Exactly.

Claude:

Hey, you didn’t have to make it personal…

I 100% agree with this take, but I think we need to be realistic about the impact of the reduction in status and lifestyle for Americans. I think when there is a rapid decline, people are going to become angry and reactionary and looking for someone to blame.

I think we will be more vulnerable to right wing take over, especially if it coincides with a Democrat administration. The situation might limit the global impact with US powers reduced, but internally it could become a real hellhole.

The friends we made was also Claude, though.

Wouldn’t that imply that political differences from the president are criminal? Some folks really are all in on king Trump.

I used to have a lot of exposure to different lifestyles due to being into BDSM and heavily involved in a trans-friendly group. One of my best friends fully transitioned with I think gave me a lot of insight.

I want to say first that I fully support the rights of all people to live their truth as they see it. I respect and value people regardless of what they have in their pants or who they choose to share that with.

I’m attracted to femme features and were I to date someone they would have to pass pretty well. I’m not viscerally disgusted by a penis, and I guess I’d be willing to experiment, but in the abstract I’m not attracted to them, I don’t get pleasure from anal play, and I don’t really like putting my dick in butts. Not totally opposed but it’s rare I’m in the mood for that — I have to be feeling very “top-y.”

So just don’t know that there is a lot of dating potential there. However I could use more friends and if someone wanted to hang out and talk nerdy shit over drinks in a romantic setting and call it a date, I’m in.

I will add that I’m married and while we are essentially monogamous, we aren’t strictly so and hypothetically if the right person came along that fit as a play partner or throuple, I wouldn’t care about gender or gender expression at all. As long as there is someone involved in an encounter who makes my junk tingle, it’s all good.

I’m genX and have owned a home almost continuously since I was 23 or 24. In most cases I don’t know whether friends own or rent their homes but afaik they almost all own. My sister doesn’t, but she is disabled.

My oldest (~30) kids both own homes. One with her husband and she was a restaurant general manager when she bought and switched to bank manager to have a kid for better hours and benefits. My son is just a single guy who has been a nurse for a handful of years, and he just bought about a year or so ago.

This is in Midwest USA. When I lived near D.C. I think renting was more common.

It will 100% happen if we have fair elections, but that’s the rub. Trump has terrible numbers. The economy is garbage. Everything is garbage. We elected a dictator, and he might be too big of a buffoon to strangle our democracy, but there’s a chance that it’s already too late and we failed to stop him when it was possible without violence.

I’m curious to see where things go with the cop. He has a complicated relationship with his son, and with the Empire. Both of those are going to lead to conflicts for him. Sometimes I find the ordinary folks in Star Wars to be some of the most interesting. I have a feeling Rylee are Devon are going to meet at some point, as they both have issues with their father figures.

That is, unfortunately incorrect. They write it up and their pet legislators introduce it. Yes it has to get voted on and there is more to it, but the actual verbiage? That is all too often written by lobbyists.

As a former soldier, “warfighter” is the stupidest fucking word I’ve heard in my life. It makes me think the speaker is a profound idiot every time I hear it. This might be the first time I’ve read the word — and it is just as stupid as ever.

Richard Ayoade has a very distinct voice for Two Boots, and it’s slightly distracting but I don’t hate it, I just expect him to be doing IT support. Dennis Haysbert is recognizable as well, but he’s well suited to playing a Master Jedi. Sam Witwer continues to be great as Maul.

For a character that was originally conceived as so one-dimensional, Maul really has become one of the more intriguing dark Jedi. He clearly embraces being a bad guy, but he seems to have a rather nuanced take on morality.

So far, it seems pretty interesting. A simple tale of revenge seems to be just the backdrop of a richer story, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there is more to it. I’m looking forward to seeing his relationship with Devon.

Last thing I saw was either Wicked or Hamilton. I’m not sure which. But if you want to count it, I saw Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban with a live orchestra instead of the soundtrack. It was… magical.

I didn’t know it was out. I’ll have to come back after I watch it tonight. This is so I don’t forget.

Why change affiliation? They would probably hold more power as Democrats, I would think. But yes winning the primary of a major party is how third parties get elected.

It looks slow, but certainly not dead. A handful of posts a week isn’t bad.

I would be afraid posts would be met with jeers of, “you just figured that out? How are you even alive, bro?”

Maybe I underestimate the Lemmy audience, though.

Block who you want. Life is too short to tolerate fools.

I’m pretty skeptical about drinking it, but that’s a hell of a recommendation for horse piss. Is the horse at least named Glen?

I agree with small amount of money. Far from a certain thing, but common enough to be worth risking a couple of bucks.