The war between the cerapods and the theropods continues to the modern era

The parrot, once I stopped pressing the button on the toy. It might have gone on forever otherwise.

Depends. Who won?

Should I be worried that my 40-year-old parrot got into a roaring contest with a Jurassic World toy?

was the bride's name Sarah Connor?

A sawed off shotgun is fairly easy to conceal. Of course, they're also illegal.

Maybe they wear a really, really baggy coat.

I don't wanna think about the body type where a SHOTGUN is concealed carry.

"If there any objections-" *Both sides pull out ridiculous amounts of weapons against each other*

Someone else quips in the comments, "I have heard of a shotgun wedding, but this is ridiculous!"

I saw a random shipost on Facebook. Evidently, there are people in the U.S. who have to ask wedding guests not to bring their concealed-carry weapons.

Hey.. I tried to say that google game streaming actually works pretty good... Now if that's depressing, that's a WHOLE nother ball of wax. ;D

The box is being used exactly as it was meant to: for random conversation. If it's depressing it's because the group whom use it is neither oblivious or stupid and we happen to be discussing depressing things.

I'm starting to feel like the box is being used in lieu of actual serious threads (not to be terrible but seeing this as soon as you get on the forums is depressing).

It's shameful that randos in richer countries pretend like it's not happening.

Small island countries are already sinking below sea level and being consumed by the ocean.

Which is why poorer countries are some of the ones most worried at this point, I imagine. Wealthy countries like the US, Canada, etc won't feel the effects nearly as soon

Realistically: there doesn't have to be truly catastrophic impacts to screw us all over. Frequent enough storms will disrupt our infrastructure, which will hobble our ability to rebuild quickly and cause pretty big backslides in quality of life. I don't mean "oh no, I can't charge my iphone", more like "dysentery is as common as the flu because the resources just aren't there to clean the water anymore".

If no, then procrastinate some more

Well, the most important question: is it going to stop me getting some drive thru at McDonald's?

It's kinda nuts seeing insurance ads tell everyone multiple 500-year storms a year is the new normal, but the general attitude over is still at best *shrug*.

Sad thing is... Boomers are still leaving their vile taint on a lot of the younger generation.

Certainly the boomers won't live to see it, and they're the worst generation for not giving a shit

We're seeing some of it, yeah, but very likely all the truly catastrophic impacts will hit once most of us are dead

Stupid thing is: We ARE seeing results in our lifetime, but it's still slow enough that we, as a culture, are willing to ignore it despite what the scientists are saying.

Captain Planet we need you

As long as nothing interrupts their morning latte and consumer-driven lifestyles, they're good

Because humans are notoriously bad at caring about things they don't see happening within their lifetimes

And no one else in my class cared. None of my teachers cared. My parents didn't care.

One of my more frustrating memories regarding Climate Change is from when I was in 2nd grade in 1996. My poor redneck middle-of-nowhere school had a decade old science textbook written so a 2nd grader could read it and it had enough about the impending Global Warming that I was worried as a 6 year old.

Plus a MUCH higher chance of lake effect snow: since milder means the great lakes will take that much longer to freeze over.

Eh, really does depend on what you look for in winter. "Milder" also usually means "wetter", so... you know, MORE snow to deal with.

It was unusually warm here as well, until 2 or 3 days ago. The temperature's a little more seasonal, now. They are predicting a milder winter than usual this year, which for Canada isn't such bad news

"Global warming is a myth" my ass. It's the middle of October, and summer is back in full swing. What the hell.

I can't remember the last time I used a gif avatar here

did something change about how avatars work here? I had a GIF as one and I can't get a new one to work

My vice is plastic. Once when I was cashiering at a grocery store I sold a lady three cartons of cigarettes and it came to over 80 bucks. I had just bought Brave Max and thought at least I wasn't going to go out and burn the thing.

Well, their going to TRY to make money off it. I suspect that price point and convenience will continue to drive the black market over the legal stuff.

I'd say the "make money off it" makes them less likely to even try. And things like Prohibition gives them an excuse as though club-fistedly banning something is the only way to deal with a problem since they're willingly incapable of nuance or patience.

My only vice is blu-rays; lots and lots of them

None of it will be my money; personally I've only tried pot once (and that was at a family party, and the brownies were made by my aunt, lol), and though it was enjoyable enough, I've never been inclined to try it again

I'm sure they'll make a ton of money on it, and I'm equally sure nobody will ever be able to figure out where it went once it evaporates

Not aimed at you megs, at pennpenn.

Why? Legalization is the just the government admitting they CAN'T deal with something, and since they can't ban it: would rather make money off it.

On the war on drugs thing, I drove down to Niagara Falls/Buffalo today to pick up some packages and do some shopping, and as I was on the highway getting close to Whirlpool Bridge, there's a new big electronic construction sign in the middle of the road that says "No cannabis at the US border", I assume due to the coming legalization on Friday

i get that just up and banning it isn't going to work, also see the "War on Drugs" for another course on that path. But is something that should be gotten rid of. It's something that governments should treat as the health issue it is, rather than a big ol' money pot.

So, I have to eat my words. The Assassin’s Creed Odyssey streaming version works very well.

There's also the fact that we know outright prohibition doesn't work. It was tried with alcohol and that was a disaster, and it's the reason marijuana is becoming legal in more places.

Toronto is just as bad, thanks to everyone assuming that vaping ("it's healthy") and marijuana ("it's legal") don't count as smoking.

Last time I saw data about it, all but two states in the US have decreased smoking consistently for several decades. Except two that both still smoke like it's the 1970s and I happen to live in one of them.