JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

@gratefuldread I don't know... I was once in a green room with two punk bands and a troupe of exotic dancers, and somehow I feel it might not have been an issue to have a good porn reading...

@GottaLaff , man, I wish he hadn't had that stroke, or we could have him running for office this cycle.

@GottaLaff Yep, invalid being the key word, but still can be done. Just like I can claim Elon Musk is a martian, and open an investigation... It is a meaningless extrajudicial activity that has no merit, no legal standing, but can still be done. It just doesn't mean anything. Fetterman responded to this story the best way possible: https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/fetterman-pretends-to-be-petrified-over-gops-impeachment-inquiry-into-biden/

@gratefuldread Holy Penthouse Letters, Batman!

@GottaLaff he can unilaterally launch an inquiry. Anyone can. It's just asking questions. You don't actually need to do anything but ask questions... and no results are needed or expected. No one has to help you. No votes needed.

@gettingcomputey , It's a complex topic, but a few of the factors that had to be addressed are energy density of the batteries, the efficiency of the motors, vehicle weight, charging speed...

@gettingcomputey , to be fair, there is no way the Aptera, or any other electric car, could have been manufactured in the 70s and have any hope of success. The technology just didn't exist yet. There were a few that tried, and they universally sucked.

@gettingcomputey Or, you can pre order an Aptera: https://lz953.isrefer.com/go/preorder/a72642

@TheOldGuy I have a house about 30 miles from Ft Knox. Ya, the glasses will rattle in the cabinets when they do live fire exercises... But you get used to it.

@joyographic @randahl And I think we have reached agreement.

@joyographic @randahl , it isn't just a a single guy... it's the entire system that allows a guy like trump to exist. I trust government LESS than I trust musk, and I don't think Musk is fit to shine my shoes. And possibly the LEAST trustworthy part of government is the DOD. Although the NSA seems to be ready to step up and fight for that unique honor...

@joyographic @randahl without a firm answer to that question, I am not going to support either of them.

But, just looking at the products they have produced, and the health of their companies, I am going to lean toward the guy who builds solar roofs. And assume turning over power to a guy who bankrupts casinos is a really bad idea.

Government should not have this power either.

@joyographic @randahl , wasn't that what I just said?

@dannotdaniel Kap isn't a starter, so no football for me either. I won't even sit in a bar that has the game playing.

@randahl I post this in the hopes those who agree that this was the time and place to sidestep a discussion about a treasonous monster, in order to complain about the vernacular use of the term "Karen" will do ME a favor and block me, so I don't have to see YOU ever again.

Also, what is the genitalia shape of the word 'karen'? It is sexless, and if can be a name given to anyone, anywhere, of any gender or sex. Your assumptions of misogyny are repulsive. And purely internal. Grow TF up.

@joyographic @randahl I don't think the government should have that power, ever. Imagine tre45on having the power to shut off CNN if he wanted too.

@randahl , I blocked two 'people' on this thread, for trying to redirect the criticism of musk to a general complaint about mIsogyny from... checks notes... Kathy Griffin? I have a strong suspicion people who try to gaslight those who post threads like this are working as unregistered foreign agents of chaos (*cough* russian.)

@corbden to every fantastically beautiful actress in horror movies: wear sensible shoes. Those high heeled slippers don't make your breasts look better anyway.