Kolanaki

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

I mean, conservatives got roe v wade repealed and a bunch of other stupid shit moving us backwards instead of forward.

Pretty sure it ain’t the progressives making themselves sad. It’s the neanderthals dragging us backwards making us sad.

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

Dat editor’s update tho.

Editors’ Note, April 2, 2024: After publication, The Times learned that Troy and Andrew Nelson were named in a civil lawsuit filed in Pierce County Superior Court in 1998, in which they were accused of molesting three disabled adults in a state-licensed facility that they operated. After a six-week jury trial, Washington State was ordered to pay $17.8 million to the plaintiffs. The state said it intended to appeal but missed the deadline and paid the victims. The Nelson brothers denied the allegations and were never criminally charged.

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

Do the people who make Star Trek these days just… Hate star trek?

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

winkelwy

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

https://media.tenor.com/slvoJ6bvQmcAAAAM/merry-christmas-elf.gif

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

My husky isn’t much like the stereotypes. The only time she really gets loud is if I say “space camp” for some reason. I honestly don’t know why that phrase makes her howl; I was just saying random shit one day until she started “wooing” at something and that was it.

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

“Rirruto?”

“Those are Z’s”

“Well they look like R’s to me.”

“That’s not fair! Rizzuto’s not even a word, he’s a baseball player! I hate school! I’m never coming back!”

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

You guys were forced to actually use it? Outside of when I was taught it, no one demanded it. In fact, most teachers I had discouraged it, or hand written at all. They wanted everything typed in 12 point Times New Roman. Double spaced. Indented. With footers and headers.

I’m 39.

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

fonts were hardware

What, like a printing press?

Kolanaki , 2 months ago

Oh I’ve seen these… I thought they were for a typewriter, since they were among the things with the typewriter my mom had when I was a kid. Neat!

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

Ugh… He’s also one of those “first” posters? What a jackass.

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

Makes sense to me. Just move the moon closer. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

https://i.makeagif.com/media/2-28-2021/K7s9fj.gif

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

Oh sweet that means I am contributing.

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

“What if that thing that follows me around all the time is actually attached to my body?”

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

Are there puzzles to solve or could I basically get the same entertainment value watching someone else play it?

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

He should never just be comic relief… Unless he’s appearing on Lower Decks.

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

I don’t think animals have that many rights. I can steal from a crow and the only thing I would need to worry about is a vindictive crow.

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

Great, now I gotta be Counting Crows while I’m Hanging Around? Man… It’s gonna be a Long December for Mr. Jones.

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

The typo makes this even funnier. Damn thieving bovines!

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

To mail you shit…? Out of all the things an employer can ask, your address is one of the least shady. 🤨

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

I would assume they want it to verify employment history, however IME nobody has ever actually checked my past history or at least didn’t call me out on my lies.

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

I’ve never met a person who was both into Ayn Rand and also rational.

Kolanaki , 3 months ago

If they’re that dry while living in the ocean something is messed up.

Kolanaki , 4 months ago

Isn’t there a colorblindness that makes distinguishing green from pink difficult? 🤔

Kolanaki , 4 months ago

You think someone would do that?

Just go on the internet and tell lies?

Kolanaki , 4 months ago

Death and taxes? 🤔

Kolanaki , 4 months ago

https://yiffit.net/pictrs/image/e66785c3-205e-4e13-be89-3e4924d825d3.jpeg

“Oh my God what is that?!”

“It’s my umbilical cord…”

“They never removed it when you were born?”

“It’s just taped on… It’s uh… Just for fun.”

Kolanaki , 4 months ago

Why could they not do in hundreds of years what the EMH did in a few days? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Why could they have not simply taken Voyager’s offer for a cure and instead attacked them?

The concept was cool; their execution has got to be one of the weakest of the entire franchise.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

a future-of-work expert

Saw the writing on the wall and just invented a new job.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

If every human on the planet just started running in the same direction, could we collectively affect the rotation of the planet like running on a ball? 🤔

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

Now I am wondering how many humans would it take to be measurable and significant?

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

Hungy hungy hippo

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

That’s a rather long way of saying “I’m a greedy, capitalistic piece of shit.”

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

Sound travels as a wave in the form of a sphere from where it was created through a medium. It can travel through most mediums with varying degrees of difficulty. Water being one of the best mediums through which sound can travel. It cannot, however, travel in a vacuum. That’s why “in space, no one can hear you scream.”

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

Grown out? They look like they’re glue on nails.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

I noticed this with cyberpunk stuff, too. The genre has been incredibly prophetic. It just sucks that it’s all the stupidly bad shit and not a single one of the super cool sci-fi things.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

But we might have neutrino (?) bombs; those theoretical bombs that can just vaporize people and leave buildings and infrastructure intact.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

The problems lie in the “punk” part. Just like cyberpunk’s prophetic bad stuff isn’t the cyber. Pretty sure solarpunk is still about the societal issues existing in what could be a utopia if they didn’t. Wealth inequality, bigotry, etc. You’re just not polluting the planet because everything is green.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

I mean that those things still exist in the world. The stories are about fighting those things, usually as John points out. Unless you’re saying the status quo is without inequality and bigotry and the heroes are trying to be a counter to that?

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

They gotta make sure nothing gets ya while you shit. You’re vulnerable, dude.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

Edit: Before someone says something dumb. How did people survive before franchises again? Did everyone starve and die?

Not every restaurant survived then, either. If you got rid of franchises, you still wouldn’t be getting rid of everyone who wants to run a restaurant. People will still choose one over another and the one people aren’t choosing to patronize will go under.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

Not even with the new law is their pay decent for this state.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

Just because it’s independent doesn’t mean the owner isn’t just as greedy. Remember: every major corporation started off as a small, independent business. No business starts off as a megacorp.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

I’ve lived through the same conditions myself, but I still have the advantage of being able to look at history and see that from 1955 when it started until the 80’s, the average McDonald’s franchise worker still was paid a living wage for their respective time periods.

The problem isn’t the model of business. It’s the greed of the people who run the business. The only laws necessary to fix this problem are keeping minimum wage up with inflation and the cost of living. If $16/hour isn’t a living wage (such as it is in California), the minimum needs to be higher. If the business can not provide that, they can not afford the cost of doing business and deserve to go out of business.

The wage problem is not caused by the franchise model. It’s not even exclusive to franchised businesses; it’s practically every single business across all sectors. From retail and customer service, to tech and medical care positions. If they’re not compelled to pay you enough to survive, they won’t. The libertarian idea that businesses will self-regulate is a delusion that doesn’t happen in reality. They must be compelled through law to be safe and fair or they’re just going to do whatever they can get away with.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

Been wondering why First Contact would appear on HBO, but then didn’t have a way to watch it the last few times I was looking for something to watch on there.

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

jumps on his buddy

Does a backflip off him

Buddy falls over

Kolanaki , 5 months ago

They would still be dangerous, they just may not kill whoever feeds them because they’re smart enough to play the long con of being fed regularly by a human, than eating said human and having to scavenge for food on their own. You scare it, though, and that all changes.