However, it was pretty jarring when I heard them play a song I distinctly remember hearing on the radio as a kid riding in the back of the van getting dropped off for 1st grade (or some such young age)

Shit, I remember tuning in to KLOS (So Cal classic rock) a while back and being super confused as to why they were playing Nirvana. As Bob Dylan said, “The times, they are a-changin”

Those of us level headed Americans, especially us Californians, see the American government as a threat.

Of all the crap that comes out of the dipshit-in-chief’s mouth, the one thing I really wish he would’ve followed through on was deporting Elmo.

I’m about to see Dead & Company in August, though I highly doubt that’s what you meant by current.

I have no clue what the kids are listening to these days. Now get off my lawn.

That said, Goose is excellent if jam bands are your jam.

Don’t get me started on XM/Sirius/whatever

Most stations, despite a live DJ (I think), play the same 40-50 songs all day everyday, often on the same timetable. So if you heard say Free Bird at 2pm, you’ll hear it the following day at the same time within 20ish min. And I’d imagine every station is like this.

It came free in my truck for a year, sweet. The only reason I kept it was because I was able to keep swinging the $6/month thing, and I really only want to tune into the Dead channel whenever I please, and only because Lemieux has an excellent rotation of live shows. But even they play the same studio cuts at the same time of day. If it weren’t for the fact that I’m still rebuilding my music server, I’d likely have dropped them, but still, any mainstream radio service is pretty much poopy.

WoF episode in question

The rickroll forever evolves

Eastern Montana

Groceries don’t really get more expensive, because the methods for producing food don’t really get less efficient over time; if anything, it’s more efficient. So there’s no real reason for them to become more expensive.

While I’m with you on the economic theory, the past 5 years proved that theory out the window. Yes, there were shortages and logistical issues that caused price spikes, but many grocery items never came back down, or have been held at artificially higher prices since. S&D postulates that when there are a higher number of units on the market, prices will drop. But when you have the corporate consolidation that we’ve seen in America where there are fewer producers (especially in name brand goods, aka one producer) as well as fewer retailers, the models don’t work as they would if we were in a pure free market where producers and retailers can enter the market at any time. As such, those fewer producers and retailers can hold prices artificially higher as their businesses are scaled out (nevermind that the likes of Kroger, the largest grocer in the country, has posted record profits in recent years, as have many entities that make up the core components of the CPI), and they can leverage market position to make entering the market untenable for an upstart.

And the problem with handouts is that they come from the govt, where the treasury prints money, thereby reducing the value of the existing money supply and increasing costs on goods as suppliers and retailers raise prices because of the increased money supply, aka modern inflation.

Keen observation

They’re just hoping Elysium becomes a thing sooner than later.

From the left:

1. “I’m just happy to see you!!”
2. “I’m sure it’s there somewhere”
3. “Well ain’t that little fella cute”
4. “Ok I’m mildly impressed”
5. “Did you grow up next to a nuclear power plant?”

You could say a lack of funds wasn’t in the… forecast.

At this point I’m fairly confident that they could find irrevocable proof that the 2024 election was a sham, and nothing would come of it.

Look up last week’s lottery numbers, then head back to last week.

I don’t wanna play the make money game anymore.

Maybe if you’re Mormon or bathing in it

No, but it can checks notes impress other rich people.