Smuggler, or kink?
Are you sure about that? Billionaires have a lot of reach in hiding shit they don't like.
Wasn't even employed for a month. What a total piece of shit.
I will never regret having been a good person. I get to keep that even when all else can be taken.
The Aristocrats!
Bear down for jailtime.
Fuck EA.
I absolutely feel sympathy for young men. They didn't ask for any of this either. And they might have to do some work on themselves to get to a healthier place.
I certainly struggled with relationships, to the point of not understanding signs of clear interest.
It's hard to notice this stuff when your head is down with despair.
I'm fifty as well, and I can be fairly certain my wife would not have risked dating me in the current political climate.
We were both a bit older and she had never had a very serious relationship prior to meeting me.
Who knows how the math would've played out? My life was a wreck and she took a gamble on me.
I've made sure that gamble paid off.
But nowadays the odds have changed.
How do you know you're with one of those men, really? What happens when they change their tune?
A lot of men will say whatever they need to so they can get laid. Or think they really believe it until the relationship is threatened.
It's not that women can't do all that too but that women now have less ways to extricate themselves from such relationships.
Why risk it?
Women can take care of themselves or each other.
But yeah, the human libido will take charge sometimes. They're just worried it'll be men taking charge regardless of their wishes.
If you were a woman in today's world, why would you take the risk of dating someone who can rape, impregnate, and either leave or stay and dominate your life?
The reality is that tender, gentle, trusting relationships will still form... and the rest of the men will have to decide whether to try to be better men or not.
Am I unaware of my own bias? No! It's the women who are wrong!
Except Game of Thrones was hotly anticipated and with 'The Dune Show', people are responding "What? Now? Huh."
"Blaming the economy won't cut it."
blames the economy
Maybe so. But he's a good example of someone getting 'close' nationally.
Ross Perot had a shot in 1992 but blew it by promoting conspiracy theories (that may have even been true, who knows) about Republican infiltration at (iirc) his daughters wedding.
And the split in the vote let Bill Clinton beat the incumbent Bush.
The only way a third party takes a seat is when they capture the attention.
Locally, that's easier. Less people to win over, you get to focus on local accomplishments, etc. But national you need to become the national conversation or too many voters wouldn't know who you are.
One step past that is "Congress shall pass no law."
I'm not positive they won't go that far either.
You do realize that when you say "virtue signalling" you really mean "nobody has any virtue and you're just pretending," don't you?
Catnip time!
Left to right and actually sorted oldest to youngest we have:
Bernie Sanders is eight years old.
Miles Morales is just over four.
Abed Nadir & Troy Barnes are two and a quarter.
Maryjane is just over a year and is a foster fail. I'm the one that insisted on the failure. My dad adopted Mongo from the same litter.
Maryjane was supposed to be a Peter Parker but my wonderful professional vet tech wife was wrong this time.
Somehow everyone gets along in our house. 5 cats, 2 labradors, 1 tortoise, almost zero fights.
I'm the Duluth Critter
Hey all, I'm a cis ally in the upper Midwest of the USA. I offered a room to Keris a while back and she accepted.
She got here Wednesday night and things are going very well. She likes me, my wife, and our cats and one dog, and is learning to tolerate the other.
She has an attic bedroom that is her space alone.
She has time to unwind and figure out what she wants to do without fear of being dumped on the streets.
I just wanted to let you all know that we have taken her in and that she is safe and loved.
John Flansburgh is a superior musician to John Linnell
I've been a fan of They Might Be Giants for most of my life and have always been surprised that people universally disagree with me on this.
Linnell's songs tend to be quirkier but also shallower. (State Songs is a good example here - there isnt a song for every state and theyre often abstract to the point of meaninglessness. I expected such a project to have more inspiration behind it.
I've always found Flansburgh's more melodic and thoughtful, slightly better composed, and with a superior singing voice.
Of course they're a great duo and they play off each other's strengths. I don't dislike Linnell at all, just the songs that he sings tend to not be my favorites.
"I can't believe I didn't get to poison anyone last night."
Said by one of my two DM friends to me while we were in a pizza joint together.
"Dude! Context! We are in public."
I have a bountiful life of riches. I run two games and play in three. Just a problem finding time for them all.