Saskwach

American body, French heart, Asian Mind

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Absolutely

[Paul @realRawPaul]

Would you back RFK on this?

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

Ok, here’s my corporate greed call-out of the day.

I was dispatched today for a no-cool call. The indoor unit was running, but the outdoor unit wasn’t.

The system was a 10-year-old Bryant Evolution high-end variable-capacity inverter system. After running the factory diagnostics, I found Code 77, indicating the inverter board was detecting excessive compressor startup current.

Following the manufacturer’s diagnostic procedure, I disconnected the compressor leads to determine whether the fault was in the compressor or the inverter board. The results confirmed the inverter board had failed. The system is only 8 months out of warranty.

At that point, I started preparing myself to tell the customer the repair would probably be around $1,500–$1,900. I figured the board would cost somewhere in the $800–$1,000 range. After all, it’s just a printed circuit board.

Before giving the estimate, I called Carrier Enterprise for pricing.

$8,900.

Not for the entire outdoor unit.

Not for a complete system.

Just the inverter board.

That’s not a typo. $8,900.

In my opinion, this is the definition of engineered obsolescence. There is no reasonable justification for a replacement circuit board on a 10-year-old residential HVAC system to cost nearly nine thousand dollars. At that price, you’re essentially forcing the homeowner to replace the entire system instead of repairing it.

This is exactly why I’ll never sell Carrier equipment. They make decent equipment, but pricing replacement parts like this turns a repairable system into a disposable one. Homeowners deserve better than that.

Carrier Carrier Enterprise or anyone that’s sells this shit, care to elaborate why this board is so expensive?

🎩 Patrick Henning

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

When you’re the puppet master you want the dumbest puppet to control.

[Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii]

What scares me is that almost half of this country voted for Kamala Harris, literally the dumbest candidate ever to run for president to lead this nation.

I mean the woman is a certifiable idiot.

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Mayonnaise

[Jessie @ojessie__]

🍇 Jelly isn’t available. Peanut Butter and what…..?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Neither

[lily @vxylily]

Which would you rather have

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Dark Sarcasm - Licence to Offend

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Serious recess booty

[Emily @explorebeauty12]

People keep guessing, but no one gets it right. Do you know what this is?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

A coven called the EU so watch what you say. 🤣

[Hannah @anah_sahh]

USA has ChatGPT
USA has Grok
USA has Claude
USA has Gemini
USA has Llama
USA has Copilot

China has DeepSeek
China has Qwen
China has Ernie
China has GLM
China has Kimi
China has MiniMax

Europe has?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Brussels sprouts?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Nature is always better than man made

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Florida dumped 500,000 tons of recycled oyster shells into the gulf and revived a dying marine ecosystem.

Natural restaurant waste may be the ultimate tool for reef restoration.

Between 2007 and 2024, Florida embarked on an unusual ecological experiment. The state dumped over 500,000 tons of discarded oyster and clam shells, collected directly from restaurant plates and processing plants, into the gulf. Critics initially slammed the move as reckless dumping, fearing it would further harm the region’s fragile, sandy seafloor.

Even researchers initially doubted the project, as no visible progress occurred for years. However, beneath the surface, the rotting shells were quietly undergoing a chemical transformation. This started with the growth of essential biofilms and the release of calcium that created vital chemical microzones for marine survival.

As the old shells disintegrated, they provided a perfect solid foundation for living baby oysters to attach and thrive. These active oysters filtered the water, combating toxic algae blooms and triggering a trophic cascade that brought fish, turtle, and dolphin populations back to levels not seen in 25 years.

This massive environmental victory has captured the attention of marine biologists worldwide, with similar shell-recycling programs now taking root across the U.S. coastlines and Europe. The project proves that simple, natural waste, when thoughtfully repurposed, can successfully reverse decades of human-caused marine degradation.

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

And the last step is after your parents pass away and you realize that you’re the adult.

[Gia Macool @GiaMMacool]

After a certain age,

your parents slowly become your children.

They ask same questions again.

They repeat stories you've heard a thousand times.

They forget little things.

Their steps become slower.

Their world becomes smaller.

And without realizing it...
The people who once carried you through life begin depending on you.

Very few people recognize this role reversal.

What feels like an inconvenience is often just time reminding us that nothing lasts forever.

Don't rush them.
Don't correct them harshly.
Don't make them feel like a burden.

One day, their voice will be silent.

The questions will stop.

The stories will never be told again.

And you'll wish for just one more interruption...

One more repeated story...

One day, you'll give anything to hear those same stories again.

One more chance to hear them call your name.

Growing old is a privilege not everyone receives.

Care for them the way they once cared for you

It’s repayment. 

It's the final way we say...

Thank you for spending your life loving me .

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Cricket, followed by Curling and F1 if you consider it a sport

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

Name a sport you find so boring you honestly can't understand how anyone watches it…

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Hey Mr Bootyjuice, maybe the problem isn’t the money, it’s the people in charge of spending the money?

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

Pete Buttigieg says higher taxes would help America build fast trains.

Has he seen California’s high-speed rail?

"If we had a more reasonable rate of taxation on capital gains and corporate income, and made it harder to pass along inherited wealth..."

"We’d be out of this doom loop we’re in saying... We can’t possibly do something like fast trains here in the United States. Of course we can. This is the wealthiest economy in the world."

"If we aren't collecting a fair level of taxes, then of course we're going to come up short when we're trying to fund those things."

California started its high-speed rail 18 years ago. Original cost: $33 billion. Current estimate: $230 billion. They've already spent $15 billion.

They've built 0 miles of operational high-speed rail.

Low taxes isn't why America can't build fast trains.

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

What strikes me about your post, besides all being true, is that thousands of miles away, in a land that speaks a different language, my childhood and early adult years contained the same experiences.

[Jacek Gordonski⚓️⛵️ @JacekGordonski]

Znalezione w sieci:

Nie zaczepiaj ludzi po pięćdziesiątce. To nie jest grupa wiekowa. To stan skupienia materii.

To ostatnie pokolenie, które wychowało się bez psychologów dziecięcych, coachów emocji, aplikacji do medytacji i instrukcji obsługi życia.

Mieli pięć lat i już po odgłosie klucza przekręcanego przez matkę w zamku wiedzieli, czy dziś będzie spokój, czy lepiej zniknąć z pola widzenia.

W wieku siedmiu lat dostawali klucz na sznurku, garnek z zupą i krótką instrukcję: Obiad odgrzej. Gaz zakręć. Domu nie spal.

Nikt nie pytał, czy są gotowi na taką odpowiedzialność. Byli. Bo nie mieli wyboru.

Ich placem zabaw było wszystko, czego współczesny sanepid natychmiast by zakazał. Place budowy, rzeki, tory kolejowe, trzepaki i drzewa wyższe niż zdrowy rozsądek.

Przeżyli.

Kolana zszywał czas, a nie prywatna klinika. Na każde skaleczenie obowiązywała jedna procedura medyczna: Nie umarłeś? To biegnij dalej.

Jedli chleb z cukrem, pili wodę z ogrodowego węża lub ulicznego saturatora i lody kupowane od człowieka, którego nikt nigdy nie kontrolował. Ich mikrobiom wygląda dziś jak jednostka specjalna.

Alergie? Pewnie były. Po prostu nikt nie organizował z ich powodu konferencji prasowych.

Potrafią usunąć plamę z trawy, smaru, błota, atramentu i krwi. Nie dlatego, że oglądali poradniki w internecie. Dlatego, że alternatywą było spotkanie z rodzicami, którego wspomnienia zostają na całe życie.

Dorastali z radiem tranzystorowym, czarno białym telewizorem, gramofonem, magnetofonem szpulowym, kasetami przewijanymi ołówkiem i telefonem, którego nie dało się zabrać do łóżka.

Dzisiaj słyszą, że młode pokolenie przeżywa dramat, bo przez dwadzieścia minut nie działało WiFi.

Poważnie.

Prawo jazdy robili po to, żeby jeździć. Wsiadali do Malucha albo Syrenki i jechali przez pół Polski bez klimatyzacji, bez GPS, bez ABS i bez przekonania, że producent samochodu odpowiada za ich bezpieczeństwo.

Mapa papierowa, termos z herbatą, jajka na twardo i wiara, że jeśli droga się skończy, to ktoś wskaże następną.

I zawsze ktoś wskazywał.

W instrukcji obsługi auta były wskazówki jak regulować luz zaworów, a producent nie ostrzegał, aby nie pić elektrolitu z akumulatora.

To ostatnie pokolenie, które zna świat bez internetu, bez mediów społecznościowych i bez konieczności dokumentowania każdego obiadu.

Wybierają numery telefonów z pamięci. Pamiętają urodziny bez aplikacji. Pamiętają ludzi, którzy przychodzili z wizytą bez wcześniejszego wysłania pięciu wiadomości z pytaniem, czy można.

Do dziś potrafią naprawić niemal wszystko taśmą izolacyjną, drutem, kombinerkami i odrobiną zdrowego rozsądku. A gdy coś naprawdę się zepsuje, najpierw próbują to naprawić, a dopiero potem wpisują pytanie do wyszukiwarki.

To pokolenie nie miało dzieciństwa w jakości 4K.

Miało za to prawdziwe.

Nie potrzebowali bezpiecznych stref, trigger warningów ani certyfikowanych specjalistów od budowania poczucia własnej wartości. Wystarczył jeden tekst ojca: Jak skończysz, to wróć.

I wracali.

Dlatego naprawdę nie warto zaczepiać ludzi po pięćdziesiątce.

To ludzie z czasów, gdy bateria była tylko w latarce, chmura wisiała nad głową, a inteligentny był człowiek, nie telefon.

Całość przeżyli bez aktualizacji systemu.

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Sidney Poitier

[Jessie @ojessie__]

Who's the greatest Black actor of all time?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Learn to love yourself and how to count

[Clinton @_OnlyClinton]

You meet your 18 year old self, you’re allowed 3 words. What do you say?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Obviously people that live in high crime neighborhoods

[Christopher Wipper @SGTWipper1Each]

This is an AR-15. AKA: Ghost Gun

It can fire 100-bullet clips in 3 seconds. It's fully semi-auto, magazine belt fed, air oil cooled.

AR literally means "Assault Rifle" 🤡

Just look what it does to a human!

Who needs access to a weapon of mass destruction like this?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Which makes her uniquely qualified to be the Democratic nominee in 2028

[Rose Smith @itsrosesm]

Is AOC the dumbest politician currently in office?

[Saskwach @Saskwach99]

Start buying Apple and Microsoft stock and selling IBM