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Trying to sit with life as it is, rather than what I want it to be.
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If you don't understand why The New Yorker sees it in their best interest to support fascism, maybe you want to learn.

Do you still follow someone because you’re angry at them and want to track the things they do? I invite you to start your summer by unfollowing them so you don’t devote energy to something that makes you sad

Not sure this place is it for me. It's worse for discussions for me than even facebook. Pretty rare for me to see a reply. It feels like the algorithm is hiding my posts from my followers' feed.

Another invocation of Occam's razor to defend an abuser.

Periodic reminder that "communist" is a word with meaning.

OK, Ben. Just because someone asks "how did this happen," that doesn't mean they want to know how it did in fact happen.

How do you include kids in meal presentation? It's no fun to have a half piece (or smaller) when adults are having a full piece. Portioning for the light eaters also portions for others. Maybe everyone eats half a sandwich and some eat a few halves.

Then followed up with threats to abduct people.

This is rich.

Quite the tell of what the chief justice hates.

Indoor spiders at home: Die you are scaring the woman of the house. Indoor spiders at work: Aren't you the cutest thing? Can I save you from the cleaning crew?

It's wild that of all the recipes, google likes to feature those with 1 review at the top of the page.

If you have to throw dirt at someone to support them, you aren't supporting them.

Did you know, the "no ketchup on hot dogs" rule in Chicago was about the meat, not the condiment? Back when meat was lower quality, Chicago took pride in their weiners. Good enough to eat without masking the flavor.

If there's ever someone who doesn't "desperately need" help it's OP.

exactly

I've been holding out that "good intentions" means something other than a cover for evil. Losing faith in that today. I need a good cry for this loss.

The lack of institutional strength in America is incredible.

Don't let anyone tell you their abuse is your fault.