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Remember, ask for a warrant, don't talk to the police, and don't sign anything.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 187 points 6 months ago

I worked security for a pro baseball stadium. Some guy and his teenage sons had front row season tickets behind home base. The boys were underage and openly drinking alcohol. We went to tell them the kids had to cut it out.

This guy (who was drunk too) throws a fit that we dared tell him what he could do. He starts shouting "do you know how much I pay for these tickets!? My sons can do whatever they want" blah blah blah.

I wave down the security head and he radios for the police to come deal with it. The man and his sons were marched out to boos from the crowd. They were ejected from the game and fined. They potentially lost their season ticket rights too, but I don't know for sure. I never saw them again though.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 213 points 7 months ago

Enjoy the self-satisfaction of having taken the high road while the concentration camps get built.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 208 points 9 months ago

Lock him up for contempt of court until he testifies.

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[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 186 points 10 months ago

On one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, internet from space that can't be blocked by governments is a net positive in my book.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 210 points 10 months ago

Cats are obligate carnivores. It is 100% animal abuse.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

I pay all my bills online so I'm used to navigating logins and payment apps. I never have nearly as much trouble paying credit card bills.

My password wasn't working, so I tried recovery. The recovery asked for my email, birthdate, zip code, and last 4 digits of my SSN. All things I know well, but they say it's wrong. Now I'm locked out of my account for the 2nd time in two days....

I almost think it's a conspiracy to enable charging people more late fees.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 485 points 1 year ago

One of my favorite examples of the difficulty in idiot-proofing things comes from a national park ranger talking about the difficulty of designing a bear-proof garbage can. He said "There is considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans."

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 220 points 1 year ago

Cut the both-sides shit. Trump is a convicted sex criminal and fraud who wants to end democracy. There is objectively a better choice between the two.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 229 points 1 year ago

Even if you don't think it was murder, it's repulsive that he is trying to make a career out of killing two people.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 176 points 1 year ago

You know how you turn on an electric heater and the filament begins to glow? That is energy being converted to light, so not 100% efficient.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 282 points 1 year ago

If Trump loses the 2024 election because Texas temporarily secedes, taking its 38 Republican electoral votes with it, I might die from the schadenfreude.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 213 points 2 years ago

Let's just build a big congressional dorm with furnished studio apartments and make them all live there when Congress is in session. It would save the government a fortune in cost of living reimbursements and security costs.

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Luna is a 3 year old standard poodle. We have had her for 3 weeks and I already can't imagine life without her.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 203 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Since I've never heard of him, here are some of Mike Johnson's political stances. In favor of:

A nationwide abortion ban.

A nationwide ban on gay marriage.

Heavy restrictions on medical marijuana prescriptions and a ban on recreational marijuana.

Ending military aid to Ukraine.

Gay conversion therapy.

Federal law against gender affirming care for those under 18.

Eliminating funding for immigration and refugee assistance.

Trump's Muslim ban.

A federal version of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Prayer in public schools.

Laws making divorce more difficult.

Johnson does not believe in climate change or that Biden legitimately won the 2020 election. He is a young earth creationist believing the Earth was created between 6-10k years ago. He regularly takes his family hunting or to the gun range. He basically checks every box of a christofascist.

The only good thing I can see about him is that Johnson adopted a black 14 year old boy and raised him. Of course he used this adoption as justification for being against reparations and the adopted son can it be found in any public family photos with Johnson. Any speculation that the adopted boy doesn't exist or was Johnson's sexual plaything is completely unfounded.

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