From an ad: "This meat therometer is 60% off".
While context makes it clear they mean cheaper (60% off regular price), 'off' also means 'not accurate' in colloquial English, making this a poor choice of words for selling a thermometer, especially for food.
Believe it or not, I've long been a strong advocate for nuclear power. The energy density is just too great to pass up. But my views have evolved over time, as I've learned more. After Fukushima, I concluded that only governments should run it -- that the profit motive unacceptably ditorts the safety process It was a surprise me that Japan, of all countries, would be the one to lead me that conclusion. So I'm even more surprised that it's Japan again that reinforces it.
For states like Tennessee, you begin to suspect that cruelty is the goal.
Don't let the language-like noises conservatives make confuse you. It's all just bullshit, and doesn't mean anything.
I'll be a crowning irony if the republic is saved by the likes of Lobo and Sporkfoot.
People who saw Demolition Man probably thought it was awful that the Franchise Wars ended with Taco Bell on top, but they don't know about the horrors that came before that.
'AI is solipsism, the fantasy of a world without people.'
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/
Some folks are bound to say that some supporters are racists, bigots, neo-nazis, etc. Which is true. But those are all kinds of idiots.
The distinction here is about motivation: Billionaires are motivated by extreme avarice and disregard for others. They expect to PROFIT by supporting Trump.
Everyone else who supports him is just an idiot, however that idiocy happens to manifest, and whatever their individual motivation is. They might expect to profit, too -- because they're idiots.
Old, but seems worth repeating:
There are two types of Trump supporters: billionaires and idiots.
Check your bank account to see which one you are.
3/ If you really need to be sure, you can have a mailpiece 'round-stamped' at the counter. It does mean waiting in line, though, yes. But if if's that important, then that's what you have to do.
The alternative, if possible, is to not wait, but get mail out as soon as possible, whatever that takes.
If you know where the sorting facility is (They will tell you if you ask), it usually has its own acceptance boxes, which may get a mailpiece post-marked sooner.
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