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Sure.

I totally agree that absolutely anybody with current training in anything would have made me pay dearly for my stupidity.

However, because I’m a random American who played football, I was the one with the scintilla more experience, and I got to keep my teeth.

The American dudes who played sports in high school and are now in their 20s and 30s haven’t had their health collapse yet.

European cops are way more intimidating than American cops, by and large. I’m not trying to be jingoistic, I’m just saying that running after someone who is carrying something is the version of the national sport the vast majority of us actually play.

This isn’t about standing up and doing axe kicks and shit, this is about chasing somebody down and getting the ball back from them.

I’ve personally chased somebody down who assumed they could outrun me because I was fat, ten years after the last time I played gridiron.

My knees were wobbly and I was a little lightheaded afterward, but it’s the one athletic ability your stereotypical dumbass American will have. We’ll literally break our own ankle trying to do a stepover. Or maybe that’s just me. 😄

In São Paulo it was a little mini-assault.

You’d get shoved from behind, maybe bumped into from the side, while yet another guy is actually taking your shit. Extra credit if you’re at a curb so you stumble.

Then everybody splits, your instinct is to turn around to see the guy who shoved you, by the time you’ve done that and realized what happened, your shit is goooone.

What are they doing in Paris that the mark has a chance to grab them? I guess if you’re in a reasonably athletic pack of 4-5, but at that point surely there are easier targets?

I suppose people who don’t watch American sports don’t appreciate that there are many obese Americans who can still run 40 yards in six seconds and expertly smash you into the ground when they get there.

All my life I’ve been hearing propaganda tarring all Jewish people as being murdering racist colonizers.

It’s very strange that that propaganda is now coming from the government of Israel and wealthy Jewish people in the US.

Seems like a really stupid and counterproductive move, but I’m sure they know what they’re doing.

🫂

Mama Bear hug.

I have a 6a, installed GrapheneOS though the web tool, very happy.

GrapheneOS puts Play Services in a sandbox so it’s no longer rooted. You can restrict what parts of your filesystem each app has access to very strictly.

For now people still send me emails on Gmail, so I still have Gmail installed, but very limited permissions.

It’s a huge improvement.

You can also start sessions that entirely shut down Play Services so you’re living entirely with FOSS products.

I’m not quite there yet because I still use maps and drive and photos. Gonna figure out replacements, unfortunately nobody else has the traffic and live rerouting that Google maps does, even if you are willing to pay.

If you’ve got a pixel, highly recommend. If you have a different relatively recent phone check out lineage or e/os.

This place actually kinda kicks ass if you’re there. It’s a strange project to have taken on, but it seems to have been done sincerely.

The botanical gardens nearby are also nice.

Wow, one musician is Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and Quuer, all at once?

Dayum, talent.

Nadella has lost his mind

When I saw Windows 11.

Yeah, an asshole.

I think Linus would agree that he’s one of the all-time assholes in world history, but sometimes his heart is in the right place.

I like this one a lot!

Hi

Blue Jeans and Gray Hoodie at least have seen the bottom side of a barbell…

Cowards. Fucking cowardly bullies with their truncheons.

And if the dude on the right wouldn’t go down and stay down with one shove to the chest, I’ll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.