They might appreciate that - an instant indicator that they are different (“better”). Even if it makes it impossible to hide.

The most painful thing we can do to them is take their money and make them live like the rest of us.

I think this just annoys everyone.

Obama possibly among most of all.

Until November.

In your 40s you become a hobbit. And truly enjoy it.

Snarking not infrequently about the silliness of non-Hobbits who don’t understand safe, simple pleasures.

When I visited Berlin, I heard a theory that these Soviet era units were why the cost of living was still accessible to creative-types so a big part of why the city is culturally thriving.

Why not both?

Because we can still stop tomorrow’s deaths in Gaza, technically.

The perpetrators are still effectively the same people who committed the crime.

The terrorists of 50 yo are likely already dead, the entire topology of their cause changed. It is pointless.

I mean, how many civilians are the IDF shooting in Gaza per day now? Especially with their new execution law?

Why are we supposed to get worked up about 26 deaths over 50 years ago given that context?

At some point, even the Republicans have to be ready to impeach this sheisty, full of shit motherfucker.

Finally, a third worst option.

Star Wars guy might tell you to fuck off, give bad info over confidently, or expect something in return for their help

But God Emperor guy will lead you to a dark alley to shank you to protect the future gene pool from your weakness, and feel good about it.

Not all sandwiches are subs. There are plenty of other sandwiches, like those weird cucumber sandwiches, you can put your mayo on.

I’m part of a mutual aid group that delivers groceries to people every 2 weeks.

We sometimes get urgent requests on off-dates.

I don’t think I can explain how satisfying(?), motivating(?) it was to randomly get off work one evening last week with instructions to buy $50 worth of groceries for someone I’d never met and to drop it off.

To be part of someone finding relief in a terrible situation.

The hardest part was honestly finding a group with flexible opportunities that I could contribute to regularly. Most organizations that ask for volunteers often want business-hour availability, and 6+ mo commitment - ie, good for retirees.

He’s not interested in a 9yo wife.

That is someone he’d have to pay to take care of.

And worse - she would grow up…

His joy is in treating people, including young children, like toilet paper.

Disposable.

Use them, get off on their tears and pain, confusion and begging, then throw them away.

This meme doesn’t understand how rapists like our POTUS work. And people need to understand.

His whole personality is about exploiting everyone he can and getting off on it. As much as possible.

You probably uninstalled it before the algo figured out what really hits your engagement, which is the point at which it becomes addictive.

Do you understand aggregate descriptors? That it is quite typical and appropriate to talk about groups based on their average or median value, even if it is acknowledged that there is a proportion of exceptions?

As someone who only speaks English, the cognitive map made by that language is kind of disgusted to think of toes and fingers interchangably.

Fingers are (or should be) clean, and are allowed to touch many things. I am perfectly comfortable touching many things with my fingers that other people’s fingers have touched.

But toes? Toes are gross. They are not interchangeable with fingers. Unless I’m in the shower cleaning my toes, if my fingers touch my toes I probably need to wash my hands after. And other people’s toes?..

No - toes and fingers are not the same thing. My toes are great, I’m glad to have them for balance while walking or running. But they are not fingers, or vis versa

Oh no. Ohhhh no.

It’s simply what consequences are dished out for.

This is mob rule government. If you are part of the ‘gang’, and are loyal to the gang, you can get away with murder. Or raping children.

Everyone else is under the bootheel though.

That is why they are trying to ban the facts you just shared.

Nothing but pro-White Nationalism propaganda allowed

The horror of parasocial distance collapse

I’m aro/ace and not dating, but my circle of friends is progressive and most have become poly over the last 5 years.

So I’m acquainted with probably +25 poly guys, most of whom skew progressive (but there are a few who lean more libertarian in there too, and a couple anarchists), and am good enough friends with probably 5 progressive poly guys to have a good sense what they have learned, how they treat their partners, and what their partners find appealing.

To be fair, to me polyamory looks like an insane amount of effort for the payoff - bc I am not interested in even one relationship let alone the intense effort of managing multiple. But from what I have seen, successfully being poly means learning a ton about boundaries, communication, and maintaining respect because all parties constantly have to manage jealousy and limited attention each of their partners. If you don’t respect one partner - poof!! – that relationship is over. And your other partners will likely hear about it, in detail, from both sides and litigate it bc they have a stake both in you and in being someone with you. It is a ton of drama.

But it also seems to be a crucible for learning how to negotiating needs and figuring out how to talk about it openly with each other to build connection - and that process both requires and builds respect for your partners.

Like I said, the guys I know who have stuck with it and learned the necessary people skills now have the problem of having too much interest. Including one friend who had terrible luck dating before and who I worried was on the verge of becoming an incel. Then he dated one of my first friends who was poly, and she kind of taught him in no uncertain terms how this works. Between that and his next poly girlfriend, I watched him become someone who is deeply considerate of his partners and is also confident about his boundaries and what he can offer. He’s got like 4 relationships going on, 2 of which are long term.

And again - the biggest change I saw in him was that he stopped seeing the women he wanted to date as games to win or challenges to overcome, and stopped carrying the frustration and shame that comes with the ‘failure’ to ‘score’. He still looks at women with clear desire, but that desire doesn’t make him feel like he has to be manipulative or play games.

I don’t know how to explain it except that he has a respect for the women he courts that most single guys do not. Maybe it’s that he has less to fear from rejection, so he doesn’t have to mentally dehumanize women as a coping mechanism. And this is a feature I see in most poly men, and have seen emerge in men as they fall into poly.

Actually - I’m going to ponder the ‘able to respect women more bc they have less to fear from rejection’ idea more, personally.

That alone may be a big part of their appeal, because a lot of the threat that women have to navigate when being courted is how to safely disengage if a promising flirtation turns sour. There is a lot more enthusiasm to explore or move fast when you are free to say no without fear of a possibly violent meltdown.

And poly guys aren’t going to meltdown. They are ok with a no, they are emotionally braced for that and have been through worse feelings already. And they have other relationships to fall back on.