Providing energy absorption 10000yrs into the future, even at the edge of a subduction zone. No more plate tectonics for you.

Sounds stingy. Everyone knows level one goblins have a dragon’s stash of gold in their hovel, you’re just being a dick by making it impossible to find it. I’m gonna go pick pocket that guy across the bar. I expect a low DC because he’s drunk and I put two skill points into it. He better have a bag of diamonds on him or so help me I’m quitting.

Grond will breach it. Bring up the wolf’s head!

A killing? Whoever owns the shithole dive commies and anarchists hang out in is not making a killing slinging $1.50 PBRs and $3.50 wells. If the commie really has an issue with capitalism they could a) not patronize the bar, or b) actually attempt to seize the means of production from the corporate conglomerate that owns 99% of alcohol manufacturing. The problem is that those people are out of reach, the bar owner lives in town. I would wager that the bar owner is at best a tax bracket above the anarchist and communist, both of whom have jobs themselves despite philosophical issues with capitalism. If we’re going to keep punching within the same class, at least punch the bigots.

And Rest In Power little girl, not long in this world but you lived every minute you were with us:

Legends era glup shittofication would have told us he once bought a shipment of space beer from a brewery on Ord Mantel that sourced their water from Tatooine and the money spent was just what Owen needed to buy medicine to save Luke’s life when he was five. The Star Wars we know would never have happened if every background character that ever appeared didn’t contribute to the main plot!

Eventually they won’t even need them. Your smart fridge reported you discussing seditious conspiracy and your smart washer has noted you own a black hoodie, aka terrorist attire. Your smart vehicle has been remotely disabled, and an Amazon delivery drone has been rerouted to terminate you after its final delivery. Don’t bother trying to turn off the tracking device in your pocket, it still pings even when powered down and between Ring and Flock we can see you at all times anyway.

Here’s my refute.

A communist and an anarchist walk into a bar. The anarchist proceeds to get shithoused, then fights a bonehead. The commie discusses political philosophy and theory with their friends while this goes down, then criticizes the anarchist for “performative gestures” instead of strategizing for long term effective action. The anarchist has a few more shots, smokes a cigarette, and waits for the next bonehead to arrive. The commies leave after deciding on what their world will look like after the revolution but make no plans on how to kickoff the revolution.

You’re forgetting the power of marketing. Call it “Atomic Premium”, claim it’s formulated specifically for giant trucks with fake balls attached to the hitch, get a few hick-hop artists to name drop it in songs about cruising down red dirt roads, and run a meme campaign implying only woke blue-haired lib trannies with nose rings oppose irradiated gas. They’d drink it if they thought doing so would “own the libs”.

I found my cat as a maybe 4wk old kitten, wet and flea infested on the side of the road. He grew up with Australian Shepherds as his siblings, and his favorite play move with them is to flip upside down and let the nibble his belly while he gently bats their muzzle. I may have reprogrammed a cat.

I read that in belch.

Make sure the jail will accept the donation before you stock up. Different institutions might have different approved supplier lists because there have been issues with contraband as well as administrators who just like to make having even the simplest of comforts as difficult as possible. Having been a volunteer with the incarcerated, don’t forget that depending on where you live you might have a lot of folks who don’t read English and would appreciate books in their language, and middle school/high school reading level books might be appropriate for some of the folk’s current reading level. I’ve generally found that public, school, and college library discards can be arranged if there’s no middle man handling the books. Even slightly outdated textbooks are useful for people studying for GED or learning ESL.

You guys get vacations?

Elaborate. I’d like to hear your opinions on why.

Sugar, unbleached enriched flour, palm oil, soy lechtin, Selena Gomez, cocoa processed with alkali, high fructose corn syrup

It will worm it’s way into more and more everyday interactions and the bulk of society will accept it like they did cameras everywhere, smart appliances, the digital tracking device in their pocket, and screens in their cars instead of physical controls. Avoiding it will become a lifestyle choice that takes effort, and the secondary market for decades old digital/analog technology will continue to grow.

Day training and rescue. You could probably get AI and a robot to teach Pavlovian conditioning in a controlled environment (screen shows symbol, dog gives appropriate response, machine dispenses treat), but behavior modification, leash training in different environments, manners, social conditioning around other dogs/people/animals? A substantial number of humans can’t even train their own dogs to sit, much less behave in public. That’s why I have a job.

Quit Meta a few years back, never had Amazon, and haven’t had a computer in… fuck, almost 20yrs now! My phone is a compromise because it’s a work phone, personal phone is a landline (it’s fantastic, you can ignore it and people can’t assume you have it on you and are ignoring them). Still rocking cassettes, cds, dvds, and vhs, some old, some thrifted. When I do drive (which is infrequent) I drive a 40yo dumb car with a manual and windows you still have to crank down. I still use a typewriter. Some of this is deliberate anti-tech, some is just a fondness for vintage tech.

Eh, I offered my personal experience as an abuse victim and my adult struggles because of that as well as my insight gained through working with people who have committed heinous crimes and what they told me about their lives. If you don’t want to believe it that’s your choice, because as I said earlier, the only universal truth is that people will continue to choose what they want to believe even if every fact, logic, reason, and experience says “you’re wrong”. People believe what they want to believe and will find any excuse to avoid a conversation that challenges their belief. By all means, block me, but this is not a message, it’s a reply in a public forum.

So, you don’t know many rapists, murderers, or child molesters personally?