It makes me ponder how mentally ill I would have to be to be a rich 80-year old healthy enough to get around and do things with my grand kids, and not just have a job but dedicate my entire fucking life to it.

You’d just be a sea cow, so a manatee!

You use your tail to move through water, but you use your face to much vegetation and breathe air.

It really annoys me how creepy misogynist awful people think they get to represent the traditional family.

I have a super traditional looking family. Stay at home mom and everything. But it is sick and disgusting to act like having a setup you enjoy means it’s the only valid one. You see, we care more about raising a decent and happy person than indoctrinating them into some belief system that focuses on who our enemies are.

Rejecting loving families because they look different than traditional does not make you the representatives of traditional, fucknuts.

My state of mind is reinforced!

I am honored!

Today on Philosophy with Lemmy:

If one attempts to make a shitpost, and does it with poor skill or malicious intent, is it not in fact a shitpost just the same?

Spot on. And notably if there’s anything “political” about the person, it is the first thing they mention about them in a conversation. Even if it’s not to say anything bad - it’s just how their brain works.

I think the candidates autos be treated fairly. Any network holding a debate should give the time and place and say they will be asking questions of whoever shows up.

Him staying out of the debate just takes exposure away from Harris and gives him fewer opportunities to say something awful enough make the light bulb turn on over the heads of the 17 people out there still undecided about him.

Maybe our republicans will develop a strange love for China like they already have with Russia.

Finding a reason to permanently write somebody off as bad is the way of the sith conservatives.

Same. My adblockers are still in place, but YouTube premium is by far the best bang for the buck I spend on entertainment. My family uses it every day on multiple devices, and then we get YT music too.

This sudden move has created such a surge in interest that the results may turn out better than if a normal primary happened. (As far as not watching a fascist dismantle our government)

In writing he comes off an awful lot like Trump to me, if Trump were more coherent anyway.

But maybe it’s because he just sounds like a Republican.

Then welcome to you too! There’s a nice selection of apps if you haven’t tried them, since Lemmy has no financial incentive to limit access to the content.

Agreed. The cost is too much, but once my wife asked me if I’ve heard about project 2025 a few weeks ago after texting her friends, I knew it had hit some sort of critical mass with the normies (which I say with zero negativity attached to it).

I haven’t exactly interrogated them about all the details, but there is a lot of anger about all the stuff specific to women for sure. I think the Roe overturning primed many women (and people in general) to see that this shit is serious and not just the empty political talk they’re used to mostly ignoring. They are worried it will continue to get worse and make their health care more difficult in general, not just for abortions.

His son grew up with Mike Johnson as a father. He’s either a true believer or he knows that you do not step out of line when it comes to dad’s creepy shit.

Acting openly horrible has been hugely successful with their base. Maybe it’s gone far enough that all the low information voters out there will start seeing how crazy things have gotten. I know the women in my social circle are pissed, and they’re pretty much all white suburban moms. That’s a group that could have a big effect here.

My current job has unlimited PTO, but it’s not called unlimited. It’s called “discretionary” time off. And I think that’s an OK term for it. You don’t have a limit to your vacation/sick days, but you have to be a professional about it and not let things fall apart at work.

I’m fortunate in that we mostly work as a team and treat each other as human beings, even including the project manager and our direct management. So it can be alright at a good place. For example, we were asked our vacation plans for the quarter and I decided to add an extra day to a decent short break, and I gave myself a week long staycation next month.

But no limit also means no minimum, so of course the shittier places will use it to make things worse.

I wonder if they do consulting work.