When I was still with my last partner, we were open: she was dating as was I.
She DID do the, “hey, you’re nice but I’m just not feeling it” to a couple people she met and they were absolutely shitty about it. If it wasn’t a comment about her being a “stuck up bitch” it was something else. A couple harassed her via text for days afterwords before she blocked them. This was probably half the people she met.
Nowadays if I meet a woman I totally get if they don’t want to connect outside of an app before meeting and I don’t think they’re (necessarily) assholes if I get ghosted. People’s behavior has made this sort of thing necessary so I try not to take it personally.
So yeah, all you saying this doesn’t happen… hate to be this guy, but it totally happens. Listen to women every once in a while
The museum created by the American Bible Society in July 2021 said it would be open to visitors until March 28. The Christian ministry nonprofit that translates Bibles and sends them around the world has recently been besieged with challenges including layoffs, funding troubles, and five CEO changes within two years.
Yep. Same. I do pretty good for myself and I’m more fortunate than most, but I had to borrow money from my dad recently for a series of expenses I couldn’t absorb in real time. I got the “you don’t know how to budget” sermon. It felt as fun as you’d expect
I said fuck it and gave him a list of earnings and expenses (I’m pretty frugal) and he was like, “oh…”
Sorry for the super sporadic posting. Still in the process of moving and everything. I am giving updates on my Mastodon and !stamets if anyone is interested but there’s really no reason to be....
I went with some friends to a gay club to watch one perform. A guy hit on me. He was polite, endearingly awkward and asked if I had any interest in playing video games and making out. Dude was really good looking too.
For real, I was so jealous at that moment and I wanted nothing more than for dick to be my thing. Some of y’all have this shit all figured out
God Emperor is essentially a fever dream. I was like WTF while reading it but I love how off the rails it went.
The last couple are kind of meandering and forgettable.
The immediate prequels (house books) are a fun read and plotted well, but his kid isn’t as good of a writer as poppa Herbert
The legends books are garbage
The last 2 books that tie up the original series (hunters and sandworms) are not good and are infuriating in that elements from the legends books are reintroduced as deus ex machina bullshit. I saw the twist coming halfway through the last book.
I never read any of the other gap filler books that have been written in that universe. It got tiresome
Everything up until God Emperor is worthwhile with the prequels being a fun appetizer. Read the synopses of the others if you need to know what happens
Most depictions of LE in action movies are copoganda. I mean, shit: the Dirty Harry/ Legal Weapon trope of cops needing to sidestep the rules is so fucked when you think about it
“It’s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it’s even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what’s really freaking me out — decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it’s made by committee,” she added. “Films are made by a filmmaker and a...
Conversely, how many times have we all heard people talk about the latest Star Wars movies with the, “how the fuck did they green light the trilogy with no structure” argument?
I’m not advocating for studio meddling, but this is the highest of profile projects where it arguably would have helped. JJ Abrams set that clock back to zero
To be fair, a lot of people are just going to wait for any mid tier movie to show on streaming rather than go to the theater for something that isn’t a high budget spectacle.
XXX (sh.itjust.works)
American Bible Society to close its $60 million museum after 3 years (www.inquirer.com)
The museum created by the American Bible Society in July 2021 said it would be open to visitors until March 28. The Christian ministry nonprofit that translates Bibles and sends them around the world has recently been besieged with challenges including layoffs, funding troubles, and five CEO changes within two years.
People not from the USA and have never visited: What is the smallest US city you know by name?
Like, can you name just a few large cities in certain regions, none at all, wtf is the USA, etc....
Would be a shame if people got tickets and didn't show (midwest.social)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/9997521...
40-year-old homeowner says economy doesn’t add up: ‘I’m making the most money I’ve ever made, and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck’ (fortune.com)
“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.
I'm brown willy, tag yourself (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
This website that threatens anyone who right clicks (lemmy.world)
Starbucks accused of violating Americans with Disabilities Act by charging extra for non-dairy (www.kiro7.com)
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Police stopped Brad on his morning walk for wearing a hoodie. Ten minutes later, he was dead (www.abc.net.au)
Alternative title: NSW cops murder a kid because he ran home when 4 people in plain clothes pile out of a car and accost him. For wearing a hoodie.
Game: Name a fun fact about where you're from and others will try to guess where that is
Chick-fil-A owner, of the Christian company who sponsored anti-gay hate groups, allegedly drove 400 miles to abuse teen (www.usatoday.com)
Can we make this the norm? (lemmy.world)
Sorry for the super sporadic posting. Still in the process of moving and everything. I am giving updates on my Mastodon and !stamets if anyone is interested but there’s really no reason to be....
The later books are really something (feddit.de)
California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool (www.theguardian.com)
'The Body Shop' shuts down all US operations, closes dozens of stores in Canada (www.cnn.com)
No tip (reddthat.com)
Dakota Johnson on ‘Madame Web’ Blowback: “I’ll Never Do Anything Like It Again” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
“It’s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it’s even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what’s really freaking me out — decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it’s made by committee,” she added. “Films are made by a filmmaker and a...