It’s sad things like this that make me think, it’s too bad church is all fucked up with religion. Because “Entire families, plus any single individuals, get washed and dressed up, then join under the stained-glass windows to sit and stand and sing and go through the motions, while all the eligible sweeties pretend they’re not checking out all the other eligible sweeties, and have a whole hour to think of something to say to them over the coffee and cookies afterwards. Repeat weekly” is pretty much how a lot of people found partners for generations. Especially those whose families couldn’t afford ballrooms and country clubs.

Have you considered the possibility Dad ASKED each person how many peps they wanted before he started cutting? Or he gives the kids peps according to their ages?

It’s less random people and more likely people who live in the same building or whose kids are on the same team/at the same school etc. I don’t want to be expected to converse, and I don’t like when others do it. A friendly smile and hello and keep walking is my go-to, as if I’m in a tearing hurry.

Could we ban conversation between cart-holders? Two people shopping together, same cart same list, is fine. But anything beyond “Hi, nice to see you” between two carts clogs the aisles

Hold onto the anger, it will keep you alive. Find a professional to help you learn how to navigate the normie world, because your parents clearly won’t. Find your success in your own terms.

Points for penmanship

TransMAGA,

or transmantis, because that’s the bug they look like.

An old woman who looks her age can command respect, if she’s used those years to earn respect. Which is not something any of these trans-mantis women have done.

Give him the Slow Blink

I think it’s more like 4-5 pancakes. Pancakes spread on each bottom as you cook/flip them, so there’s a narrower “waist” that can make one seem like two in a stack. It’s still a reasonable amount of butter, and I’d use more because I’m not fond of syrup.

If you want people to skip reading a certain piece of information, make it the title.

Thank you fellow oldster

Honestly I wouldn’t know, I live in Los Angeles and am just going off things I’ve seen in the past about ice fishing shacks in like Minnesota and Canada. Meanwhile I’ve got flowers blooming in my garden on plants that have had enough water for the first time in their lives.

It’s January, you should be able to drive a truck on the ice. Climate change

Scalp is skin so any wash that’s safe for one is okay for the other. Hair is a different beast entirely. The ends of long hair are much older than the cells on your skin, and they need moisture plus detangling. However if you have very short hair the damage done by using a cheap 3 in 1 product will be cut off before it becomes noticeable.

Condoms are cool, all the ladies love a man who uses condoms.

Look into freezing sperm now while you’re young and it’s squirmy and spermy and healthy. Then you can get the snip (or the no-snip method) and when you do want kids you won’t be ruining your sex life with scheduled sessions. She can get inseminated when the ultrasound shows an ovum is waiting and it’ll have a better chance of conception. Go in with her if you can and she’s comfortable with that. Just as you will for the birth.

If you do it when you’re young you get the most years of benefits, and if you’re a couple you’ll be saving the cost of pills or IUDs or condoms or whatever over the years. To say nothing about the costs of pregnancy or even just the possible-pregnancy scares and tests.

The woman should be ABLE and ALLOWED to protect herself against pregnancy, yes, but the responsibility isn’t all hers. Every unwanted pregnancy starts with sperm. Her ovum was just sitting there, innocently drifting down the fallopian tube, staying inside her body.

Any man who doesn’t accept his full responsibility for preventing pregnancy, or for the consequences of a pregnancy occurring, is a shit.

Female-centered methods that are invasive like IUDs or rely on hormones like the Pill have common side effects like intense pain, personality changes, increased stroke and heart attack risk. The only reason women tolerate them is because the consequences of pregnancy are higher for them. The side effects of vasectomy are temporary pain and bruising, and sperm granuloma. Sperm quality diminishes quite slowly and sperm can be frozen beforehand, so it’s still possible to father a wanted child.

You could get a vasectomy…

Oh I love that idea!