OldSoulHippie

So what now? He just paused a bunch of them

Especially with .ee

You should always run their posts through the

The jack that lifts the wealthy has been overextended and shooting out hydraulic fluid since before 9/11

These people miss that introversion is just how people recharge. Some people recharge from being in a quiet, familiar place surrounded by comforting things and others do so at concerts and social gatherings. It's not really about the other eight hours of your day...

Also, "I have to drive a little farther to meet with my friends" is an interesting read on how this whole country is designed with next to no public transportation, walkable cities, or central planning. Capitalism forces poor people to the outskirts of city centers, but it's the quiet guy next door that's ruining your social life.

I couldn't stand him when I was growing up. He's actually my step dad, but I've known him since I was like five. He is a blue collar, salt of the earth type and was moderately conservative by today's standards when I was growing up. When my worldview was limited, I saw him as some sort of redneck workaholic guy who would come home angry every day. We always tried to steer clear of him when he was home because if we got in his eye line, he would find some crazy projects for us kids to go work on. Usually involving crazy manual labor that kids shouldn't have been doing. But that's how he grew up.

As I got older and got a job and responsibilities of my own, I realized he was just doing his best and had a lot on his plate. He was never physically abusive towards us, but I was still a little afraid of him when I was young. I grew up in a family with no other kids until I was 8. And I mean no other kids. I have no cousins or anything. I was raised by a bunch of older Midwestern Catholic ladies. I think my dad took it up on himself to "man me up" which I resisted at every turn. I'm glad he taught me about fixing things and helping others though. I've saved so much money with the DIY mentality he gave me. He's devoted to his family and to this day will drop everything to help just about anyone. He's not perfect, but I'm super thankful he was and is in my life. We still don't really see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but in a lot of ways I turned into him. It's a strong case for nurture in the nature/nurture debate.

One of the worst things about the Internet is how mods turn off comments the second something spicy happens. What's the point of comments if we're only allowed to comment on the stories where a dog stole a steak off someone's grill and it was cute or something?

Fuck this country. They've so thoroughly squeezed every last bit of humanity out of us and we can't even speak up

One time I was at a restaurant with my wife and we could overhear the young couple behind us. This was during the first trump election. He was obviously on a first date with this girl and he tried to impress her by saying stuff like "yeah, I vote for the guy with the most American sounding name". She was not impressed to say the least.

I always have good luck watching people on dates at restaurants.

There's the old saying: "if voting actually did anything, they would make it illegal"

I don't necessarily disagree with you though. I find it interesting that we had an election in the middle of a civil war. I don't see that happening today.

I wonder how people would react to suspended elections. If it was liberals suspending elections, there would be a double January 6th type event. Libs let the parliamentarian tell them no and nothing happens because of civility™. I haven't had representation my whole life, so I don't think I'll notice a difference.

There's a whole gentrified neighborhood in St. Louis, MO called "The Loop" that uses it's history of trollies as a reason to come visit. It's not the only reason to visit, but I thought it was weird when I lived there

He's already blew his sympathy chip with that shitty book. The least he's going to have to do in order to get more attention is get a wound like Dan Crenshaw.

I still think trump is going to dump his ass though. Look at how Pence is a #resistance hero now because he crossed trump

All Russians? All Muslims? I'll give you MAGA. Nobody is born MAGA