Gromnir

time article with data Here's the cold, hard data: The incidence of narcissistic personality disorder is nearly three times as high for people in their 20s as for the generation that's now 65 or older, according to the National Institutes of Health; 58% more college students scored higher on a narcissism scale in 2009 than in 1982. Millennials got so many participation trophies growing up that a recent study showed that 40% believe they should be promoted every two years, regardless of performance. They are fame-obsessed: three times as many middle school girls want to grow up to be a personal assistant to a famous person as want to be a Senator, according to a 2007 survey; four times as many would pick the assistant job over CEO of a major corporation. They're so convinced of their own greatness that the National Study of Youth and Religion found the guiding morality of 60% of millennials in any situation is that they'll just be able to feel what's right. Their development is stunted: more people ages 18 to 29 live with their parents than with a spouse, according to the 2012 Clark University Poll of Emerging Adults. And they are lazy. In 1992, the nonprofit Families and Work Institute reported that 80% of people under 23 wanted to one day have a job with greater responsibility; 10 years later, only 60% did. can google scholarly articles on millennial entitlement if you wish to be hit with a tsunami o' studies. that said, have been posting as Gromnir for 20 years and have been following games a bit longer. current over-the-top reaction to perceived developer/publisher evils and/or incompetence feels no different than the last thousand or so examples o' misdirected nerd rage. such curiously inordinate behavior strikes us as more o' comment on human nature than some kinda insight into a generational-specific quirk. HA! Good Fun!

not guilty or failure to press charges is much different than innocent. sure, the law gotta presume innocent, but such isn't the case for employers or public. failure to press charges is a whole different resolution than is exoneration. particular here in the US where near any mistake by police or prosecutor will result in dropped charges, assuming failure to prosecute, and even a not guilty verdict, hardly equates with a meaningful public determination o' innocence. obvious guilty persons in the US may elude forfeiture o' liberty for no other reason than a misused conjunction on a warrant application. am not certain if correct conclusion were reached, but resolution does little to erase the stain left on smollet's character record. good. HA! Good Fun!

would hardly describe as nothing shown. whole lotta indictments and numerous convictions. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/20/17031772/mueller-indictments-grand-jury the trump organization had a significant number o' bad actors working for it, and those folks kept lying during interviews with fbi and investigators. old adage: why lie unless there is something to hide, yes? every time somebody lied to mueller, the investigation necessarily continued and expanded. as we noted earlier, am thinking there is significant obstruction evidence, but w/o the underlying conspiracy, such evidence is ineffectual. nevertheless, had to keep investigating obstruction, 'cause folks kept trying to obstruct. am also thinking a whole lotta work product from the special counsel investigation were shared with ny. when were mueller convinced collusion would be impractical to prosecute? dunno, but as long as witnesses kept lying, special counsel had a duty to investigate, and a good excuse to share info with ny ag and others. long run, the special counsel investigation is likely gonna be far more damaging to trump in ny than ever were gonna be the case for collusion. need to see obstruction findings 'fore we judge value o' the lengthy investigation. as we said, is almost impossible to make an obstruction charge stick if there is no underlying crime, but if there is significant evidence o' obstruction, of trump and others interfering and hindering the investigation, such could be just as damning for trump as conspiracy charges. devil is in the details. HA! Good Fun! ps edited out gd's image after-the fact. clutter management. pps am gonna try and provide an example which may be relevant in near future to explain the obstruction thing and why folks should hold off on coming to conclusions 'til we get more info. fraud. most folks is familiar with the term and is aware such is a crime, yes? common law fraud, which is actual the law o' fraud nowhere in the US, has a bunch o' different elements which is common in almost every jurisdiction. shorthand: defendant must make a knowing misrepresentation o' material facts, a misrepresentation the defendant is aware a listener could believe. for there to be a crime, there must also be a victim listener who is unaware the defendant is lying, and who relies 'pon the misstatement to their detriment. so let's say there is a guy who lies to get a bank loan. bribes multiple bank officials and appraisers. forges documents. uses multiple underhanded and nefarious tricks to get loan which bank admits it never woulda' provided w/o the defendant's lies and schemes. however, the bank doesn't actual lose money. the bad guy manages to make payments on the loan in a timely and responsible fashion. no fraud. doesn't mean the guy who lied and bribed did nothing wrong, but does mean 'cause bank didn't lose money there is no crime o' fraud. people often get confused 'tween what is legal and what is right. find considerable evidence a person is doing wrong could be just as damaging (or moreso) to their career than is evidence o' a crime. let's see what report actual says is all Gromnir is suggesting.

possible the only good part 'bout growing up poor in the 80s is we couldn't afford all the horrible fashion nonsense which were the de rigueur. no flock o' seagulls hair. no parachute pants. no mesh anything. is thus no embarrassing 80s pictures o' Gromnir. more accurate, is no embarrassing 80s fashion pictures o' Gromnir. ... we did have a second-hand members only jacket. weird. HA! Good Fun!

we were never convinced o' conspiracy to rig an election. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/92340-politics-2017-part-v/?p=1911610 even so, am thinking the investigation were warranted 'cause o' possible obstruction, and 'cause regardless o' law, the scope o' trump campaign involvement with russia deserves to be viewed open and naked. corruption isn't always subject to prosecution, and incompetence rare is. nevertheless, as the President holds public office, am thinking the people should get a chance to ask questions. now as to the ny stuff... have always thought that is where trump is more vulnerable. HA! Good Fun!

today it's coffee. tomorrow am personal neither intrigued nor afeared. if you had asked us freshman year in college what 2020 would look like, we woulda' guessed that there would be far more automation than there current is. not sci-fi thinky ai robots, but we woulda' assumed virtual all manufacturing and a large % o' repetitive task kinda stuff would already been handled by robots. so, 'bout time? HA! Good Fun!

another umbrella academy cover which were incongruous... until we realized it were mary j. blige singing. HA! Good Fun!

finished umbrella academy. time travel sucks. HA! Good Fun!

media and politicians has done a terrible job educating folks regarding what mueller were seeming trying to find and likely to find. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/107959-the-political-thread-browncoat-edition-down-with-the-alliance/?p=2141932 legal insufficient for conspiracy doesn't surprise us, but am hopeful we get full report to see the extent to which trump attempted to obstruct, whether is enough to get convictions or not. HA! Good Fun! ps zor observation: (1) it was certainly directed to promote or incite imminent lawless action, it specifically included targets to hit in follow up attacks. (2) the only argument is the likelihood of it happening. end and still with the poor reading comprehension. sheesh. is not just likelihood o' happening. is likelihood successful incitement will happen essential immediate 'pon reading. we stressed imminent multiple times. manifesto censorship is an auto-fail for US government in every example to come before courts, and there has been more than one. imagine a successful situation is difficult as it likely requires a degree o' viewpoint discrimination, which is particular difficult for government to pull off successful. some kinda religious cult leader exhorting his followers to immediate violence via an internet manifesto posting? might result in allowable censorship, but is doubly difficult to achieve such censorship 'cause is focusing not just on possible impact o' message, but necessitates differentiation 'cause o' kind and quality o' message.

first rule of cooking: fire makes meat taste better. might be a rule for bartenders too. we would probable eat at wendy's if the fire-damaged signage were used at all their locations. HA! Good Fun!

well, next time you do make pot roast, let us know if you come up with any improvements. thanks. the perfect pot roast is a rare thing; you could spend your life looking for one and it would not be a wasted life. HA! Good Fun! ps made eggs benedict this am. last night we told our dining companion we were gonna make eggs benedict for breakfast. while making eggs benedict, we were informed by our companion that hollandaise were not to their liking. ... (count silent to ten slowly) so we made a sharp cheddar mornay sauce as well. was all good.

doesn't belong in the other thread, but is kinda interesting .17 is more than we ever used for bunnies, but is definite gonna get the job done and is the caliber most o' the serious varmint hunters used where we were raised. we were more o' a plinker, with occasional extermination duties, so the .22 lr were fine. 8 in 4 minutes o' video. https://www.seriousshooters.co.nz/varmint-rifles-explained-xidc72831.html "Usually bolt action rifles are used, and sometimes single shot rifles like the Ruger No.1. Good quality construction is vital, as is a good target type trigger, good action bedding and a high quality barrel and crowning job." however, is mentioned later that 222 ruger (a variation o' the semi-auto ruger mini 14 ranch rifle we link frequent in the firearm threads) is popular. 20 minutes morning. 20 minutes night. not hard to see hitting 200 in a week. HA! Good Fun!

The problem is that the moron in question not only struggles with tech matters -- he doesn't understand copyright, or even the legislation he pushes. It's never a bad time to remind folks that a MEP makes ~6.5k €/mo (after tax). count on the expertise 'o elected officials, and their direct appointees, is gonna be a suspect proposition. as we noted earlier, nowadays many politicians is hardly qualifying to be described as public servants. such folks tend to have an agenda and they will then cherry pick other seeming genuine experts to support the outcome they already wished to achieve before getting input from folks who actual have knowledge. sure, not all elected officials is selfish and shameless, but far too many is. best to be suspicious and let unique individuals earn trust... and even then, still be suspicious is best course o' action. HA! Good Fun!

have admitted paid less attention to this than we should have, but before voss functional forced articles 11 and 13 back into existence, we thought it were kinda settled that the articles were impractical if not near impossible to implement. have honest been preoccupied with other issues, but am curious to see what the fallout looks like after Tuesday. HA! Good Fun!

you really don't know anything 'bout logic, do you? your appeal to authority is better than Gromnir's? HA! is not how logic works. and the legal standard is as we already stated. bad reading comprehension again for zor. repost: silly manifesto's, as incitement to murder, is perfect legal unless they fail a two-part test: 1)speech may be prohibited if it is "directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action" and (2) is "likely to incite or produce such action." doesn't matter where or who penned and even the opinions presented or the evils suggested is irrelevant in the present context. the manifesto counts as speech for purposes o' the first amendment. is not amongst the extreme limited categories o' unprotected speech (e.g. kiddie pr0n.) therefore, the manifesto, to be subject to governmental censorship as incitement, would need fail the aforementioned test. is it likely ordinary readers o' the manifesto immediate 'pon reading will commit violence as directed in the manifesto? well, that was good for one last chuckle. avoided bunnies and bears, but honest had no idea you were complete oblivious to fundamentals o' logic. thanks. HA! Good Fun!

… that's your logic? https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Logic-Irving-M-Copi/dp/1292024828 am recommending. HA! Good Fun! ps 'cause am knowing you will continue being stuck going in circles, nothing in your claims precludes the possibility o' being able to kill 46 bunnies, or more, in two hours, night or day, with weapons other than semi-auto, save for blatant and transparent argumentum ad verecundiam. pps, you would also be wrong 'bout US incitement. no surprise you is wrong again, eh? https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/395/444/ silly manifesto's, as incitement to murder, is perfect legal unless they fail a two-part test: 1)speech may be prohibited if it is "directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action" and (2) is "likely to incite or produce such action." no manifesto ever fails. the test has been an auto-fail for the government. only likely scenario where it works is the sorta political or religious speeches where a person directs a mob to attack a person in the immediate vicinity o' the speaker. immediate temporal and proximate. serious 'bout imminent. can't be hours or weeks after reading a manifesto and a person responds with violence. gotta have a situation where "speech" is likely gonna evoke an immediate and violent response to be Unconstitutional. but yes, no doubt being so removed from nz, the human nature questions is o' such a different character that different standards is required. is the geographical remoteness which is at the core o' dissimilar conclusions. as such, we should focus 'pon distance when coming up with free speech standards and judging the bulleproofness o' bunnies. and you know, as much fun as this hasn't been with zor making guesses 'bout bear hunting and bunny extermination with semi-autos it has gone a bit past sad. regardless, you should pick up that copy o' copi. as we said earlier, logic isn't always your best approach, but if you is gonna complain 'bout logic, you should at least know basic fallacies n' such. enjoy bunnies and bears solo from this point.

oh nz, what will you crazy kids do next? "“Others have referred to this publication as a ‘manifesto’, but I consider it a crude booklet that promotes murder and terrorism. It is objectionable under New Zealand law,” says Chief Censor David Shanks." HA! Good Fun!

prunes is our default... something we picked up from polish cooking as 'posed to star trek. but am willing to give a tip o' the hat to guinan and worf. if makes the pot roast a warrior's feast, so much the better. am also moderate amused whenever we think o' prune juice. prune is the dried plum, so to get prune juice, the dried plum needs be rehydrated. who even first thought o' doing such? regardless, am glad the recipe worked for you, but if you got any input on how you would change for the better, don't hesitate to offer criticism. as already noted, have been doing same basic pot roast for decades. am assuming there is room for improvement, but am kinda at a creative dead end on this recipe. HA! Good Fun!

yeah. is nice to be able to point at a bad politician and blame 'em for bad laws and bad government, but am needing shoulder the blame for letting such happen, particular given how low voter turnout is in ordinary elections. 'course, am thinking we gotta take another look at campaign finance laws. public service shouldn't be a get rich quick scheme. politicians is more concerned with getting reelected than they is concerned for public good, so they do what is required to keep gorging at the government trough. sure, such selfish impulses do make 'em accountable, but am thinking it doesn't result in particular enlightened policy making. colossal cave is somewhere near mexico border, yes? am doing the sedona thing later this year (yeah, am knowing it is touristy,) but is maybe too far away to make a side trip so far south. however, will now need consider it. HA! Good Fun!

y'know, am having only made a small number o' changes to grandma's pot roast in decades. we do change veggies a bit in our braising fluid. might alter alcohol. herbs get added, reduced and changed... a bit. is nevertheless, same process. would appreciate suggestions from folks who gots a different recipe or has ideas for punching up our pot roast. have literal been doing ours same since we were early teens. was curious to see other feedback shady would receive regarding pot roast, but is possible our long-winded post discouraged other contributions. thanks in advance. HA! Good Fun!

What, a California lawyer lecturing a rural New Zealander on the situation in rural New Zealand based on experience in the fricking Dakotas 6500 miles away? you clear don't understand logic if these are your criticisms. more ridiculous. even you will no doubt be able to identify logic flaws from the 'bove bit w/o any need for us to identify. logic is not always best approach, but if you are gonna complain, should probable follow basics. and your antivaxxer bit as logic? *chuckle* regardless, current sooper terrible bad scenario taking eyewitness numbers at face value has farmers needing shoot 200 per week. wanna imagine bigger numbers for town? HA be our guest. 200 bunnies per farmer. not 200 aurumvorax, or whatever other zor wants to imagine 'em into. farmers is not in danger o' being attacked by bunnies during reloads, which isn't the issue he imagines anyways. lever and bolt is gonna be more than adequate. unless each bunny is a horror film threat HA! Good Fun!

This is New Zealand, our usual news cycle is 'cat rescued from tree' level. But in any case, from the article you're citing: Why do you even bother posting articles when you never bother to read them. FYI, Moeraki is miniscule- population of, 60. *chuckle* population 60 or 6 million makes no difference. an individual farmer is claiming to need shoot 200 in a week. what kinda firearm does the individual farmer need? lever action or bolt action rifle is more than sufficient for 200 per week. not needing for self-defense, yes? charging wall o' rabid bunnies overwhelming farmers during reload? poor reading comprehension again for zor. is pointless to observe how many rabbits a guy could kill in two weeks if we are referencing what farmers need to do to protect themselves from dangerous lepus. however, taking guesstimates from the guy as fact (HA!) the one guy slaughtering bunnies in town over a two week span is equivalent o' doing same job as less than 3 farmers in the same area. one farmer is needing kill 400 in 2 weeks in same locale, yes? and seeing as how the guy claims there is more bunnies in town than in outlying areas, you got a disconnect 'tween townie and farmers, no? getting ridiculous. HA! Good Fun! ps am less aggravated than gd concerning ignorant politicians. regardless o' ignorance, politicians is responsive to their constituents, and the constituents is the frothing, sweaty-toothed mob. blame on the politicians is ok, but we cannot genuine expect our elected officials to be so much better than those voting. the thing is, the US system, for all its flaws, is a limit on politicians being over responsive to the mob. stoopid politicians try to ban scary firearms 'cause their constituents is afraid o' scary firearms. in spite o' drive to placate constituents, is so difficult to get any law passed. requires committees and multiple levels o' approval as well as two separate legislative bodies willing to approve same law. much o' the ignorance o' individuals, and a whole lotta the emotion gets wrung out o' the laundry as it goes through the legislative process. is worth again to listen. mccain were indeed in favor o' repeal and replace, but the President and many republicans were attempting to ignore the process.

george sanders was fantastic in almost everything, but with a few exceptions, he was always cast as shere khan 'could sound condescending reading a grocery list, which isn't a criticism. HA! Good Fun!

Well, if you insist... There you go. Historic report, but the only thing which has changed is Calicivirus being released (illegally) and rabbits are immune to the strain here now. And of course all the footage is daytime, with rabbits mostly being nocturnal. so, 30 year old footage? *snort* and again you miss the point. is not numbers which is a concern. can fire pretty darn fast with lever or bolt... or is this another case o' zor being concerned 'bout tackling during a reload? angry lepus tackling farmers during a reload? farmers need semi-auto to protect themselves? https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11944891 so folks facing a limited area plague, worthy o' special media coverage in 2017, is culling unconfirmed 200 rabbits a week as 'posed to 200 a night zor mentioned earlier in the thread, and again, they aren't gigantic bunnies which is gonna shrug off a bullet wound. being ridiculous 'bout the semi-auto for bunnies, but am doubting am arguing with any save zor at this point. not gonna need convince anybody else and cannot convince zor, so... now for bear... HA! Good Fun!

so we were watching umbrella academy and heard a song which just didn't fit. "why a cover?" with a few exceptions, the music from the show has been good, but we couldn't figure out why the ua folks would do a cover for found out the cover is by some group called toploader, is near twenty years old, and were extreme popular in europe. never knew. fact we bothered to check the pedigree o' the cover embarrasses us to a small degree. HA! Good Fun!