Rent costs half a month’s pay, so that checks out.

The only one we have left is grim.

I didn’t read it as an insult. If it was, then “lesbians” was an insult, too. It sounds like OP’s just using the hate-mongers’ own words.

I’ve already bought a 2nd Order of the Phoenix to burn

Weird, you should be able to burn the same copy over and over again. Just wait for the first one to reform from the ashes.

If so, then

Maybe it is required to be inhumane to be a billionaire

Thank you, this was my thought as well. I’m a woman, and it took until my mid-20s (and having an experience with another woman) for me to truly learn what sex is all about. Now in my 30s, I’d say most people I date are “experienced” at sex.

A teenager messing around with another teenager has a tiny bit of “experience,” but to think that’s the same as the sexual experience as adult has is naive. Teenagers still think porn is accurate, whereas sexually experienced adults know what to actually do.

I’m not sure how that link is relevant to the question?

The oligarchy’s cries are the kind of endorsement that money can’t buy.

Land of the free. We’re all just volleyballs for different police forces to bounce around now.

I second Dr Mario. When I first went off to kindergarten, my mom and little brother would play Dr Mario together. It’s perfect for that age range, simple to play and control, with an option for two-player mode.

Wow, great catch! Thank you for the updated information.

I might get downvoted for saying this, but they’re the same kind of assholes that blanket-hate vegans. Whenever a person shows an ounce of concern for an animal, there’s a psychopath out there ready to tear them down because of it. There’s no logic to it, just a bizarre hatred driven by an inability to comprehend empathy.

Sadly, having more reusable bags than you need can result in producing even more single-use plastic. From the article New Jersey Bag Ban Followed By Increased Use Of Plastic:

the reusable bags New Jersey shoppers have been forced to use since the bag ban took effect in May of 2022 are rarely reused, only two to three times on average. With many people in New Jersey now using reusable bags as single use bags, the state’s plastic and paper bag prohibition, though passed with the best of intentions, may be doing more harm than good in practice.

Reusable bags are manufactured with 15 to 20 times the amount of plastic used in the now prohibited single-use plastic bag, notes the Freedonia report. The reusable bags that New Jersey residents now pay for at checkout or when their groceries are delivered, according to researchers, need to be used anywhere from 11-59 times in order to have a net benefit for the environment.

Though I would like to note that New Jersey made the stupid decision to not only ban plastic bags, but to ban paper bags too. It’s a move I can’t understand, except to assume that there’s some corrupt lobbying behind such a stupid decision. If the point is to be environmentally friendly, it makes much more sense to use a renewable source like paper.

but if you have an attached garage

Not sure why that’s necessary for the process. Sometimes I do what you said with the things I buy, but I’m a standard poor living in an apartment. I gotta park my car outdoors, like a filthy animal, but I still do it.

Though I do find it easier to bag while putting things into the car, rather than when taking it out. I’ve already got to lug everything in and put it all away, so it’s nice to have one fewer chore to do when I get home.

While it’s lovely to personally believe what you do, that isn’t the way those in charge of immigration tend to see it. Most countries prioritize immigrants with specific skillsets, while those not listed often have to figure out some other avenue to entry.

For example, here’s a list of Canada’s preferences - Federal Skilled Worker Program Eligible Occupations.

Aww, did he lose his magic sharpie?

“If every other company jumped off a cliff, would you?”

Musk, for his part, downplayed the idea that DOGE needed him to survive as he left the Trump administration last week.

“DOGE is a way of life, like Buddhism,” he said. “You wouldn’t ask the question, ‘Who would lead Buddhism?’”

Grandiose much?

Is it weird that I feel somewhat relieved that it happened so fast? I was expecting consequences to take a few years to happen, but we didn’t even get to the 6-month mark. I guess karma is working overtime right now.