Also, dont get it done at some shitty medi-spa clinic that shares a parking lot with a Jimmy Johns. Go to a real dermatologist, a good one.

Yes it costs more, but it is your face. Not a thing you really want to cheap out on.

Beware places offering botox that also sell stupid stuff like led masks, overpriced skincare from weird brands that YouTube influencers peddle. Dont get it done at the dentists office (yes, some do it), dont get it done at a salon or chiropractor.

Dermatogist. A good one.

I wish. The fan is blowing on the people of this country.

I’m a bit of a pessimist, but I am keeping a glimmer of hope alive that this isn’t the end of the story.

This country has gotten through a brutal civil war, prohibition, stock market crashes, the great depression and other bad times. I would like to believe that we will get through this and HOPEFULLY be a little smarter for it. Germany fell to the same type of grift and they made it a point to learn from it.

I want to believe we will learn from this and get better.

For a period of time from the mid 70s to the early 80s our name was THE most popular name in the us. Our numbers are great and now, after many years, we are learned. We have inserted ourselves into all strata of society, we are your barbers, your lawyers, your politicians, we sweep your floors, drive you to the airport. We hear much, say little. We collect information, we gently nudge society in a direction that pleases us. We share a collective consciousness, some of us are cats, some of us are Erica. Our spirit is kind, but we are not afraid of conflict, we do what is required of us. We meet on Tuesdays at Chili’s. If you ask one of us about our plans we will not tell you, but we will note that you asked. We never pass our name to our offspring. Be kind to us and you will prosper. Be cruel to us if you choose, but such a decision is unwise.

Aeron chair with a crumb tray under.the mesh. Empty the tray once a year and hose down the chair every other.

Jolly good!

So we have the EU and their bullshit (which also has global scope), we have credit card processors and their bullshit, now we have Canada and some.of their own bullshit.

On one hand, we have been talking about the potential for full surveillance across the internet for a while, so this is hardly a surprise, but everyone all at once? What the hell is behind this new massive push?

It seems that the response to this will be a lot of services moving to countries that dont give a shit about us/EU laws and a rise in cryptocurrencies. It will take a while before the common folks to get pissed enough to figure it out, but all things have limits.

I presume there will be a patchwork of country-level blocks put into place, VPN blocks, tor filtering etc. This feels like the end of the open internet as we know it. It has been a greed fueled mess for a long time now, but this round of government invasion feels like the final knife in the chest.

It will suck for users, it will be expensive for any company to maintain compliance, it will be horribly complex from a technology perspective if any of these layers break and it will be a goddamn nightmare to secure. Organized crime hackers are going to have a field day once they get access to all the stuff being monitored and logged. Encryption backdoors will take it to a whole new level.

I tried so hard with that shit.

Dune is fucking endless and boring. There I said it. Now please stop remaking it.

This works for me. My dad died when I was 19 and I got a little insurance money, but he left his significant estate to his 2nd family. Fucking pos, burn in hell.

Wife’s dad died a few years later. Left her a little, but when you’re 20-something, you have no idea how to manage it. Had a relative help manage it, she did a great job of picking losers so it slowly dwindled down to very little in about 10 years.

Wife’s mom was an invalid ward of the state, we had to pay for a bunch of her expenses. No insurance or assets to speak of, all her shit went into a dumpster as most was garbage.

My mom is left and shes never met a dollar she couldn’t spend. My brothers and I are giving her money and food so she can stay in her house, but its in a shitty neighborhood and has many stairs. She has already said she won’t go into a home, I guess that means one of us has to take her in. She has lots of ugly old Ethan Allen furniture that she thinks is worth a fortune, but its just ugly old furniture.

All we got from this was a little money when we were too young to manage it and expenses from anyone left.

I am so envious of friends who have parents that put something aside for them. They will have an actual retirement. I will be working until I’m old as shit.

Jokes on them, we will never be able to stop working long enough to have a proper funeral. They’ll just bury us where we drop.

Not like most of us care anyway. Just throw my rotten corpse in a dumpster, ain’t nobody wanna smell it anyway.

Wife watches it.

I don’t see the appeal of rich elder NYC genx women whining about rich people shit.

I thought this said anal stretch.

What? No, this is a horrible practice.

If you can’t figure out how to set identity-based ACLs you shouldn’t be working in technology! Oh I’ll just set this shit to any/any and figure out later. FUCK ANYONE WHO DOES THIS IN THEIR LEFT EAR.

I agree. The reality is that nobody should be trusting these platforms with such sensitive data. As demonstrated, there is so much that can go wrong when you trust these companies. This is a LOT of risk for very little reward.
Whatever you put online you should think “what if this were made public and attributed to me” before you post it.

I’m going against the majority.

It can be made into a weird situation, but the act itself is pragmatic and likely comes from a caring place.

Every parent with a son knows that theyre buffing the helmet any chance they get as teenagers. They’re gonna make messes, ruin washcloths, use all the hand lotion, etc. Any parent who thinks their son ain’t beating their meat like it owes them money is delusional. Long before your kids get to masturbation age, the parent(s) should have talked about it. If you wait until they get to the age of shame, that is going to be an uncomfortable and unproductive conversation. If you have had an ongoing and open dialog about sex, masturbation, their bodies and other topics, talking about some of the details later will not be a taboo topic. Thusly if the parent offers a masturbatory device to the child, it won’t be weird unless someone wants to make it that way. If the conversations have not taken place and you still want to get your kid a sex toy, you could just order something online and leave it for them without saying anything. You could also get them a gift card to the sex store so they can get something for themself. While I presume most teenage boys dont want to share their private acts of self - gratification with their parent, there is no reason why there cannot be practical honesty about them. Get your kid a sex toy, leave it in his room, and unless he wants to talk about it, assume that he will get many hours of satisfaction from it.

If you’re not able to go out and get some ass in the next 48 hours from a stranger, then you should probably not be replying with advice. For better or for worse, op is looking for a quick shag. Telling him to go to the library or church to find a gentle and kind lover who will appreciate him for his personality is not what is being asked for.

Son wants to clap some cheeks and wants to know where he can find a population of the sort of women who wants to get they cheeks clapped without a lot of questions.

I don’t know if it is a realistic request, but thats what he asked.

Not allowed or not able?

That car got a fat ass.

Clear labeling for people who dont really understand what capitalism is.

Maybe just stop calling it capitalism and rebrand it greedism. Truthful and clear, easy to qualify as one.of the seven deadly sins for easy reference.

Put it in the recycle bin?

I bought a set of Allen sockets years ago as well as an adapter so I can use a drill/impact with them too.

The hell with spinning that crappy little piece of metal. Right into the bin they go.