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Best Father In The World award winner (awarded by my daughter), 1,900+ consecutive days and counting.

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RickiTarr, to random
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Sometimes, I think we need to stop blaming just Capitalism, and get more personal. Lots of countries use a Capitalistic system, but still manage to pay workers fair wages, provide free/inexpensive Healthcare, have paid maternity/paternity leave, longer paid vacation, shorter work weeks, ect. We use the word Capitalism like Christians use The Devil, but it's not some dark mysterious force, it is people who are choosing to treat other people like actual garbage, it is people who are making laws, people who are denying rights. The derision with which we speak the name of Elon Musk or Donald Trump, should be universal for rich fuckers who choose profits over people. They shouldn't get to hide behind, Oh, that's just late stage Capitalism. It's a choice for them, and it's a choice for the lobbyists who promote them, and it's a choice for the politicians who put those laws into action.

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr Capitalism is a wealth extraction pyramid scheme for wealthy people. It's only "great" at efficiently extracting wealth from a system.

Societies need services, where a limited set of resources needs to be distributed optimally. Think food, shelter, and medicine here. Capitalism applied to necessary services by definition will extract some degree of the resources for profit. It's unavoidable.

There's a lot of other goods and services that are less necessary, which capitalism is ok at producing, but due to its nature and human nature, it has to be highly regulated to be good for the society as a whole. It's still exploitative and represents the theft of value produced by workers, even when highly regulated. It's just more tolerable then.

RickiTarr, to random
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This was a fun one, so let's do it again. What is something you've learned that seems unlikely, even though you know it's true? Here's one I think about a lot:

Sight, while being something something many people are born with, is not an innate ability, but something we learn to do. People who were born blind or were blind for a long time, who get sight, have to learn to see.

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr Australia is wider than the moon. Makes sense intellectually, but it still feels wrong.

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'ALL BETTER NOT MAKE FUN OF MY JONAS BROTHER'S POPCORN

elverkonge,
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@middleclasstool @RickiTarr They got you, fam

GrimmReality, to random
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Not sure which one of you nerds fields these complaints but "indefatigable" should mean the exact opposite of what it means.

elverkonge,
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@GrimmReality

"The prefix de- in defatigable appears in its intensifying sense, not in its undoing sense."

-wiktionary.org

RickiTarr, to random
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How much alone time vs socializing do you need?

For me there are a few people who are usually equalizing, and I can just be around them, so I won't count that. But generally, I find about 3 times a week, I'm game for socializing. A day in between to rest is usually nice, but the larger the gathering or if we go somewhere particularly noisy or I'm meeting new people that involves more effort, and my social battery empties sooner. I'm very curious where everyone else falls on this!

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr If you're talking about socializing outside my immediate family, then here on the Fed is all I do. Honestly my kids drain my interaction battery and use up all my time. There's nothing left.

This isn't a complaint, btw. They're the best use of my time. A little adult conversation and humor wouldn't kill me though. 🙂

RickiTarr, to random
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Anniversary Update, hubs gave me this, and I'm crying:

This is a long list of reasons why hubs loves me and it won't all fit in this!

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr Sounds like this is starting to get serious!

RickiTarr, to random
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Today is my 21st wedding anniversary. On our first wedding anniversary, we were pretty broke, so hubs made me homemade coupons for massages, but he spelled it wrong, so I got a handful of printed out coupons for 1 Hour of Messages. So, every year since I get something like this:

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr Happy Anniversary!

Alice, to random
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In order to address the rust problem with Cybertrucks, the next model is rumored to be made of plastic.

elverkonge,
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@Alice Crush AND dice your fingers! Now THAT's innovation!

RickiTarr, to random
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Have y'all ever had someone act like you were hurting them somehow by just liking a food?

Any time I buy or make kimchi, my Mom says it's so gross and she doesn't want any and just on and on. I never offer it to her, or make group food with it, but for some reason she seems offended by it, and I don't know why.

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr I mean, it can be stinky reheated, but some people just can't pass an opportunity to crap on something. My wife will do that with particular bands/songs repeatedly. Maybe it's ancestral danger warning behavior shaped to modern life?

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr Yes dear, I know you don't like Pink Floyd that you never actually listened to.

elverkonge,
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@ianhecht @RickiTarr I try this with my kids. My youngest will apply exactly one taste bud, screw up her face, and declare it inedible. 😄

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr @ianhecht I feel like you'd appreciate the exacting precision.

RickiTarr, to random
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Sometimes the way people phrase things is so telling. For instance, telling women they should be "taking care of" their husband and children. Another adult doesn't need taken care of like a child, what you want is for women to be a Sex Mom.

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr I might need clarification.

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr So a dude who needs his wife to take care of him? Yeah that's gross to me.

My mom would iron Dad's clothes, and would get up at 3am if she had to to make sure he didn't "leave the house hungry", a thing that never ever happened. Fix yourself a fucking sandwich, my man. Iron your own clothes, too.

From what I could tell, she was a servant in a lot of ways. Because of that, I didn't even want her to do anything for me as a kid. I can't stand it when people try to (s)mother me.

elverkonge,
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@DEDGirl @RickiTarr I just can't imagine the mindset, even having grown up with it. It feels selfish and petty.

purplepadma, to random
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Oops, I fell asleep on the bed for two and a half hours. Came down to find Tom and the cat also asleep. Has somebody cast a spell on the house?

elverkonge,
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@purplepadma Did you check to see if the house was transported to a mystical, fey glen, or perhaps surrounded by a fairy ring?

elverkonge,
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@purplepadma That's good. You don't want to go all Rip van Winkle.

RickiTarr, to random
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Fascinating how different each individual person is!

https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/brain-development-25-year-old-mature-myth.html

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr sounds like techbro phrenology

Edit: The brain not fully developed thing. It's NOT "fully developed" until you're dead. 😄

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr I know, I read it. I just think it's funny when people say that.

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I saw a meme a moment ago, discussing various ways you can keep your neighbors at bay. In this case, it was appearing just slightly unhinged so they won't want to engage. :blobcatgiggle:

I laughed, it's funny, but while I was boosting and favoring it made me think about my new home. I moved in a small bit ago and I have still yet to meet all but one retiree.

No one says hello, no one stopped to welcome me or ask questions. A few have waved as they drive by and park in their garages. But they shut the doors as their cars are shutting down. I was three states away from this place a year ago and the neighborhood was much the same.

I remember when neighbors were bothersome. When you would come home and find someone sitting outside or walking their dog and they would want to strike up a conversation.

I'm curious how things will look in coming years. Will we form tighter groups with our neighborhoods, or will we further splinter, I wonder...

elverkonge,
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@mentallyalex I think once we have to band together to fend off looters during the climate collapse, that will bring us back together as communities. 😉

elverkonge,
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@mentallyalex I used to move in and sometimes people would introduce themselves. When we moved into our current situation, there was basically none of that.

I'm as much to blame as anyone, of course. I'm an introvert, and we wouldn't be having this conversation in real life. You know that thing where people don't know they are annoying the crap out of you and don't pick up on social cues to that effect? I'm the polar opposite, and irl I'm certain you don't want to talk to me before it even begins.

Alice, to random
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I’m so glad asymmetrical shirts that only cover one shoulder are finally coming back in style because our left shoulders are always overheating, amirite, bestiez?

elverkonge,
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@Alice

Is that the side with the big titty for every lady?

RickiTarr, to random
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I'd like to think our genetics don't define us, and then I'll meet a herding dog, and start thinking, "Well, maybe..."

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr if you say moo every time you see a cow...

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr lol really? Now I'm imagining y'all just declaring various nouns around you.

RickiTarr, to random
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The most ridiculous thing about cop procedural shows is when they ask where a person was, and what they were doing at a specific time the person always has perfect and immediate recall. I'd be desperately trying to remember what day of the week that was, and trying to open my phone calendar. If I was the cop, I'd immediately be suspicious of the person who remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing.

elverkonge,
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@RickiTarr I would need access to my email, my work email, my texts, and possible credit card/bank activity. That's for last week. 😛

What I would love to see is a real police procedural where they do actual reflection of real police activity, including turning off body/dashcams, planting evidence, directly lying, and the racist commentary during the day. Everyone would be up in arms and would call it propaganda.

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