Vanth

Dude, one of the stated objectives of Artemis 3 is to be the first to land a woman and a person of color on the moon. That isn’t happening with Trump in office. Mark me, he’ll cancel it someday to make big headlines and to draw attention away from something even more insidious. Feckless career politicians and media personalities will give him a complete pass because the mission is behind schedule and over budget, without pressing on why that is or how Trump/DOGE have made it exponentially worse.

Homework assignment for a film class: design this vignette in the style of various directors, from Cronenburg body horror to Wes Anderson grief-filled comedy and color palette.

Pretty sure it was millipedes. Lots of little legs that go down below the body, versus fewer legs that stick out to the side. And they smelled when squished.

I acclimate to to the heat. I’ve lived in the South with no AC at all; 80F with humidity control is cushy by comparison.

Summer: open windows until heat and/or humidity causes concern for my electronics.

Winter Day: 68F Winter Night: 58F

Why, thank you. Your comment is worth more than all the upvotes.

Childhood spring one year, conditions were perfect for millipedes. The basement floor was covered in them. I mean covered with the floor barely visible.

They weren’t damaging or dangerous, just disgusting. My dad put on his outdoor shoes and just walked around in tiny steps smashing them. He walked for hours. Then scraped them up with a plastic snow shovel and threw them outdoors for the birds to go wild. Then walked some more.

No other spring since has resulted in those sorts of numbers. It was interesting to see my dad’s reaction: the disgust and fascination and satisfaction. God help him if he ever discovers pimple popper videos and the like, we would lose him to the algorithm.

I still have an account but haven’t actively used it since 2016/2017. I log in once or twice a year to see what distant contacts have reached out so I can redirect them to channels I actively monitor.

I have a projector hooked to a Roku box. I don’t use it much but I occasionally watch Planet Earth or similar with a shutoff timer so I can fall asleep to Attenborough’s narration.

Report them for tax fraud? Almost definitely not. I would be getting a lawyer and accountant to insulate myself and my financials from them.

Broke off an engagement when he started showing hints of being way more trad / misogynist than he wanted me to see. It took him a few more years to come out of his closet with full Trump/ MAGA/ patriarchal/ white nationalist delusions. He did marry someone else and she recently pressed DV charges and divorced him. I don’t talk to either of them directly, but the stories I hear through friends and family sound like full blown reddit writing exercises.

Mine were both mid to late thirties when they had me. More than just their age, birth order was an impact. I am third born out of a lot. Standard middle child, if blood wasn’t gushing out of my head, I was forgotten. There are pros and cons to being the overlooked middle.

Ah, thanks to those clarifying who this schmuck is.

At first I wondered if it was the meme author? Lol at getting your headshot out there. Random Asian scientist? Eeeeeh, tip toeing into racist undertones with the repeat posts.

IRL jackass running unethical and illegal human experimentation? Bring on all the memes and then some.

I never got “the talk”. Dad considered it to be mom’s job. Mom forgot she never had it with me; I’m one of over a half dozen kids and i believe her that she forgot me on top of her being very Catholic and very uncomfortable talking about sex.

I learned from reading on my own, picking up tidbits from friends (who barely knew more than me), and making mistakes. Having a bajillion younger siblings went a long way in teaching me to take safe sex seriously. I’ve changed diapers on enough younger siblings to last me three motherhoods. Hard pass.

He’s telling you not to wait for him; have some respect for his wishes and go to University. He’s nearly an adult, not your child.

A couple words from a dream I’d had that burrowed deep into my brain for a short time. I figured it was unique enough, I could get the original and not have to add number at the end.

The only person I know who has had one is a tech enthusiast / early adopter. He changes phones multiple times per year anyway so a short-lived screen while they work out design improvements probably isn’t much of a concern for him.

Best use case I saw was multitasking. He could be writing or drawing on one half while reading from a reference on the other.

This was at least a couple years before COVID. Who knows what the protocols were then versus now. Best I can find is that a person can request an agent be of the same gender, but TSA doesn’t have to comply with that request.

It seems they’re also supposed to offer choice between patdown in line or in a private room. I was never offered a private room option, nor would I take it unless I could have witnesses and video record. Forget going into a room alone with any LEO of any gender.

Yes, in the US, at an airport, I was selected for additional screening by a TSA agent. The agent put on gloves and patted me down. He had me extend my arms out and said he was going to check my waistband. When he got around to the back, he shoved a finger down my ass crack and wiggled it, then continue on. It took half a second. My mind blanked.

I called to make a complaint the next day but got nowhere. Too late, too “minor”, not enough details or evidence from me. I was told it didn’t really happen, because if it had I would have spoken up in the moment.

If I am ever selected for patdown again, I intend to ask for an agent of the same gender as me, to have a supervisor observing, and cameras recording.

You and I don’t own this system, we have to survive in it. You aren’t actively hurting anyone. Do it, get the paycheck that keeps a roof over your head, then find some way to make a positive impact in your local community. Is there a place with resources for LGBT youth/young adults that you could volunteer at or donate to?

My take on it, at least. I’m not helping anyone if I get evicted. The employer is the one showing a lack of morals/ethics, not you.

It actually surprises me to see 46/33. Gut feel, I would have put it closer to 60/20.