You might be one of the lucky ones that got it and had zero effects. My kid got it and my other half took a test too to see if she had it. She did, and had absolutely no symptoms other than feeling a little tired. Hard to believe after so many years nobody in your family got it, but I suppose it’s possible.

They’ll just blame the protesters/liberals. “Look what you made him do!”

Maybe AI/LLM being programmed by self-serving interests has bled through to the “thought” process. Do unto others before they do unto you.

Easily won war = decade-long conflict.

You are absolutely right.

Or maybe people that have unhealthy lifestyles that generally might include more foods or living conditions more susceptible to microplastics intake. IOW more plastics packaged foods and drinks, living near roadways where tire particles and exhaust both add to poor health and stress, etc.

Thank you for your service. Critical personnel like power and other utilities, medical and the rest that keep the lights on and save lives are undervalued.

Too bougie of me.

Ignorant parents unwilling to monitor their kids or utilize already available tools to aid in preventing access to inappropriate material want devs to do so for them, ushering in a surveillance state.

Honestly it looks like a lot of fun. People get really into it, maybe even because it’s kinda silly.

Lol, couple letters short there, my friend: “bourgeoisie” 😁

15 years ago such a statement would have been unthinkable. Look where we are now and how fast we’ve gotten there. The repubicans went apeshit over a tan suit, but this? They sit on their hands.

I grew up under Old Conservatism. The one that still kinda made sense. The one you could still discuss issues with. They wanted the same things you did, just how you got them was the difference. I guess I was a Conservative, though I definitely remember having early awareness of some of the issues with it. It took some years and a lot of growing up before all the hypocrisy, racism, shitty economic policy, misogyny and all the rest soaked in. Sort of a convergence of my awareness increasing along with the mask coming off of Republicans. My parents are/were rabid republicans; racist, fearful, stingy in that welfare- and homeless-hating way, fine with the violence against peaceful protests, etc. Nothing dissuades from voting Republican.

Thing is, I could actually still be a republican IF they actually did what they said they stood for. Fiscal conservative, keep government out of people’s personal lives, smaller government, “real” christian values, take care of the small towns and little people, etc. But that’s not who they are. The exact opposite of everything they claim to be. Even now the Democrats are republican-lite and too far Right for me, they just give us bread and circuses arguing over painted sidewalks while losing every important real policy battle that prevents the slide into fascism.

I don’t think you know what a difficult situation that is. Getting rid of things for money is hard, and believe it or not, even donating things can be difficult. If you hire someone they’re going to pick through everything over several days (depending on the amount of stuff) and probably not take much if they have to store it themselves for sale, or charge you for storage rental if it’s a lot, and things don’t sell quickly or maybe not at all. Places taking donations will only accept certain things any more, we know this from personal experience, they only want stuff they know that will sell. So you’re left carting around a (probably rented) truck-full of stuff trying to find anyone that will take it only to wind up bringing a lot back home.

It’s far easier to rent a haul-away waste bin and do a cleanout in a day.

One last option, depending on the country if they allow it or there’s space to do so, is a “curb alert”. Advertise the cleanout on whatever social media or classified ad and state the kind of items available and just put them on the curb for people to take for free. Whatever’s left at the end of the day goes in the bin to be hauled off.

Like 34% of the country are bots. They just do what they’re programmed to do.

Depends on the flavor and intensity of ND.

Plenty of ND’s find and keep jobs. Just other varieties have different wiring and tolerances that don’t fit well with what most people do in normal jobs.

A lot of work has shifted to remote, even if some do have office days still, so maybe you can find one that suits your skills that allows that? Even school can be done remote and online, though I do expect that there would be mandatory class meetings.

I don’t know of any jobs off the top of my head that allow someone to be a complete hermit, but maybe someone else can chime in with one.

Only worthwhile if it was livestreamed. Otherwise the cam would never have existed.

“A few things parents should remember…”

Not reproducing would be a start.

What the fuck.

Good for her catching him.

Journey?

Any originals left in that band?