TheDoozer

Them absolutely rioting over a small increase in retirement age made me feel shame as an American. I love how willing the French are to remind their government of what happens when it gets out of line. Like, "don't make us break out the guillotines."

The French are not weak.

You've got exceptionally broad powers, King Biden. What are you going to do about it?

Places that flood bad enough that people and animals die in them?

Should have had his wife "design and print" them, get a patent, and sell them to the air force instead.

Particularly taxes to pay for the troops that would protect them after the war they started that basically bankrupted England. I think they were closer to modern day Libertarians than anything else.

Still pleased with the result, though. Just, learning about the revolution beyond the Boston tea party, the Boston Massacre, and the slave-owning Thomas Jefferson waxing philosophical about the merits and necessity of a free society, led me to think of them through a modern perspective (how I might view a similar colony now) and that I probably would have been on the Crown's side.

The way the skip intro works on Prime for me is:

"It's been a looooong road... getting from there to here....

...f the heaaaaaaaaaaaaaart!"

So one way or another, I'm getting some faith of the heart.

If you want slicey-dicey, get a super-sharp katana or a saber. If you want fast and pokey, get a rapier. If you want a beating stick that's 80% sharp edge, grab a broadsword.

Even if that were true, which is truly ridiculous, new factions would pop up. If it swayed so far left that the Democrats always won, all the further left people would demand all the things they've been left without just to keep fascists from winning.

Basically, it would just be a leftward shift of the Overton window, which is LONNNG overdue. But it certainly wouldn't be the end of elections, that's stupid.

I don't consider it a defense, exactly. It's more clarification. Just saying "no kids" might suggest he doesn't want kids ever, which would reduce the potential partners unnecessarily (and if he does want kids eventually, being paired with someone specifically because they don't want kids would just create problems later). Saying "no kids yet" sets them up with someone who doesn't have kids but might in the future.

I'm a bit more confused, because when you me tion it referring to an ideology that focuses on social injustice and advocates for change, and reference MLK's efforts, it seems like you support the general idea. And I would agree!

I guess I'm just confused on the "personal responsibility" portion. It's my understanding that most of the "woke" issues are gay and trans rights and police reform (and combating systemic racism in policing). So other than demanding change, protesting, and voting, I'm not sure where the "personal responsibility" would come in.

Can you define the "woke movement" and "woke" in general, in the context of what you're saying?

I'm asking because I've seen "woke" used for a video game that happens to have one gay character in it, which doesn't seem relevant for what you're talking about (for example). Or any number of things that are simply people existing. And other times it's used for referencing social justice issues. It seems fairly amorphous, and entirely dependent on the person mentioning it, so without some context I can't nail down what you mean unless you define it for you.

There are more appropriate ways to say this:

"Nobody with kids. I might want kids some day, but I'm not ready yet, and it feels like there would be too much pressure to either be involved with her kids or be cut out of a major portion of her life until we're really serious. And again, not ready.

And somebody athletic, since I'm into biking and hiking and other activities that require a certain level of fitness.

And... well, somebody who isn't into the whole casual sex thing, honestly. I think sex is special and, for me, requires a strong emotional connection. I want someone who has similar views on sex."

See, I feel like it changes it when you're not focusing on the other person, but yourself. I'm not ready for kids, I'm into fitness, I'm a demisexual. It sets up the same thing without disparaging people who aren't what you're looking for.