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I think it’s fine, as in I don’t understand the doom and gloom of your post.

Popular just means lowest common denominator. It’s just a standard joke. It sets up expectations of “just another bumper sticker” and then it surprises you with it doing the absurd thing it promised that you didn’t think was going to happen. Then it also references ‘Men In Black’, which is also going to make other people enjoy it for the reference.

Comedy used to be slap stick and minstrel shows. A horror movie was a train going forward. This too shall pass.

I feel like that’s built in to the joke. Making fun of people who think Nazis did any amount of socialism.

If you’re American try other countries chocolate. Not something like Cadbury you buy at Walmart, but go to an international grocer or pay for a box of chocolates and have them shipped to you and eat them over the next 3 months. Most American chocolatiers try to mimic Hershey flavor because that’s what’s most popular.

Back in my day we had to pay coin to hear people play music. There was never any singing to go along with it because that’s for the plebians.

I’m a greasy overweight diesel tech. Stop saying friend zone. That is an easy way to never get with someone. Get a hobby that you like and learn to talk about it without being a snob.

I went to visit a friend a few states over for their wedding. They let me stay at their place for a week. For the time off I work union :D

I had to drive over to a different truck shop for a flash drive this year.

On my car I use a flash drive to crack the software.

In my shops library they have a few floppies.

:')

I help fix people’s cars and make them only pay for parts. I have a shit vehicle I can give to them while it happens. I give my neighbors rides. I jump the cars, I air up their tires. I donate to food not bombs, and I feel like I should volunteer there. Feel free to ask for car advice, worst case I say I don’t know :)

Depending on how you define good and did it was either listen to a coworkers talk about their inner demons when it comes to being a parent, or I drove an hour to help out a neighbor who asked a few minutes before we started driving.

I guess often is pulling weight. They had trans bond girls back in the 90’s

When I was a child my parents took me to a zoo and gave me a disposable camera. Most of the pictures were of birds.

The birds are going to be migrating in my area soon and I’m hopeful I’ll see some cool birds.

I hope you understand how many diesel mechanics complain about epa regulations on engines.

The US really needs better public transportation.

The most recent Yakuza game involves giving nuclear materials to other countries.

I do agree. Unfortunately most manufacturers of diesel engines aren’t stoked about environmental regulations and plenty have stopped trying all together.

Currently their plan is to just throw more urea at the exhaust.

I remember them having to bypass the DEF system on a lot of vehicles because they didn’t make enough spare parts of the system they put in. So I’m sure they knew either face public backlash or get fined by the government. It was probably a calculation where the 2b was on the cheaper side from them. I’m sure they made enough money that they don’t feel the need to fight it.

Once again, not an endorsement. I’m sure every diesel engine manufacturer is/will/was doing the same thing.

Yeah, this is something that I just can’t understand why a human would ask something like this. Pets help people exist. They make people happy. There are things we should do to reduce pet related things, like a lot of breeding programs. But I’m looking at this similar to someone saying “we should reduce the amount of vegetables we eat because harvesting them causes the climate damage.”

“hey paraplegic, did you know that they’re getting better at saving damaged limbs”

Cool 😎👍

This takes place in the UK right? I know TERFs are a big group there. Are most of these people’s interactions with people who call themselves feminist TERFs?

"By taking a holistic look at the yearly progression of the Antarctic ozone hole over the last two decades, we find that:

The addition of recent years to the Antarctic (60°S–90°S) total column ozone time series results in insignificant long-term change since the early 2000’s, even where significant recovery has previously been reported. During this time, we find a delay in both the deep ozone hole onset date as well as the breakup date."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42637-0

Tl:dr if all you’re doing is looking at the peak/minimum times of year it can seem better. The hole “breathes” and they’re getting delayed.

I work on diesel trucks, they create a lot of N0x. This article talks about how N0x being bad. It’s a niche thing but I at least understand why I tend to see these things first.

I’ll throw my 2 cents in. My experience closest to a situation like this is when one of my inlaws came to discover he was ace, while having a wife and kids. I won’t go into the weeds with what happened because I heard most of it through my spouse but I know it put a lot of strain on their marriage before their realization. Afterwards they had something to work on, which did help.

They’re still married after a few years. But it’s a situation where I feel they should open it up because one side isn’t getting their needs met.

The thing that will be important is being honest. My experience being with trans women is that their tastes/needs/wants change from pre transition to fine with where they’re at. I’m not the same person as my 10 year old self. It isn’t a bad thing, but as I said be honest to both yourself and your spouse. Think about how you want her to treat you. Think about how you want your child to treat you.

Good luck, and I hope everything works well for you!