Came here to say this

“Crashes” riiiigght

I think those two kitties are putting them evil thoughts into the pious obese man’s head.

Thanks for this reply. Being GenX isn’t the bed of roses some folks believe it is. I find myself reading more physical books these days than I ever before. Kind of just to take it all in at less than a blur. It’s all whipping by at breakneck speed.

Well… depending on how long ago you separated from that partner who tried to pressure you into marriage, you could discover how her decision to return to someone who mistreated her turned out.

And I am glad you did not marry anyone that you think might have led to an unsatisfying partnership.

Marriage is a wild ride. I was an LA punk rocker in my teens and have felt unconventional my whole life… despite that in many ways, my path doesn’t look much like the road less travelled. For me, showing up to parent teacher conferences was richly unconventional. I’ll be honest… I ended up being much more generous of myself than I would have ever pictured me. Marriage does not come without its sacrifices.

I was not great at this game but I was a good sport.

Did you find “the one”? Like are you married presently?

I couldn’t agree more!

I am replying to your reply to this post so that I don’t earn the ire of absolutely everyone. And perhaps I will not even earn yours. Perhaps… you will find some sense in what follows.

There was an unspoken rule for Gen-X — it was in many ways as you have described here. If you got rejected by a girl… that door was closed. And there wasn’t really room for friendship. If you got burned by a girl, you moved on and didn’t even pretend to like them. Done.

You could have friends that were girls if they had boyfriends you liked. If they had boyfriends you didn’t like, you could be friends with a girl you were attracted to, but only so that she might discover you.

Where I believe I run afoul of Millenials and Gen-Z is where I remind folks we just didn’t have a lot of girls who were just friends… we considered this a fantasy or just waiting.

I’m a teacher. It feels like service to the future every single day.

In my huge city we have a big homeless problem, so I volunteer with the food bank and soup kitchen.

More than that, I ask each homeless person I meet their name and I try to remember it because more than likely I’ll be able to say “Hey, Brett!” tomorrow. I don’t always have a few bills to give but I can give a personal greeting.

I’m about a tech zero skill but I am at Lemmy for THIS news. Thank you for resisting complete shitification hegemony. Resist!

I hope Mamdani wins and people have to charge fair rents and feel like they are suffering.

It just works.

I don’t follow this meme terribly well as I don’t know the context.

I hate to learn that there is trouble in the social media that has saved me from corporatocracy and technocracy bullying.

I don’t know a hexbear from a hex

Random trivia: The clippy movement is not saying that Microsoft was noble. It’s saying we need to go back to the 90s version is the internet.

A cat identifying as a dog is exactly the same amount of dog as all other dogs.

Thank you. Will try all.

Received server stopped responding error message for both— what does that mean?

I’m on an iPhone. Any suggestions there?

I cannot browse to Nytimes.com and latimes.com but I can browse to Amazon.com

I should have been more clear. I do have some satisfaction in having written s stupid question though.

Is no one else seeing that these two primary news sites are down?

Gizmos are electric powered.