re-mixed by The Internet:

Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man.
Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
Please don’t take him just because you can.

Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green

For years our town’s been terrorized
By the beast who takes disguise
In the shell that calls itself Jolene

Our sleep disturbed by quaking breath
Eyes closed against the threat of death
That lies behind the teeth of that Jolene

The closer that you get to her
The more those edges seem to blur
To something that cannot be called Jolene

Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man.
Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
Please don’t take him just because you can.

He screams about you in his sleep,
And when he wakes does naught but weep,
In terror of the one they call, Jolene.

We cower here beneath your gaze,
That sets the earth and sky ablaze,
Have mercy at the end of days, Jolene.

Before her wrath no foe could stand,
Their corpses piled upon the sand,
The blood of gods are on her hands; Jolene.

Her hunger barely satisfied,
She feasted on the ones who died,
She slumbers now in starless skies; Jolene.

Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
I’m begging of you, please don’t disturb her sleep.
Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
We’re safe while she still slumbers in the deep.

Your teeth are sharp, your mouth agape
Your claws rend flesh, there’s no escape
From judgement of the Eldritch One, Jolene

Blackening the summer skies,
With burning wings and countless eyes,
We tremble at the thought of you, Jolene.

Bliss withered from this awful truth,
Gone is the ignorance of youth,
The unrelenting mark of that Jolene.

Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man.
Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
Please don’t take him just because you can.

The foolish who came to defend,
Their broken minds will never mend,
They fell at the mere sight of you, Jolene.

But I’ve seen beyond that auburn hair
My eyes have met your vacant stare
And I’ve been told I’m hard to scare, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man
Jolene, Jolene , Jolene, Jolene;
I’ll end this story just how it began
I’ll take your teeth if you try to take my man

Its Orwellian double-speak. It implements restrictions on how people in Montana are allowed to use their personal property (computers) where no restrictions existed before.

trans mission

Dungeons and Dragons 5e is less fun than 3.5e IMO.

There was more of a sense of character progression, and ability differentiation in 3.5e.

5e achieves balance by flattening the power curve.

For example, the attack bonus for a level 20 Fighter in 5e is just 4 points higher than it was at level 1 - same as a 5e Wizard. Both get +2 at lvl 1 and +6 at lvl 20

In 3.5e, a level 20 fighter’s attack bonus is 19 points higher than it was at level 1 (+1 to +20), but a wizard only gains half that much fighting prowess as they level up (+0 to +10).

All 5e characters are pretty much the same statistically & mechanically. Differentiation comes from role play, which is the least interesting part of the game for me.

“I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”

–Abraham Lincoln

The purchase price was historically low due to the libelous accusations of acetaminophen causing autism.

Investing in corruption pays off bigly when Republicans manage to ooze their way into office.

The purchase price was historically low due to the libelous accusations of acetaminophen causing autism.

Investing in corruption pays off bigly when Republicans manage to ooze their way into office.

At current exchange rates, 50oz of gold would sell for $201,050. It would be a good down payment on a starter home, but less than half the total cost of ownership.

You’d think that starfleet would realize that $100,000 in 2025 won’t even buy an old busted house in the middle of nowhere, let alone someplace that’s actually secure.

Open a bed linens and stage effects shop in that town that sells sheets, mirrors, smoke machines, and projectors.

frosted macro-wheats

ICE was driving the truck. Creating this headline is the purpose.

Same.

For example, the city’s library is totally off limits because there’s no way to get there because there’s no place to park.

Even so, I’d still like to convert the on-street parking into bike lanes and mandate adequate off-street parking as a prerequisite for new building permits.

OPEC (+ Russia & USA) hates this one weird trick.

makes you wonder if/how/by who its been used all these years

yeah, the timing is ‘interesting’

The most disappointing part of school is taking a 101 class and making a bunch of deductions based on what you learn, and then taking the 201 and learning that other people had the same ideas first.

I suspect this is incompetence, but once Oracle gets it the enshitification will be due to malice.

Yeah, not sure if its badly configured AI, or an employee not getting paid enough to care.

I wonder if their staff have a ticket quota system that lacks oversight of whether or not the ticket’s support needs were actually addressed before it was closed?