as the parent pointed out, we routinely (enough) test our missiles. they're pretty solid. they're not just sitting in mothballs and who knows if they'll launch.

the part that goes "boom" doesn't even get armed until later, so no, they're not going 'boom' on the launch pad

the FDA doesn't have the budget to do their own follow up studies on every drug that crosses their desk. let's give em enough money and a strong remit to do so! tho the drug companies would lift heaven and earth to make sure a bill like that doesn't even make it out of committee.

actually i have it on pretty clear authority that bosons were named after bozo the clown

"holy crap, it says here a giant meteor is headed to the earth. scientists say they can deflect it with an expensive space mission tho"
"it's moot anyways. a giant meteor slamming into the earth isn't a problem, we can adapt. i assume we'll all quickly evolve into silicon-based rock men who can handle the harsh, molten temperatures. the important thing is that we don't disrupt the economy"

just because the plumber charges $100 an hour doesn't mean he's making $100 an hour.

jeez, you're a fungi to be around

Why does it feel like Amazon is making itself worse? Maybe it's slipping, showing its age, and settling into complacency. Or maybe -- hear me out -- everything is going according to plan.

or maybe people are just getting sick of the same online shopping experience. i know it seems silly to imagine people feeling some sort of ennui when they're buying a new pack of socks online, but people are like that. amazon is old now and the experience of shopping there is old hat to people. and people these days will complain loudly about even the smallest thing.

he's definitely a primate, and the test killed over half the subjects. i say the only ethical thing to do is to try

The company's co-founder, Max Hodak, quietly quit just after that event

quit quietly or 'quiet quitting'? the latter is all the rage with the young kids these days, i hear

"If Henry Ford came back to life, he would have thought the last 60 years weren't that exciting, but he would love it right now because we're totally reinventing the company," Farley said.

the newly-awakened ford added, "hey is hitler still alive? i'd like to give him some money for his birthday"

she just bought it tomorrow?

"These bikes when they fail, they fail like a blowtorch," said Dan Flynn, the chief fire marshal at the New York Fire Department. "We've seen incidents where people have described them as explosive — incidents where they actually have so much power, they're actually blowing walls down in between rooms and apartments."

so, like a blowtorch...that blows a wall down?

my honda lasted 20 years and that guy was built in the early 2000's. i only replaced it cause somebody totaled it, otherwise i would have driven it another 20.

only ever needed wear-out parts replaced, i.e. brakes, plugs, bushings, struts, etc.

my new car, i feel like i could have welded the hood shut the day i bought it and still get 3-4 years of driving out of it without an issue.

i don't think people understand how crazy reliable even ICE cars have gotten over the years

free-speech platform parler

looks like someone never read parler's TOS