Turniper
2d ago
Our whole event is pretty low-key, so I'll actually be spending much of the reception with my dad grilling lol.
Turniper
2d ago
Getting married today. I suppose that counts as fun. We've been together for 10 years already, so I think we've a decent hand on this whole romance thing, but does anyone who can beat that want to chime in with advice for love and life?
Turniper
4d ago
If I'm gonna be honest, I continue to not care that much about the events in Iran. We've spend 40 billion dollars and lost 13 soldiers. That's not great, but it's also a drop in the statistical budget. That's like 4% of the yearly defense budget and one week of the armed forces all cause mortality. The deaths, including civilian, in Iran are a tragedy, but they're a tiny tragedy compared to the numbers of protestors butchered in the last few months.
The destruction of natural gas plants is possibly extremely bad for Europe and parts of Asia, but doesn't really impact America. If Iran keeps tolling the strait long term, that's bad and entirely on Trump. If they get the bomb and means to deliver it, same deal. I would prefer the Iranian regime fall, but I don't think that's an outcome achievable at any price America should be paying, and a mistake to attempt.
But overall I frankly just do not care that much, and I won't have firm opinions on the conflict until consequences have shaken out for a year or two or things escalate substantially.
Turniper
7d ago
This survey is structured so that not supporting subsidizing renewable energy counts as pro-coal (See question 2 about the role of government). I don't think it is surprising that when energy prices go up many voters care more about increasing whatever form of capacity is cheapest than subsidizing greener options.
Turniper
24d ago
It is currently 142,448 words, pending a little bit of churn from ongoing edits.
Turniper
26d ago
A couple thousand words away from finishing my second novel (Xianxia series called Between Beast and Buddha). Looks like it's gonna clock in at just shy of 200k words. A bit meandering in places, and darker in tone than the first. I'm a little too close to the work to have an objective opinion on it yet, but I'm mostly satisfied, it's a necessary part of the story I set out to tell. Reader reception has been mostly good, but I'm not sure how the ending will land.
I really should get back to editing the first one. It would be nice to finally officially be able to say I have a book out there, instead of explaining web serials every time someone asks me about it at a party.
Thanks! Well, we're 1 for 3 aiming for 2 of 3. We've had the house for a while, are planning on kids, but are pretty committed to separate finances. Both of us had parents who had disputes over money, hers more severe than mine, and feel better about a hers/mine/ours situation where we have a shared account for shared expenses. Having kids might change that, but I don't think it will.
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