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Do you really expect us to accept "science" when there are random people on the internet who say that it's bad for you???

No, I understood what you meant exactly. You asked people of certain skin color not to show empathy or share experiences even when there are some similarities. That is a sad world where people of a certain race is excluded from the conversation simply based on their race. I thought we are progressing away from exclusion by race ???

I am sorry, but this is your state of mind and your personality. Which is fine since nobody should force you to live where you are not comfortable. Plus, the benefit of living in the US is we still have choices to decide where we want to live. Heck, you are free to live as homeless bum if you choose to do so. I have lived in place with so much racial tension where a person from a minority group cannot look anyone from the majority group wrongly when they are sitting in the same bus, less a fight would break. Living in the midwest with so many friendly people who mostly leave me alone is paradise compare to where I lived in the past. And so what if they look at you with curiosity, I too would look with curious eyes at something I do not see everyday. Just nod and smile. So many things can be smooth out with just a smile. That is the one thing lost with all of the mask mandates but I digress. This is not in any way, shape, or form an attempt to invalidate your feelings and thoughts. I just want to present a different take on living in the midwest.

Make it a serial and post a new part every Friday evening. "Honey, I gotta log into Brickpicker. This guy is dropping part 6 of his story in a couple minutes and I want to read it before it gets spoiled for me on Twitter."

Someone demanded a refund because I shipped their order to the wrong address. I shipped to the address on order details but apparently that was an "old address" and I never "contacted them about providing another address"... I am sorry I didn't preemptively ask you if the address you confirmed during checkout was in fact an old one. 🙃

Anyone who is white living in America should probably STFU when it comes to saying they know anything about what it’s like to be non-white. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Halloween Owl? If so would be a short run.

https://us.zavvi.com/lego/flash-sale.list?utm_source=27082021-zus-lego-midnight&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=27082021-zus-lego-midnight&affil=thgemail&ecrmcid=5eogWDPJ0GlprMV4dn7vq81O6AnYLkXj&shae=ssgwvpHz0DJv60PDlEWchYZ%2BWc%2BYphU1rCoOm4%2BIpdQ%3D&sendTime=1630019100&widget_id=3027028 Some decent deals on some expensive sets at Zavvi, including the previously mentioned UCS Falcon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you imagined it would be basically no different than your life now, in a large majority of places, you would be correct. As much as some would like you to believe, you have to actually search out racist rednecks in the midwest.

Part 2 of Modular-Mils. Building this set reminded me that some of the pieces have faded (no sand green ones) and I have a note to buy replacement pieces after Covid. That was a LOOOOONG time ago The rest of the minis are sleeping in the hotel, per my toddler. Yay LEGO!

I agree with being able to “relate” but please note I did not say “relate” relate is a “softer version of what I said, as a scientist I did try to choose my words very very carefully, and I specifically said “ know what it’s like” as in know what it’s like to be, which to me means that a person knows what it is like to be a person of that or in that situation. I suppose there is some open to interpretation but I believe most would agree that “relating” and “knowing what it’s like to be” are not equivalent. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Someone who is white does not know what it’s like to not be white, it’s pretty simple, how could they, it’s like saying a person who has never been incarcerated knows what it’s like to spend time in prison. Yes it’s my judgement call that in this time in our history it does not help those who identify as non-white to be told by white people what their experience is. If a person wants to provide support or empathy for anyone of any race by all means that should be seen as a good thing. Perhaps my words are not being read carefully enough. I said white people should not say they “know what it’s like to be non-white” I did not say white people have no right to make comments on race in America which is how it seems my words are being interpreted. I would also say that non-white people shouldn’t say they know what it’s like to be white, if that helps make things more equitable. I also think it disingenuous to say I am somehow bringing exclusion to a thread by what I said, maybe if I was a mod deleting posts I didn’t like then there is something there, or if I’m a mod deleting my own insensitive posts making fun of someone for their looks based on a medical condition they were born with, that could be seen as pretty uncool, these things have happened recently but not by me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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That is not what we know so far about the virus. Also, you can be asymptomatic and still spread it to others. There is an unknown number of asymptomatic cases in this event. Unless you have data that proves otherwise, based on what we know so far that rally did contribute to the spread.

I doubt that it takes two weeks for covid to incubate in the vast majority of cases. The rise in covid cases was across the board in October. No state involved with the Sturgis rally stands out significantly to point the blame. With all that being said Sturgis 2020 definitely was not the super spreader event that the MSM wanted it to be.

I have Italian and Irish heritage in my background. Today, those people are considered white. But there was a time in the recent past, when they most certainly were not. So yeah, I agree.

Just to show I was not the one bringing exclusion of a specific race to this thread

I am in continual awe of how your mind works. Your inability to grasp how data is collected, analyzed, and disseminated - and what data can accurately tell us and what it cannot - is so astoundingly wrong at every turn. Are you a bot that was created by COVID? From the article you linked: 'While the number of cases identified is sizable—140 cases per 100,000 attendees—it is likely that the true national impact of the Sturgis event is underestimated," the report states.' In order for those numbers to tell you what you think they are telling you, you'd have to assume at a minimum that all attendees were tested, that all were asked about Sturgis attendance, and that all gave a truthful answer. This doesn't eve touch the complexity of trying to contact trace people that would have later crossed paths with attendees. The best you can do with that kind of incomplete and imperfect data, is make your best guess as to what the true impact was. And the infectious disease experts that authored the report said it was almost certainly worse than those numbers reflect, because of course they were.

TFA literally contrasts the two events but please go off and ignore all the facts on the ground for your version of reality. BLM rallies happened in June and didn't result in spikes - not a lot of people travelled across states to those protests. I'm unclear about what makes you think you're so much smarter than literally everyone else in the world that you get to ignore them and say whatever.

especially a vacation from this thread!

We live in a world nay a universe that is basically a game of Russian roulette, a person can always find a few examples of extreme things happening. I personally met a person who survived a skydiving accident where both chutes failed, there is a finite but tiny chance a person could walk through a brick wall if going fast enough, like an electron can. But what matters in any statistical distribution is where the bulk of the probability occurs not what happens in the far off tails. If you believe in tails then by all means jump out that plane with no chute and David Copperfield through that wall. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

With all this death, here is a reminder.

Then said person has the life experience to comment on what it’s like to be white living in another country but absolutely not what it’s like to be non-white living in America, they are obviously two different situations involving two very different countries. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

c'mon you know better, spewing that propaganda after all these years...

These types of articles are idiotic. He made a choice to not seek medical attention. The MSM cherry picks these stories for people like yourself. You just assume then that everyone who refuses to get vaccinated is some kind of conservative imbecile. You actually completely trust the MSM narrative on covid but believe that pet food companies are poisoning our cats and dogs 🤣

I think the "winner" in this group of "Zavvi Birthday" sale items is the Ocean Explorer at $119. It's super popular amongst the kiddos; it's also LEGO's largest floating vessel to date (That hull will be highly valued piece out). I could see it on Santa's List for years to come. [also "retiring" this year allegedly so it's also a relatively short run and was soldout much of its life...prob the best quick flip last Christmas at x1.5-ish]

Still sticking to the covers with a cover for one of the most covered tunes no one knows from whence it came.

I felt some anxiety when I left SoCal in 2005, its where I was born and raised. We moved north of Dallas and once we got here we never looked back. It really is pretty good out here. Now going back to SoCal give me anxiety because of all the crowds and people.

42083 Bugatti Chiron with "Award Dollars" from my company. Basically a year ago they stopped giving out gift cards and cash extras for a point redemption system that you can use on Amazon or Hotels, etc. Ive been racking up a BUNCH, and just decided to drop a few on the set.

Green Acres is the place to be. Farm livin' is the life for me. Land spreadin' out so far and wide! Keep Manhattan, just give me that country side.

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I like science cause it gets results and thus gets things done correctly and gets us paid, though I hear voodoo can be lucrative too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The electromagnetic radiation that phones and wifi use is what we call non ionizing, it’s much lower energy than even infrared(your toaster) and visible light, it is incapable of ionizing atoms in DNA as it is far smaller than the energy differences between electron orbitals, and much much smaller than ionization energy. This is pretty worked out science at this point. Marginally people have been walking around with cell phones now for decades, I think we would have seen something by now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's not the same. You're comparing apples and oranges. The United States is a melting pot. Read the words on the Statue of Liberty. Asian countries are not the same as the US.

Sorry, I should also have mentioned the odds of getting long-Covid complications occuring in 10-30% of people, and is dramatically lower for those who have received the vaccine. Unfortunately nothing. 😔 I do agree with your general sentiment that these shouldn't be required. Not because they aren't effective, but because the social pushback on it may not be worth it. For me it appears to be a double edged sword.

I work at a hospital that is doing research on the vaccines, and they recently did a video explaining how they work, what the potential side-effects are, and some general numbers. 1) The rate at which individuals experience initial side-effects is something around 10-15%, but this is often just a minor fever and passes within a few days. This is why they have you wait for around 15 minutes prior to leaving after getting the vaccine. 2)The rates of serious reaction (not death) to the vaccine is 7 in 1,000,000, so if you aren't worried about Covid because the survival rate is 99.7%, you shouldn't be worried about this either. Also, anyone worried about it should just research how mRNA works. The tech going into these vaccines is actually remarkable, and will ultimately change the way we do future vaccines. This vaccine is actually arguably safer than a flu shot, as the risk for an allergic reaction is basically none.

it's abundantly clear...the "People" are ALREADY divided...the vaccine thing is just another marker

you seem to think that any barrier that is not 100% effective is a waste of time. I have seen these shields used by swim instructors in the pool as they teach young kids. FYI; kids that are learning to swim will often cough or sneeze without covering their mouth (also goes both ways as the instructor may need to cough or sneeze while holding a child in the water)...so without the shield that's basically a direct cough or sneeze into their faces. So you tell me...is the shield a waste or actually helpful?

for me, bigger (home, yard, pool, etc) just means more maintenance...I don't want to deal with. I would be absolutely miserable if you doubled my home square foot or yard size. I am already suffering one of the worse decisions ever (having a pool). Also having grown up in Cali, having 4 seasons suck (THAT novelty gets real old)...ofcourse having a wildfire season every year also sux the "dream" is all about extra time and stress reduction. more quality Time w family and friends and hobbies.

We bought our house in Oakland (SF Bay Area) in mid-2017 and thought we had bought at the high. Our home value is up 50% in our area since then (crazy), and with that equity, we could buy a house in quite a few other cities and not have a mortgage anymore. Our friend moved from here to Sioux Falls, South Dakota not too long ago and their place is HUGE and nice and they're loving it. My wife wants to move to Scotland (she visited there a few years ago with her best friend and loved it), but I'm like "Scotland?!?" Anyways, it's nice to have options but I think we're staying put. The weather, culture, my wife's business, and our family and friends are reasons for us to stay.

So after 10 months my Target account has been unbanned. I placed a trial order every month and insta-cancelled each time. Cancellation orders even came before the order confirmations. But today my first order shipped. Gonna take it easy with them. I did reach out to CS a month ago and apologized and asked them to reinstate me and the rep said she would email the ban team for me, but im thinking its unrelated. Happened to me once before so i think it just resets after a while. TLDR: Try making orders if youre currently banned at target.

This is almost like paying for the barrel they can bend you over.

Wow over a year later ha! Our basement has been very slow progress. Finished up the drywall & mud/taping. Before and after pic of the Doorway and Barn door. The 2 pics of the sills are before I finished the tape/mudding. Still dreading the wall cleaning/painting, but that won’t take too long. The barn door will keep all the systems and storage on one side and leaves us with 750sqft of finished space. Next up will be finding wood for the sills, about 35 ft of length. Thinking about going with a live edge look but still undecided.

When people say TWSS, or FIFY and I have to Google what that means. Sent from my SM-G960U1 using Tapatalk

I wish they would go ahead and break free of the timeline surrounding the OT, prequels and later movies. There's so much rich material in the 1000 BBY to 5000 BBY timeframe that they bump up against from time to time (Bane, Sith Emperor, Revan, etc.), but never dive fully into. Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk

At the end of the day, this legislation wouldn't really harm small business sellers much at all. It would simply lead to Amazon spinning the operation of its sales platform off from its retail business so the two were operated separately. In essence, Amazon, Inc. would become the largest third-party seller on the platform operated by Amazon Platform Services, LLC (or whatever name they came up with). They would all fall under the same corporate umbrella, but we be operated and managed separately. It would be a complete nightmare from the perspective of those responsible for running Amazon, but wouldn't impact third-party sellers all that much...except maybe Amazon would start to see how useless seller support is.

First the Bugatti, now this thing. I still don't understand why the heck people would pay 370-380 bucks for an overpriced Technic sports car with countless holes in it. On top of that they are Technic pieces! That's probably the worst value for your money you can get right now besides the Bugatti. You essentially pay more than double just for a brand name. If it'd look brutally amazing I'd get why people want it, but the design is also mediocre... Am I missing something here?