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So you know you haven't all joined my Memes group.... [agnostic.com]

rogeralyn comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Someone send that to Trump! In fact a lifetime supply wouldn't hurt!

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

He is far too egotistical to think he has ever done anything wrong! If he gets kicked out, and goes to jail, I'm not buying him any!

Meet Dick

Captnron59 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Don't be Dick... believe what you want and fuck everyone else!!

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@DonThiebaut It's made of baby swiss cheese!

Meet Dick

Captnron59 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Don't be Dick... believe what you want and fuck everyone else!!

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

We never landed on the moon either! :p

I am trying to live a minimalist life.

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 2, 2018:

In some ways yes. I don't care about the newest phone that comes out. I just want mine to work! I don't care about the newest do-dads that come out. Most americans have too much crap! A lot if it isn't used or is thrown away within 6 months! We live in a throw away society. We have planned and ...

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@GreatNani I get you there. A guy around here still does appliance repair. MOST of the time he can't get parts! I bought a mini deep freeze a couple years ago (1.6 cu/ft). Stopped working all of a sudden (no spoiled food, I just had ice cubes in there. lol I asked the applance guy if he could fix or was worth fixing. He asked what was going on, and I said the compressor itself isn't turning on. He said that unless there is a broken wire, don't bother. Just like with window air conditioners, they don't have service ports. You might be able to get a kit to tap into it if it needs a charge. But almost everything is designed to fail, and can't be repaired. There used to be a TV repair shop here when I was young. Same deal. Usually couldn't get parts. My folks bought me a SNES when I was young for my birthday. Worked completely fine until about a year ago (I think it was 1991 when I got it). Only reason it doesn't? One of my cats knocked it off the entertainment stand and the power connector broke. Sad to see that we live in a throw away society.

I am trying to live a minimalist life.

azzow2 comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Are you going to get a tiny house as well?

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

Someone might steal your house in the middle of the night!

I am trying to live a minimalist life.

LiterateHiker comments on Sep 2, 2018:

Often I donate clothes to Goodwill that I don't wear anymore. One thing I save is **athletic gear**. Never know when I'll use it again. "I wish I still had that old REI day pack!" hikers say enviously. In 1976, I got a lightweight, REI day pack (rucksack). No metal frame. I bring it when...

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

Donating is good. However, Goodwill isn't a non-profit organization. I get that you are trying to help someone get something on the cheap you can't use. But on a positive note, they DO encourage people with disabilities (and maybe a criminal record) to work there. But they pay $1 over min wage.

America's Real Economy: It Isn't Booming

AncientNight comments on Aug 31, 2018:

I've been saying what was in that article for years. Not as eloquently, perhaps, but the message is the same. Too much is going to the top and there's not enough for the rest of us. Back in 1968, I was making minimum wage, which was $1.60 an hour. I was also getting an additional $0.15 for ...

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@AncientNight What I was trying to say is my dad is stuck in the 60's. lol My mom gets Social Security. I heard there were drastic cuts from this administration so my mom never told me what she currently gets. Before said cuts, she was getting $666/mo. That's not even $4.17/hr! My dad never told me what he gets. Speaking of disability, the people that really need it have a hard time getting it. Some people that absolutely don't, get it. My old roomate got $600/mo AND worked a 40+ hour work week @$15.50 hr! No reason why he should get it. A guy once told me that he gets a "stupid check". He also never reported his earnings. A gal I know sprained her wrist. She got it. I have a broken leg, two skull fractures, two broken eye sockets, and a back with a 20# weight restriction. Not a hell of a lot of jobs I can physically do. Repetitive bending and twisting will throw it out. Had back surgery in 2013, and relapsed again last November (now scar tissue formed and I have arthritis). I was denied disability twice! VR tried to help me get a job. An employer can't ask if you have any medical problems. They can ask if you can preform the job with reasonable accomidation. I just don't understand how some get it easy, and others don't. Plus it'd be damn hard to live on! Out of 6 people I know that get it, only two deserve it. One was born with bad legs and has had crutches all his life. Another is a friend that got wounded 3 times in Iraq and Afghanistan. The last time an IED went off and he got shrapnel in his skull! He wanted to go back for a 4th tour, but they wouldn't let him for medical reasons. HOWEVER, he was denied disability TWICE! The third time he had to go to court. He should have immediately gotten it!

So glad he's dead!

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Debatable, but he never directly killed anyone. Hitler didn't as well (except himself). They were both evil people.

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@Boogey IDK... You?

So glad he's dead!

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Debatable, but he never directly killed anyone. Hitler didn't as well (except himself). They were both evil people.

TheGreatShadow replies on Sep 2, 2018:

@Boogey Obama gave it to him. Want to talk about something else instead of debate?

So glad he's dead!

TheGreatShadow comments on Sep 1, 2018:

Debatable, but he never directly killed anyone. Hitler didn't as well (except himself). They were both evil people.