It just really sucks about your employer! The logic of male-presenting = short hair is nonsensical, but I understand that it’s not supposed to make sense

imo a hairstyle that looks perfect on you never really goes out of style. It might not be cutting edge but it won’t ever look bad

I gave up on working toward example haircuts because my unique combination of hair type, head shape, and cowlicks makes it never work out exactly as I wanted. I try to just follow what my hair is telling me it wants to do, and go from there… easier said than done.

Saving this for when someone figures it out

I would interpret that there was an even number of “nots” in whatever line in the Bible says “not” to be gay. We got it wrong because of a translation error.

Thou shalt not not not not not not not not not not love thy neighbor of the same gender

1000%. If this becomes the hot topic among your coworkers, insist on bringing up the simultaneous cuts to social and welfare programs. Trump doesn’t give a shit about the poor or even non rich

Just to pile on more info. There are dozens of minor taxes levied at the federal, state, and local (usually municipal) level. In some states with a flat tax rate, these are used to make up for the lost revenue which a progressive tax would have brought in.

You can bet that someone has considered a lemonade stand tax. That’s the level of specificity

There has been a secessionist minority in Texas basically since it joined the union. Conservative lawmakers have long played into the idea of Texan independence because it’s popular among constituents, but again, there is no real substance to it. It doesn’t have any more teeth than other deluded chauvinist movements that believe America can win any war. “We’ll show them why we don’t have healthcare” etc. There is no actual ability for the right wing nuts in Texas to actually divorce from the federal government. At most they will continue to perform stunts like the barbed wire fiasco under Biden that you alluded to.

Texas is critical to the US national defense and military strategy, so it will never be allowed to happen. Texan elites also recognize correctly that they depend on the power of the US economically and military. While not exactly unviable on its own (I think Texas is well positioned geographically) the calculation just doesn’t work out in favor of secession.

However I will concede that it would be funny if Texas seceded, so I’m not gonna argue against the idea too much harder

Texas and Florida are deeply wed to the nation, both economically and militarily and vice versa. Things would have to be far, far worse for that to ever materialize. It’s not in the material interest of the elites in those states, so it will continue to be a fantasy just like Texan secession has always been.

There are many intermediate steps that would need to happen before balkanization. I think large moneyed interests would step in long before it got to that point. Right now the political machine is still behind him; that could change.

Software engineering isn’t one thing. It’s like knowing how to use Microsoft Office. The actual content of your work day depends on where you work, so maybe just look for a new workplace but still within your field. It’s too early to give up imo. Most people hate their first “real” job after exiting the relatively enriching atmosphere of university

Ah yes, viewing disability as a problem to be fixed is very medical and rational and totally not based entirely on how your society is structured.

Nope cant see the resemblance at all… 🤔

“The Happy Urbanist” @jonjon.mp.4 is based in Chattanooga and makes videos about city design and urbanism. I think he is active in city politics too? At least speaking up to the council. But from those videos I can see that Chattanooga is on the better side of American cities… still far from ideal, but looks like they’re trying.

It’s called TERF Island for a reason. Make them paddle if they want to leave

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I also love reading oldish writing, like pre-20th century where the rules were far looser.

We take it for granted, but mathematics also used to be quite loosey-goosey until it was formalized by David Hilbert in the 1920s. Dude was an absolute legend, I mean just look at him:

and then you want to close it with a smiley (or is it emoticon (I never really used that term even back in the day … and today everyone just calls them emojis :))) and it looks like a triple chin

I was taught all the dashes in school along with all the other punctuation. Didn’t realize this was arcane knowledge. I also see them in books and other edited literature all the time. It is not obscure at all