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I think a lot of people here are forgetting the fundamental thing about a joke: the subject of the joke is very rarely the actual target of the joke. If people are offended (whatever that means?) don't ever watch Ricky Gervais' Armageddon show!
"Make a Wish" #Armageddon - YouTube[^]
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Paul6124 wrote: I think a lot of people here are forgetting the fundamental thing about a joke: the subject of the joke is very rarely the actual target of the joke. If people are offended (whatever that means?) don't ever watch Ricky Gervais' Armageddon show!
Good post, Paul6124. This post provided some much-needed humor. Irreverent humor that speaks freely, with complete disregard for people who can't handle it, is exactly what people need to see. 
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I run on sidewalks at about 8 mph.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Steve Raw wrote: on a sidewalk is 63 mph.
The curbs must a real b****.
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jschell wrote: The curbs must a real b****.
Actually, I don't really notice them. I'd say they're more of an inconvenience that I accept to be something I must live with. If I don't want to plow over a curb, I steer over to the far lane into oncoming traffic. Fire hydrants have caused me some difficulty. I try and avoid them whenever I can. I think you'd be surprised by how many other people drive on the sidewalk, too. Your choice of direction is arbitrary, so you have to think fast when you encounter someone coming at you head-on. It is what it is, and I can't change that.
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Steve Raw wrote: Fire hydrants have caused me some difficulty. I try and avoid them whenever I can
lol! Some? And plural?
You must being driving a custom modified vehicle if it is only some!
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You live in the US, drive on sidewalks on a regular basis, and haven't been stopped by the police, fined and/or lost your license? Photos or it didn't happen!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: You live in the US, drive on sidewalks on a regular basis, and haven't been stopped by the police, fined and/or lost your license? Photos or it didn't happen!
You're making quite a few assumptions in your post.
It seems as though conjuring up assumptions is an
ongoing theme in this thread.
I'm not directing my post toward you, Daniel.
You asked a reasonable question. I'm referring to
the nasty people who believe they have a right to
jump to conclusions, based on information that a
single question provides them. Nothing more.
I state that I drive on sidewalks. I don't state
the context, the facts, or any other information
on which to support why I mention this, or what
meanings it may have.
As a result of posting my statement, dozens of people
who believe they have the right to judge me, conclude
who I am as a person. Based on their irrational assumptions,
they somehow get the impression that they're entitled
to be the morally superior warriors of forum justice.
They fabricate a hypothetical statement to cast me as
the villain, and that's where it begins. Next, they
pursue justice by attacking the evil villain. What
I don't understand is that they don't use virtue
to condemn this evil-doer. They spew hatred at this
product of their imagination. How can a person be
the moral authority, if they go about pursuing
internet forum justice by using hate? Isn't that odd?
These people are looking for someone to harass, insult,
condemn, and provoke. Hiding behind a virtuous facade
provides them with what they think is justification to
go about their reprehensible behavior. Who are these people
fooling?
Why doesn't this kind of thing happen to me in public?
Cowardice? No, they can't possibly be cowards. Hiding
behind a screen, using anonymity, they exercise their
mighty powers of good over evil.
Once they leave their home, their power instantly disappears.
These brave social warriors don't behave this way in public.
They're too scared. Even on the internet, they must gang up on
the unrighteous evildoer. Dozens of other sinless
warriors pile on and mob mentality ensues. See,
it's easy to defer culpability when every other
person is involved in the hate fest.
I wish they would just leave their home and try this in public
to the face of a human being whom they don't have the
courage to make eye contact with. I know it,
they know it, and others know it.
Absolute cowardice without a keyboard and
this is how they deal with their well-founded
lack of self-worth. If any cowards out there would
like to prove me wrong, please record a video so
everyone can watch you urinate your pants.
Am I right? Yes, I am right. The cowards know
exactly who they are. Good thing there are no
cowards in this forum. I'm going to have to
search elsewhere for these barbaric animals.
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Ah okay, so you are a troll.
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I never tried to buy stuff online using digital coins.
I downloaded the app Trust from app store and start to play around with it.
any experience to share?
diligent hands rule....
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Just use a credit or debit card. Unless you are trying to obfuscate illegal purchases. But since those 'coins' can most definitely be traced, that is an ill-founded attempt.
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these vendors also take credit cards, but when I transacted through my credit card, it failed.
diligent hands rule....
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just send me the money and I'll make it work. 
(lol jk)
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Have heard it's risky to give credit card details to digital currency sites. No guarantee that it'll not be misused. There are many cases of cyber fraud, we hear daily.
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Amarnath S wrote: Have heard it's risky to give credit card details to digital currency sites. No guarantee that it'll not be misused. There are many cases of cyber fraud, we hear daily.
Well that's the case with any web site, not just those that deal specifically in digital currency.
Amazon has my CC details, and as much as I hate to feed the beast, I'd still rather buy through them than to give my CC details to 100 smaller sites who don't all have Amazon's resources to put together a system that can do online transactions securely.
I've never dealt with bitcoins and such, and I'll keep it that way for as long as I can.
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dandy72 wrote: Amazon has my CC details, and as much as I hate to feed the beast
Amazon might be hacked but I consider the chance of them just deciding one day to start charging all the cards to the max, and then withdrawing funds and moving it offshore to be very small.
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Yeah, Amazon is infinitely less likely to do that than any small mom-and-pop shop on the internet, that was my point.
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I think the real answer should probably be disposable one-use card numbers.
Several banks have them.
What it amounts to is the same as a keyfob for 2FA and like there, you can come by the data you need several ways (online, phone app, etc).
But I also have prime and for much the same reasons.
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Amarnath S wrote: Have heard it's risky to give credit card details to digital currency sites
LOL!
That right there sums up the entire eCurrency marketplace.
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If they can't transact credit card info correctly, you'd trust them with 'coin'?
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I think it is also possible that the credit card company does not trust them (black list) and blocks transaction.
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Probably. That's what happens when you are untrustable.
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Ding ding ding...
This is the experience you will have trying to elicitly play that devil's game, poker.
Or at it has been at lots of points over the past 15 years.
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I like to take some risk since it is a small amount of money...
diligent hands rule....
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My credit card company called me to ask about charges showing on my card.
It was for doordash. I do not use any of those delivery services.
They called because who ever was attempted something like over 100 charges in a short period of time. All presumably small.
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