Everyone grieves in their own way. My mom died when I was 36. My dad died this year. It was really rough for a while when my mom died, it made my alcoholism worse, which lead to me losing my job, which made my alcoholism worse. I had horrible nightmares that I woke up screaming from for about six months. Eventually, with the help of my wife, I put my life back together.

I wasn’t close with my dad, he left when I was young. Pretty much feel the same since he died.

When it happens just do what feels natural. Your loved ones will understand. If you have kids try to explain it to them once you get a good grasp on it yourself. There aren’t any answers at the bottom of a thousand bottles of vodka though, I can promise you that much.

I’m atheist as well. My mom was a severely mentally ill alcoholic and she’s genuinely better off dead. If there was a hell, my dad would be in it, so I’m glad there isn’t. I think it’s more comforting, not less.

doomsday peepers

Is this like people who can see 40 days into the future?

Skip the fries and get red beans and rice with your chicken. It’s surprisingly good for fast food.

But do you trust them to follow the law? I certainly don’t.

Probably because I live in America but we don’t trust police to not do something just because they’re not supposed to. They do it all the time here.

I’m sure it doesn’t come across the same in Portuguese, but I think naming a government service SUS is pretty funny.

That’s fair and I’ve had to bail on jury duty for the same reason, although I was able to participate once.

Doesn’t look like the same guy to me.

Businesses in NYC love cash. Shops everywhere have discounts for paying in cash. There are ATMs everywhere with $1 or less fee.

Don’t listen to this dumbass. I’ve got a loaded shotgun at the door too. And a little hatchet in case things aren’t as deadly.

I said exactly this to my friend on the phone today.

Because one school will be better than the other. Most likely the private school, because they charge money for parents to send their kids there in addition to the money they (unfairly) get from the government. So families with more money are more likely to send a kid to private school, which immediately creates social stratification between the private school kids and the public school kids.

The private school kids will perceive this inequity, even subconsciously, and internalize that they are better than the public school kids on some level. Often the private schools are religious too which is another can of worms.

I could keep going but I think that’s enough to get the point. Private schools shouldn’t exist. All the money given to them should be given to public schools so they are better for every kid no matter how much money their parents make.

If people with intelligence and empathy skip out on jury duty, that leaves idiots and sociopaths to judge the accused.

Second link seems to be down.

They don’t have that kind of network set up to my knowledge. Maybe in London but not New York.

Someone else said they might be counting each frame of a 24fps security camera as a photo, so like less than eight seconds right?

King George, upon learning of George Washington’s intention to resign, said “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”

I’m not here to lionize or even defend slaveowner George Washington. Your comment just made me think of that.

Of course you’re right.

Sometimes people have to be forced into their own betterment, as unpleasant as that may be. Maybe there will be the political will for change after four more years of chaos, insanity, and pain under DT. Maybe we don’t ever have a fair election again. Not much to do but wait, get armed, train, and make sure your friends, family, and neighbors are secure.

I understood what you meant, and I still get you. Let’s do a bit of levity. Since you mentioned skeletons in the closet-

May I present to you, the new Cabinet Head for the Department of Health and Human Resources- Skeletor!

Please scroll down enough to get to the delicious skeleton quote in full.

Let’s be fair. I didn’t like the censorship either, but they backed off. Running an instance isn’t exactly a big money maker and they were afraid of getting sued or shut down somehow.