Looks like a pretty standard boomer Facebook rant.

> Gubmint bad! Distrust gubmint! But I'll keep voting for the party that enables gubmint to be bad! Why? Because I was instructed to vote against these stupid liberals that I'm definitely smarter than! Does voting this way help me at all? No! But liberals bad! Distrust liberals! Fake culture wars distract me and make me feel smarter than the average bear!

A starter car? This car is a finisher car!

This is also why you don't drive through water on the road during flood conditions. People think of cars as these super heavy things that should have no trouble fording, but they float a lot easier than you'd expect.

This. The moving one basically climbs the stationary one and lifts the car. If they're both moving, the one that's doing the hitting can be launched.

The truth is flies like vinegar more than honey.

There are, and can be, no good cops when the bad cops are allowed to get away with everything that they do. Rotten apples spoil the bunch and so on. Cops are so rarely punished for their wrongdoings that it's straight stupid for the public to trust them anymore.

It's a profession that's most attractive to bullies and the bullied, and SCOTUS has already said the role of police is to protect property rather than people. People should be afraid of this militarized and unionized police state we're in. The actual military is not allowed to unionize for a reason, and it's to stop the endless madness we see out of our unionized police. Go watch Serpico if you haven't already.

Do not ever talk to a cop. Do not ever interact with a cop unless absolutely necessary. Simple as that. You can't have faith that you've found yourself a good one when so many of them are bastards. Assuming ACAB is a public safety measure.

Generally, yes, unless you're on a well situation in which case who the fuck knows. Houses likely have their homeowner's valve underneath while city/county valves are out in the yard near the sewer connection. The city's/county's will probably require a water/meter key to turn, though. If you bought yourself a house, the inspection report should note the location of your homeowner's valve. For me it's in the crawl space; there's a pipe that taps into the county's shit, and where that meets up with the house's pipes there's a valve with a big-ass handle. City properties likely have the homeowner and city valves near each other in the yard.

Edit: What refrigerator is #1 in your books?

I mean, what kinda dripping are we talking here? If it's 5 degrees outside in an area not used to such temperatures, you should be running the tap furthest from your source (if not multiple taps) with a low stream -- not dripping. Moving water doesn't freeze as readily; that's a physical fact of nature, bruh. Yes, your water bill will be higher, but it'll be a hell of a lot cheaper than having your walls and floor torn up to fix a disaster.

But is your shit still gonna freeze even with streaming taps if a random cold snap takes us to -10? Yeah, probably! My pipes froze this morning in the 5-degree bullshit despite dripping (but not streaming!), and I unfroze them with a space heater under the kitchen sink at a 2/10 temperature setting.

Edit: More cold pro tips for anyone scrolling by:

• Keep your sink cabinets open (if you're not doing the space heater thing). Let your house's conditioned air get anywhere pipes are.
• Buy insulating foam pipe wraps from Lowe's (fuck Home Depot) and get them on all the exposed water pipes you can find in your crawl space.
• If your heat pump can't keep the place sufficiently warm, turn on aux/emergency heat and give your pump a rest. It'll run constantly otherwise, and depending on its age and the type of refrigerant, there's only so much it can do.
• Space heaters on indoor pipes (under sinks but also at your water heater) can conduct that heat through the pipes' run into your crawl space, lessening the chance of freezage.
• Replace your rotting half-inch plywood crawl space door with something that has weather stripping and some kind of backing.
• Replace your crawl space vents with ones that actually seal up nicely when closed. If you can see light through or around them when they're closed, they can be better!
• Know where your main water shutoff valve is; if you're in the city, this may require a water key, so get one!

Note: If your main shutoff is in the crawl space, and it probably is if you're in the 'burbs, anyone can do it.

...Including a stick-up man who wants you to come outside defenseless to see why your water ain't working... 🤷‍♀️

This is true, but there's only one network based in China and promoting suicide with a vested interest in seeing our country's demise. Social media sucks, but TikTok is the worst of it.

I came across this thread and that news post at roughly same time. They're related but not directly. Between governments (including ours) being afraid of China spying through TikTok and it's deleterious effect on our youth, it's hard to avoid talking about social media when discussing mental health. You really can't disconnect the two in this age, and Instagram is just as big a factor here as the 'Tok. I feel for kids growing up now wherein your presence on social media is expected.

Banning TikTok would apparently be one of the best things to do for mental health.

> TikTok recommends self-harm and eating disorder content to some users within minutes of joining the platform, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH).

> The new study had researchers set up TikTok accounts posing as 13-year-old users interested in content about body image and mental health. It found that within as few as 2.6 minutes after joining the app, TikTok's algorithm recommended suicidal content. The report showed that eating disorder content was recommended within as few as 8 minutes.

> Over the course of this study, researchers found 56 TikTok hashtags hosting eating disorder videos with over 13.2 billion views.

The kids aren't alright. 😳

You mean Musk's implants that have killed at least 1,500 animals?

It has been fantastic that he's spent almost all of his time outside of the state campaigning for a bunch of people who lost their midterms instead of doing active harm here. But he still wants tax cuts for the people who should be paying the most and stricter birth control and abortion laws than Sharia...

Central VA's skyline is boring as all hell. Just flat as far as the eye can see. The city's skyline is amazing by comparison.

The big yellow one is the sun was supposed to have a twin.

Most crimes like this are committed by the youths.

Money isn't the sole problem with vets. It may not even be the main one. It's a difficult and emotional job where the pet owners often aren't at their best -- especially for emergency services.

When I went to the Carytown vet to put my cat down six weeks ago, there were signs put up everywhere begging for people to treat the vets with respect and kindness. And what did they have to do in my case? Talk about difficult things, walk me through the process, and watch me lose my shit (sobbing-wise) while trying but being unable to comfort me.

The burnout and suicide rates among vets are among the highest of any job. I feel for anyone who chooses to make this their profession. They should definitely get paid more, but I don't think any amount of money suffices for some of what they're asked to do. They do it for their love for animals.

1. Go back to Facebook.

2. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, and Arkansas have the highest murder rates per capita despite the propaganda you consume as news claiming it's New York, California, and Illinois.

Five-over-ones were supposed to keep housing options affordable...

Their account had no activity until their first comment in this thread, and while I doubt they're a part of this cartel, they probably are a shitty landlord that jacks up rent just because everyone else is doing it.

I really want to pet and hug on a big cat -- presumably a cheetah since they're pretty chill.

I forgot about Toby. He meows like a smoker and lives next door, I think, but apparently knows folks'll pet him if he comes by Garnett's. I gave him some good scratches while I was waiting for my takeout and he tried to follow me inside. I was not aware of him following me and the door shut itself on him! Sorry, Toby!

Can I go pet Monty?