I take off my shoes at home, but at my best friend’s house I leave them on because she has pets and the floors are always filthy.

OG Princess Leia

Great analogy. (BTW it’s “free rein”)

Bingo. Most of these tax schemes will hurt the renter, not the landlord.

My Kindle Touch has a night mode with blue light inhibitor

I have a theory that part of this is due to the dying out of religion as a way to keep the masses in line.

I agree with everything you said except the idea that I was being dismissive. It’s terribly concerning, especially if the symptoms have arisen recently. Because it often takes a long time to arrive at a proper diagnosis, it’s important to start down that path at once.

It should be tied to federal minimum wage. You want a raise? The rest of us get one, too.

If this feels new rather than something you’ve always dealt with, please get evaluated by a doctor right away. Nobody on Lemmy can diagnose you over the Internet.

Just today I was searching for a news article about a local radio personality who got fired in the last few days. Zero relevant results. Just extraneous garbage. I was stunned.

Instead of more slaughter, I’d like to see them provide land and assistance for a new Palestine in a safe place. Instead they won’t even take in refugees.

I can’t take credit. Stole this from a news article, but that’s exactly my view when I was driving through there that day.

Drove through New York in June this year.

Center channel speaker FTW

Hopefully, in the next few minutes

This. I don’t mind ignorance. The ignorant can always be educated. I mind WILLFUL ignorance. Those who refuse to look at facts or use reason when confronted with something that contradicts their world view. THOSE are the stupid people.

There seems to be a shortage of critical thinking and problem solving skills, that’s for sure.

What I see that makes it worse now than in the past is the Internet. It’s easy now to find a group that agrees with your delusions and live in an echo chamber where mistaken beliefs are not challenged.

To define “fruit,” reference Galatians 5:22-23 - “… the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”

And the ISS.

Yep. I live in Texas, and the cognitive dissonance here is epic.