Wwwbdd

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[–] Wwwbdd 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had this happen to my Angelfire account in 1997, logged in and I had access to someone else's crappy website. After that I stuck to Tripod.

Sucked because the hit counter on that page was huge, I was almost ready to take down my "under construction" gif

[–] Wwwbdd 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I own a company that does fences, whenever someone suggests a big gate my first reaction is always "nope". They never stay square, they're too heavy. It might be a few months if they're getting regular use, maybe a year if you're lucky, but either way I fully wash my hands of that shit. I won't warranty it and I do everything I can to discourage them.

If you're insisting on a driveway gate you need to find someone who can weld aluminum tube and make a frame with built-in hinges that'll rest on a pin. I don't know the actual name of that style of hinge, similar to a J bolt but my welder makes a huge plate for them to attach to a wall or post. Then you can cover that frame with wood, or preferably something even lighter.

I've made a 24' aluminum and vinyl gate like this that rested on a single hinge, and it worked. It was expensive, impractical, and had other issues, but gosh darn, it didn't sag.

Wood is just too heavy and not strong enough for a gate that gets used regularly, any fix you make is temporary

[–] Wwwbdd 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is it when he's showing Frank Grimes his house?

[–] Wwwbdd 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Debt collectors. The businesses took the risk when they loaned money or provided some kind of service on credit.

I don't use debt collectors any more, but I have a construction company and a few times a year people just decide not to pay for their work. If someone really truly refuses to pay I could take them to small claims court, and I have, but it's a ton of work and lawyers won't bother with anything under 10k. I've literally had a judge say "so petty" about me taking someone through small claims for a $1200 they'd been dodging for years So some jerk can stiff me for $1500 and I have basically no recourse. I'm not talking about some impoverished person who I took advantage of, these are people with nice homes who make a habit of not paying bills. I'll work with people who are short on cash and honest.

Even though debt collectors are 0/3 in the times I've used them, it's at least something to fire off a final 'fuck you and your credit'

[–] Wwwbdd 83 points 2 weeks ago

Who says they don't already? I knew a guy who worked for a major government agency who's job was to look over horrible pictures to try to figure out where they were taken.

I bet the most skilled people do work for them, not just youtube. But talking to that guy, it's a tough job, not for everyone. Instead of a random streetview image it's a scene of abuse, so...

[–] Wwwbdd 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not sure if it's the same everywhere, but if I pull a dividend I don't pay tax initially, but when I do my income taxes it's part of my income and I'd have to pay tax on it then

[–] Wwwbdd 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Jasveen Sangha, whom prosecutors said was known as “the Ketamine Queen”, and Salvador Plasencia, a doctor known as “Dr P”, are among those indicted

I want to watch a TV show with Dr. P and the Ketamine Queen

[–] Wwwbdd 1 points 1 month ago

During the whole yo-yo craze, did you accidentally break the classroom's fishtank with a yo-yo, landing you a month's worth of detention? During a detention session where the teacher is not present, you rummaged through her desk for your yo-yo and discover personal ad written by the teacher, ultimately deciding to respond to it as a prank?

[–] Wwwbdd 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The company, which operates more than 19,000 discount stores worldwide, agreed to pay the $12m fine

In March, Dollar General announced that its 2023 fiscal year operating profit was $2.4bn.

So they have 19,000 stores, on average profiting $126,000, and their share of the fine is $630?

That fine should be 12mil per day to actually see some action. One time it's just the cost of doing business

[–] Wwwbdd 14 points 2 months ago

Do you know what a Shit Barometer is? Measures the Shit Pressure in the air. When the Barometer rises, and you'll feel it too, your ears will implode with the Shit Pressure. I tried to warn you, Bubs, but you picked the wrong side!
Beware, the Shit Winds are a-comin'.

[–] Wwwbdd 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

"Lisa likes Millhouse"
"nobody likes Millhouse!"

[–] Wwwbdd 1 points 3 months ago

Dark Nights with Poe and Munroe is the only game in my library that came up as mostly positive, and it's a...mood, for sure

Imagine if a community theatre group made a cheesy suspense/mystery film that ended up feeling like an excuse to dress up sexy. When they finished they sold it to a game studio who chopped up the video, added some quicktime events and shipped it.

Mechanically it's not great, and it's not great writing, but when I opened myself up to the silliness of it I enjoyed it

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