Coming from ‘Merca, I wholeheartedly support this measure. If one lesson was learned from WWII, it’s that as soon as you’ve identified a bully, you have to accept that diplomacy is no longer an option. Bullies don’t understand diplomacy, and don’t respect it. All they know, or respond to, is what they perceive as strength and/or power. At a more basic level, friendship means nothing to them because it’s a foreign concept.

Dating is essentially butt-sniffing. The longer you do it, the more familiar it all is. And it is a commitment - for many they’re committing to focus their interest on one person for a bit to see if they want to make it a longer commitment.

That said, I got a great piece of advice after getting out of a long relationship. A friend told me romantic relationships only end in one of two ways: you break up or someone dies. You only have control over one of those scenarios, so how can it be a Bad Thing all the time?

Y’all, every relationship is different, sometimes wildly different. It’s true that every relationship takes some work. How much is dependent on the relationship itself.

Slowest pitch in history.

Same.

He went to Penn, too, right?

Yes.

“Ireland to lead EU drive to kill social media.”

FTFY.

This is the mentality to have through November, 2026.

It’s not a bad problem to have, TBH. The thing that stood out to me is what you consider “not necessary.” Other than this, you seem to have figured out a sensible budget, and you’re prioritizing your future self. I have the same thoughts whenever I make a large purchase, and sometimes they win out. Sometimes they don’t. The thing is do you feel like your frugality is keeping you from something, or negatively impacting your life?

I thought the same thing! I think this is the first picture of the whole stupid title, and I’ve been laughing about it since I first assumed they left the original “The” in place.

Around the same time they did this, I also saw the picture of the sign they put outside the Oval Office. Like it’s a fucking restaurant! So now these two stupid things that stupid man did are forever intertwined in my head.

He should hide ASAP, before he winds up “not deported” in El Salvador or somewhere in Africa.

Finally watched Peacemaker, and it was fun. Started a rewatch on The Expanse since I’ve been reading the books. Also watching Peep Show, which is kind of hit and miss.

Out of a cannon.

Oh I know! And for some reason, it keeps cracking me up. I’m sure I’ll tire of it, but I’m not there yet.

Yew fackin’ dizzy cunt. This is moai fackin’ ranch! All say anything I fackin’ won’t abat eet!

Same here. I don’t mind microblogging, but I find it hard to find good content to follow on Mastodon. Also not a fan of my feed being filled with replies. Not having the thread right there for context is distracting and annoying.

No idea what sharkey is. Don’t really care to find out.

I’ve seen many writers say comedy is probably the hardest thing to write. Mainly because the obvious joke usually won’t make people laugh, and different people find different things funny. Slap-stick is probably the hardest form of comedy. It’s mostly made up of the “obvious joke,” and physical humor is pretty hard to do right.

Sweary Aussie Drama still gets me. It’s so dumb, but I love it.

Same as everyone else, I came over with the API refugees. I still lurk on Reddit using Brave (that and YT are the only things I use Brave for) because some communities there are still good fountains of information. I don’t post or vote on anything there, though.

Still have Apollo on my phone though.