The USA, bringing everyone else closer together by being the loudest belligerent asshole at the international picnic.

Line must go up, even if planet on fire and everyone dying of diarrhea produce.

"Mutually assured destruction doctrine".

Or maybe I conflated it with mothers against drunk driving.

I liked Lost for the most part, but he is way too fond of throwing out too many unresolved mystery boxes.

M.A.D.D. isn't just for insane world leaders anymore!

One of my friends, who I play tabletop games with, likes to joke that he and I are dedicated indoorsmen. He's not wrong.

Almost everything JJ Abrams has touched.

Back when I used to drink beer, I never understood lite beer. It's just beer with added carbonated water. I preferred drinking 1 normal beer vs swilling down 2 or 3 lite beers like a lot of my friends did.

Tonsils, appendix, optic nerve vs retina, prostate...the human body is a hodgepodge of "just good enough" parts.

I remember several years ago when someone tried to sell a clear cola with no caramel coloring. I am pretty sure it was Pepsi. Cheaper for them to make, and a little bit less unhealthy for the consumer. People wouldn't buy it, so they gave up on selling it.

I did the same. The dental surgeon had giant football player sized hands which freaked me out at the time. I was too dumb to realize he likely used instruments with some reach.

https://youtu.be/3dkKcf40YfE

"These are my pants meow."

"We pretend he's a white guy."

I haven't been a student for many years, but shitty dreams like this occasionally haunt me. Lots of variations on the theme. Lost textbooks. Lost homework. Lost locker. Forgotten locker combo. Can't find the classroom. Forgot I signed up for a class. Just generally can't get my dream shit together.

I'm guessing most of the anti-solar idiots have some kind of personal NIMBY issue and/or they still think coal mining and oil rigs are super cool and macho. They don't care (or even think about) small devices popping up all over the landscape like spyware herpes.

My nonexpert understanding is, few people are 100% straight or 100% gay. And it can shift over time, too.

There's so much defensive BS around what people are into / aroused by. I'm not saying everyone should share everything to everyone all the time. But I really wish folks would be less fearful about what they like.

As long as you aren't attracted to kids, corpses, or animals, I think everything else is probably OK. Even couches, if that's your thing.

Guessing it will be called The Stupid Ages, or maybe The Antichrist Years, depending on who is in charge.

Yup, if advertising didn't work, they wouldn't spend billions on it.

Mixed results for me.

Lack of loyalty from me cost me the most important relationship of my life, something I'll never fully recover from. I didn't cheat, but I took them for granted. Of course someone smarter than me swooped in, and it was all over. I got dumped, and I deserved it. I've moved on the best I can, but some self-inflicted wounds never fully heal.

Loyalty to and from my younger brother has been all good, and very worthwhile for decades.

Loyalty to some of my more difficult and challenging friendships has gone very well, in spite of the rough patches. Sometimes you should cut someone loose, but I think most modern people are far too quick to do that. I try to give people multiple chances, but not be an enabler or sucker about it.

Loyalty to some of my other family members has only caused me grief and long term suffering.