themeatbridge @ themeatbridge @lemmy.world

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It's all part of the firehose. Every ounce of energy you spend fighting this bullshit is an ounce you don't spend on something else. He's trying to make his critics seem petty and unreasonable.

Most people don't care about the availability of human meat for consumption. Even if it were available for sale, almost nobody would want to buy it, much less eat it. But the number of human meat enthusiasts is never zero, and the beef industry wouldn't be affected one way or the other.

If there was a meat industry push to start selling human meat, it would be extremely alarming, and anyone spending time preventing it would not be wasting their time. You would wonder about why and how anyone is selling it, and even worse who is buying it.

Certainly there are more impactful issues, and plenty of fights that need fighting, but that's not a reason to ignore this one.

What's "meaningful"? Gun enthusiasts and criminals will want guns that can be fired more quickly. Almost nobody needs these triggers, but the people that do should make you worried. If it wasn't going to make money, why would people fight so hard to make them available?

Which part are you asking about? Why approve it? Why the restrictions? Why did it take so long? Why bother making yet another vaccine?

This will sell more guns and cause more chaos, generating more profit.

Where would you meet a shy or socially awkward American? Are you exploring the basements of random homes?

I mean, it's always been Oklahoma. They don't export a lot of intellectual capital.

That's not a fair comparison, because Trump created the tariffs. If Bernie has instituted tariffs, there would be a purpose and a plan. Trump doesn't have a plan, or whatever his plan was it isn't going the way he wanted. He wants the Waltons to eat the loss to make his plan look better. It has nothing to do with income inequality or wealth redistribution. It's ego. Trump took a steamy wet shit on the carpet and he wants the rest of the world to clean it up.

"There's nothing more intoxicating than the clear absence of a penis."

My condolences. He died too soon.

Sure, but it's also helpful to know that there aren't labels for everything, nor do we need labels for everything. Really, the only person you need to communicate your preferences to is the person you prefer. In my (admittedly limited) experience, romantic partners don't want to be reduced to a subset of their attractive physical features. "I like you" is generally sufficient, and it's not really anybody else's business what you like or don't like. We're conditioned to try to label ourselves, and I would argue that it is unhealthy reinforcing that conditioning by inventing new labels.

OP could describe themselves as bi or pan or omni, but none of those are the sum total of OP's lived experience. We should describe ourselves, not define ourselves.

I like to imagine I am a Troy or a Jeff or even a Shirley, but I'm really just a Leonard.

Yes, but does he shit in the woods?

Labels exist to describe what is. You don't need to fit neatly into a category. You like who you like, and you shouldn't apologize for it.

Like for me, I'm attracted to the late Andre Braugher portraying the gay man Captain Holt on Brooklyn 99 when he's pretending to be straight and describing his fictitious partner's heavy breasts. Nothing sexier than that, but the brain trust at Oxford hasn't come up with a word for that one yet.

It took me too long to get it.

86, as used by restaurant staff to mean "get rid of" something.

47 because he's the 47th President.

I recognize that "best by" dates are mostly bullshit, but I'm also a firm believer in "why risk it?" Especially for food where you can't tell if it's gone bad, like canned goods. I don't fuck around with botulism.

Be direct and honest. "Hey, buddy, I want to hear what you have to say, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed right now." Kids learn from the example you provide, and expressing your feelings in a positive and honest way is how he's going to learn to do the same.

I would also suggest you put that energy to good use. Kids enjoy feeling helpful and a part of the process. If he's rambling on, you don't need to send him away. He's just excited to share with you. Maybe ask if he wants to color with you while you talk, or ask if he just wants to sit with you a while. Maybe he'll get bored and run off to do something else, or he'll sit with you and just enjoy the peaceful moments. Either way, it's his decision to respect your boundary, creating a healthy relationship.

If, on the other hand, he doesn't respect your boundary, eg you ask him for a moment and he just keeps talking over you, it's not impolite to ask him to pay attention to your request and respond. You're not his parent, so you're not responsible for discipline or manners, but it's helpful to a child if you explain to him how he's making you feel. "It doesn't seem like you heard me. I said I am feeling overwhelmed, and I need a few quiet minutes to myself. Can you respect that?"

Try to say that as calmly as possible. Don't make it about him, but tell him directly what you expect him to do.

Which is weird considering the nation's relationship with weed and chocolate.

Netherlands has dental care included in healthcare. Florida, if you need dental work, you go into debt.

Yeah, the websites/apps were the different front ends. But you were still streaming HBO. The movies and shows were the same, and if you had one it would be redundant to get the other. Max was introduced as an expanded library for Now, but eventually replaced both and Go was discontinued.

Streaming apps have their own catalogs and backends (although most of them license "all the music").