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I agree with part of what the other poster said. Might be worth searching around if there are organizations or therapists that could intervene. Try to reach out directly to the medical community as opposed to involving law enforcement. Good luck and I'm sorry to hear about this situation.

This is my favorite episode of Weeds

Yes I would like to be pinged in the future. Scavenger hunt sounds fun!

I like this a lot

Sorry sweaty, Bill Clinton had his way with welfare too and it was never the same after

I really wanted to post that emoji, but in all seriousness, this is a really interesting observation. I think in some cases it could be some of them trying to deal with their own fucked up childhoods. And then they impose some other kind of misery on the next generation, while pining for some ideal childhood they never had. Generational abuse / trauma on a minor scale maybe?

A story from just yesterday that made me irrationally angry:

Ultra chud at my workplace, drives a massive $60k+ truck, brings in his Black rifle coffee Co thermos every day. You get the idea... A group of us were talking about shoveling snow and he literally says "I don't ever need to worry about EVER doing that because I have two sons and I make them do it!" and laughs of course. Probably if someone else had said it, it would have been said with more levity and I could have laughed it off. But with this guy, I could just tell, he wanted to make these kids miserable. They need to learn how to become MEN so they don't get to have a snow day, they get to shovel for dad!

Another anecdote: dealing with some family issues in regards to my grandfather being shitty to my mother and her siblings. Mom and aunt upset, but dealing with everything with poise and dignity. Uncle, tantrums, anger, drinking, bringing up 50 year old daddy issues. Surprise, surprise, He's politically the most conservative one in the family...

Feels like mommy and daddy issues all around that get passed on down the line. Gets worse and more twisted and bizarre as material conditions deteriorate and suburban fascism intensifies.

Libs are in copium mode already. The few I talked to about this have come back with several responses:

-"too early, people aren't paying attention and just looking to blame Biden"

-"Democrats are winning elections elsewhere"

-"Trump may be winning in the primaries, but he's not in the spotlight and 15% of Republicans won't vote for him"

-"if Trump gets charged that will spotlight his crimes"

Saw this last night and I wanted to give a thoughtful response.

My partner has an auditory processing disorder and I have ADHD. Sometimes he has trouble hearing and/or processing and sometimes and I can ramble or mumble. We are a quite a duo haha. But, in all seriousness, I quite frequently have to repeat myself in speaking with him and I constantly need to remind myself that this is the reality. He also admits that he frequently asks "what?" as a reflex even if he does hear. I think it's a common tic among those with auditory processing disorders.

My experience when I need to repeat something he hasn't heard and I'm tempted to say "oh it's nothing important" is to instead rephrase what I'm saying more cogently. I recognize that it's very possible that the reason the thing I said wasn't heard was my own fault. Not speaking clearly, just blabbering, or just saying the first thing to come to my head. I instead, stop, think about what I said, find a clearer way to phrase it and repeat it. If it's really not important, I'll usually stick with something like "sorry I misspoke, what were you saying?" or "I need to think about what I really want to say before I respond" saying something like "oh nevermind" or "forget it" can come off as very passive aggressive, especially in a romantic relationship.

I've also learned that this is also a good tactic for people where English is not their first language. Language or processing barriers are not people's faults and you can always do something to make things a bit easier for both parties when communicating. Not sure if this is helpful, but I wanted to convey my experience to you.

I really want to know why the programmers decided on"melon" to kill the game

Yes for now, but they will eventually have to sell said houses to pay for end of life care. And then who is going to be able to afford to buy them? Fucking banks.

I plan to have this argument over and over so we may as well get used to it