I would argue you can absolutely disprove it, empirically. By demonstrating. Just do the thing and go “wow it didn’t take forever!”
Miles O'Brien
Senior Chief Petty Officer. Starfleet is in my blood, and I’ve spent my entire adult life in service to boldly going.
Keiko and Molly are my favorite humans, but Transporter Room 3 will always be my favorite.
Just don’t ask who what’s in the pattern buffer.
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They’re “going fishing” trying to find probable cause to get you out of the vehicle and allowed to search you and it.
If you say you’re going to / from the bar? Well obviously you’ve been drinking, please step out of the vehicle.
I don’t always say “officer you don’t need that information” I just say something like “home/library” since it provokes the least amount of questions.
I don’t give them my license, I only need to show it to them. They can copy down the relevant information needed to verify it’s legitimacy the same way they do when they take it.
I don’t need to roll down my window, I only need to communicate with them. They can speak up and I am more than capable of yelling so they don’t misunderstand anything. An open window is not needed unless someone plans on reaching through it, which neither of us need to do.
I don’t need to give them my insurance card, they only need to know it’s current and for this vehicle. Again they can copy down relevant information and call the insurance company later, which they weren’t going to do anyway.
I don’t need to tell them where I was, or where I was going, as it’s none of their business and not relevant to the stop, which was likely for failing to signal properly, or speeding due to a missed sign.
There’s plenty you dont HAVE to tell them, give them, or show them, but if you’re going to do any of the above, know your state and local laws regarding these, and don’t be intentionally rude, since they’re already going to be pissy.
Also note: it’s much easier to get through this sort of interaction if you’re white. We all know cops are racist shitbags just looking for an excuse.
I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, just someone who is tired of being targeted in the areas around Columbus Ohio that are known for pulling people over for the slightest of infractions in order to go fishing for a reason to arrest someone.
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196@lemmy.world•Traditional car(ul)eers for womenEnglish
23·27 days agoTurning men into pigs?
Or just making their outside match their inside?
Note: no disrespect meant to the noble Sus genus, nor Sus Domesticus specifically. It is unfortunate that pig is used as a negative descriptor when pigs are actually quite clean and respectful creatures, unlike most men.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•You take your dog into an elevator and they look at you funny. "Why did we get in this little room for a minute and walk back out?"English
17·27 days agoShe tries to go around or leap over them, or runs across them like they’re a platform in a video game that will fall if you stand on them too long.
Likely she is ripping out paw pad hairs as the slats shift around and pinch together, and there is the possibility of getting claws stuck as well.
That’s why my largest dog doesn’t like them.
Nah, continue to belt out incorrect lyrics, possibly even singing “I don’t know the words” in the process.
It’s more likely to get a chuckle “with” you, rather than a giggle “at” you, IMO because everyone can relate.
Even people who do professional performances and sing all the time can swap verses, or even straight up word substitute with songs they don’t practice all the time.
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politics @lemmy.world•Republicans vote to dilute gas as prices rise above $4.50English
44·27 days agoWell yeah, their entire lives have been spent sucking oil dick, their entire foundation of their wealth is tied up in oil, and even though they’re rich enough to pivot entirely and never feel a difference in their lives, they’re stuck in the sunk cost mentality.
It’s too risky to invest in a brand new industry that’s on shaky legs. Never mind that it stopped being a “new” industry decades ago and has proven it will do quite well, and is thriving. They stopped paying attention to real life many many decades ago. As far as they are concerned, they didn’t have to do any sort of personal growth, so they are woefully out of touch with reality.
Oil is what was there when they (or their parents they inherited wealth from) were kids, so obviously they have to dig their heels in to keep oil from flopping. Anything else is secondary.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Remember, they are the good and honest guys. These are just some of the US ones.English
68·27 days agoMkultra is STILL treated like some nut job conspiracy theory.
I bring it up as example of how the government will do whatever to whoever and lie for decades, fuck the consequences.
People look at me like I’m crazy, and plenty have even straight up told me mk ulta isn’t real, is just a conspiracy, just an excuse for hippies who did too many drugs, any number of “that didn’t happen” excuses. Including “if it actually happened, we would know”. To which I responded “THEY FUCKING ADMITTED IT” and that was the end of the conversation because I cursed and therefore lost an “argument” I didn’t know I was in…
Ohio is crazy…
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politics @lemmy.world•Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With ReligionEnglish
4·2 months agoHonestly I wouldn’t even bother saying it’s an annotated Bible, as long as it’s pulling from a translation of the Bible that a church would use, it’s the same Bible.
I love when someone tries calling me out on not using “the right” translation, because depending on how the conversation has gone up to then, I will either pull out a king James edition, or start listing any of the dozens upon dozens of English translations available, asking if this one or that one was valid enough, until I’ve made my point.
My Bible when I first read all the way through was a new living translation children’s adventure Bible. It had a few illustrations in the family-friendly well-covered areas, mostly new testament. I thought it was pretty fucked up in some parts already, and they did kind of change the phrasing and language to be less obvious to children what is being said.
The one I usually use for reference now is a new international version with no annotations or additional context that was gifted to me when I graduated highschool.
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politics @lemmy.world•Court orders DC judge to end criminal contempt inquiry into Trump officials involved in deportation flightsEnglish
471·2 months agoSo a court has told another court to stop looking into court cases (and the people not following court orders) and let people not follow court orders.
So court orders are meaningless.
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politics @lemmy.world•Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With ReligionEnglish
14·2 months agoThe Bible I read definitely had something to say about nobody except god knowing when jesus was supposed to come back.
Certainly never said you could summon God with a blood sacrifice.
Then again, most Christians have never read the Bible. If they had, they would probably be like me and no longer believe.
It allows rainwater to be absorbed rather than running off causing flooding.
There’s an old theater I performed at twice in Southern Ohio. Built before the Civil War, and surrounded by brick buildings, a brick street out front, brick alley, and brick parking lot area.
The second time I was there, the street had been paved, as had the back parking area, and large portion of surrounding alleys. Only the single side alley was still brick.
The first time it rained the week I was there, the basement, while not flooded completely, had so much water running through it to the sunken boiler room, the owners had to toss down some quick 2x4 walkways so nobody was ruining costumes and footwear or slipping and suing. The walls of the basement looked like mini waterfalls.
I popped outside during a lull and the back parking area and alley were basically acting as a funnel, pushing all the water right up to the sides of the building.
I just checked a satellite map view and it looks like they’ve at least re-paved the back alley (don’t know if it drains any better but it’s clearly much darker and there’s lines painted) and the building beside it is gone and instead there’s a ton of grass. So maybe it’s better, but I’m sure they shortened the remaining life of the building by a ton.
Surface looks damp, leaves and pine needles tend to stick a lot.
However, by the time you are done blowing, the surface will be bone dry and nobody will slip!
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Green Energy@slrpnk.net•An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.English
7·2 months agoI live in rural Ohio and actually live fairly close to a decent sized solar farm.
Over the last 2-3 years I’ve seen more household solar setups, and one person I’m super jealous of has a really nice wind turbine/solar hybrid system with a garage battery wall visible when they leave their garage door open.
We’re very slowly getting there, but it’s like running a race with a weight around your ankle and people swinging at you with bats.
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Green Energy@slrpnk.net•An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.English
1081·2 months agoAnd STILL I hear dumb shits in the US say “solar isn’t feasible”
Motherfuckers then why does literally every other country have tons of solar plants, rooftop installations, balcony installations and some packed away they can pull out when the power cuts out? Why do major companies put massive solar farms next to their new factories? Why are people interested in fossil fuels spending so much goddamn money telling people solar sucks? If it sucked, people wouldn’t use it.
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memes@lemmy.world•An employee who allegedly burned down a California warehouse compared himself to Luigi Mangione in a message to co-workers after setting the fire.English
7·2 months ago“we cannot get out: the end comes soon we hear drums drums in the deep. They are coming”
Miles O'Brien@startrek.websitetoAMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND@lemmy.world•Donald Fucking TrumpEnglish
61·2 months agoI mean… He’s already destroyed what reputation and goodwill the country had with most friendly nations, and that won’t be likely to ever recover. Certainly not for many decades. The country itself is in quite a bit of internal turmoil.
He is unlikely to destroy the world, but plenty of insane Nationalist Christians believe the end is close and want to bring about global war so a carpenter who died a couple thousand years ago can come out of the celestial closet he’s been hiding in. So while unlikely, he’s got people trying to make it happen.
I have several hobbies that could make bank if I wanted to put in time and effort.
That requires treating executive dysfunction, which can’t happen unless I have money. In order to get money I have to work jobs I absolutely hate, and that suck all energy and will to live out of me, and I don’t want to do anything with my hobbies.
If I didn’t have to worry about food, housing, and whether I have electricity or not, I could sell a handful of things a month and be just fine on utilities and a luxury purchase every so often.
That hat is very cunning, I think.
Person walks down the street wearing that, people know they’re not afraid of anything.






And? So do many species. Doesn’t change anything.