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Surprised good sense of humor or wit aren’t on here yet. Playfully sparring with someone or laughing until it hurts when you hang around a person are a turn on.

My best firing was from a job I got hired for at 16. Seasonal help for Victoria’s Secret in a local mall. This seems like a random detail, but makes the firing even funnier to me: VS (at least, this one) was bisected into the lingerie half of the store and the perfume/cosmetics half of the store. I was hired to work the perfume counter.

It was their holiday hiring push, so myself and a half dozen other women or so came in for a full day of group training—like get there ass early for hours of dumb safety/theft videos, paperwork, mock customer interactions & sales transactions on the POS, etc.

We finish all this up, and the trainer is congratulating us for being done as one of the managers is arriving for her shift. The trainer encourages us to introduce ourselves to the manager and each other & releases us for the day. I wasn’t shy, and was the first one to shake manager’s hand. She makes small talk and asks what scheduling preferences I had submitted. In response, I mentioned something about classes and she asks what college I go to.

When I laugh and correct her with the name of my high school, her face changes and she asks my age. “Oh, uhhh you can’t work here.” I am confused and tell her that I listed my correct information on the application. “Yeah, sorry, someone made a mistake. We only hire 18+ employees.”

To work the perfume counter. In a panties store. Meanwhile, 2023 me likes to periodically glance at Target’s growing sex toy selection (that is presumably stocked/rung up/at least VIEWED by minor employees) because it still feels novel. Victoria still had to mail me a check for training hours and can go fuck herself 😂

You are right, and I thank you so much for this response. I probably would be acting a fool too if I were in that position, so I’m trying my best to be understanding and to put my own freakout aside. As hurt as I would be if something happened, that fear doesn’t at all compare to the fear one must feel when its their own body, wellbeing, and life.

And you’re right about the mom thing. He’s probably gonna be a handful when he wakes up sore and incapacitated by all this. I’m trying to not take it personally, which is hard because I’m sensitive in general and wish I could “fix it” for him. Obviously, I can’t, and his wellbeing is the priority right now. Thank you for the perspective from that side of things and for your message of support!

At least here in a very anti-public transit US city: Automobiles

It is so appreciated, thank you!

This is great advice and your kindness is so appreciated. Thank you for typing out such a supportive and compassionate reply.

That’s a really good idea, I will absolutely do that!

Thank you so much kind stranger! Hearing positive anecdotes helps and so does being heard! I really appreciate you taking the time to spread some kindness and compassion.

I agree with you that the Japanese military committed horrific atrocities, but from my pov, showing the direct devastation the bomb had demonstrates (among other things) the significance, impact, and importance of the creation of the bomb. That demonstration bears relevance in a story about the creator’s life and legacy in a way that Japanese atrocities don’t.

If you loved it, you must play 2! It’s so good.

My outrage is, and has been, very real, but the question is how do we unscramble this egg? Yes, I vote in every election and the primaries. I do my due diligence on candidates and amendments. I regularly write my elected officials with my concerns and strongly held perspectives. I try to engage in local politics just as much as I do national. I go to protests and rallies to show up for my causes. I share political news that angers and frightens me, petitions speaking to those issues, and I try to do it in a way that doesn’t just vent into the void, but encourages consideration in others. I have dialogues with my older or ignorant friends and family that I feel might be reached by constructive conversations. I am exhausted. And I feel completely powerless.

I live in a blue mid sized city in a red state. In the midst of COVID lockdowns, they redistricted us yet again to further disenfranchise me with gerrymandering. SCOTUS is stacked with lifetime appointments. Congress is a circus. Trump is still a free man and may very well run again for president. How do we wake up from this collective nightmare?