I have to say, the conversations in this thread are both fascinating and informative, while being emblematic of the confusion division the question posed.
I find religion very interesting because it's intertwined with history, but in terms of living, atheism is so much easier.
I feel for him, and for his mother who gave up her seat so he could go. Fuck the billionaires but he was 19 - I can't feel any humour about his death, or for what this must've done to his mother.
I'm sure the others had family members too who have gone through hell while the world laughed.
We can have compassion for those people while still shrugging at the stupidity of the willing dead.
I mean we were highschool kids so we dressed ourselves. No one had proper coats. From what I've seen driving past schools, they still don't. It's a very specific form of temperature denial we have here.
Where I live, the winters get very cold. Not like Canada cold, but cold by my country's standards - think a top of 9°c during the day. My city also has an odd culture where no one remembers how cold it gets, given our summers are so hot, so we're all left confused and freezing come winter - no one has proper clothes for it. It's like a citywide, seasonal amnesia.
That was certainly the case when I was in highschool 20 years ago. At lunch/recess time, the only time students were allowed inside the building was if it was raining. I understand that this was for the teacher to student ratio of supervision. Everyone outside or everyone inside - much easier to manage.
But it meant that every time it got really, really cold, half the student class would go inside to huddle against the radiators to keep warm. Periodically a teacher would come in and kick us out. You'd repeat this process a few times over recess/lunch.
So while it wasn't a stupid rule, given I understand the teachers need to not be spread too thin, it was also ridiculous to expect kids to hang around outside in the freezing cold, in a place where people act like wearing a beanie is being dramatic.
I think Abe walks into a strip club (gentleman's club? Brothel?), removes his hat, sees Bart sitting in there, turns on his heel, dons his hat and walks out the door - all in one smooth motion.
I don't want to advocate for abstinence-based education, but I do think OP should try and avoid gut-stabbings, especially given his...checks notes... height (?)
I don't have a cat (did in the past, was an indoor cat) but there's many roaming my neighbourhood because it's still apparently difficult for Australians to understand how fucked that is.
I'd like to be able to talk to cats.
So I'd go have a chat to them and explain what longer, healthier lives they'd have at home. Free from disease, injury and the risk of being hit by car. I'd tell them to go home.
I'd also explain to them, that if they keep visiting my house, that eventually my dog might get one. And if he doesn't, I'll trap them and take them to the pound because their shit families are unlikely to have chipped them.
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On a walk I'm psyched about everything. Bugs, birds, interesting trees, big trees, round rocks, square rocks, shiny rocks, moss, lichen, animal tracks, animal burrows, native animal scat...
I'm pretty much giddy the whole time