I always appreciated Spanish’s Te quiero vs te amo to express to friends my feelings for them, much better than “I love you, no homo”.

Congrats, and keep it up!

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/01/09/locked-in-brutal-combat

Touch, I remember Touch

i (kind of) understand the crypto scam going on, and the AI center switch to crypto makes sense. but what’s the lie or angle companies make to sell the switch?

4 years is what ours is rated for

can’t convince me thats not a walrus pretending to be a philosopher

Me: Watchya got there? Raccoon: a smoothie

Now with added anxiety of AI replacing your job any day!

You’ve described how I feel. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do, not like there are any mom and pop stores by me. I’m not sure how much better supporting another big box is over another

Drink coffee? Straight to Heck

www.strongtowns.org Strong Towns helped me understand this pattern, and more importantly, how to fix it

Ride bikes, plant trees

That’ll help reduce asphalt repair schedules, convincing cities to do that is surprisingly much harder to do

Introverts need more casual interactions, the walk or bike to work/school, with a stop at the local park or coffee shop

haha, I had the same reaction

oh man, Exosquad was great! i actually had several toys.

This is similar to the drive-to-5 idea, drive kids to a drop off zone within a 5 minute walk to school

Insect population collapse means fewer animals up the chain 😟

I’ve been trying to do this. National level seems untouchable, but at the local level I can volunteer, make friends, and help my neighbors

This is the cycle of self-lies I am trying to break out of