You know how they say there are no ugly people, only poor people? He is definitely proof of the caveat that no amount of money can make you cool

So tired but he served his country when there was no one else. A great patriot.

We ARE a net exporter of oil, so yep that tracks.

I like the story concept of a world where you must go to Register One to get 50% off, then show Register Two your receipt for a full refund, except no refund on taxes. If you instead go to Register Three for a refund, you only get half of your refund (25% cost of the item) but it's full refund including the taxes.

Everyone knew he wasn't lying. People who own farms that are overrun by wild hogs regularly can have death assisters, fine. The debate he deliberately waded into *with an edge case that we can legislate around* was: whether the US should continue to actively cultivate easy ways for noncombatants to be mowed down. No one is unhappy he's an edge case, and no one argued he was making stuff up. None of that. It's even fair that he brought up his unusual circumstance. The problem was always that it was used as a diversion and justification for the US's gun law status quo.
Look: on that matter - Nations we would like to compare ourselves don't have our stats. Our little gun club and murdered children ratio puts the US in a way different group of countries. Even if they weren't the case, I feel like "let's work much harder on children not have to plan to be killed" shouldn't be controversial. The hog guy should be lobbying for an exception/circumstantial solution within very strict gun laws.

Love the Babylon Bee

I mean, if OP is envious of joy: here is the exact permission to seek your own. Maybe it's crocheting, maybe it's roller derby. Look, your partner seeks and appreciates joy. Fantastic! Take a leaf from his book and do the same. Envy is a signpost to a different thing. Get on the road it's pointing to.

Good. Time off to be productive with hobby is a lovely way to re-ground.

I mean - when you decided half the world population doesn't need to play your game, you've sort of painted yourself into a corner gatekeeping-wise. It's a weird state of mind. Of course he hated players - he had very specific type(s) of players he planned for and at least initially wasn't interested in considering all humanity as the possible fan base. I would expect attempts by the fan base to expand on a playable world would be met by *at best* a tempered enthusiasm. The response potentially based on criteria about the players's worthiness to comment that is living in this guy's head. It would tend to make his responses weird is what I'm saying.

It's like the OP has anyone who loves him to go home to, so.

It is annoying anyone else that he didn't line up the boat with the painting? Maybe that is purposeful, too.

I must heartily recommend "The Mysterious Benedict Society" if you can watch it (Disney). Female child character carries a bucket around her waist to hold all the stuff she needs to mechanic the world around her. It's really fantastic! The closest analog for the show is A Series of Unfortunate Events (it's an ensemble cast of children, not one MC) but if they had been interacting with VFD instead of Olaf.

Beating cancer couldn't have happened to a more worthy dude.

It is entirely on brand for Toyota that their social media account is quietly spreading positivity.

If ppl had listened to the Corps of Engineers about NOLA, Katrina wouldn't have wrought the devastation there it did.

Richard Scarry can draw all jobs. So I submit 'if it requires a caption'.

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How do these companies know they are not helping dangerous criminals escape prosecution? Is that just not a thing they have to plan around?

But 13 is more than 12. I don't get it.

Totally superficial, but ugh, now we have to see many more pictures of him. He's the ugliest mean girl ever.

The "Christian Right" is a hellish morass of bad behavior and is currently piggybacking off propping up a self- absorbed anarchist to get closer to what they think they want. The last decade has made clear that many people in the US are happy to accept their legitimizing of deeply troubling individuals and permission structures. It has especially made it clear to the "leaders" in that movement, who are repellent in personality and outlook and have become increasingly vocal in discussing their radicalized viewpoints. You ally yourself with them in hoping Trump dies in office since then JD Vance can start more directly implementing their preferred policies. I'm so sad about the current election results. There is no direction forward that isn't troubling and hard. I myself will be focused on supporting good society in all forms. It must be stated that there's no part of the administration that is of permanent or net positive value to our country. That includes JD Vance.