Just give them another billion dollar grant from the federal government and they'll happily install fiber!

Just kidding, the telecom industry was already given 10's of billions to install fiber infrastructure and they took the money and instead of using it for fiber, the money just magically disappeared and hardly any fiber was installed. And there were zero consequences so they'll happily do it again.

Most of what you throw in the recycling bin ends up shipped to China and then burned or dumped into the ocean. The only thing that actually gets recycled is metal.

On top of that, from what I read, the process of recycling creates more pollution than just making new plastic.

We need to ban people from having accidents.

No more accidents! Vote for me!

To be fair I'm a lifelong Mainer and I'm still wearing crocks.

I get the boots out sometime around February.

Looks like this is at a Cumberland farms, which doesn't have a license to sell hard liquor, so they are the weak ass fake fireballs for sure. Those would go straight into the trash if I were gifted any.

I mean he kind of ran away from Maine to Florida after he left office. You lose a little of your Mainer cred after that I think. Not to mention anyone who needs any kind of assistance at all would be crazy to vote for him after what he pulled his last term.

I've never farted once in my entire life and I'll queef directly in the mouth of anyone who says otherwise!

I mean, are you denying that you fuck art?

There are literally hundreds of Etsy sellers selling these. They order them from China for like $1 each and relist on Etsy for $20-$50

Why not the coast? I drive to Popham beach yesterday and saw half a dozen beautiful deer on the way. Heard lots of gunshots too so people are definitely hunting there.

Same. Fog is fun especially on some of the lonely back roads at dusk or dawn.

I get so few trick or treaters that I’ll give anyone candy. Just happy to see people enjoying the spirit of the holiday.

Can I have some candy?

I always have full sized bars, not that anyone would know since kids don’t trick or treat in my neighborhood. For the last three years I’ve had one trick or treater.

I believe the term you are looking for is “one of them there fancy pants gas stations, what with the pizza and hot dogs and indoor rest rooms.”

The amount I spend at the casino, except for tips and drinks, is automatically tracked by using the casino rewards card. I can see exactly how much I have won and lost.

I don’t doubt it, but that’s even less reason to tip.

Employers are required to pay even service workers minimum wage if they don’t make enough tips to make up the difference, so you can rest assured, all service workers make at least minimum wage (and most make way more than the cooks).

I tip based solely in the service I receive. If it’s good, I tip 20% or more. If it suck’s, I won’t tip. If I am paying and picking up my food somewhere myself, and the credit card reader asks if I want to leave a tip, the answer is no, unless the place looks really busy and the employees look stressed, then I’ll leave a tip sometimes.

Honestly I probably wouldn’t go if they didn’t keep sending me free slot money and rooms. They give me $75-100 in free play plus a hotel room. On a lucky night I never have to spend a dime of my own money unless I want food or drinks.

Those two links you posted basically agree with me. For example the first thing the dopamine article suggests is that dopamine is released by something like smelling a cookie, and that’s what makes you want to eat the cookie, or at least continue to smell it. Dopamine is the motivator, while serotonin is the reward. If your body only received dopamine you would never want to leave the casino, but the serotonin released when you win is what makes you feel happy and satisfied and that’s why it’s much easier to leave after you have won big.

It’s also late at night and raining. I wasn’t trying to imply that the casino was losing business, I just thought the scene was cool enough for a photo.

You definitely gotta play around a bit to find a machine that you like. I personally like machines that I feel like I can manipulate a little (even though that’s probably all in my head) to improve my odds. There is an old school machine that I have figured out a little system with that’s fun to play for that reason, but there are other games that have cool animations and stuff that make them fun to play even if you are losing.

Dopamine is what your body releases to keep you gambling even though you are losing (the same way your body releases it to convince you to have a cigarette if your addicted). Serotonin is what gets released when you win!

There are a lot of people who get irrationally upset at my user name which is why you will often find my comments down voted for no good reason, but only in this subreddit lol. It’s ok though, I find it amusing.

Yeah you should never go to a casino if you can’t afford to lose money. I usually take a couple hundred bucks but I always go under the assumption that I’m going to leave broke. If that’s not ok with you, then don’t go.

They also have a neat feature where if you use the rewards card you can actually track how much you have won and lost, so if you ever need a reality check you can see how much in the negative you are. Over the last two years I’ve lost about $2000, which isn’t that bad considering how many hours of entertainment I’ve gotten.