where i come from it's a carpet

or just particularly thick pubes

CAHSR at least is already under construction and has made significant, material progress in the last few years. Brightline West I'm less confident in, but CAHSR is definitely happening.

He used to be a right wing billionaire who loved spreading his propaganda. He still is, but he used to be, too.

I can relate to getting frustrated with nobody cuddling you. I recently started seeing someone after being touch starved for what seemed like a really long time, and it's such a relief to finally have someone you can be intimate with, even if it's only platonic (if that makes sense, which I think it does). Makes a huge difference. People say you need to learn to be happy with yourself because no one else can make you happy, but if the reason you're unhappy is because you're starved for physical contact, then...

I know! A little bit later she got flustered and said "sorry if that was too forward," and I said something like "Imma be real, that was the hottest thing anybody has said to me in ages." So many good feelings.

I can leave the house if I wanna see that

too bloody right

Why'd you just say "bosses" again?

Yeah, the accent will change in the time it takes to get to the next village.

Mine also didn't really go beyond "uncomfortable." I was moving pretty gingerly for about a week, but I started light running again after two weeks, easy road cycling after three, and was back to normal gravel biking after a month. Probably could have done earlier but didn't want to push my luck.

One fun and one not-so-fun anecdote from that time:

1. I'm a music teacher and was about to start directing a student show showcasing the music of Elton John at the time. The doctor had a radio on, and when he finished up and pronounced the procedure complete, Tiny Dancer was playing. Something something just got rid of my Tiny Dancers. That song holds a special place in my heart as a result.

2. I got a lyft home from the procedure, and my driver had to stop at a gas station right after picking me up because she was pregnant and needed to pee. Apparently she had dropped out of college after finding out. I didn't tell her what I had been at the hospital for, as that felt cruel.

Fair with regards to Chattanooga, and regulatory capture is certainly a problem to account for. But I also mentioned the United States Postal Service, whose existence demonstrates that it doesn't have to be that way.

E: Also, I shouldn't neglect to mention that the entities that would carry out regulatory capture on the US government also tried and continue to try it with Chattanooga, and have been unsuccessful, which also demonstrates that it doesn't have to be that way.

I will say that I'm pretty sure I remember learning about things like the founding fathers owning slaves, slavery being the biggest single factor behind the civil war, Jim Crow, Japanese internment, and Watergate, among other things, in AP US history in high school. My class also definitely learned about the Trail Of Tears.

That being said, 1. elementary school was still much more about saying the pledge before class and it wasn't until high school until we started to get into the good stuff, and 2. this was in the infamous anti-American commie hellscape that is the state of California, so take that as you will.

weirdly, this meme has a way of coming across my feed every time i am short on the stuff