In the words of 4chan "fake and gay"

And then there's the book of Job, the entirety of which is a story where God and Satan make a bet over a guy named Job. Satan says Job is only faithful because of the wealth God has granted him. God says Job is genuinely faithful, and tells Satan he can put Job to the test. So Satan has the entire guy's family killed by bandits, he loses all his material possessions, and winds up plagued and homeless. Job mostly keeps his faith, yet he is persecuted by his friends (just verbally) who believe his sudden punishments are happening because he must have done something wrong and his faith must be false. Still, he holds out, mostly. Then, when Job finally starts to actually crack, God shows up as a fucking whirlwind and goes on a long-ass ramble about how great he (God) is, to which Job humbles himself. God's response to this is to praise Job. He then chews out Job's friends who persecuted him and demands they sacrifice 7 bulls and 7 rams and have Job pray for them because God is only gonna listen to Job, nevermind it was all a bet between God and Satan that led to this misunderstanding. Then Job is gifted twice what he had, 14000 sheep, 6000 camels, 1000 yoke of oxen, and 1000 female donkeys. A new family, with seven sons and three daughters, and of course the daughters are just the most beautiful daughters in the whole land. Then Job lived another 140 years. And this definitely makes up for the first family slaughtered, because the Bible says so.

Something something reading the Bible is the greatest proof you can ever need that it's bullocks.

It'd be cool if it were true, but I'm pressing X to doubt.

The only time I've ever had someone approach me asking about my autism was from a fellow autist. Twas a good talk.

One of only a handful of American citizens with a spine, apparently.

Baking bread goes back pretty far. Think I'd rather just jump of a cliff, though.

I don't think kids give a lick about any of that. The songs are catchy, the animation is goofy but endearing, the girls are charming and relatable despite their "stardom," the fantastical elements still play into universal themes (feeling like one must hide the dark side of one's self versus breaking free,) the story is quickly paced and succinct with little-to-no drag. Politics is definitely not a part of it.

it could get much worse.

It will get much worse. 3 more years to go, at a minimum.

Don't get me wrong, I like the snacks. I like this shift away from artificial ingredients. But my fucking god, I hate the marketing trend of pretending like a goddamm snack food is some sorta fucking vibe/mood/lifestyle/movement. I wish nothing but the worst on the people who think this shit up.

Oat milk genuinely tastes better than regular milk to me, but it is not cheaper where I'm at.

No. I think it will get far less coverage than it should, will get pushed out of the news cycle early, and Trump won't be held accountable. The only way anything happens is that someone who's pissed off makes another assassination attempt and lands the shot this time.

I am happy to see 40K finally get the Total War treatment, but fuck man, no way is my PC gonna run that and I am not in a position to be getting a new one. Future goals I guess.

In my experience, nevermind masking. "Just be yourself," is just a straight up feel good white lie that society likes to espouse. Society and groups tend to value comformity. It's right up there with like, The Power of Friendship! When the reality is a lot of friendships don't survive leaving the school or workspace where they started, or if someone starts a family. It can sometimes take a very serious and concerted effort to try and maintain a friendship.

Unfortunately, I seem to favor the neurotic. It's not a thing I can control. I know damn well not to act on it, but attraction/infatuation can be a bastard sometimes. On the flip side, on the not-instant side of things, plenty of togetherness and shows of affection and tenderness can also call forth attraction over time.

That's a steppin' on, right there.

Sure. I'll believe that when I see something actually being done about it.

Part of me wants to believe Diddlin Don wants to push this through ASAP so he can claim he did something "worthwhile" before he gets slammed with Epstein file controversy, but the cynic in me believes those files have already been fucked with and altered beyond actual use.

I'd like for Ukraine to reject this deal but we'll see what Zelensky does, I guess.

Just gonna do strawberry bon bons dirty, huh?

There is the purpose a tool was meant for, and then there is the purpose people will actually use the tool for.

This is dumb and nerd enough for me to contribute to