There’s no organization in America which is more regularly infringing on a dog’s territory than the U.S. postal service.

Interesting. What time period would you say this was? I grew up in the 90s and don’t recall seeing that.

Let’s skip the “I have no basic survival skills” part (also skipping disease) and assume we find a nearby group of humans. If you approach first contact carefully they’d probably let you live with them in exchange for labor, giving you time to learn the language.

I think I have enough ambient exposure to modern technology that I could contribute at least 3-4 major innovations to my group over a couple decades. The challenge would be conveying and implementing ideas more than remembering them. You’re not going to get back to modern standards of living in your remaining time traveled years no matter how much you remember, but what little you can impart to others would earn your keep.

I don’t know what all the innovations would be, but germ theory and pasteurization come to mind.

Holy shit I had to tap out. The casual, informed way they talk about fucking dolphins conveys how much time they must have actually spent fucking dolphins.

Did you go to church? Cause I grew up protestant, if someone called our pastor “priest” I would immediately know they weren’t one of us.

From your initial comment I gather you don’t like Christianity, which is fine with me, I’m an atheist now. But the joke of OP is that you can give yourself away without realizing it because of a tiny detail.

In the movie screenshot the guy indicates “three” using a hand sign that’s different if you’re from different places. Same with calling the Pope “pastor”. It gives away that Vance isn’t really one of them. And the point of making public statements like Vance did are to endear you to the intended audience.

When you’re trying to pander to a certain demographic you don’t want to call their most important guy by the wrong title

Yes, that’s kind of what I was getting at - having this cloud browser thing would be significantly worse for privacy than even a smart phone.

Setting aside the financial management of the church, it’s one of the largest organizations in the world which tells people what the purpose of life is. Its members believe the person they’re selecting has authority from God to say what actions are right and wrong.

While I don’t personally believe that, hard not to see it’s a position of significant power and people have an interest in knowing or influencing the outcome.

Can you share what your reasons are for considering a dumb phone?

For me I’m probably not actually going to get one, but have idly thought about it. If I were to get one it would be to free me from the attention sink of web browsing and apps. So I don’t find it appealing to consider a dumb phone that still has web browsing but using some sort of work around.

Thank you. Yes, I’ve heard of the gothamist before, I see it used to be independent but was acquired by NPR.

What is the source for this? I followed the link and it appeared to be a screenshot as well.

No. Stop being a dick

Yeah, it says they’re charging him with something that has a max sentence of five years, seems like it would be a lot heavier if they could show he was planning to take action.

Same

Funny, but obviously just a story. It was pushing boundaries for our youth pastor to serve pizza for communion. No church secretary is baking a bread Jesus penis.

Man those things used to be everywhere at events

I can be mad about dishonoring women astronauts while not especially caring one way or another about Katy Perry going to space.

I want more people to go to space. And I think it’s good when more than one organization has the capacity to send them. I don’t think billionaires should exist.

For many people “have useful skills” doesn’t imply “is a senior engineer.” I’m a white collar worker in a relatively senior position and make a fairly comfortable living. I looked into Canada and Europe and my skills, useful as they may be to me and my employers, don’t give me any advantage in immigrating.

Could I do it? Sure, but it would be a step back in quality of life for a number of years, for some period I might be separated from my partner, and after the move I’d be separated from all my friends, family and professional network, with no guarantee I’d get back to my current earning level.

Unlike many people my standard of living isn’t so bad here. I also have some sense of responsibility to try to contribute and make things better where I can. But things are certainly looking dicey.

Have you looked into this? Please share one country that you’d suggest Americans move to and which would allow it.

You know most countries have laws that prevent people from just moving and working there? And they prioritize people with certain skills, sometimes require you to have a certain amount of money in the bank.