CoffeeJunkie

People actually have done that, and by a decent but not landslide majority (upper 60s%, IIRC), the original inhabitants of North America like the catch-all term: 'American Indian'. Halfway alluding to the other guy's reply, they actually do like to call attention to the ignorance that was put upon them upon first meeting. It's hardly their blunder to be embarrassed by, and that moniker has become part of their history. Has it not?

If you want to be truly proper, you'd have to get down to the nitty-gritty & list every single tribe ever. By name. And that doesn't work very well on a form when you're making people check & sort themselves into boxes.

...which brings me to the final, and most ironic point of it all. People insisting on using Native American & African American often fail to realize those titles were put upon those people by the goddamn United States Government. Yes, the same one that enslaved the blacks. The same one that drove the American Indians from their lands, hunted them for sport, and rounded them up into camps. After the mistreatment, the USG said, "Hmm, what should we call these people? Oh, I know. 'Native Americans' & 'African-Americans'." Now it's been baked into the cake for so long nobody even stops to question it, they insist upon it. Even if it's technically inaccurate in niche cases (like Jamaican Americans), or insensitive (being labeled by your conquerors).

...idk. Call me a romantic bumpkin, but I work with black men & women who haven't stepped a single foot in Africa. They eat cheeseburgers like I do, we drink from the same water fountains & use the same toilets, we shake hands. There's nothing African about them besides their genetics; they are Americans just like I am an American. They happen to be black. Idk too many American Indians around here, only some with very diluted, distant heritage.

My thoughts exactly. 🙄 This is ridiculous non-news.

Progress is progress, and it's good to be skeptical (I literally just posted a comment saying "I'm skeptical"!), but progress is good. 🙂 What other alternatives are there?

If it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make sense. That's why the electric car movement is having a hard time really taking off rn; it is hard to justify & all the tech, all our builds, aren't exactly super economical yet. And they're not built for tough conditions, heavy towing, long commutes, and easily workable & recyclable components.

...but things are, indeed, getting better. If you look at it from a macro view. Lithium recycling can be done even a decade ago, but IIRC it was relatively small scale & the lithium could be refreshed "most of the way", not fully. The right things will catch on when their time is right & its viability is realized.

Man's greatest strength is our shared knowledge, technology, science, and innovation. I encourage you to make good decisions in your personal life and be positive. 🙂

Now the reactor is le tired

Well, I'm still skeptical, but I have far more trust in France's reporting than Chinese claims.

...what? Who? 🤨 Trump? Of course Trump is heavily invested in Israel; Israel kinda-sorta advances Western culture/values in the Middle East & is massively propped up by the United States. I believe Israel would have a hard time existing without US support.

Not saying it's a good or bad thing, but calling it as it is. Trump is, indeed, intimately entwined with Israel.

It's good to be prepared before the need arises. These can be made, unused, put away for a rainy day. Maybe it'll never be needed.

This drone stuff is no joke, any dumb terrorist/criminal fuck with a few hundred dollars can get a drone & do terrible things. Evil people can never just be allowed to have the upper hand, with no countermeasures.

Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.

In any case...it's either stuff like this, or jamming propellers, or steel birdshot. We've all seen the Ukrainian drone footage.

Personally, I don't consider it moral at all. They spent a lot of money on that thing. And what if people on the other side decide to vandalize back?

This looks like relatively harmless vandalism. What if it escalates?

What if car vandalism isn't enough, what if they burn your house down? Or you to them?

I just think it's an ugly way to live & nothing good comes from messing with shit that isn't yours. In this case, the fitting punishment is already applied & by their own hand. Rapid depreciation, vehicles that rust in car washes, virtually no product support, expensive to maintain, ridicule from others...idk. I think that's enough on its own.

Huh! Well, best of luck over there.

Also please reconsider the paper straws, with the carcinogenic glue. I'm looking at these.

Very true, I was looking at a titanium straw. Idk. I should probably get one. I wouldn't be using it every day but I'm not going to stop drinking Bloody Marys.

I thought you were in Indiana. 🤨