Many such cases.

Right, so there’s very few middle management or C Suite jobs, got it.

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Usenet.

I imagine it’ll be pretty ballpark after they bargain it down. You start higher than you need to in these negotiations.

And nothing of value was lost.

Oooh, I think I can explain this. Conservatism demands adherence to a an extremely homogeneous model of living. They’ve constructed this giant house of cards that relies on it. Accepting deviations from these norms calls into question a variety of foundational conservative beliefs. They effectively can’t question the status quo else everything falls apart.

The only option for them is to make LGBTQ people an unacceptable, dangerous other. Because if queer folk are normal people who just want to be allowed to exist, if there is no sweeping gay agenda, if maybe they read their holy book wrong … they’ve been behaving like assholes, for decades, for no good reason.

Their core identities would take an unacceptably heavy blow, so they have no choice but to double down. Well, that’s the case for the ones that care about internal consistency.

Some of them just want an excuse to be cruel to a group too small to fight back.

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God I hate “screen time” discourse. Not all activity that happens on a screen is of equivalent value.

Oh yes, it was just that because Britain has treated its colonies so well throughout history. /S

Well. The Hawaiian Islands were all once on Hot Spots but I don’t think Zucc is in the big island.

Fun game, bought it years ago and really enjoyed it.

I hear Mint is great if you want something simpler.

Have you heard Anamanaguchi?

I think it’s a form of clout seeking behavior. When a community is against something, extreme stands against that thing garner approval from within the community. This creates a reinforcement cycle so people keep doing it, doubling down in the sentiment. Simply defederating doesn’t elicit approval the same way talking about it does.

Thinking about doing this for my parents is giving me an anxiety attack, thanks OP.

Proton has done wonders I hear. Wonder how bad it’ll be dealing with my 3080.

An empty, pointless sentiment. Useless even if true and I have no time for useless sentiments. I’m too busy fixing stuff and doing things.

Then we’re doomed because a 3rd party without voting reform would only accelerate Republican wins. And voting reform to break first past the post is unlikely at a national level.

Seems like the winning strategy here would be to find or make wedge issues to fracture the Right.

Horror? That was a dark comedy I thought.