America is so fatally car brained, I’ve lost all hope it will ever change. I literally was yelled at yesterday for making a left turn on a two lane road on my bike because I was holding up traffic… completely ignoring the fact that the exact same situation would happen if I was in a fucking car.

Language evolves, the meaning of words change. It’s a natural part of the evolution of language over time. You say hang up the phone or dial a phone number, don’t you? But you don’t literally hang up a phone when you’re done with it or turn a literal dial anymore. But they used to work that way, so we still use that language even though the original meaning is lost.

I would argue that although this phrase originated from dismissing the opinions of actual boomers, it’s become a convenient shorthand way of calling someone out of touch with current social trends without having to adapt new phrases every time a new generation takes the place of the boomers as being out of touch.

I really hope he is successful.

https://youtube.com/shorts/AJ0e_AxNASc

Good. Fuckem. They make shitty, oversized trucks that are a danger to pedestrians and people who drive reasonably sized cars anyway.

I would be on board with this if we would just finish the job and throw the rest of the cars off a cliff too.

I am so completely fucking done with these brain dead ass conspiracy theories about cloud seeding. Science illiteracy is a real fucking problem.

You. Cannot. Create. Torrential. Rain. With. Cloud. Seeding. Alone.

Cloud seeding precipitates rain from existing weather systems. If those clouds do not contain the water required to create a torrential downpour then it is impossible to create a torrential downpour. And if those clouds have enough water in them to create a torrential downpour, it does not require cloud seeding to precipitate it.

It is soul crushing to have to explain to people that human beings do not yet have the capacity to steer and control large weather systems. And it’s very likely that we never will, given the scale and the amount of energy that it would require.

We cannot control hurricanes. Why? Because hurricanes possess and release more energy than the entire combined energy production capacity of human civilization. They are mind bogglingly powerful, and to think that we can steer them to target political enemies IS BATSHIT INSANE.

Climate change is real. Republican conspiracies cause me physical pain. And I need a stiff drink.

To be honest, following instructions from scammers couldn’t be much worse than doing what the real Marco Rubio says.

Always look both ways, no matter how long the light has been green. I need to see you’re paying attention though, that’s the thing. So many people in the front of the line are sitting on their phone so sleeping or whatever the fuck. It’s pretty obvious when someone is just checking the intersection before moving vs. not even looking at the damn road.

This goes for more than just driving too. If you’re next in line at the café and you can’t be fucked to think about anyone behind you while you finish sending a text or whatever while the server is waiting to take your order, you’re an asshole. Make your order, pay, then do what you want to do.

Because many people cannot distinguish between word salads and insight.

No thanks. I’d rather drown.

I saw one the other day: “I met Jesus in prison”. Damn, what did he do?

I was handed a water bottle the.other day at a volunteer event and was lamenting the fact that in the US, we don’t have attached caps. I almost immediately lost mine. It’s possible to make them attached, AND not suck.

I’ve not been paying attention to the memeverse lately and having returned now to find that Möth is a thing again just warms my heart. Like a 1000W sodium lamp.