Do not hold on to hate. Don’t pay an emotional price on people who don’t care about you

Do not feel guilt about other people suffering the consequences of their own actions. Don’t pay an emotional price on people who don’t care about you

Have empathy for the injustices others face. It helps you let go of hate

You are responsible for how you respond to your environment. They are responsible for themselves. They chose to respond to abuse by abusing others. You can perpetuate that cycle or stop it. Treat them the way you wish to be treated. Do so knowing they owe you a social debt for their abuse, and do not put yourself at risk while treating them with fairness

Do these things and you will be at peace with yourself and others.

“If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are.”

• Lords and Ladies

Grief is weird and normal. Glad she’s in relatively good spirits. Sometimes I get The Sads or The Grumpies and don’t know why until I remember. Try to be patient with her and yourself. You sound like a good friend

And remember, grief doesn’t have an expiration date

I lost my dad recently. I fully wept at the honor walk, and again at Dr Robbie’s flashback scene. You know the one

Currently a 1.72 ratio on The Pitt

No more than I consider Bill Watterson’s Calvin to be a redneck icon

Speaking of loss

You just lost The Game

How, exactly?

Leaving aside how gross it is, and separate from whether corporations should be the arbiters of morality:

Incest between parent and child, even if the offspring is of legal age of consent, would imply an insurmountable power differential as well as likely grooming. Incest between siblings would depend on the age differential and authority structure of the family. It’s not a case of incest=abuse, but of how likely it could imply abuse. The challenge is nuance. The goal is harm reduction

I understand that for some incest porn is enjoyable, not because they would commit incest themselves, but because incest=forbidden=naughty=sexy. Maybe that’s you? In any case, you asked how violence is implied, and that’s my take

If the carmaker has a recall on the airbags, and the dealer breaks the instrument cluster in the process of replacing the airbag assembly, you’re goddamn right I’m not paying for the instrument cluster. I don’t care if the car is ten years old. It’s a recall, which means it’s bad design and always was. That is 100% on the mechanic, the manufacturer, and the engineer that designed the instrument cluster to break if the airbag is replaced.

They can fuck right off with that shit

Old? I have a 7a and i just bought it from Google…

Checks notes

Two years ago.

Shit. I guess that is old in phone years

Next you’ll be saying people born in the eighties are old

True.

What I was thinking of was more along the lines of “There’s a midget working for the FBI hiding in my attic and stealing my clothes while I sleep” - an actual statement from a woman who was hypoxic (and didn’t have an attic)

My experience with those struggling with their grasp on reality has been, more often than not, that they blame various three letter agencies of the US government, not “the Jews”.

Of course, conspiracy theorist aren’t usually struggling with mental illness, but rather an overblown sense of self-worth and the inevitable result of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Insert a George Carlin quote about how stupid the average person is

Tak does not require we think of him, only that we think

-Thud, Terry Pratchett

“It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.”

“Nope.”

“Pardon?”

“There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”

Carpe Jugulum

I’VE NEVER BEEN VERY SURE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT, said Bill Door. I AM NOT SURE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS RIGHT. OR WRONG. JUST PLACES TO STAND

Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett

I actually don’t agree with this sentiment, but this is now a Discworld thread, and I can’t stop it

Halo was best when it was Halo:CE played 4v4 on two linked systems, with the teams on two screens in an undersized dorm room in 2002. Alternatively, two people playing through the entire game in co-op mode and finishing at 3 in the morning.

Everything since then has been mid at best

Hey OP, I’m too late seeing this but I want you to know I love you for doing it.

Keep being awesome ♥️

Otterly adorable

I’ll^seemyself^out