i sent it to my teenagers. i see what they’re up to.

this makes me irrationally angry. who thought this was a clever idea?!

Regenbogen

looks like they have tried to take that one as well. 🙄

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_devotions_to_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary

throughout reading this thread, what echoes in my mind over and over is this - “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” and honestly, right now i’m defining “good” as “not-fascism,” “not-Trump,” “not the man who will burn it all down as quickly as possible.”

yes, i’m hiding from the next bullet. i’m hiding myself, my family, my friends, my co-workers and clients. my choices are the man with the loaded gun who has TOLD us what to expect, and any other possible alternative.

for now, i happen to think this is GOOD ENOUGH, and those who would sacrifice that on principle have not really imagined what is very likely to happen next. i’m sorry i can’t save the people of Gaza, but i can try to save those i know and love.

i remember the no smoking sign would go off, but i don’t remember people smoking on flights. but that might be because i had family members who were smokers and people still smoked in restaurants, so maybe i tuned it out.

indeed, lots of people make poor decisions regardless of age. but statistically speaking, 24 year olds have resources (experience, development) which increase their capacity to make better decisions.

someone at 24 has several more years of experience in the adult world. someone at 24 has several more years of neurological development (which isn’t complete until around 25). in other words, at 24 someone has better context for decision-making and better decision-making ability than someone who is 18.

somewhere online is a copy of a pamphlet that was made available to resistance folks during ww2, full of similar fun facts.

edit - the simple sabotage field manual

thanks for the link, surprisingly interesting read.

“That doesn’t take anything away from the art.”

i dunno, it looks pretty soulless to me.

i never really thought of it a code switching, but that’s an apt description. there’s definitely “professional” me and “hometown-accent-in-full-force” me.

two masc people smooching edit - only just noticed the ladies having a nice time as well! 😃

yep, definitely turned out to be the kind of hateful shitbag his grandfather would have loved. bleh

supposedly. not at the local grocery chain, according to them. at the pharmacy chain i can get one, but my teens will only get them if they are covered by state health insurance, which they aren’t. my income from my new job stopped that instantly, but my coverage doesn’t start until november. they’re in limbo.

edit - so i’m just waiting. i guess i could get mine at least.

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oh shit, this is me! i’m worried i’m about to tho, uninsured and can’t really fork over the money for a shot.

you might be overthinking it.

i’m late gen x (78), that’s more comfortable to me than being lumped with millennials. (the caveat being, i suppose, that we’re dissimilar in some respects from early gen x.)

internet was not widely available until about the time i started college, and gen x media defined popular culture at that time. i also relate to the notion of being the child of two working parents - the first generation of latchkey kids.

i tend to see millennials as people who were kids when i was in school - and they grew up with the internet.

i’m with you. late x’er here. my boomer parents’ promises never panned out, my retirement plan is work until i die or check out early if i can’t manage it.

getting lumped in with boomers when i have been served the same shit as the younger generations gets old, but the minds of people who never didn’t have internet is still a bit of a mystery to me.

funny how appropriate the x nomer and all it implies about our generation turned out to be.