whether your membership considers it a tier1, tier2 or tier3 candy. Of course, they might not cover it at all.” “Is it considered a drug.” “Well, no. The candy bar will…

[TobinL]

Because this is pure genius.

Youth baseball parents don't like child umpire's call, so they beat each other [UPDATED]

I know a lady who is cousins with one of these parents , and here’s what happened to spark this: After one of the teams scored a run, one of the parents made a joke about it being a good thing that numbers were just constructions of abstract thought. He knew this would get under the skin of another group of parents who are ardent believers in Plato’s position that numbers were “real” in an absolute sense and, predictably, they fire back with a bunch of hooting about how the first guy and his f…

[TobinL]

THIS

Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations to Congress

I will say, as a black man, one thing as a reparation would be ensuring that black voters the right to free access to polls was restored. One memory of the last election was watching the news and seeing the polling places in areas that supported Trump with their short orderly lines while the deep South polling places had long snaking lines of black voters who had been there for hours. I am not to fond of the “both sides”-ness of trying to restore justice without admitting that black people in A…

[FGD135]

Catholic bishop plans to dump holy water from plane to exorcise city's demons

I say we take off and bless the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

[davide405]

A nuanced description of why the described shenanigans are even possible.

In a bid to avoid climate vote, Oregon Republican Senators cross state lines, go into hiding, threaten to murder cops, as white nationalist paramilitaries pledge armed support

It’s a thing that happens when a state constitution makes the quorum requirement larger than the cloture requirement, so a minority party of a certain specific size can’t filibuster by prolonging debate but it can filibuster like this, by not showing up. It’s avoidable. Just make quorum a simple majority instead of, like, whatever it is in Oregon. Which I notice is never specifically described in any of these news articles, despite being key information to understand the story.   EDIT: Fro…

[ficuswhisperer]

This thread is a dumpster fire, but this post is great.

Wonderful profile of Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist games critic who made an army of shitty manbabies very, very upset

Sorry, have you not been on the internet since The Force Awakens came out? Star Wars fans (well, “fans”) have been screaming bloody murder about the franchise being “ruined” by SJWs and Kathleen Kennedy. They bullied Kelly Marie Tran off of Twitter. They submitted a petition in Aurebesh to strike The Last Jedi from canon. People who enjoyed The Last Jedi are frequently told to kill themselves. Chuck Wendig has several stalkers and trolls who harass him constantly because of the tie-in novels he…

[anon67050589]

This cuts through all the bullshit:

Gaming Company Drops Streamer for Calling Men Trash, Says It's 'Extremism'

Rather than “ban all games” or “abandon all social media”, maybe it’s time tech started using a QMP and HACCP approach (for those of you not steeped in manufacturing, QMP is Quality Management Plan and HACCP is Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point). For example, in your kitchen, an identifiable hazard might be raw chicken which carries a risk of Salmonella. Rather than abandoning the idea of ever having chicken ever again, you create control points to manage the hazard: you use a separate cut…

[ficuswhisperer]

@anon67050589

This cuts through all the bullshit:

If there’s ever a thread that needs it, it’s this one.

[MalevolentPixy]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/is-the-statement-humans-are-trash-controversial/147044/36?u=malevolentpixy

[anon15383236]

I heartily concur.

[knoxblox]

I had to say something. BS false equivalency being spread like it was peanut butter.

[davide405]

Because if three letter agencies are fun, then five letter agencies are more fun!

ATFAR for the win!

Two people arrested in stolen car containing rattlesnake, gun, booze, and uranium

Time to call in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Atomics and Reptiles.

[Auld_Lang_Syne]

Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein: "In patriarchy, no one can hear you scream"

That’s the nature of rape culture. Shift goalposts, blame the victim for not doing a better job, make wild fantastical claims about the nature of reality. Just don’t let them talk about it because they might do something that inconveniences men.

[anon67050589]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/is-the-statement-humans-are-trash-controversial/147044/142?u=chgoliz

[DonatellaNobody]

Unpopular opinion: anyone participating in that thread deserves no likes.

I’m so done with it.

[anon67050589]

I hear you, but to my way of thinking, it’s all the more reason to appreciate a post that takes it seriously and goes into a deep discussion worth reading.

[Ratel]

Caiman joins couple for late-night swim in pool

Croc-blocker.

[davide405]

Some great explanations by @superluser in this thread!

Jeffrey Epstein's trying to get out of jail (again)

I don’t think so. Maybe he gets acquitted at trial, but otherwise I doubt anyone will be stupid enough to stick their necks out for him. I’ve underestimated the stupidity of this administration before, so you might be right. But here’s the scenario that has happened so far and what would need to happen to quash the case. We know that Epstein was given what any lawyer would immediately identify as a suspicious sweetheart deal. It uses vague language that does not bind other federal district…

[DukeTrout]

Pelosi on impeachment: 'We will proceed when we have what we need to proceed. Not one day sooner.'

I really do not understand this learned helplessness BS. Of course the Senate, while under Republican control, will never vote to remove Trump from office. But it’s absurd to think that if House Democrats do their job and pass lengthy, thorough articles of impeachment to the Senate outlining and detailing Trump’s many, many crimes and violations of his oath of office, the Senate can just sit on them and Trump can walk into the election with a claim of exoneration. The only way that works is if…

@alahmnat hitting one out of the ballpark.

[ficuswhisperer]

Macy's pulls fat-shaming dinner plates after complaints

I hate to break it to everybody, but almost everything you know about weight and weight loss is wrong. It is not a simple case of calories in versus calories out. People can literally be starving and not lose a single pound. They can work out until they pass out, and not budge their fat/muscle ratio. Most of the correlations between various diseases and weight have been found by looking at all the people with the disease and finding the correlation, not by looking at all the people who are…

Preach