Mostly because he sees everything as transactional.

When you’re a drag to be around, nobody hangs out with you unless they want something from you. And that just reinforces the worldview that everything is transactional.

Has there ever been a year when Louder than Life wasn’t muddy as fuck?

An empty bio and one-word replies sounds like someone who’s not worth talking to. I don’t think that’s your failure.

In my experience with three different UU congregations, they can be pretty varied.

My former city had one that was Protestant-lite, one that was nearly neopagan, and one that was so insular that I felt unwelcome as a visitor.

An unsolicited photo of something random might not be something everyone responds to. I wouldn’t necessarily send a response.

So if she doesn’t respond, it doesn’t definitively mean she doesn’t want to talk to you. Maybe try again with something that actually indicates that you’re looking for a response. Like … ask a question about something you know you have in common.

Did you finish the reading for class? I think the part about ABC could be interpreted to apply to XYZ. What do you think?

You said you like comedians. Have you seen the new Marcello Hernandez special on Netflix?

Make it something that could turn into an actual conversation if she answers you.

Remember that time he wore a tan suit? What about the time he asked for spicy mustard? Fox played those up for days.

Please stop reminding me how old I am.

My brain automatically read that in Richard Ayoade’s voice.

I think you’re right.

I grew up in the '80s, and I heard more about “homosexuals” in church than anywhere else. (I also knew far more about abortion than anyone else in my kindergarten class. As an adult, I would say my understanding was not age-appropriate.)

The good news is that the final straw for me losing my faith was going to university and actually meeting openly gay people. They were nothing like I had been taught they would be. And the whole evangelical house of cards came crashing down for me.

I hope other kids in these sorts of households have similar revelations.

Since only Congress has the power to declare war, people who care about accurate language (especially journalists!) use other terms to describe troop deployments outside officially declared wars.

The US military has had names for nearly all of their operations since the mid-1960s, and these traditionally have been used by the press. Operation Power Pack in 1965 (invasion of the Dominican Republic) was the first one I found in my cursory search.

Major ones I remember from my life include Operation Desert Shield/Storm/Strike (1990s), Operation Enduring Freedom (“war on terror” in Afghanistan after 9/11), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (“war on terror” expands inexplicably to Iraq).

This type of framing is not new, and it’s not a conspiracy. It’s a bunch of language nerds making sure that they use accurate terminology.

This was my position when my husband and I moved in together, but I could not convince him.

Then we got a kitten who loved to drink from the faucet. After the second time she fell into the open toilet on her way to the bathroom sink, he got on board with keeping the toilet closed.

19 years later, we no longer have that sweet baby, but it’s still a habit.

I guess we’ll know when his nose goes.

Did you miss the part of the article where his approval rating is 36%? The average American disapproves of his performance in office, possibly including some of the people who voted for him.

(Only 64% of eligible voters voted in 2024, and 49.8% of those voters chose Trump. So the 32% of eligible voters who chose him could technically still approve of his performance. It’s not likely that none of them have changed their minds because the leopards ate their faces, but it’s mathematically possible.)

“When you see the state of Somalia, that’s what they want for America,” Miller claimed in a video reshared by Trump. “Because it’s easier to rule over an empire of ashes than it is for the Democratic Party to rule over a functioning, Western, high-trust society with a strong middle class."

Exactly as you said. Every accusation is an admission.

Two non-vegetable “salads” at every holiday gathering in my childhood in southern Illinois in the '80s were Waldorf Salad and Watergate Salad.

Elementary school teacher here. 95% of “he hit me” tattles are followed up with, “Only because he hit me first!”

Based on what we learned in the very short window when Twitter let people see location information about specific accounts, I think we can trace a lot of Trump’s “grassroots” support back to Russia.

Bernadette Banner does historical (largely Victorian) sewing techniques and patterns but sometimes branches out into health and beauty recipes as well.

Abby Cox does historical fashion on a broader scale and sometimes has content about other historical trends or myths that she encounters in her research.

Townsends has really interesting content, but I find one of the hosts to be a bit rambly.

I like the way Legal Eagle has branched out and invited other attorneys to help keep tabs on … gestures broadly.