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[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't worry, you agree with her words but not her intent. She doesn't actually want to do it, she just wants to use the threat of it to keep Gaetz's report secret.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'm probably being too optimistic.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That might be their outlook on "local" pollution for a while, but you don't think going from 20 years left to centuries to live might affect their opinions on global climate change?

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Might be the only way to get them to give a shit about the environment.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do I want to know what a virgin boy egg is?

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

I wonder how much more it would cost to just donate or throw away your printer every time it runs out of ink and buy a new one. Printers are sold at a major loss to lock you into their ink. It might be worth the expense to know your costing these pricks money.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The large U.S. carriers have plans that are, I think, $20-30 a month and you get the newest phone as soon as it comes out, apple or Samsung. They also partner with manufacturers for discounts and trade-in deals, especially when a new model comes out. My last phone was 2 years old but when they offered me the newest one for something like $120 after trade-in (I think that was almost $1100 off, I don't remember all the details) I upgraded everyone on my plan. I think they did the same thing this year but even with those discounts the pain in the ass of upgrading plus the price, even though it's low, wasn't worth the small year over year change. Probably next year or the year after. Assuming similar deals, that makes it $40-$60 a year to get a new phone every 2-3 years.

Edit: You do have to stay with the carrier though. If you leave in less than 24 months you have to pay back a prorated part of the discount. Or at least the part that comes from the carrier, I think you keep the enhanced trade-in from the manufacturer.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, certainly seems fake. But I can conceive of someone that's NB, fluid, or something else who is unable/unwilling to admit that to themselves or choosing to remain cis presenting for social reasons deciding to present as a woman due to a micropenis​.

But yeah, fake.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, insta-fail is just lazy design. Becoming undetected again is fun.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's understandable. When I got into the aviation industry I was very surprised to learn how many GA accidents and fatalities occurred in a year. Unless it's Kobe, or newsworthy for some other reason, it usually doesn't get past the local news.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Depends on your definition of crash. If you mean it starts in the air, some occurred on the ground. If you click through to the GA tab on the NTSB stats it breaks them down and you can see standing and taxi accidents. Unfortunately it's a total from 2008-2022, but for those 15 years 457 were in taxi and 276 were standing so on average about 50 a year.

Edit: For the NTSB accident vs. incident is defined by substantial damage, death, or serious injury. I'm not sure exactly what counts as substantial, but I think it meets a generic definition of crash.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

It's absolutely true. General aviation aircraft crash all the time, more than once a day.

For some reason I couldn't find an FAA Administrator's Fact Book for anything more recent than 2012 (statistics for 2011 on most things, 2010 for some).

In 2011 there were 1450 general aviation accidents, about four a day.

In 2010 there were 450 general aviation fatalities.

Source

Edit: Here are some NTSB numbers for 2022. General aviation had 1205 accidents and 214 were fatal with a total of 339 fatalities.

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