When I can afford a meal at a restaurant that has servers? Generally 20% AND I bus my own table regardless.
I went to a new, delightfully gay hairdresser recently who spent two hours on my own personal episode of Queer Eye for the Less Queer Guy. You bet your little bippy I tipped that man 25% and scheduled a cleanup appointment.
Hear me out; we take all the statues of Confederate losers and whatever gaudy atrocious bullshit cheeto comes up with, set them all up in a swamp with catwalks placed close enough that people can spit, piss, and if so motivated and properly prepared, projectile vomit/shit on their memories.
You fucking rule. Remember that. Even if somehow, some way this doesn't go hot you are still a compassionate, empathetic, loving human being and I'm glad your personal community has someone as caring and alert as you.
You're pretty good!
Agreed. The media hasn't been entirely compromised yet and reports on some of the more blatant corruption. There's still absolutely corruption happening in the background (check out the OMB) but the true worry will kick in when the reports stop.
That said large portions of the population have been silo'd into echo chambers. That includes us (the royal us), frankly. The reports we see come from sources conservatives have written off years ago. Same for reports we see coming from sources that we have written off; Fox News et. al.
I believe our grievances with conservative sources are more founded in reality than the grievances conservatives have with "liberal media." I also believe corporate- and billionaire-controlled social media eclipses traditional reporting in scope and engagement. They are the true arbiters of what is truth or mis-truth and that scares me more than Fox News.
I moved away from that exact situation so I feel for you. That sort of isolation from your immediate community feels so fucking terrible.
If you own the property you could act as a safe haven for less isolated, nearby friends/allies/good community. It may feel far-fetched now (or not, sounds like you're in the shit) but better to plan and prepare now. A spare room in your home, a weather-proofed garage or shed, even some tents and sleeping bags could make a difference for a vulnerable human.
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Hevy Devy is an absolute treasure and I'm so glad I saw him perform a few years ago.
Not so glad to see Dream Theater take the stage immediately after. Never been a fan of LaBrie but the contrast between Devy's vocals and LaBrie's made that the only time I've skipped out on a headliner.
I mean personally "settling a score" would probably take the form of "aim for his legs and let him bleed out in the field."
I'm doubtful the invader can juke out a flying grenade, but I see what you're getting at. It just seems inefficient at best and extraneously cruel at worst.
I'm a civilian in my computer chair at home though, not protecting my homeland from a protracted invasion so I acknowledge my value judgements are a luxury they are unable to afford. Fuck war.
But like...what guard? What's the point? Why does this Russian invader need to be desensitized and exhausted before being killed?
I'd somewhat understand if surrender was an option but if the only outcome of this situation was death just...do it and be done with it. Pragmatically speaking the extra few minutes spent torturing the invader could instead be used to kill more invaders, no?
Maybe I'm just not cut out for war.
Also, the meme supercut is fucked up but I digress.
Personally, the only thing that causes me to go from "nice" to "mean" is intolerance or abuse.
Its not "nice when they aren't mean." It's "nice until they/their community are legitimately threatened."