My wife’s not even a citizen and she’s still struggling with an understaffed bureaucracy to get her 10-year green card. Given her history here, that process is supposed to be a rubber stamp*. Makes me want to punch people who say, “We just want them to follow the law!” Haven’t heard that in a bit, guess they dropped the pretense.

Not too worried ATM. These people don’t seem to realize the logistical problems they’re going to face sticking only to illegals. And getting information from the agencies the GOP purposefully underfunded? Good luck. (Plus, I’m betting bureaucrats at all levels will fight back in 11,532 smarmy little ways. Those are the exact sort of people who don’t take kindly to having their power usurped.)

Another reason I’m not shitting myself yet, I doubt they’re going after Filipinos any time soon. That would seriously piss off a solid ally who borders the South China Sea. We may well want the full use of both Manila Bay and Subic Bay again (Subic Bay is just West of Manila.). From where else would we project power and/or defend Taiwan?

OTOH, Filipinos are basically Asian Mexicans**, having been occupied by Spain so long that they share language, food, religion, culture, genetics and more. LOL, my wife was appalled when I told her the average American surely thinks she’s Mexican, even with the slanty eyes from her Japanese father.

* Married to an American 2+ years, married to another American now, always gainfully employed, paperwork squared away, all that. They just keep sending it back wanting more and more and more, stuff they didn’t ask for in the first place.

** Funny as hell if you know any Filipinos. But if you do, you probably already know Jo Koy.

You can yeet goldfish. Carp are stupid tough. It’s the tropical fish we often keep that are kinda wimpy. Also, they’re not coming from a super healthy environment (the store) to our tanks.

I got a Hi-Point .45 carbine and can’t make it fail in any way. Weird gun though. Nothing about it is standard, heavy as a brick, forget taking it apart, kicks harder than my .45 pistols, and I’m pretty sure the bolt was cut from 10-pounds of pig iron. Flawless shooting even using remanned, cheapo ammo. All of that is inline with what other owners have to say.

No lie.

Who cares? You can buy ammo in plenty of places and most of us buy it online for the deep discount.

The AI is for age verification or this idea would never fly.

Same reason as any other vending machine, impulse buys.

Well, yeah? Tax stamps have pretty much always been required, and yes, on illegal weed.

https://norml.org/laws/tax-stamps/

https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/why-do-states-tax-illegal-drugs

What makes you think working people weren’t healthy 100-years ago? As to why you think she looks healthy, she’s not fat as fuck.

Here’s NYC, 11-years previous. What do we see? I see a thriving society.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UERgaTAPKb4

What we won’t see is a single fat fuck. And no one can argue this is some sort of suffering, starving society. FFS, they’re actively building skyscrapers, pushing tech to the limit.

More likely, From Dusk Til Dawn we’re hearing:

“All right, pussy, pussy, pussy! Come on in pussy lovers! Here at the Titty Twister we’re slashing pussy in half! Give us an offer on our vast selection of pussy, this is a pussy blow out! All right, we got white pussy, black pussy, Spanish pussy, yellow pussy, we got hot pussy, cold pussy, we got wet pussy, we got smelly pussy, we got hairy pussy, bloody pussy, we got snappin’ pussy, we got silk pussy, velvet pussy, Naugahyde pussy, we even got horse pussy, dog pussy, chicken pussy! Come on, you want pussy, come on in, pussy lovers! If we don’t got it, you don’t want it! Come on in, pussy lovers!”

Or, the “we got dick” version.

Love it when the frogs go off at night.

“Fuck ME! Pick ME! Pick me! Fuck me fuck me fuck me.”

NW Florida, very conservative. Saw one in Taco Bell a month ago. Before that it had been a couple of years.

Neat! I’ve had questions about that term and hadn’t looked it up yet!

These are pricey, but you will be happy. Got these 4-years ago and they’re strong, soft, no holes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DMVRTG9?psc=1

What gun registration? I have 40-some guns. The cops have no database to find that information.

Do you think the cops have records of the guns you own?! Jesus Christ…

That’s a fascinating word! I feel I’ve read a few in fiction, probably by Pratchett. A single word or two, only used once, but making perfect sense in context. And if you lack the context? Meaningless.

In baggies?! Tarantulas are notoriously fragile. How was that supposed to work?!

Not a “known” serial killer, but it wouldn’t surprise me if this guy killed more than the one woman he ate and raped (her corpse):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa

Buddy of mine picked up old washers and dryers for free or close enough. Fixed and flipped 'em on eBay marketplace. Made several hundred a week.

The genius is that those appliances are easy to work on and usually have compatible parts. I went over to get a part from him and there were only 2 that fit all American washers.

I used to pick up vacuum cleaners on my paper route. Got stoned at night and cleaned them, maybe added a new belt and bag, perfect. Sold for $20 a pop. (This was in the 90s).

Another friend used to go out with her husband early on trash days and pick up free stuff by the road. Had a garage sale every Saturday, 6-7 hours tops, made $300-$400. “We take our neighbor’s trash and sell it back to them!”

Footfall nails this. Aliens show up and drop rocks on us from orbit. The reason we prevail is the only plot I’ve read that makes sense.

Yes, we’re that dumb. The China Syndrome, a movie about on out-of-control reactor meltdown, hit theaters 12-days (March 16, 1979) before the Three Mile Island incident (March 28, 1979). The US quit building reactors because of a Hollywood movie.