I'm not well versed in this but I was under the assumption that anyone who worked 32 or more hours was eligible for some kind of insurance through their employer, which is why so many people are stuck at 31 hours a week.

aluminum is stable in the sense that the outer layer oxidizes rapidly and prevents the rest of the metal from reacting with anything. the reason thermite is so exothermic is because of massive amount of surface area provide by the powdered metal. a chunk of aluminum simply isn't dangerous.

I feel kind of bad for the mom. The woman was an industrial engineer and ended up losing her kids due to drug use? I feel like there's a couple steps we're missing there and I can't imagine any of them are pretty.

I agree with a lot of your points, however, outdoor cats are really bad for local wildlife, so from a purely utilitarian standpoint there's less animal suffering by keeping them inside. And they're not slaves, we don't force them into labor under penalty of death. You could argue for prisoners i suppose.

We fostered some feral kittens and I was worrying about the same stuff, restricting freedom and such, and then there was a big storm w hail and I went down to check on the kittens and they were cozy as hell.

There's more to it than just deprivation. One of ours is the baby of a feral momma but our lil girl has never seen a hard day in her life, no outside, no shelters. And seeing how much personality she has just melts my heart.

beautiful, succinct.

you don't get to "reclaim" fag unless you're queer fyi

maybe it's like vent art. that's p much the vibe all my Christmas mornings had. not that I consider genAI art but like, you know what I mean. whatever let's you cope.

I used to be quite good at drawing and school beat it out of me too. that kind of trauma sticks with you.

Here's a few more in a reddit thread.

I thought Odyssey was just gun nuts? When did the shitters get there?

does Tetris suck too then?

Bloodborne is a a tapestry of suffering and fear. it's beautiful.

what in the world is an MFBR or BSFR

huh. that is unexpected isn't it?