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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Ikr, I can’t relate to Vegas-enjoyers, even before Trump.
    Unless you’re into fake gold, cigarette smoke, tire dust, concrete, gambling, objectification.
    I don’t believe in Hell, but Vegas is straight up nightmarish.
    It’s like a pizza oven over there, the concrete radiates heat well after the sunset.
    They abuse AC everywhere to a level where you’re either freezing inside or cooking outdoors.
    The strip itself could be pedestrian focused but it’s instead car-centric for no reason.
    Trucks go up and down the strip for the sole purpose of pulling an ad-trailer-TV thing.
    Crossing the street is potentially a 5-10 minute affair that takes you through a mall because reasons.
    It’s basically an incarnation of the worst of capitalism and consumerism in the most unsustainable way in the most stupid place.
    I hate the place with a passion and I cannot imagine willfully spending time there when one can be literally anywhere else instead.













  • From Wikipedia:

    Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Oklahoma do not allow underage marriage. The other states allow an underage person to marry in the following circumstances:

    If one or more of the following apply:

    • consent of the parents or legal guardians of the >minor
    • consent of a court clerk or judge
    • if the minor is emancipated.

    Or in exceptional circumstances if one or more of the following circumstances apply:

    • consent of a superior court judge, rather than a local judge, is required
    • if one of the parties is pregnant
    • if the minor has given birth to a child

    Basically, in these places, there’s a loophole where offenders can marry their rape victims after the fact to make it look proper for the church or something. That and also allow parents or guardians to sell minors into arranged marriages.

    I wonder if anyone was dumb enough to oppose this ban and if so we should list them.