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.

To me bats are only jump-scary, like paranormal activity.

They’re too cute up close to be afraid of, they only get me when I’m walking at night and one passes close enough for me to hear it flapping for a split second, which doesn’t happen every day, but several times a day since I walk my dogs down a road with a forest to live in on one side and a field filled with juicy bugs for them to eat on the other.

I had one take up residence in the corner of my porch covering, it made me jump a little the first time I noticed it move, but I liked checking on him every morming

I’d spend the rest of my life trying to uncover every secret I can.

Imagine how many secret passages there must be…

But you see, it’s different because the US is only supplying the orphan crushing machine, keeping it running, and making more. It’s okay as long as we aren’t actually throwing the orphans in ourselves!

As former enlisted, I wonder if at any point while floating to the ground they thought to themselves “holy shit, I’m gonna die in a desert for pedophiles, why did I go along with this?”

At least one gets to think twice for now, but I doubt they will.

Lmao Tone is hard to read, I wasn’t upset so if I came across that way my apologies, I was just adding more info in response to points you had raised.

I would assume if they meant it as some kind of a dig, they wouldn’t accept the invitations to hammock with us. Their tone was friendly, it’s just not a term I’ve heard and given the different comments so far, it seems to be a mixed bag as to whether other people would consider it an insult or a compliment.

Really though given the context, I’m going to take it as a compliment even if it was meant as an insult.

I have no job currently, my clothes are mostly 5+ years old with most of my stuff being around 10 years old from my last retail job when I got them discounted and on clearance, my car rolled off the line before I was conceived and has the damage that says it lives in deer country, and my food comes from wherever is cheapest.

And they all know these things since we talk about such things at meets along with basically every other topic. pretty much everyone is in the same boat, and with only one exception we all live with roommates and parents.

If you’re thinking of a 2010 hipster with a man-bun and Abercrombie clothes driving their Leaf from the iPhone store to the fancy food market where everything is 5x the price because someone put the word “organic” in front of “tomato”… I mean, imagine me however you wish, but we are definitely more the type to live in a log cabin we built ourselves away from any kind of technology. I like what gadgets I do have, but I’d trade them for “not living in capitalism hell” any day.

Lmao “upper”

I have no job currently and can’t afford more than basics for food, but thanks for making assumptions.

A bit more of a relatable explanation than UD gave me, and honestly I doubt it was meant negatively as most of the people in this group are very left leaning and while a few aren’t quite “paint a brick rainbow and smash a cop’s window” levels yet, they’re certainly closer than anyone else in my life. We have discussed camping so several at least enjoy outdoorsy stuff.

I like my gadgets if I could live in the woods with 15 other people and grow out own food and not have to worry about dying of gangrene I’d give all my things up in a heartbeat.

By this metric, I’ll be “crunchy” over “silky” any day of the week.

Oh man, urban dictionary is still going? I haven’t seen them in forever…

If that’s how they meant it… I mean, it’s pretty spot on.

I’ll take it as a compliment, then!

I personally believe it is on purpose, to try and get you to download the app.

Then they can get way more of your data to sell.

I think my wife has shown me a video of him?

I hate to make assumptions but honestly how many quadruple amputees can manipulate and shoot a gun and have made videos…

I’m sure it’s more than one because people sure do get curious as to how… But still.

a few minutes earlier

“hmm, I’m bored. Oh look here’s some people enjoying a small laugh. Imma shit on the fun. How DARE they enjoy a joke I personally don’t like. The FOOLS! THE ABSOLUTE MORONS! I simply MUST tell people their frivolity is absurd.”

Well, most likely you will be the poor fucker.

Or you’ll show up next time to a little thank you note and a small box with a single beer inside.

I guess you couod show up to all the wood gone, but fingers crossed!

I spent roughly 2 hours getting into geoguessing…

I did some quick and easy ones, with like obvious signs and stuff. After spending 30 minutes tracking down flight info based on the time the photo was taken, I decided I didn’t have the dedication for such things and if I couldn’t figure it out in 2 minutes based on signs and landmarks, I’m okay with not knowing the exact location a picture was taken.

Hats off to the stalker-level people who can pinpoint the specific 30ft area in a cornfield a video was taken based on time of day, the color of the dirt, a specific toad croak at 12m37s into the video, etc…

Police are modern. They came into existence after the United States did.

The first contracted law enforcement was in the early 1600s in Scotland, unless my random 2am fixation on the history of how shitty cops are is wrong.

And a quick search tells me 1611 in Edinburgh.

Cops have been bastards for longer than the US has been around.

Different state?

He’ll have to look maybe two counties over. Probably just gonna go to the county on the other side of the one he lives in.

Unfortunately, plenty of other countries would take him in, but it would be nice if no country would let his ass in.

Like someone else said, it’s not their mess to handle. However, I personally don’t want other countries to deal with him in any way. We just kick him out and he can figure out what to do from there.

A former friend cut contact after we had an argument about this.

Paraphrased:

Me: “if your uncle arrests someone for assault, and his friend waited for him outside the target’s house and drove him away, would the friend not also get arrested for being an accomplice?”

Her: “yeah, the guy knew the crime was going on so he definitely is part of it”

Me: “So if your uncle is standing in line at a protest to ‘keep things peaceful’ and then he just stands there while the cop next to him drags a peaceful protester to the ground and starts beating them, and two others begin pepper spraying and shooting bean bags at people’s heads in clear violation of many laws from local to federal, and your uncle doesn’t even speak up? What is he? Come on, laws were broken by his buddies and he’s not confessing, and is in fact helping cover up the crimes, so if he’s helping with crime, and knows about more crime, but doesn’t come forward like a good law abiding citizen, what is he.”

I was way more petty about it than I needed to be, but all cops means all cops and don’t fucking try to lecture me on how your preferred cop is somehow special. A bad apple spoils the bunch, use the whole fucking proverb or don’t bring up apples again, bitch.