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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

Explanation: Many early aviators died in crashes. However, many early aviators also survived numerous ~~crashes~~ acceptable landings and just went on to keep on flying.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bipedal sheep.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

That is the face of your self-loathing, pleased to be loathing you.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That appears to be one or two resorts of some kind, any idea what they were?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 38 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That's Delaware, for the uninitiated. The tax thing is because there's some lady's house in Delaware that's registered as the headquarters for about a zillion shell companies as a tax dodge, because of something something Delaware business taxes.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

This is kind of similar to how it is in the US these days, too. There are still banks that have tellers, especially for drive through, since we love our cars, but far fewer. And I have been to banks here where there are no proper tellers.

Even in that case, the person who is helping you behind the counter is still an employee, drawing a salary (maybe plus commission, for things like loans, accounts, whatever). They're still labor, they're still having their labor undercompensated, they're still victims of theft.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 14 points 1 week ago (7 children)

The person in the image behind the counter is a bank teller.

I'm quite certain that when you go into a bank wherever you are, you're not greeted by an owner or executive behind the counter, waiting to cash your paycheck.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 24 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Bank tellers are not bankers. Bank tellers are labor, also victims of the bank, because their labor is not being fairly compensated.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

Whew! Glad that kind of thing doesn't happen anymore! We really dodged a bullet!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Remember back when Dominos had “30 minutes or it’s free”? Yeah, if the delivery was 31 minutes, the driver paid for it, and didn’t get a tip for that run.

That’s why the drivers were crazy, they were trying to avoid paying for other people’s pizza and working for free.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I suddenly understand the name of the gas station “Esso”.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Deregulate? Because there's oh so many regulations already?

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The Simple Sabotage Manual (www.artofmanliness.com)
 

The Simple Sabotage Field Manual listed tactics average citizens could employ to destabilize their government and help hasten its demise.

This manual was produced in January 1944 by the OSS (precursor to the CIA).

 

https://dyconcretepumps.com/impact-of-sugar-in-concrete/

The specifics in the screenshot are a bit "legendy," but the concept is real. Sugar does impede the setting of concrete.

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Pepper Spray Laws by State 2024 (worldpopulationreview.com)
 

In all 50 states and Washington D.C., it is legal to use pepper spray for self-defense purposes.

If you don't already have pepper spray, you should get it, one for everyone in your household, and you should carry it.

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Get a passport (www.usa.gov)
 

To be eligible, you must be either:

  • A U.S. citizen by birth or naturalization or
  • A qualifying U.S. non-citizen national

You will need a passport or passport card for international travel, especially if you need to come back in to the US. A passport will include your nationality (citizenship) as well as your place of birth.

When they come asking for papers, a passport may keep you out of "trouble."

 

Been getting this error page the last couple of days when creating a new thread, but the post is created:

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The Second Amendment does apply to knives. Know the knife laws in your state, and in other states you may find yourself in.

If personal protection is a priority for you, a knife is something that you can use right away, without having to identify yourself or register the weapon.

 

Bloodreplacing?

 

Get healthy. Be physically active. Become stronger. No matter what comes, you will be better prepared to face it when you have increased stamina.

Know how to survive with minimal supplies, at least for a few days. Water, shelter, fire, food. The tools for these can all be put into a small backpack at fairly minimal cost:

  • Tarp
  • Paracord and/or bank line
  • Disposable lighter and ferro rod with a striker
  • Camping mess kit
  • A couple of MREs, hardtack, pemmican
  • Knife

Be observant and listen. Even the information you collect could be useful in supporting someone who needs urgent help, or in interfering with fascist goals.

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Omega (en.wikipedia.org)
 

For ohm – SI unit of electrical resistance; formerly also used upside down (℧) to represent mho, the old name for the inverse of an ohm (now siemens with symbol S) used for electrical conductance. Unicode has a separate code point U+2126 Ω OHM SIGN (HTML entity Ω), but it is included only for backward compatibility, and the canonically equivalent code point U+03A9 Ω GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA (Ω) is preferred.[7]

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French Resistance (en.wikipedia.org)
 

The French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime in France during the Second World War. Resistance cells were small groups of armed men and women (called the Maquis in rural areas) who conducted guerrilla warfare and published underground newspapers. They also provided first-hand intelligence information, and escape networks that helped Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind Axis lines. The Resistance's men and women came from many parts of French society, including émigrés, academics, students, aristocrats, conservative Roman Catholics (including clergy), Protestants, Jews, Muslims, liberals, anarchists, communists, and some fascists. The proportion of French people who participated in organized resistance has been estimated at from one to three percent...

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[OC] Shame (lh3.googleusercontent.com)
 

In 2015, EPCOT. One of a group of wonderfully rowdy young women managed to accidentally break one of the light poles in England. She is holding the pole so that it won't fall over.

"I'm going to take a picture of your shame now, and there's nothing you can do about it."

 

Figured I'd drop this here in case fedia.io wants to check it out.

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