They said to obey the law
They said taxes were the price we pay for civilization
They claimed all cultures are equal
They said merit always beat entitlement
They said Pluto was a planet
They said go to college
They said anyone can have the American dream
They said be a company man
They said a house and a couple of kids was heaven
They said retire at 67
They said we were always the good guys
They said Russia was evil
They said every vote counts
They said we don’t interfere in elections
They said we are headed into a new ice age
They changed their minds for some reason and now its hot
They said that carbs were good
They said if you smoke you will get cancer
They said you will die of prostate cancer
They said trafic circles are better
They said you can die for the country at 18
They said you’re too young to drink
I have had a pretty decent life so far and accomplished most of the βAmericanβ things, and in fact I’m semi retired at 61.
But The Powers That Be fucking lied to me about how this nation and culture actually work. They pushed the lie so far that even little old me has had it. What else did they lie about?
God?
Sex?
Drugs?
What did they lie to you about?
“Life should be *fair.*”
^^^ That wasn’t me, thankfully. I was never taught that and I wouldn’t have understood such a concept if they tried when I was a kid.
However, that’s possibly the nastiest lie The State has going. And I’d say that’s most States and communities throughout history. It pretty much boils down to “Such *should* be so,” and that can apply to absolutely everyone thinking about anything.
All bullshit, natch. My Iron Rule: Nature don’t play. (Humans are part of nature. Most humans don’t think so. Somehow, our species is ‘elevated,’ they believe. No, cupcakes. We haven’t magically evolved. Get over it.
Are you Firstin’ Evan? I’m Firstin’.
I’m fistin’ the Firster, thirsty firsty.
That’s the worst lie that ‘most’ people really do believe, in some fashion, one way or another.
I think all religions play into it, in some way. In all iterations, I suppose it functions to relieve the mind from the unknown that lies beyond. In the extant world, humans are tricksy wabbits and the night is full of terrors.
“fair is a 4-letter word” – picked that up years ago from another, older parent who was helping at a church camp in response to complaining kids
Fair is a mercantile event where merchants and artisans with goods not available locally come around to sell their wares. Entertainers took the opportunity to show up because there were a lot of people with cash on hand who would want entertainment.
Fairies can be found at fairs, if you have the fare to get there.
Dude you’re under 40 – there is no way you weren’t taught that.
Maybe you just weren’t listening.
“Maybe you just werenβt listening.”
Oh, they tried and I heard ’em. Indeed, I didn’t heed.
They said Pluto was a planet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMMaLM4Q9Dw
When did the “Current Era” begin?
I loathe that one.
It still fucking is.
Agreed. It has a fucking moon. That’s kinda a big deal, kinda literally establishing its massiveness.
Lily Tomlin wasn’t wrong, and neither are we. (I fucking loved Magic School Bus. Didn’t know it was her for the longest time. She’s fantastic.
I seem to remember the Pluto not-planet thing was reconsidered if not refuted.
Makes me wonder how the Dems benefited from the whole thing in the first place.
Meat is bad
Seed oils are good
You need to be on statins
Teflon is just fine
And seriously, Fuck roundabouts.
Seriously. They don’t do shit to smooth out traffic.
They turn many intersections into four way stops.
I’m curious about the statin thing before my doctor tries to put me on one.
Moderately change your diet, take fish oil, and try to change your good to bad ratio before you go on one. For most theyβre no problem but for an unknown smaller percentage theyβre very much not a no problem.
No.
No?
I had no idea this was posting and had forgotten about it, thanks TPTB
They said it would stay on your permanent record.
They were right about going blind, I cant see for nothing anymore
Agreed on that one.
I promised Id stop when I needed glasses.
/Adjust glasses
Fuck me I have to put my face within a foot of my computer screen nowadays.
/It’s better than dealing with fucking bifocals ever again
Birds. They lied to me about birds. Trees also. It is all a lie!
So if you’re half one of Them are you.
Th? or em?
Just curious
I’m not shy but I used to play a lock, I don’t really have a reason y my id is the way it is.
The cake obviously.
They put on a great show, I saw them in ’23
2002 or 4 for me. Great live band.
25 or 6 to 4…?
/old
They Said? She Said!
Also she said
all the things
I was told I would die if I did not take the mRNA jab.
Fact checker: Given a long enough timeline you will die. Statement CONFIRMED! Now take the jab.
I am Jack’s moistened face muzzle.
I am Jack’s withered taint.
Dry. Unresponsive.
It’s impossible for anyone’s taint to be dry and unresponsive in my presence.
I am Jack’s withering disbelief.
I’m surprised this song hasn’t been linked yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThlYHfIVa8
https://platedlizard.blogspot.com/2025/07/100-things-youre-not-supposed-to-know.html
National Lampoon had it right.
There is nothing wrong with roundabouts, If you’re angered by roundabouts you are clearly too stupid to be in control of a two thousand pound hunk of metal and plastic and shouldn’t be allowed to drive on public thoroughfares . And while on the topic of idiots in cars, if you are at a four way stop and it’s your turn to go but you insist on waving the other cars through you should also have your driving privileges revoked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOrrNM4md8c
You sound like you suffer from road rage. Your license has been flagged for reeducation.
Nah, maybe years ago I would get angry, now it’s just a disgusted acceptance of the stupidity that surrounds us. Forced Stoicism, if you will.
Don’t be Stoic, Laugh
16 thousand
And yeah. D11 with the ripper down through all the roundabouts. They are dangerous.
Carmel, Indiana replaced all their traffic lights with roundabouts.
150 of them.
Seems a bit much.
@Derp: I typed my comment before you posted.
This is the shit that’s infested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_interchange
Repentant here, I think we do the ‘double’ variety. Fuckin’ unintuitive, at best. And I know ’em. Others don’t!
Somebody got a big payday for all those roundabouts
The Feds foot about 90-95% of roundabout costs.
Likely hard money jobs as well.
They are huge grifts.
That only works in suburban areas with lots of dead space to waste. Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
That only works in suburban areas with lots of dead space to waste.
VDOT put in a mini-roundabout nearby because there wasn’t enough space for a full sized version. It works better than the previous two way stop.
Why didn’t they try a four way stop first?
VDOT determined a roundabout is better and they are correct.
Clearly they are not.
There must have been a distorting incentive to reach that incorrect conclusion.
Fire everyone who made the decision and their management.
Roundabouts in Carmel work fantastically:
1: It’s smallish (getting bigger, and the new and bigger ones take LOOONG time to build, and are causing problems finished)
2: People are used to them here, rookies are in trouble with the confusion
Bigger Point: Driving is the perfect example of people throwing logic out the window. With comfort, folk drive to work at 70 in cars weighing 2 tons and … we’ve all see folk drive with reckless abandon every time we drive.
People give no thought to it. We all, myself included, have distractions when driving. (I don’t have CHILDREN distracting me in the car, at least. We should ban that shit, as long as we’re banning certain shit in the car.)
Other killers tend to work over time, often long-term. But with driving!! Meh. Folk really do pay no mind.
Indiana has fallen in love with them. I know we have at least 6 in our town. On Mythbusters they tested the throughput of roundabouts vs 4 way stops and roundabouts won, it wasn’t even close. That’s good enough for me.
Lack of complacency. People presented with a novel traffic pattern will be more aware. Once complacency sets in, the won’t even turn their heads.
*”repentant,” I meant to say.
The old ones worked well, when the place was still small, and I’m on a side of town where that’s still mostly true. The new ones are being constructed in big, 4-to-8-lane intersections, some right off interchanges, so multiples on either side, and are fucking monstrous.
Add in human idiocy + driving and the writing’s bloodlined on the pavement.
*REPLETE, damn thumbs.
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Fuck you. You suck. You are fat. You are a joke. You are stupid. You are not funny. You are not as smart as you think you are.
You’re a scam.
What were we talking about again?
Fapping causes blindness, roundabouts, general wingeing.
Heβs right about the MAGA stuff, Trumpβs betrayed everything he ran on except, maybe, immigration. I wasnβt really expecting much but holy hell has he fucked it up and whether he just screwed up or he was a Trojan horse doesnβt matter. Who murdered populism by discrediting it? Trump himself.
Never visit Kentucky then…where everyone waves each car through in the most comedic sense possible.
*lives up to his name
roundabouts, the non-prog-band YES kind, are silly.
“except for” should be inserted there after the first comma
Jeebus, even wannabe congress critters try “do you know who I am” line:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SunGGUktKok
“Do you know who I am?”
“No, don’t you? Amnesia is a terrible ailment.”
“I’ll still love you in the morning.”
“You’re still here?!?
I didn’t even love you last night!”
“Cab fare is on the dresser.”
D-FENS from Falling Down: they lied to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBy4X2rjF-k
YES, They lied to you. It’s up to you whether you buy it or not. They always lie. Don’t fall for that weak ass shit.
The first thing people do to get what they want is lie. It’s all so tiresome.
Start with that assumption: They are lying to you.
I love that movie so much.
I loved it even before I knew how accurate it is.
And a textbook example of “movie you can’t make today”.
Filming dates: Mar 25, 1992 – Jun 11, 1992
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots
Huh. Didn’t know that.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/quotes/?item=qt0373292
Cop hangs on to roof of fleeing suspect’s car. That’s solid work ethic there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4nFcSioB9s
Nearly a half million in salary to the CEO of the CMP in 2022, $400K to the COO. I’m sure it’s only more in 2025. Chump effect in full. Fuck those parasites.
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/341839195_202209_990_2023110621864601.pdf
Seems it bit high, gotta loot while the lootingβs good I suppose.
Morning, Glibs.
So, I’m awake on time, but feel like I should just call it a day already.
There’s the UCS we know and love!
Piss off.
I look forward to your curmudgeonliness. It’s a good thing.
It’s part of what gives this place its atmosphere, like Sean’s steaks and Fourscore’s murder bees….
sup
The early bird brigade from the sounds of things.
Good morning, U, Ted’S., homey, and TAFKALack!
Morning. How goes?
It goes well, thanks! Got a great jump on month-end reports at work yesterday, so I’m in good shape there. Have to take Ninja Cat back to the vet late this afternoon to see if his ear infection has cleared up. π±βπ€π€
From your comment above, it sounds as if you’re tired. Think you can tough out the day?
My biggest problem at the moment is that I’ve reached the “Wait” part of “Hurry up and Wait”, so the workday gets exceedingly boring as I scrounge for things to do. Tired + Bored == Zzzz.
Hopefully the ear infections have cleared up and π±βπ€ is good. Let me know later on what the vet says.
ππ
suh’ fam
whats goody
Everything still works.
GM suckers!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPU8OAjjS4k
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Don’t mock the Government Motors customers.
Grandmaster suckers. Women who are really, *really* good at giving head.
/ducking
The DNA tests came back Ted, those weren’t women.
I didn’t say they were giving *me* head….
I thought you had that job judging the competition.
Good morning, Sean!
Mornin’, reprobates!
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Mornin’, U. I forgot that not everyone here is a reprobate.
How goes?
Someone was apparently too drunk to get his/her half eaten cheeseburger into the garbage can last night, and as I walked out on my way to the smoking area the squirrel who was dying this feast saw me and skittered away. The grey catbird was not so fearful and approached, pecking at its unexpected meal. Not so fast, here comes a mockingbird. Catbird takes off, mockingbird is boss.
Why do I suspect that “Someone” was you?
I’m glad the squirrel was dying.
Good morning, ‘patzie! ππβ±
I listen to different countries’ public/overseas broadcasters. Bangladesh is on tap today, and one of the stories is the one-year anniversary of the protests that deposed the previous leader.
It’s amazing how quickly the on-air talent went from being propaganda shills for the old regime in 2024 to shills for the current regime.
“I read whatever is put in front of me – I don’t believe anything.”
/Newscaster
GM π
‘Mornin’, y’all
What a summer! Mosquito free, few deer flies, rain at the right time, mostly. Wood ticks seem to have left.
If every year was like this the Snowbirds would stay all winter and would be a problem.
Mosquito free in MN?
It’s a sign of the apocalypse.
Before we get to morning links:
“AIDS is an equal opportunity killer and heterosexuals are at just as much risk.”
Fauci has been fucking with my life since I was a teen.
Mornin’ all
Morning.
They said the links were at 8:00 AM.