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This is such an upgrade. Let the torrent of wonky egg posts carry me away.

I am a big fan of sparkling wine, and one of my favorite mid-range bottles (of legit champagne) is Veuve. A cheaper option I enjoy is Friexent's Blac de Blancs.

At least in my area, the prices have stayed pretty static. Whiskies that I enjoy have gone up, some more than others. The drop in alcohol sales definitely makes sense when it comes to this change, but I don't necessarily believe that rising prices of champagne and sparkling wine is entirely at fault here.

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Oh lord, we're all suffering in some way. You don't get to have a pity party and get manipulative when someone says something that challenges your self destructive and toxic beliefs. If you're so fragile in the face of having your viewpoints challenged, then you certainly came to an interesting space.

Why do you expect things around you to change if you're not willing to make changes yourself?

It is, but you're being obtuse. You don't want to make the effort for whatever reason. Maybe it's fear. Regardless, when it comes to struggles, choosing to do nothing and suffer is an active choice. You're not a passenger in your own life, and not waiting for someone else to come along and provide direction is the only way you're going to get anywhere new.

It's okay to feel the feelings, but ruminating isn't going to solve this problem.

Exactly. I believe Halloween decor spending has been catching up to Christmas decor spending, but some people get particularly touchy about Christmas. People just want some joy. No, it shouldn't have to be associated with purchasing, but many people have more money than time to invest in creating the ambience they want. There are so many more important things to get worked up about than people spending money on things that make them happy.

American IV was a powerful album of covers. We'll Meet Again makes me cry every time. He's talking directly to his wife, and you can feel the fear and despair behind his words as he's comforting and reassuring her as she's dying. Ugh, feels for Christmas this year it is.

Honestly? I'll take the coverage however we can get it. I am a frequent NPR listener, and some of their more niche programs are covering this with sincerity. Let's keep the conversation going.

Bish, bye.

She's dead, so this only deepens my curiosity.

Who in the sweet fuck is boning to Barry Manilow?!

You have great reaction memes, and I'm shamelessly harvesting them.

I am so here for this.

I would agree with this sentiment, but that doesn't make this advice less valuable. If we want things to change, we have to be willing to change ourselves. Advice on how to make those changes is bound to make us uncomfortable.

Good on you, my friend. This is inspirational.

I work in an office providing customer support for a small pet food manufacturer. I assist customers over the phone, email, and a live chat function on our website. So many people assume I'm AI in chat, which makes sense. A surprising number think I'm a bot when they call in, because I guess my voice sounds like a recording.

Most of the time it's just a funny moment at the start of our interaction, but especially in chat, people can be downright nasty. I can't believe the abuse people hurl out when they assume it's not an actual human on the other end. When I reply in a way that is polite, but makes it clear a person is interacting with them, I have never gotten a response back.

It's not a huge deal, but it still sucks to read the nasty shit people say. I can also understand people's exhaustion with being forced to deal with robots from my own experiences when I've needed support as a customer. I also get feedback every day from people thankful to be able to call or write in and get an actual person listening to and helping them. If we want to continue having services like this, we need to make sure we're treating the people offering them decently so they want to continue offering that to us.

The entire joke is about people repeatedly being targeted and killed by Russia. It's generally a dark joke.

I work at a small, premium pet food manufacturer. People already complain about our prices. While most of our ingredients are sourced domestically, specialty meats are not. Lamb, duck, venison, goose, etc. going up will dramatically raise our prices.

Many of our products are chicken, pork, or beef-based, and these ingredients are sourced domestically. The fun twist is the rise in popularity of breeds and designer mixes that are predisposed to ingredient sensitivities or allergies. Many of these breeders advise against chicken or beef in these dogs' foods.

You'd think people spending 3-9 thousand dollars on puppies would be in a position to afford special diets, but my experience says otherwise. It's about to get a lot worse.

We're lucky, in that we're one of the few brands who utilizes mostly domestically sourced ingredients. I would expect pet food to jump generally, which doesn't bode well for the increased pressure shelters and rescues are already facing.

It was not us, baby, he was born this way.