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    Getting old sucks

    Probably a quarter of this thread is about that hideous condition. I’m almost out of the woods, 14-16 months later. 3rd time through it. Custom orthotics, foam rollers, stretch bands, ice foot baths, frozen water bottle roller, hot baths, old fashion stretching, and lots of exercises later…
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    LBGTQ

    Berlin was waaaay ahead of its time pre-Hitler. Vibrant scene, queer and trans. Stunning really. I don’t have have any recs to offer but I do appreciate your honest and I’m glad something resonated with you. The thing is, the more things change the more they stay the same. Facts and circumstances vary from culture to culture, society to society, person to person and generation to generation but in the west we trans folk still risk an inordinate amount in our lives - an amount cisgender, white, straight folk likely cannot fathom - just to have a chance at quieting the unrelenting sound of gender dissonance in our heads. Relationships, money, career, opportunity, shit man if I went into the opportunities I’ve lost because of transition, not to mention the people I’ve lost, you’d be at risk of swallowing flies. Jaw dropping losses, and here’s the thing devastating loss is the rule for our people not the exception. And yet we are still adamant we must do it because the alternative is death sometimes by suicide, sometimes by slow declines like alcoholism and sometimes by a life felt as a complete and utter waste of inauthenticity.
  3. .6 inch of rain to start a Sunday. I’ll take it.
  4. It’s going to happen just too late. There are changes happening just not enough. China EV adoption rate and their clean energy projects are very impressive, as an example. Europe and US initiatives are accelerating as well. Industry innovation is extremely promising. We could ban petroleum plastic bags now and go with fully biodegradable bags. There is tons of technology waiting to be relied upon. But in the end, as we humans do, we react way too late to the problem. These solutions are 20 years too late and soon to be 30-50 years too late.
  5. Our desert landscape hates me right now. Yuccas be like wtf you told us there would be no rain?
  6. Same reasons humans are bad for the environment except the dog per se isn’t the problem - we are and we have too many, we feed them meat and the dog food industry is disgusting. dogs or no dogs is not where this battle gets won. It gets won on innovation, mass migration away from carbon based energy (electricity and fuel), new and improved energy storage techniques, carbon capture and sequestration, and elimination of petroleum based plastics. There is more but if we do that we are well on our way and our dogs keep getting belly rubs and treats. we already have the answers for most of this, what we lack is political will. Individual will won’t get it done, as much as we each try, it’s got to be governmental and industry initiatives and mandates. coming at people for having dogs is simply barking up the wrong tree.
  7. Gorgeous, lust worthy, high maintenance and expensive?
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    2024 NFL DRAFT

    First I’m like damn we must a been good, then I remember semis in the CFP, wow. Then I think but 11 drafted? Then I remember we played to win at the end and had one play gone right the horns are in a favorable match up gainst Michigan. Double wow, we back baby?!
  9. I think it’s pretty simple really, social media and video games are fun and easy. Next thing you know the girls not only aren’t interested they don’t even know you exist. Then the self reinforcing doom loop begins. this weekend - one son is helping us build garage shelves and he’s as good or better with tools than my GC wife and does the tik tok thing for 10 mins and puts it down, another is video gaming for hours (he did practice for and have a competition for band today), but guess which one has the most game? Guess which one has had 3 girlfriends?
  10. After my divorce I had a few albeit fleeting thoughts about being the third in a threesome. My gf at the time - now wife - was like do what you gotta do just don’t get a STI. Decided against it but it made for some fun thought life for a while. I have no doubt I could have fucked as many couples as I could handle. Folks are kinky out there. I landed on the plain vanilla suburban lawyer mom role. Seems to work well for me.
  11. Yep though that was first wife for sure now working from home it’s more of a leave me alone don’t come talk to me vibe.
  12. I did have to do some training. I’m working, I bill by the hour, every minute you spend talking to me is another minute I have to stay later working. First wife was dialed in on it, second one 7 years into is now fully trained.
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