it’s OK, I just recycle them into refined quartz.

Caught a broken CD with the crab pot again…

shrinkflation :(

the “coin pocket” on jeans was actually for pocket watches back in the day. When jeans were called “waist overalls”.

Nice tit.

Great photos! I got divebombed by a pair when I got too close to their nest.

Maybe - hear me out here - engaging in stories tends to make you more empathetic? Movies, books, games, they all give you stories about other people. If you’re shown how to imagine what it’s like to be another person, you will probably end up being a better person.

They’re vegan, they’re straight edge (don’t drink or do drugs and take a stance against those things) and are satanists, in the anti-religious poking fun at Christianity sense. Don’t think they actually worship Satan.

There is a band called ACxDC and that stands for Antichrist Demoncore.

They’re vegan straight edge satanists.

You make good points - the reality is that most people whether in the USA or not are “apolitical” and have a surface-level understanding of things. Probably the thing to figure out is how that surface-level understanding is even formed. Those who DO have a strong opinion about things are more likely to be the ones trying to pull “common sense” or surface level understanding toward what they support.

USA has a large population of Jews. Not all are zionists, in fact there have been many anti-zionist Jews protesting against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. However, some are zionists. Some Jews see Israel as a backup plan - if shit goes south in the USA they can always flee there.

USA has a lot of evangelical Christians. Somehow (it’s not in the Bible) they have convinced themselves that a Jewish return to the Holy Land is necessary before the end of the world happens. Which they want to happen, because they believe they are the good guys and will go to heaven.

USA has a lot of racists. They see Israel as an ethnostate, they like that and support it. Their hatred of brown people is stronger than their hatred of Jews so they are happy to see Israel oppress Palestinians.

USA also has anti-semites who are glad to see a place exist where Jews “should” go to. And they are ecstatic that Israel’s genocide of Palestinians is igniting a new wave of anti-semitism.

Many Americans also see Israel as the only democracy in the middle east. It isn’t a democracy, of course, since it has de facto control over Palestine and therefore a huge population is disenfranchised. But wait - rights only for a certain group of people, oppression for the rest - that’s like America when it was “great” (ie pre-Civil Rights era) and they want America “great again”.

Doesn’t work for me as I’d have to pay to use a dryer. Also I never dry my shirts out of fear of shrinking them.

Some people have had success with hanging up a shirt in the bathroom while having a shower, basically steaming it a bit.

Dress has become more casual. The business suit was originally casual dress, for hunting, and that with a waistcoat too. Casual Fridays turned into business-casual in the 90s. Then the pandemic fully killed any context for dress and now for a lot of workplaces you can wear whatever.

I like to iron my button-up shirts after a wash or if they’re wrinkled from being packed up for travel but I’m aware it’s odd.

I’ve heard that steamers are a good alternative to ironing, because they’re easier to use and quicker. You can’t get a crisp crease with them but they will take out wrinkles.

You can also try ice in your mouth. Which you could pull off at work and pretend you like chewing ice.

Or, a rubber band snapping on your skin or a scrunchie snapping on your wrist.

Works with any intense sensation (which is why self-harm is common - don’t do this during a work meeting).

Hate to break it to you but early Renaissance is extremely new Latin

1-2 lbs a week is the MAXIMUM you should be losing.

Find a TDEE calculator (total daily energy expenditure). It’ll give you a rough idea of how many calories you need to maintain your current weight.

Eat less than that. Weighing your food is critical or else you’re lying to yourself.

It’s near impossible to exercise yourself out of a calorie surplus unless you already do endurance sports and if you’re looking for drastic weight loss chances are you can’t handle that much cardio right away without dying.

All fad diets are a way to trick you into eating less than maintenance. Keto? You won’t be able to get enough calories - so you lose weight - although rarely some people manage to maintain on a keto diet. Vegan? Lose weight due to reduced fat intake and fat is calorie-dense. Intermittent fasting? Just hard to eat 3000+ calories in one meal per day.

Lots of USA food already isn’t allowed. But that’s more due to supply management and the milk lobby. There are problems but eggs are still cheap so I’m not bothered.

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Tree sentinel will kill you with its tree balls 50 more times.