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You say Detroit isn't that bad. And then you say that only applies to the areas that aren't that bad. Safe areas are safe - how insightful. :eyesmoke:

Wrong, he told the judge my friend deserved to die because he was white. Explicitly. It was in the news. Does "being stupid" mean acting like you're living in a city and not a war zone? LA's murder solving rate is 80-90%. Detroit's is below 30%. That's the Michigan difference.

I have some friends whose cars got shot up simply for rolling through the wrong part of town... really only half joking about the armor. Had a friend get shot in the chest, bullet narrowly missed the heart, over some stupid argument... they stabbed him in the neck too and burnt a blunt into his...

It's worth checking out. Just bolt some thick steel plates on the doors and fire a few hundred rounds at them to produce dents that will prove to any potential assailants that their weapons will not penetrate it.

If you don't have a # then you don't know if the card is legit... that's the thing. It's not really possible to do this safely without a total overhaul of the card system, they'd have to use public key encryption technology and they'll never do that...

I know I shouldn't be laughing at this. But I can't help it. This is the funniest shit I've seen on youtube since the "chechnyan driving" video or the "zombie prank." The nonchalant demeanor of the paramedics says it all - they must see this all the time. I had a buddy in Detroit who I was...

You could use the card # to create fake IDs, basically stealing other people's cards....

Music makes it a lot worse. Finally had to acknowledge that and turn the tunes off when I'm working. It's just another distraction really. I have to think critically all day long, it's not like doing work where you can go through the motions mindlessly. It's more like doing math problems that...

I do very technical, hands-on work - it's not just frustrating and an impediment to progress to be spacing out all the time, it's downright dangerous. Yeah - we'll see what I end up doing. If I do end up using pharmaceuticals I will keep you guys posted on what happens, so you can know if it...

What happened to Detroit? Capitalism happened. Investors pulled out all their assets because they found a government elsewhere that was willing to help push down wages enough to more than make up for the cost of relocating their factories. Russia was one of them. The "War on Crime" is a lot...

Yeah, I've tried all that... if I force myself onto a schedule I just end up not sleeping at all, it can go on for weeks... I really appreciate the concern and suggestions, lots of good people here... I've had this problem my entire life, my parents told me I barely slept even when I was a...

I don't blame you, I've taken dozens of medications and most of them had undesirable side effects (and/or didn't work at all). Generally, the ones that actually work are scheduled - funny how that works. I forgot to respond to the guy who said Adderall made him lose tons of weight - I was...

Yeah - Benadryl won't knock me out anymore. Even if it does it makes me oversleep and leaves me groggy for days. Ambien and Xanax or Valium work at times like this, but I don't have my old doctor anymore and the one I have now won't give me even just one a month. Apparently that would lead to me...

What if what you want to do is be in a classroom? Then ADHD presents a real problem. I'm having problems with the hyperactivity part lately and I've slept a grand total of 3 hours in the last 3-4 days. Nothing knocks me out. Been up since Saturday. Just blew an important exam because I was...

I had an apartment inspection that was supposed to happen recently; as my lease renewal is coming up soon I didn't want to test my luck. I spent 12 hours tearing everything down and artfully hiding everything in my 400 sq ft place so that nothing could be seen or smelled. Then, they didn't show...

Bigtacofarmer: it really depends on what you want to do with your life. Unfortunately, for the career I've desperately wanted for 12+ years now, unmanaged ADHD has been a big problem. The creativity is my biggest asset though, no doubt. I've written a lot of music and it shows there. Some people...

Pay attention. Stop fooling around. If you would just try, you could do it. You're lazy. Settle down. You can do it when you want to. Why are you acting this way? You're too smart to get such terrible grades. Your room is always mess. You just have to buckle down. Stop bothering other children...

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The difference with communication and democracy today is it's actually possible to involve the whole world in making decisions. It's the first time in history direct democracy has been technically realizable. Back then by physical necessity it was restricted to a small number of people. Nah...

One more thing I should add. About Marx's "vision" for a socialist world, he actually didn't offer much there other than a few very general ideas - he understood that you can't "plan" a world like that. The reason Marx began writing in the first place was because of his frustration with the...