So many people going "opposite sex does X in relationships" and me just being like "you could stop dating people who do X" and they always look at me like I've sprouted horns. Like seriously, people who do X in relationships don't need to be enabled to continue uncriticized

Similar. Riding on rollercoasters, watching wholesome cartoons, and reading good fiction don't feel childish to me, they just feel like well-deserved fun. Why associate that with childhood, when childhood lacked freedom?

I wish it was the latest. This animal abuse has been going on a long time.

I don't mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence

Problem: "Breakfast foods are expensive."

A: Eat different foods when you wake up.

B: Subsidies to keep people buying the foods and keep the companies afloat.

C: Tips on local, sustainable food production.

D: Any combination of the above.

Solution: "TELL THE POOR TO EAT LESS."

I always had vibes of why Click is so bad, that it cheats at evoking emotion, that the main character is an ass and still doesn't earn his torture--and that torture goes on and on and on and ...!--and that he doesn't even learn any valuable lessons in the end!

Then Big Joel did me the favor of analyzing why Click is so terrible. So yeah, even without seeing CK, the choice is laughably easy.

Didn't a pilot jettison himself recently and the search for the plane by the USG was ongoing?

I love this one

It is epic that you were able to produce a Bob with a cat without forewarning. It's almost like you've done this before

I keep thinking about that, and I keep coming back to how the ones being lied to will double down on "but the ____ actually are very powerful! That's why they've taken so much for themselves! That's why they have so many protections!"

I've had a conversation like that.

Finish that "non-violence is ineffective" essay (it's dense). Join the collective on the front lines. Results: A) we gather steam and ultimately succeed. B) martyrdom gives my death meaning. C) prison provides healthcare and three squares. D) prison is so awful that we revisit B.

The specific story has been known for years. Perhaps the new details this author offered are in the genetic lineage, which is still interesting. But it doesn't take much study to understand the origins of the cat-human symbiosis: cats are cute, they only eat meat, and the relationship appeared around the beginning of agriculture.