Now it’s walkie-talkies:
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Humans can think of all sorts of ways to hurt other humans, but they seemingly can’t solve world hunger.
My theory about homo sapiens is being proven nearly every day now.
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That’s actually not to bad. It would have been handy during those times when my life was up in the air.
When I had to move back to NY for a job in 2017, I stayed for two months at the Jane Hotel in a room about that size for about $2,500 a month. The bathroom was down the hall.
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SROs used to be pretty common. I stayed in one very briefly as a teen after my roommate and I got evicted from our first apartment (first time with no adult supervision = too much partying). They were way cheaper than that though. It was kinda odd just having the one shared bathroom per floor, but not really all that different from a dorm setup.
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They should say, “it will protect your dawg from being eaten by Haitians.”
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screw Cujo, what about Old Yeller?!
Cujo was legitimately a scary doggo, tho!
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Cujo is only S.King book I’ve ever started. I had to give up quickly.
I don’t know why I started it. I really don’t like horror.
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Yeah, it’s a terrifying book… King is a solid writer, though.
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I haven’t read a lot of his books (he has so many). I really enjoyed the Dark Tower series.
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Oh, yes. I did read one of his short stories that was science fiction. I forget the name. It was about using a transporter to go to Mars. You had to be anesthetized because of what happened during the trip.
It was still horrific.
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I read Carrie as a teenager and didn’t know anything about King. I thought it was scary enough, and I wished that Itoo could fling things around just by thinking about it. I remember trying a few others later, but by then, they weren’t my kind of thing. I prefer deeper characterization, for one thing, and plots about things that seem impossible to me, like monster dogs or ghosts or yes, telekinesis, just seem silly now.
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I should really read that book some time. I’ve read most of King’s horror stuff at this point (haven’t gotten to the Dark Tower stuff) and have been filling in the gaps the past few years, but for some reason “rabid dog” just never held the same spark of interest for me as “haunted car” or “alien murder clown”. I actually totally forgot it’s considered one of his classics. Maybe next Halloween season…
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Gaaaahhhhhh!!!
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The Stand is tequited reading, man!
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I have read that one and some of his other ones, I’ve just read relatively few considering the number of books he’s written.
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“ A 2022 state report cited by the Post-Dispatch revealed that just 5 percent of contract spending for services went to minority-owned firms, while only 4 percent went to businesses owned by women.”
I - and many others- have been warning about court cases leading to the eliminating of these programs for years. It’s coming now.
A couple of percentage of these opportunities the majority of people pay taxes for is too much for some people.
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