We should propagate a conspiracy theory that when you vote the government collected your DNA so they can eventually clone a replacement citizen and replace you. They can sneaky confuse the system only if they never vote.

I’m sorry, but describing the change from the 80s and 90s as small really misses the mark. The changes were huge and substantial. Not fast enough, of course, but it was no small journey.

“The Trump administration has passed a resolution saying that Mexico will now be called ‘America South’ and Canada ‘America North’. Google said it will follow the government’s lead in changing the names on it’s maps app.”

This is weird. The 90’s were so homophobic it was normal. The people who were saying “it’s ok to be gay” were considered fringe and extreme. This is the decade where it was subversive and radical for gay people to “come out of the closet”.

In the 80’s, people lost their jobs and there were news specials to talk about this hidden side of society that nobody knew about. In the 80’s a significant amount of people were saying “yeah Aids is bad, but it’s punishment for the gays so not really that bad…”

Jump to the 2000’s and being gay was becoming a normal and open thing and society was adjusting to this idea. The liberal half of the country was already on board and saying “this is ok and normal” and the conservative/religious side of the country was still trying to hold on to their laws to punish and criminalize gay sex.

My point is that the 2000’s were the good days and the 90’s and 80’s were the dark days of homophobia. Pointing back at the 2000’s and saying “WOW, LOOK AT HOW THEY TREATED GAY JOKES” really misses how massively far we came in a few decades and how much worse it was even a decade before that.

It was probably part of a cost cutting plan too show they were trimming costs in order to get more funding from investors. It clearly didn’t work.

The funny (ok, not funny) thing is that the law was intended to keep the people in the south from saying that slaves aren’t really Americans… and since THEY aren’t Americans, their children aren’t Americans and their children, and on and on and on. So basically black people aren’t part of this country. They can’t vote and they don’t have rights, and nothing will ever change that. And Thomas will probably be 100% on board with ignoring the constitution to suite his politics. How sad is that?

It’s right out of Trump’s playbook. You do something outrageous and evil, with just a smidgen of deniability… it gets them attention. That’s what they crave, to lead the news cycle, to be hated by the left but maintain enough deniability that the center and right will still be on your side. This is Trump 101.

This is exactly right. As much as some people don’t want to hear it, this is the one true answer. This is what all life has in common, this is what defines a successful “life” on a global biological scale.

I actually like Tesla. I just hate Elon more. We came close to buying a Tesla once or twice, but now it’s totally off the table.

Nah, I can understand apathy way more than I can the racism and hatred of the fascist Republican voters.

Republican propaganda outlets will tell them that there is no problem and they’ll believe it. If not that, they’ll tell them the problem is a fault of the “others”, and they’ll get even more on board the maga hate train. They’re a lost cause.

At least 30% of the population has drunk the Kool-Aid and is so deep in, nothing, not anything, will turn them from their God King.

The bad shit hasn’t even started yet.

Sure. If RFK were President then it could possibly happen… But just imagine one big pharma company handing Trump a check… You think for one second this would pass?

I will be happily surprised if it comes to be… But I won’t give them any credit for just saying the words.

Yes, that would be good, but let’s be real here, this is basically a statement that says “hey big pharma, I’m not getting enough campaign contributions!! Get off your ass and give me some cash!” - Trump

This will NEVER get passed in a Trump administration. It’s all window dressing on a big pile of streaming shit.

He’s on meds (has been for 3 or 4 years), and he has an ADHD diagnosis… What’s the therapist for? I haven’t seen any actual issues that warrant a therapist, what are you thinking I should be watching out for?

Right now he’s doing pretty good in school, he’s a little less social than I would like, but that’s nothing new. Other than that, he seems a sharp well-rounded kid without any behavioral or emotional issues.

Sorry, if it wasn’t clear, he has a diagnosis of adhd and he’s on meds.

As a parent of a child with ADHD, I’m cautious about using stimulant medication unless it’s clearly the best course of action. My main goal is to help my child succeed, and academics is a big component of that.

I see many of my son’s ADHD symptoms in myself, and I believe I may have also had/have ADHD. Despite this, I’ve been successful in my life. This personal experience makes me hesitant to automatically turn to medication as the solution for my child. I prefer to explore other options first, unless there’s a strong reason to consider it, such as struggling academically.

When my son entered high school he became mature enough to participate in the decision-making process regarding his own treatment. Because of that it was easier for me/us to get him a prescription of Adderall and feel good about it as parents.

Edit: since it seems to not be clear, my son is on ADHD meds and has been for the past three or four years. We talked to him about it and he prefers taking the medication and has had input in the dosage that he’s taking.

I get the anti Boomer sentiment, but the reality is many of them are very decent people.

My dad passed this year and now it’s just my mom left. She has a net with of about 2M. I’m doing just fine myself, And she gets by on about 70k a year (half of that goes to rent). I keep telling her she should spend more money on things that make her happy, but she’s good with what she has and doesn’t feel she needs more. She doesn’t want to travel and she has everything she needs.

Just because the boomer generation has left us with a dumpster fire, doesn’t mean that there isn’t a wide distribution of people within that age group. The truth is only a handful of us have the power to change anything and the rest of us are just trying to get by and get the most out of life that we can.