Always felt kinda kindred with Soylent, hope they’re happy on that big logged off rainbow in the sky

As a 5 year veteran of the coffee shop mines, the syrup pumps

Relevant video from 8 years back: https://youtu.be/U0SOxb_Lfps

Famous for nothing weird ever happening there

Remember my trashy (think Fred durst) neighbor making jokes about the “put your balls in my mouth” line in the commercial

Imagine being the server to that table

I don’t know about this Joe Biden guy

Many such cases

Funny I was just reading about the Holy Land Foundation yesterday

Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development’), originally known as Occupied Land Fund, was the largest Islamic charity in the United States. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas,[1] and run by Palestinian-Americans.[2] The organization’s mission was to “find and implement practical solutions for human suffering through humanitarian programs that impact the lives of the disadvantaged, disinherited, and displaced peoples suffering from man-made and natural disasters.”

During the 1990s, American politicians, including Chuck Schumer and Eliot Spitzer,[3][4] alongside the Israeli government[5] and Steve Emerson,[6] lobbied the U.S. government to take action against the Holy Land Foundation.[7] In December 2001, the U.S. designated HLF a terrorist organization, seized its assets, and closed the organization. At the time it was the largest Muslim charitable organisation in the United States

I lost my dog of 12 years this summer and it was devastating. Noticing his “presence replaced by absence” is so crushing to face. I have to remind myself that I gave him the best life I could and loved him every day, and he knew that.

There’s no shortcut to grief. I just teared up typing this. I’m glad we have this community to help carry these burdens

My lib mom (who is somewhat well read) loves this fucking hack and this book in particular

FTL soundtrack is great

A friend of mine plays video games on speakers and has the Hotline Miami soundtrack playing in the background of all games, so whenever he mics in, I hear that playing in the background

Pumping and storing milk is a middle class privilege.

My sister bought a $500 milker and separate storage fridge so she could plan out her pump schedule and meals for her newborn. She also had the kind of email job that has a private pumping room with plush chairs, dim lighting, and nobody asking questions as to where you were for the last hour.

The average mother of 3 working at Taco Bell needs to resort to using formula

Cuz they were on the winning side of WW2. Security council veto power is held by China, US, UK, France, and Russia

I mean, if the goon squad is coming after you, then just

Fr, January is a shit month, you bet you’re ass I’ll be drinking. What the fuck else is there to do? It’s freezing!

Goddamn we’re cynical

Freedom of Speech depicts a scene of a 1942 Arlington town meeting in which Jim Edgerton, the lone dissenter to the town selectmen’s announced plans to build a new school, as the old one had burned down,[9] was accorded the floor as a matter of protocol.[10] Edgerton supported the rebuilding process but was concerned about the tax burden of the proposal, as his family farm had been ravaged by disease

Something to keep in mind was this was still essentially the depression, so a farmer saying “I can’t afford the taxes to build a new school” might actually be true

It probably wasn’t racism cuz let’s be real, Vermont on 1940 was 99.9% white. I’m not making that up, I just checked the census records

During FDR’s presidency in the lead up to WWII, he made the “Four Freedoms” speech, which the artist Norman Rockwell illustrated in four different paintings. This one, “freedom of speech” is the most well known/reproduced.

Source: I was a high school us history teacher

Congrats on your booze sobriety! I’m about to take a month off from drinking. I did it last year and really liked the change of pace, so I’ll be doing it again from after Thanksgiving to Christmas.

Speaking of abstention, I’m on my first thc break after four years of daily usage (a day off here and there). The first few days were unpleasant (headaches, irritable, loss of appetite, bad sleep), but that is subsiding. I’m enjoying the clarity. I can speak more succinctly and clearly. I’m less impulsive and have more patience. I guess the biggest surprise is I don’t miss it at much as I thought I would now that I’m a week off. I missed it a lot the first few days.

Otherwise, I’ve been struggling to get back into a workout routine (MWF) but haven’t given up entirely.