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But I'm sure anal probing the entire world population would cost them less than running AI on ~~those probes~~ phones.

I agree and so wonder how they can justify dropping so much money on something people don't want, expect for free, and burns through resources like crazy

You're the statistical outlier breaking all our cards! GET HIM!!!

Not saying you ARE definitely neurodivergent, but difficulty with jokes and sarcasm to the extent you're describing is not neurotypical behavior. Basically, no, the behavior is not normal, it's atypical.

Regarding your longer comment, having rigid, unconventional, self-made rules is another behavior I see in a lot of the neurodivergent individuals I work with. Again, not saying you definitely are neurodivergent, but these are not neurotypical behaviors

Not exactly neurotypical behavior, particularly if it's all the time. Working with the neurodivergent community, difficulty sensing jokes and sarcasm is something I see a lot. Just worked with a child who was pretty distraught with all the April fools jokes going on with their peers and not being able to tell what's real or not

The cover by the band Ripe is absolutely amazing.

What an incredibly polite way of saying "Bitch, we already got military agreements with you wtf you saying, dumbass?"

Well that's scary... But I have also always heard you're not supposed to bathe your dogs for a few days after application. Guess that's one reason why but I imagine anything they rub themselves on might be a problem

I've had the same experience with the topical stuff. In-laws had never tried it, used it on one of their dogs, and ticks were just crawling off and dying within minutes. Was really gross but fascinating at the same time. Crazy that they thought for years all they could do was wash their dogs and pick ticks off.

In my family, Frontline was a regular purchase for our cats.

I was actually thinking of things like Frontline that you put on their skin. The way it was explained to me is it gets absorbed and essentially makes their blood poisonous to many parasites. I know there are oral versions of these medications too but I have no experience with them

This is how topical tick treatments for pets work, no?

I legit had the same thought just yesterday. I'm typically very hard on myself about doing a good job with my work and meeting my own expectations, but seeing Hegseth et al. play down Signal-gate got me thinking, I have never in my life fucked-up that bad and these fuckers still have the confidence to say they're good at their jobs, and that makes me feel better.