@heisprlme I honestly just want to receive a back rub without panicking about the status of my birth control
Back rubs used to be enjoyable
I miss high school
@1984FucksSake@AmyElli0ttDunne I would initiate affection ALL DAY LONG if it didn’t lead the the awkward “so we’re fucking right?” that my spouse always interprets affection as
No matter the context, I’m the villain for blue balls or whatever
Common misconception. Social Security isn’t going away. What goes insolvent is the trust fund, which is basically the surplus reserve built up over decades. The program itself keeps running because it’s funded by ongoing payroll taxes. The problem is without that cushion, benefits have to be cut to match what’s coming in, around 20-23% reduction. Congress could fix it tomorrow if they wanted to. They just don’t.
@LotusDisrespect@sharonvape A semicolon is used when an author could have chosen to end a sentence… but didn’t; lots of survivors of suicide get a semicolon tat
If you want to push back against tech’s encroachment into every corner of our lives, you need to be reading books. They’re keen to create a world in which most people are illiterate & addicted to slop, a world without poetry, imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
@telmangadimov@ramit No one is closing to make a point. Bbq joints are closing because of the economic reality of today
Adding the sign just helps clarify why today has the economy it has
Just throwing it out there that the lane is wiiiiiiiiide open for a tech company to get insanely rich by just replicating the 2010 version of big websites like Google while explicitly stating that they hate AI.
@SmilingP0litely@be_like_ice Keep in mind your audience says “I’m not trying to be difficult” exclusively when they are trying to be difficult, and you start to understand the problem
Here’s the part no one is saying:
The next president won’t get a real first term.
They’ll inherit a repair job.
Rebuilding alliances.
Restoring credibility.
Undoing damage.
An entire presidency spent fixing what Trump broke.
As people gather on the National Mall today to rededicate the nation to God, remember that if this were really a Christian nation, we wouldn’t have homeless people, hungry children, or megachurches and billionaires sitting on piles of wealth while everyone else struggles.