My tier list:

Uncritical support

Makes a great point

Gotta hand it to them

Critical support

Besides the right turn in to a brick wall at the end (probably a requirement to get the article posted tbh) I feel this a lot. All social interactions feel wrong because everyone is afraid to talk about reality. If you get to close to a real topic everyone is socially trained to change the subject to avoid talking about something uncomfortable.

Is there anything at all that is innovative about this metal brick?

Spent this weekend organizing and cleaning. Kids were surprisingly helpful I remember being an utter nightmare when I was their age

I was legoing some ikea ass furniture inside next to a window. I’m like 10 feet away from construction workers rebuilding the house next door to me in the summer heat. I’ve always really enjoyed putting heavy shit together but I couldn’t help but feel like a toddler playing work next to their parents

Was still a lot of fun I wish more friends would ask me to help assemble their stuff

We had thousands of birthdays to go to this weekend, so the kids had fun. Trying to squeeze in some bike/pool activities in the next few weeks if we can find the time

I’m a printout of a waving flag tacked to the wall

you laugh but this is the product documentation manual that comes in the glove box

Amber whataboutism

They’re tapping in to the 7 billion subsidy for charging stations along the Himalayas

Back when I drank way too much soda I’d only buy a drink if it came with free refills so I’d see this reducing sales if anything.

I wonder if chud will have the same reaction to a Wendy’s branded medkit in whatever Tom Clancy shit they’re on now

I feel really bad criticizing other parents ways of raising their kids (I know I’m not perfect) but I do want to say something when parents just hand their kid a phone at restaurants and let youtube autoplay them to hitlers playhouse. We stood firm and now our kids can sit at the table for a while and worst case they get a piece of paper and some crayons to keep them distracted if we’re being too boring.

I don’t plan to give my kids a phone for as long as possible. I think our friends are on the same page too but someone’s going to make the first move at some point. I’d like to keep it down to simple messaging apps so they can talk to each other but we’re not even at that stage with our kids so I have no clue how it’ll go.

What’s the app for reading/writing letters that yours use?

This is incredibly funny I’m so sorry

Also what Egon said

jackett is pretty good

Thanks, you’re right. I wish I could be reminded of this more often.

I was talking with a parent some time ago. Her daughter was really sweet and sociable with everyone. She expressed some concern that she was struggling with finding a way to limit / curtail / correct (I don’t remember the exact wording) that behavior because it wasn’t always safe. At the time, I was thinking more about how crime is hyper focused in media so I pushed back a bit and said I didn’t think it was something she should worry about and it was great that her daughter was so outgoing and friendly. I discussed it with a friend and she reminded me that I’m a self-absorbed dude who’s never had to worry about that and I really regret saying it.

If I could apologize to that parent now (maybe I’ll see her again idk) I’d say that it sucks that our society makes being such a wonderful person like her daughter so hazardous. I gave it 0 thought and talked out of my ass

Slava U-pay-me

Just one more civ 4 turn then i’ll go to bed