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pleasestopasking

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    How are analogy and allegory distinct?

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  • I feel like you're posting your homework questions on here

  • Have a Child or Buy a Horse?

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  • The pros/cons seem stacked because they are. This is coming from my perspective of someone who has chosen not to have children, but has friends who have.

    It's not something you can really pro/con to make the "right" choice. You have to want to do it in spite of it changing your relationship, your body, your lifestyle, your everything. In some ways better, some worse. Some changes will evolve or ebb and flow with the seasons of life, and some will just be permanent.

    I know that I can't handle all that uncertainty, all that change. And while I also never really had the desire to raise and shape a child, as I've gotten older I've realized that I get to have those moments. In doses I can handle and without sacrifices, because they are not my kids. I'm an auntie (biological and chosen). I have plenty of friends with kids (and plenty without). I feel like I get the best of both worlds.

    Imagine your life in both scenarios. What brings you the most joy?

  • What are some methods of distributed civil disobedience for Americans?

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  • I hope you recover from your carbrain

  • What are some methods of distributed civil disobedience for Americans?

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  • The target needs to be capitalism. Not Walmart, not Target, not Amazon. Just quitting the sheer amount of shit we buy that is not necessary. Reassessing our understanding of the word necessary. And for the things that are truly necessary, buying from companies who don't race to the bottom with the most low-quality instant garbage they want to break so we'll but another one.

  • What are some methods of distributed civil disobedience for Americans?

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  • I'm not talking about boycotting shitty companies, though. Just like, boycotting capitalism. To the degree that's even possible. We need food, shelter, and utilities.

    But clothes? Repair, swap, thrift.

    Entertainment? Cancel streaming services, stop going out to movies. Don't use social media sites that make money by showing you ads. Play cards or board games, read or listen to books from the library. Trade things with friends when you get bored of what you have instead of just buying new stuff. Touch grass.

    I'm not saying I do all of this stuff or that it would be easy, but lots of people doing this consistently would make a much bigger difference than boycotting shitty companies piecemeal.

  • What are some methods of distributed civil disobedience for Americans?

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  • Opting out of consumerism. Not that it's legal disobedience, but it's certainly social disobedience that would get the attention of and take power from the corporations who control our politicians. Yes we can't stop buying everything completely, going to a barter system for everything is not feasible. But we can at least stop buying so much crap.

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    I got a VPO against me, how fucked am I?

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  • I've been actively suicidal before and it sucks, so I'm not gonna give you any "permanent solution to a temporary problem" bullshit. But what I learned in my extensive research is that it's really hard to effectively kill yourself. If anything goes sideways, it's pretty likely that you not only won't die but your life will be way way worse. You think you're unhirable now, just wait until you have a hypoxic brain injury.

    As the kids on tiktok were saying for a bit: suicide is cringe, don't kill yourself

    Do you have anyone in your life you trust to talk to about this?

  • Why are drivers for food delivery apps so often listed wrong?

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  • What kinda of things get them banned arbitrarily?

  • How much of a deal breaker would be a high body count for you?

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  • What if they had sex with 1000 people willingly and enjoyed it, but weren't in love with all of those people?

  • What did a teacher do that earned your respect?

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  • Damn though like, we don't need to denigrate people in food service. Some people do it because they didn't have other options, some people actually like it and are good at it. And either way I bet that teacher wouldn't like if there wasn't anyone who's worked in food service.

  • Anyone know what this symbol means?

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  • You beat me to it, just from a TV show.

    But I bet Nancy in HR thinks it's satanic and is reacting as such.

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  • 30 miles in distance, which doesn't seem like much. But very different culturally. Where I grew up often didn't feel like home even when I lived there. It definitely doesn't now.

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  • Man, I meet so many people who have left Ohio. People love leaving Ohio. In fact, an abnormally high proportion of astronauts are from Ohio. People wanna leave Ohio so bad, they leave earth.

  • What are your thoughts on giving money to beggars?

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  • Not giving someone $5 ultimately won't do anything to change that. The government needs to implement radical harm reduction policies.

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    What is some restful/profoundly relaxing video game music?

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  • The one that put video game music as an art form on the map.

  • Microplastics will be the "boomers all have lead poisoning" of millennials

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  • Did someone say it was a conspiracy?

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    Am I alone in this feeling?

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  • Are you an American? Start planning how to get out of there.

    This isn't a realistic option for most people. On an individual basis, it's expensive and difficult if not nearly impossible for many people. On a macro level, there is simply nowhere so many of us can go.

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    Am I alone in this feeling?

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  • This is really it, my entire worldview was shaken and is adrift. There was other non-COVID stuff around that time for me that intensified it, too. I look at that person from 2019 and feel like she is a stranger.