Oh my friend! Ever heard of Iron Horse?

“Look at you! You’re scrawny, you’re an alcoholic, if you didn’t have such a big dick you wouldn’t be worth nothing!”

I, uh…

One thing to note, those shootings are almost all meth heads and gangbangers blasting each other, not the random, “That could have been me!” violence people think of. I feel perfectly safe in Mississippi, not so much in the cities as the country, but still, I don’t belong to a group with rivals (or angry doped up white trash).

Any surprise that poverty begets violence in our poorest state?

I wonder if anything would have stopped them for campaigning for Harris.

“Hi! Just want to say I got scammed into canvassing for Donald Trump. They didn’t tell me I was campaigning for him, or campaigning at all, and now I’ve been flown far from home and threatened to have my hotel taken away if I don’t knock doors for Trump. Have a nice day!”

That is some Granny Weatherwax right there!

Agreed with all that, but still, don’t forget how mind blowing it was in 1999. One of the only movies I ever saw twice in the theaters, two nights in a row even.

Even the trailers were wild. First time we saw one in the theater my gf and I looked at each other like, “What the fuck was that all about?!”

The Matrix was to science fiction in 1999 about what Star Wars was in 1977, so far ahead of the game it was like nothing before it.

I have a theory. OK, some people simply can’t drive, we all know it. But I noticed when I visited Nashville and drove a rental car, suddenly my ability to use turn signals went gone. And I’m religious about it, signalling is a reflex, don’t think about it.

Around my little town, where no one is a visitor, everyone uses their signals. OTOH, go to the nearest city and visit downtown, especially on an event day like a graduation, people are goddamned maniacs! No signals, driving the wrong way on one-way streets, speeding, creeping, all that.

Next time you catch someone not signalling, have a look at their plate. Out of state? Hell, some states like Mississippi will even tell if they’re out of county. See what you see. Note: Plates may not mean much if you’re in a city that pulls unfamiliar drivers. Bet my theory’s solid near airports!

My little idea holds up on country highways. Everyone knows exactly where they are and where they’re going, be shocked to see a single missed signal. Worst you see is some hesitant on/off signaling if they’re unsure of the upcoming turn. (Hey, it all looks the same from the highway.)

tl;dr: Drivers unfamiliar with the area are mostly the problem.