LordMayor

Salt and Pepper Diner—John Mulaney

All of the investors that opposed this should divest, now. It’s the only sensible response.

Come on, Andy. Let the bitterness and shame spur your desire to lash out and hurt someone. Tell all and watch the place burn. Imagine walking into the US capitol building and dropping napalm in front of the world.

You think you’re fucked? Watch what happens to the USA when you prove who their President really is. At least a third of their heads will explode and the rest will just ignore you while they dance around the carnage and point fingers.

It will be glorious.

See also:

The Ghost of Tom Joad—Bruce Springsteen

Tom Joad Pt. 1–Woody Guthrie

Streamed pirated games and ignored the lawsuit. Made stupid threats “I own the streets”.

Not feeling sorry for this guy.

You don’t mention the most important part of the above comment: asking her how she feels to have something stolen and asking how she thinks someone who’s had something stolen feels.

That’s different than telling her how someone would feel. The point is to develop empathy. At her age she should be capable of theory of mind. You want to focus on developing the skill of modeling others’ feelings in response to her own actions.

Get her to think about how someone else feels rather than tell her. This shouldn’t be just an exercise for hurtful actions, either. It’s equally important for good feelings. “You gave me a hug! That made me feel so good inside!” “Look at that puppy. I wonder if he’s happy?”

“I wonder” is a powerful way to unlock someone’s brain to expand their consciousness about the world around them. It gently invites them to follow the path you’re trying to lead them on and it shows you how they are seeing the world. People naturally like to have the answer especially when someone else displays some ignorance.

(“I wonder” works on everyone, not just kids. It’s especially helpful with people with dementia.)

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want to avoid your MIL. I also think it’s reasonable for your wife to maintain the relationship.

Can you use her visit as excuse to take a vacation—alone or with friends—or visit your family? Given the circumstances, I think avoidance is a perfectly valid option. Get some you time if your wife is cool with it.

FYI, most Mullvad exit nodes are blocked by big services.

You have to try different ones to find one that works. I have found just a couple that work for, for example, Netflix or Reddit.

Proton and PIA seemed to be easier, I think they have more exits and/or rotate the IP addresses of the exits.

I like Mullvad as a company better so I use them.