Loquat
11mo ago
I don't know if the book differs from the TV show here, but in the show she simply poisons all the figs. No special convincing needed.
Loquat
1yr ago
From the anecdotes I've heard about it, it seems that the primary problem is other women (or female persons who identify as not-women) who embrace the new trans religion and therefore consider it fundamentally immoral to try to maintain a penis-free lesbian scene.
Loquat
1yr ago
Are the kids able to help with the seed planting? My kids (4 and 7) love planting with me, though of course they need close supervision to avoid things like putting the entire packet of seeds in one spot or spacing the tomato plants 2 inches apart.
Loquat
1yr ago
The more snobbish PMC types might sneer at retail jobs in general, but a girl who works part-time at Target while she goes to college isn't going to get anywhere near the kind of lasting stigma her classmate with an OnlyFans is going to get.
Loquat
1yr ago
Does your wife have any nearby siblings with children, or who seem likely to have children in the future? One of the factors that influenced us to have a second kid was that our first would have been the only grandchild on both sides, so having a second both provided a playmate (in time) and a reason for the first kid to NOT believe herself the center of the universe. If there are first cousins near at hand, that's less of a concern.
Loquat
1yr ago
On a normal day I don't feel sleepy until late evening, when I'd be going to bed anyway for my 8 hours of sleep. I'm in my 40's.
Seconding the recommendation you do a sleep study if you haven't already.
Loquat
1yr ago
There was a bit I read once, possibly even on Slate Star Codex, that went a bit like this:
Person A: I don't want to eat (food item), it has too many chemicals in it.
Person B: I don't understand what you mean. Everything we eat is composed of chemicals - even water is a chemical!
Commentary from blogger: But, of course, B is being deliberately pedantic, and knows perfectly well that A is objecting to ingredients with complicated names that nobody uses in home cooking and most people don't even know what they are, e.g. sodium benzoate.
It seems like you're being Person B here? Yes, "chemicals" and "processed" are technically overbroad, but they work pretty well for normies to communicate concepts like, "this category of food tends to be low in fiber, high in added sugar and salt, and has good odds of being designed by food scientists to be as tasty and un-satiating as possible so you'll eat more of it per sitting and thus spend more money buying more of it".
Loquat
1yr ago
All right, all right, I'll quit lurking and register lol.
Anyhow, while it's true that Goodway is ineffectual in virtually all her appearances, it's a kid show with kid (dog) heroes; adults being near-universally silly and unable to solve their own problems is a necessary plot element. Consider Captain Turbot and his French cousin, both white males - whenever they're on screen together, it's virtually guaranteed that they'll make a bunch of stupid decisions and end up needing rescue.
After watching his post-debate interview with Stephanopoulos, I think you're right. Biden genuinely believes all his bad poll numbers are wrong/biased and his true level of public support is much higher.
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