I see a lot of the same people, recognize the names. I argue with some, know I’ll agree with others. I like it. It harkens back to old forum days for me. Reddit may as well be anonymous1 talking to anonymous2, maybe outside of some more niche subs, but here, I can comment on a post about corn and recognize a few of the names who are also commenting.

I swear these people are fucking bots and their whole purpose is to drive a wedge. I’m actually seeing a bit of a turn recently on the “America Bad” front, evidenced by an approaching 50/50 split of ups and downs. And I think bot is the best case, because then it’s just some keyboard warrior who clearly doesn’t understand the situation and parrots some other comments on an article from a biased source that they didn’t even bother to read.

Like you, my Congressman is useless. His name is Tom Kean Jr. He’s a nepo politician, and as that goes he doesn’t deserve to stand in his father’s shadow. He’s a moderate Republican who is almost impossible to find and takes no stance on anything. We never hear from him. But this district was drawn to mix communities like mine in with communities that vote for him and so here I am.

That more ignorant suggestions (which I don’t want to besmirch the OC here, I’m sure they’d go down this path eventually) would have us take up arms against … whatever. Storm the Capitol, maybe. Any mention of that being stupid is called weak.

So yeah, I’m with you.

You son of a bitch.

Jesus Christ you said the exact words I was going to. Am I robot?

I’m a soldat!

That’s what OP said, Lemmy users.

Good old liquid lunch is how I lost 15lbs for my wedding!

A 40 ounce to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good, even though I feel bad

I also am part of the “I downloaded jerboa first and it’s good enough” crew.

But if you switch to Linux you can come here and proselytize to the userbase in just a out anything thread, regardless of topic. Doesn’t that sound better than using your software?

Wow, this is something I’ve noticed for my whole life but never talked about or anything, just assumed it was some odd quirk of mine. But yes, I have a specific recollection of touching some kind of paper that had like a velour side to it, and just catching my breath for some reason, and it’s happened a handful of times in the last 30+ years since then.

Sweet, give me that propofol nap.

Dunno where you’re at but Trader Joe’s sells these half-baked breads, so you just pop it in the oven and bring it over the finish line. They’re honestly not half bad, and you get freshly baked bread.

Yeah, I’m also from the US and my grocery store sells pretty solid breads. I also have solid French and Italian bakeries walking distance from my house. I also live in the suburbs.

Some people only have Dollar General.

US very big and very varied. So I’m from Jersey, if that helps, because I think it’s important to be specific. We have great bread, great bagels, great pizza and for this I am very thankful.

All the bots on this site like to shit on Americans, “Why aren’t you doing something?!” And the answer to the stupid question is that individual actions are pointless and that if we wanted to do something, you need a rallying point.

This is that rallying point. This is the kind of movement you can get behind to tell the feds to fuck off. I’ve said it before, I served my time, and I’m not sure I’d serve the country again right now, but I would 100% serve New Jersey.

Not OC but it’s always retrospective. I am 38 and look back at my 20s and reflect on mistakes. Caring too much about how I was perceived, not caring enough about how I perceived myself. Not being honest with myself. Fortunately years and increased responsibility put into perspective the important versus the unimportant. I focus in things that make me happy, make my family happy. I focus less on doing things just because other people are doing them. I did a lot of stuff I didn’t want to do in my 20s because of where I was at in life.

And hey, not everyone’s dumb in their 20s. And if you’re in your 20s, there’s no point in reflecting on it. You are where you are, you do what you do, your life will end up wherever it ends up.

The US has given twice the aid as the entirety of the European Union.

Because it’s delicious and life is about enjoying yourself. If you don’t get enjoyment from some cookies and milk, that is a-ok, but I know I do. And I ran for 92 minutes in Monday and the Garmin app tells me I burned 1225 calories. I think I can squeeze a piece of cheesecake and some milk in there, without the fear that I’m somehow degrading my quality of life when I’m older.

Do you have no vices? Just curious. My brother is very health conscious, his culture is one that puts too much stock into how you look, IMO. But I say this because even he will have cheats from time to time. He’s making us apple pie ice cream for Thanksgiving, one with sugar and one with stevia. And we’ll go run together the next day.

Borrrriiinnnngggggg.

You can absolutely indulge in unhealthy foods so long as you also indulge in healthy foods and exercise.