Fuck you Tom Homan, you fuckin’ fascist.

Go die.

He probably had a very good reason, that is better not revealed at the moment.

It’s clear he has his country’s best interests at heart and is doing a great job. I think people should give him the benefit of a doubt.

If you’re only observing the event, and not seeing the way people deal with it, then I don’t think that would help much.

I don’t think desensitization is helpful, going through life numb is not a healthy choice. Watching videos of maimings, beheadings, and car accidents without context is not a good idea, for instance.

I don’t get it. People can’t speak?

I understand not wanting to speak, but not the lack of ability.

I grew up in California, and moved to New Mexico. I should have taken Spanish in high school, instead of French.

Most people who speak more than one language also speak English, so I don’t really NEED to learn another language. Also, I don’t talk to people much.

That meme: “You speak English because it’s the only language you know. I speak English because it’s the only language you know. We are not the same.”

Well, okay, thanks.

I already don’t talk to the people who speak my language.

When you sell your soul for money. It was worthless, anyway.

I think you’d be better off just not eating for three days, only drinking water.

I was expecting the K800, upon which I am typing these words, till I got to “corded”. For me the K800 is the perfect keyboard. I own three of them, but they don’t make them anymore, sadly.

Well China has been increasing and institutionalizing their autocracy for many decades, and are much better at controlling their media and public image.

They’re not the only ones.

I do think this is much stronger aversion than the previous dislike for CGI generally, though. We hate it in principle as much as for the results. The question is, how long before we’re not able to spot it? Not much longer, methinks.

I’ve never been in an elevator with displays like this. I take the stairs on the rare occasion anymore that I’m in a large building.

I think I’d just lean against it, so no one need look at it. However, I’m assuming there’s one on each wall, so maybe it’s best just to stare at the doors as is tradition.

Billionaires keep finding every possible way, small and large, to be worse.

So, it’s okay to strangle or suffocate someone if they aren’t having sex? Did they need a new law for this?

You just made this kink more taboo, you fucking idiots.

The only way to stop or reverse this is to get conservative capitalists out of our government.

I mean aside from literal bloody revolution, which some people say is the only way. And, as much as this may be true, it will take a lot more than what has been happening so far to incite that sort of action, so the next actionable step is to vote for and support socialists to push back against the filthy rich and their corrupt cronies that infest our government at every level.

I’m 60. I’ve been around the block more than a few times.

No, you haven’t “moved on”, you’re in here asking about her. That’s not moving on.

Let it go, find someone now, stop pining over past attractions. You’re just wasting your time.

In my experience, this sort of thing never works out the way you hope. Assuming she remembers you, she’ll be polite but confused and possibly dismissive. This is the best you’ll get. It’s not worth the effort, and it might be a blow to your ego, since you’re even considering this.

Find someone new, here, and now. Leave the past in the past. There are plenty of girls out there, go practice on them. Failure is how you learn, don’t be afraid of failing, failing is good, failing is fun, don’t take it personally, just move on to the next adventure. Yes, I said “failing is fun”, it really is if you look at it the right way. Would you only play basketball if every shot was guaranteed? Do you play games on god mode? Winning every time is boring, you know that. So, get out there and fail, and have fun doing it.

This is not an American thing, this is worldwide.

German grocery story prices, notice the nines: https://youtu.be/59P0dNM_bn4?t=132

Japanese grocery store prices, notice the nines: https://youtu.be/ucjgSc4Kj7o?t=62

Brazil grocery store prices, notice the nines: https://youtu.be/nIMrEI59w4U?t=107

Yes, and more. I dropped 40 pounds in about a month. Although it was due to extreme stress, so I don’t recommend that. But, it is physically possible, so there are other routes you can try.

You’ve probably heard it before, but the key to quick fat loss is dropping carbs, including beer. Sorry.

Track your carbs using a macro tracking app, because you don’t know how many carbs you are eating, you just don’t, and you’ll be surprised. Once you learn which foods are full of carbs, you can stop using the app, it’s just a learning tool, not something you need to keep doing.

Get it below 100g a day, and watch the fat burn away, and you’ll start feeling so much better, after the first couple of weeks. It can be a hard adjustment for some people, but it’s worth it.

Exercise is only about 20% of it, diet is 80%, which makes sense. It’s much easier to not consume the food in the first place, than to burn it off after it’s already fat.

However, to be healthy, not just lose fat, you need to do both diet and exercise. That’s why it’s always presented that way--“diet AND exercise”, not “diet OR exercise”.

It’s best to make the commitment to a permanent lifestyle change, rather than just aiming for a goal weight and then going back to drinking beer every day. You’ll QUICKLY gain the fat back, faster than you lost it, and that is disheartening.

If you just give up, you could end up with type 2 diabetes in 15 or 20 years, and that makes being old much worse. So, it’s worth the effort.

It’s faster, but is the end result good, or just “good enough, it works for now, and I get paid”?

Whatever they might be able to replace humans for, they can’t do it anywhere as cheaply as a human. So, the results would need to be very valuable. Outside of scientific research, which would still need to be verified and refined by humans, I don’t see a sustainable use for these things. They’re way, way too costly to use as a toy for the masses, that will soon be shut down.