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  • DMSO is an industrial solvent that was all the rage in the late 70’s/early 80’s because people said it had magic powers to cure everything. By itself it showed some uses for pain relief but it also has the ability to absorb other chemicals and transfer those chemicals through the skin - which could have bad results.

    People who use it repeatedly have a sulfur-ish funk to them.

    I don’t know if RFKjr uses DMSO, but it seems up his alley.



  • " And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. And if you don’t understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it’s going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material." - Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens




  • Years back I had a computer store in a small town. Worked on the local city and police computers and network. One day a high school boy was caught sharing pictures of a couple of the high school cheerleaders with their shirts pulled up. These girls were 15-16 year old. If I understand the story the girls were daring each other to lift shirts, pictures were taken by the girls, somehow they got shared out of the group months later, the boy got a copy, he forwarded it to more friends, someone told a parent, parent called school, etc.

    There was an investigation. I think the boy got kicked out of school. No CP charges were filed.

    BUT…

    The responding cop questioned the boy, got the pictures, and almost immediately sent an email to all the bros in the police station containing the pictures. The comments around the station about the girls (who were CHILDREN) from these 45-50 year old men was exactly what you would expect.


  • This sounds like me a few years ago.

    I loved IT work when I started but the job, the positions, the customers, and my bosses sucked it out of me. I couldn’t see myself staying in the job. As each day passed I got more and more depressed and miserable. The only plus side was I was earning a bit of money.

    I was also at the age (late 40s) where it was probably too late to change careers. Even if I did, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do.

    I decided to take a risk and open my own business - a pinball arcade. Huge risk, but if it worked it would probably be fun.

    I spent 3 years collecting machines and learning how to repair them. I worked to reduce my personal overhead so I could get by earning less (which is freeing on it’s own). I was still working the horrible IT jobs, but since I had a new direction it didn’t seem to bother me as much. There was a light at the end of the tunnel.

    3 years ago we opened the arcade and luckily it’s been working out. I love coming to work now. I love 99% of my customers. Some days I spend half the day playing games with people in the arcade. I’m earning a living and our sales keep going up as we add more things to the arcade.

    My only advice is to find something that will make you happy and work towards it. You don’t have to stay in a job you hate.