LaceyLou

He doesn't believe in it anyway, so not a surprise if true.

Truth often hurts.

One quote I heard recently that will stick with me (credited both to Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr but the quote is still good) is that, upon hearing that somebody else was making considerably more: "I have something he doesn't have-I have enough." It's a paraphrase, actually but you get the drift. People like Drumpf, Elon, et al will never be satisfied with what they have, and most likely can never truly enjoy it.

Debating is definitely a skill that's hard to find... especially the ability to debate calmly. It's far more common for 'debaters' to try to 'win' by shouting each other down. It's a shame because I really do love a good debate.

Working with customers is often not fun, especially the general public.

This makes me think of a cartoon I saw many years ago when a man is complaining about how stressful his job is, and the reason he gives for being unhappy is "All day long I have to be NICE to people!"

Definitely.

I know a fair number of liberals who own guns already... and they're excellent shots.

Some of the transit accounts I follow/ed on twitter have joined Bluesky, and a few metro transit systems have stopped posting updates on twitter. My hope is that they all make the move completely to Bluesky at some point-I see MBTA alerts on Bluesky but not general posts as of now.

I try not to feed them... I still get caught into it sometimes though.

Gotta love how things like smoke detectors tend to fail in the middle of the night-and naturally on a weekend and naturally when my electrician boyfriend is out of town. Luckily I have another one so I just disabled it until I can get somebody to look at it. I have a bad feeling that it keeps getting dusty.

Exactly. Also he's wrong. Who was it who said on another thread that having rituals is a good thing? Honoring a President in this way is a good thing, and it can serve as a reminder that it is a privilege and an honor-but also a responsibility to hold the office.

I have a couple of online groups where there are people online all the time if I need moral support... but since they're scattered across the country they can't drop on by in the case of an emergency. I do have a brother and my boyfriend in the area, and a lot of acquaintances that I'm friendly with-sometimes I wish I had somebody who would enjoy the concerts and shows I enjoy. I'd also like a bowling league or something like that, but that's another story. Another issue that I've noticed is that I have trouble sitting around and doing nothing. So I end up on a phone or a tablet rereading the same posts or repeating the same searches even though I know there's nothing new. And when I'm with people we're also all looking at screens. It's harder to focus on things for longer than a minute or two, or to even stay away from screens when watching tv. Some of it might be age, I guess. Still, I wonder if the more connected we are, the less connected we are, if that makes sense.

2025 😉 Other than that, spot on.

True, but I still find it funny. One of my brothers is a lifelong 49ers fan... so I'm used to hearing them defended. My family definitely had interesting times on Sundays.