I dunno the success of any suits against these towns, but they exist all over the country. They count on you passing through and not being able to come back for court.

It very much is. 2Pac dances in it. He was a dancer in Digital Underground. You might know them from the hit song “The Humpty Dance”. There’s a random performance from them in the movie.

People just love to have a reason to hate. Just like when COVID started and Asians were getting attacked all over despite having zero connection to China.

Ah good to know. I hadn’t seen it before, but that might just be saying more about locations I used to live. Thanks!

Very true. The place I stayed in for a few days was good though and they had out and in-patient treatment. And they recommended doing in-patient treatment where you would go in for most of the day but could go home after, after I did my locked in in-patient. I was happy with their treatment, but yeah, very much exception to the rule.

we will bring them back to mental institutions, where they belong

As someone that struggles with mental issues, and has spent some time in a facility when I was at my worst, this line pisses me off to no end. Feels no different than what he would say about so-called criminals or immigrants. Wish he would go where he belongs.

These days I skip all, self-promotion and in-video sponsors included.

Sounds like you probably use it but if not, get the SponsorBlock extension to do exactly this.

The article was written by an “Erin Moriarty”. I just kept imagining Starlight interviewing them.

Oh yes, very much agreed. It’s infuriating.

Yes, I should have more clear. I was speaking specifically about the workers, not executives.

That’s the thing people always miss. It’s not that the fast food workers getting $20 is high, it’s that every profession should be getting paid more. Wages across the board are stagnant.

That definitely may have been the issue too. I was in the southern US at the time in a heavily Christian town too.

That sounds reasonable. When I tried it they put a lot of focus on the higher power stuff, but I imagine a lot depends on what group you’re in too.

If you’re just a social drinker I don’t think you’d benefit from AA anyway. It’s more for people who have a serious problem, not just a bad social habit

Oh, I wasn’t just a social drinker, I mean I only drank socially, never alone, but I could never stop. I would go out every night and drink til 6am and get belligerent. I’ve been sober for a long time now so I don’t need help. I was just talking about my AA experience years ago.

I still couldn’t do AA because even though it’s not “religion” they still push the higher power stuff. That it’s bigger than you and stuff. I never liked that because it takes the responsibility away from the person. To me, it’s both. It can be a disease that you have trouble controlling while also, you have to take responsibility and learn to manage it. For me I just had to stop and avoid going to bars and stuff. But I was also a social drinker, never drank alone so staying away helped me a lot. Of course others may be different.

When I was a toddler I followed my dog into the woods. I don’t have any memory of it but my parents said I was gone for hours and then suddenly we both just came walking out, perfectly fine. Thanks, Andy, for protecting me that day.

It’s not just transactions. $600 is the lower limit on taxable income. I used to do food delivery and if you make under $600 for the year it’s not reported and not taxable. You’re supposed to report any income over $600.

This is basically how I try to explain to people when they say there’s no such thing as white privelige. They usually don’t think about the simple interactions such as getting pulled over and stuff. They just always think of it as they never got ahead in anything just for being white and it’s way more complex than that.

Jeez, people will tribalize anything. Yeah the Mavericks around here are big but all the shelves are way spaced out and at angles so it fills the room but there’s just not much there. My ex worked at one for a bit preparing food and it was just terrible. I used to Door dash and I would stop at K&G multiple times a day and sometimes get food and it was always pretty good for gas station food. That said, Maverick bought K&G not long ago so they might all be Mavericks before too long.

Lol, we have a pho-nomenal

Yep all over here and most of CO in general. I’ve seen a few in Arkansas as well.