[-] mercano@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

The last Grumman LLV rolled off the assembly line 30 years ago, and has been probably been driven six days a week, except federal holidays, ever since. I’m not surprised they’re on their last legs.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

You’re not going to get the Roller Coaster achievement without really trying for it.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I heard the Dawg Pound in Cleveland is going to pretty empty this Sunday, too. (I’m sure it has nothing to do with Browns having a road game in Jacksonville.)

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

If he floods the market with shares, I wouldn’t be surprised if the price craters so hard it gets delisted.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago

“This… former president” is also up there. It’s so much fun thinking of all the other options she swallowed during that pause.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Reminds me of a passage from my favorite Discworld book, Night Watch.

“I didn’t think you was stupid, Mister Vimes…”

“What?” said Vimes, looking down suddenly. Carcer was smiling cheerfully.

“I said I didn’t think you was stupid, Mister Vimes. I know a clever copper like you’d think I’d got two knives.”

“Yeah, right,” said Vimes. He could feel his hair trying to stand on end. Little blue caterpillars of light were crackling over the ironwork of the dome, and even over his armour.

“Mister Vimes?”

“What?” Vimes snapped. Smoke was rising from the weathercock’s bearings.

“I got three knives, Mister Vimes,” said Carcer, bringing his arm up.

The lightning struck.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

It doesn’t even matter. Even if Taylor Swift never makes another dollar, she’s still set for life.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago

It didn’t matter what the question was, Trump kept turning it back to immigration. He’s only got one talking point, and it’s based on fear of the other.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

“Melania keeps bringing it up all the time, I don’t understand why.”

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Such projection. Trying to drastically change the rules less than two months before Election Day, that’s rigging.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Why do we have to keep fighting for a higher minimum wage? We should just set it at a livable rate then have it automatically adjusted annually based on CPI or a similar economic metric.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

We can at least all agree that there’s a pretty big gulf in quality between later three NuTrek shows (Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, and Prodigy) and the first two (Discovery and Picard).

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