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Cake day: October 6th, 2023

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  • I have no idea what you’re saying…

    What is not frightening about planning to start a war? Are you saying that you could take the canal without starting a war? What other way of acquiring it are you thinking of? What other strategies do you think exist? When you ask the military to come up with multiple strategies to accomplish something, you’re really asking them “would we have to put troops on the ground, or could we do this with a bombing campaign? What about the threat of violence and an illegal embargo?”. But if you employ the military in any strategy they come up with, you’re starting a war.

    I mean, I guess we could offer to buy it, but it’s a cornerstone of their economy, we wouldn’t like the price. And Trump doesn’t go in for “bad deals” (paying for things).



  • A reason to push through pain? Because you want to get home.

    My eight year old complained that his hands were so cold they hurt, so he decided to take his gloves off and lay down in the snow…

    I mean, I can’t even… Kids are just fucking stupid.

    Anyway, I tried to tell him that the only way to really make his hands warm again, was to get back in the car so we could head home. (Obviously my plea had no effect, he just broke down into tears and accusations, seemingly accepting his imminent demise)

    The point is, sometimes the only way out is through. Sometimes you just have to keep moving even if the process hurts.





  • Yeah, I really could not understand the motivation behind that. Why throw away such a valuable brand? I mean the name was even a clever play on words that also gave them a cute bird icon/mascot.

    “Twitter”, with that bird logo is just a slam dunk, that’s solid gold branding… It’s insane to randomly “go a different direction” and then land at “X”. If I was their brand coordinator or director of marketing when they made that change, I’d resign then and there.

    Changing their name to “X” was essentially lighting 20% of their assets on fire on day 1.