suffer loveless relationships
Sex is not the sole expression of love that a person can give to their partner.
tmyakal
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I think this one is getting coverage because the shooter was trans. I have a feeling a marginalized group is about to be further vilified and lose more rights.
inherently higher coolness
Ah, autism is nature self-correcting to fight climate change.
Nothing so nefarious as that. Just like a lot of the Constitution, it was to help maintain chattel slavery.
Hahaha. So many people outside of logistics have no idea how logistics works.
I can only speak for the US, but I am confident that anyone who gets into trucking now will be able to retire from trucking when they hit 65. (Assuming we're not all already dead from war or climate collapse.)
Big LTL companies like UPS or FedEx will probably be able to automate standard pallet hub-to-hub shipments. Per this article, final mile delivery for small parcels can probably be automated. So that just leaves... most freight?
Smaller shippers and receivers, including regional carriers or smaller manufacturers, are still running their logistics like it's 1970. They don't have the capital or any real incentive to modernize to a standard that would be needed for fully automated logistics. There would need to be funded government mandates and extensive infrastructure work across the country.
Every day, the future looks a little bit darker. But the past... even the grimy parts of it... keep on getting brighter.
I'm wondering why I even need a smartphone at this point. I'm tempted to go back to a flip phone.
Dragon rodeos?
People can be blind and deaf from birth and still live fulfilling lives. They need more support, for sure, and not getting that support can be devastating. But I think if you give a disabled person a choice between adequate help or euthanasia, most would pick help.
Warner Herzog made a really interesting documentary about deaf-blind people back in the '70s, called Land of Silence and Darkness. Some of it is heartbreaking, for sure, but most of it is pretty uplifting.
My grandfather was a state trooper. He always told me, "It's only illegal if you get convicted."
One of my favorite moments in comics comes from the 1970 Green Lantern / Green Arrow run. Green Arrow rescues a kid from getting run over by a train, and rather than celebrate the victory, he laments that the city didn't have a park where this kid could play safely. He considers running for mayor, and the rest of the Justice League talk him out of it.
As a kid, it was the first time I saw a comic look at the reader and say, "Yeah, these capes really are just fantasy. If you want the world to be better, you can't leave it to other people."
Oh no, filler is a good thing. Filler gives you time to know the characters, and adds depth and color to the world. Filler is where writers actually get to stretch and try out ideas. Filler is what makes a show feel full.
Imagine the X-Files with no filler. We'd lose the Jose Chung episodes, "Home," "the Post-Modern Prometheus," and so many other great episodes. Without the filler, it's just an endless slog through Chris Carter's poorly planned mythology. Just the smoking man and vanishing babies for ~~eleven~~ nine seasons.