You can enjoy yourself at any age. What you might be missing is the feeling of being fully cared for and therefore carefree.

I’ve never found a way to replicate that as an adult. If you find it, let me know

She has her own religion

100% agree. You need to really know who you’re talking to.

I’m fact, I go a step further. I don’t let my son fuck anyone unless I’m also fucking their mom. That way I can be sure everyone is in agreement.

Amateur. Mine is backed up to a massive raid-5 array of hundreds of free USB sticks I got from conferences. When one dies, I can’t be sure which it is, so I just add a few more.

the joy inside of me would die.

Life gets a lot easier once you realize no one else’s opinion matters, that shame and guilt are just manipulation tactics, and that you should just do what’s right for you without hurting anyone else.

That’s a much longer term strategy, and it’s very effective. But it’s very rough on the spy. Just ask Melania.

Is Omegle still a thing?

A word to signify when you’re joking, but not joking if the answer is yes.

When people are unable to make a determination of quality based on actual information, or don’t have the time to do so, a lot of them default to expensive = good.

Think about it this way. Let’s say you wanted to buy a washing machine that would last you 10 years. You would do research, you’d possibly look up how good each company is based on previous models and how long these have lasted. And then you’d pick some model and buy it. You’re not buying it because it’s good, you’re buying it because their reputation tells you it might be good. But maybe that company decided to sell you cheap garbage this time (looking at you Nvidia). You would never know until it’s too late.

And this is why economics 101 is as useless as physics 101. In physics, they assume no friction. In economics, they assume perfect knowledge.

Librarians are low-key kinky AF revolutionaries.

Why does it matter?

Why do you care?

It really depends on intent.

If it’s super loud inside the car, and you can accidentally hear it outside the car, that’s for me.

If it’s really loud outside the car, and that’s what I care about, then I’m an insecure little man baby.

I used to think this, because I was against government waste. But I also supported welfare programs, so I was just using the wrong terms for my ideas.

This is America. We use corn based moonshine here.

My mom was a teacher. She wanted to be an astronomer. When she was growing up, she was told to be a teacher, a nurse, or a nun, because she’s a woman.

It was definitely more blatant manipulation when she was growing up in the 60s. But that influence did not simply vanish. It’s ingrained in our teachers so it’s ingrained in our students, even if only subconsciously.

No, it really isn’t though.

https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html

They both suck, but let’s be clear about why they suck. Oligarch capitalism sucks because of wealth disparity and financial oppression.

Fascism sucks because of the punishing of “out” groups and strict social control. And also wealth disparity and financial oppression.

Capitalists don’t care if you’re gay or black as long as you have money.

My point is only one party accepts money from them. One party wants fascism. The other wants oligarchical capitalism.

Hate both, don’t conflate both.

I noticed you conveniently left out " Christian nationalists" from your list of people funding political parties. Why is that?

And this is why we backup our configs, folks.