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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 11h

Upgraded my dashcam. I'm probably going to use the old one on the back windshield for a better look at tailgaters. People will drive even crazier as we get closer to the holidays.

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 12h

A friend came over and an Australian film was playing about a family around Christmas time. He was confused as to why the characters were wearing summer clothes instead of winter clothes with Christmas decorations all around them. Our summer is their winter and vice-versa.

TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 12h

Sometimes I don't know what to think/feel when someone just learned something that I thought was common knowledge, like that the northern and southern hemispheres experience seasons differently. Some things are kind of glossed over in schools or never pointed out, I guess.

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 14h

I'm trying hard not to be mean, but he should have saved that money to get *that thing* fixed. It's so unfortunate and hard not to notice while he's talking.

TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 14h

My front door camera caught the other half of the weird couple coming by to stare at the area the hose disappeared from. I have yet to speak to either one of these people and have no plans to in the future.
One of the neighbors calls him "Slobby Bobby", they had no nickname for her yet.

TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 17h

At this point, I'm almost positive most of these Republicans have some sort of humiliation kink. They keep walking into these things like rakes in the yard that they put there themselves.

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 18h

I think this guy is starting to figure out that someone can see what they're doing. I have 2 very obvious cameras in plain view, one inside my apartment looking out and one on my front door. He can probably deduce that it was me who took them. This guy needs to wear a shirt for once.

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 18h

A weird neighbor couple at the complex next to ours keeps coming over to our complex and using/wasting our water that we pay for instead of theirs. I wrapped up and put away the hoses. I think they realized when they tried again. I haven't even told the landlord yet. I was mainly just being petty.

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 19h

This will never not be funny to me.
"We expected that it would have the integrity of the President of the United States".
Boy, did he pick the wrong one.

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 20h

What in the hell is this idiot doing involved in any of this?
Pepperidge farms remembers what he said about Gaza.
Also, what's (still) up with the 2 billion he took from Saudi Arabia? What was it in exchange for?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 1d

Proof that you might want another set of eyes on some things, like personalized license plates. It might be taken another way from another perspective.
#ThisHasBeenMyTedTalk
#TheMoreYouKnow 💫🌈✨

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 1d

I've always believed that pride over circumstance is nonsensical. I didn't choose to be a straight white guy from Texas. None of those things are accomplishments.
Be proud that your kid won the spelling bee, not that their skin color is the right tone and they were born in the right place.

TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 1d

I know a few people who were essentially disowned by parents over religion, politics or the person's sexual orientation being deemed unacceptable by their family.
www.the-independent.com/life-style/e...

Why breaking up with a parent is sometimes the right choice

As Matthew McConaughey reveals that he didn’t speak to his mother for eight years, Helen Coffey investigates why going no-comms is sometimes the healthiest option, and why we need to destigmatise estr...

www.the-independent.com

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 1d

I essentially had break ups with friends and family over politics. Sometimes, it's attached to their gauge for morality. Weirdly, they tend to claim they are Christians but believe the opposite of what their favorite guy actually taught.
"Love thy neighbor" had no asterisks, no caveats...

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 1d

I can just imagine someone waking up from over a decade-long coma...
Trumpers, anti-vaxers and flat earthers, oh my.
"Wait, the greasy scam artist real estate dude from the 80s is... wait, what? And people think he's smart? They elected him twice? Please put me back to sleep."

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TekGnostic @tekgnostic.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently CK avoided debating this guy, among others that were out of his league. He always assumed that younger people *in the process of being educated* were going to be easier to debate. Many times he was wrong.
Tim Wise would have probably obliterated his arguments pretty quickly.