I’m on iOS, but I gave it a few minutes of swiping to help out.

Of course not. I’m in love with a whole person, not her appearance. I love her fierce intellect, her passion for justice, her wanderer’s spirit. I love that we can sit together and watch anything only for it to lead to a new and endlessly fascinating discussion.

Makeup doesn’t affect any of that.

I like how makeup highlights her favorite features or hides when she feels tired or insecure. I like that it helps her feel more fully herself. I think it’s great that makeup can do that for her.

She will always be attractive to me for who she is. How she looked may have helped me first talk to her, but who she is has kept us talking for 16 years.

Moon Reader+ is probably the only thing I still miss from Android.

I wonder how bad their financials are if the CEO is publicly speaking out about this problem.

Chipotle used to be my favorite restaurant, but the last time I ate there was probably 2019. It just stopped being worth the effort of trying to get a full bowl.

Sleeping with the nanny less than half your age isn’t a great start for a discussion of power dynamics in a sexual relationship.

I’m not going to assume anything either way, bo the women deserve to be heard, at the very least.

Serious answer:

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I believe in a religion because I’ve found it to be personally beneficial.

I was a pastor for many years and saw much of the best and worst religion had to offer. I haven’t stepped foot inside a church since COVID broke out and don’t know that I ever will again.

My personal beliefs are still a significant part of my life, but I understand why someone would ask the question that spawned this discussion.

I wouldn’t feel bad using a pejorative for fascists. Neither do I feel bad using a pejorative for other authoritarians. Their disrespect for human dignity, liberty, and worth disqualifies them for protection against such a minor indignity.

Tankies is fine for anyone on the side of the tanks at Tiananmen Square.

That’s pretty neat? What a weird place to use a neature walk meme, but here we are.

I think that’s fair. For what it’s worth, I’m not willing to assume it’s political theater anymore. Eventually theater drags the Overton window to the right and becomes a demand of the base and becomes policy.

It’s dangerous regardless as a result.

I genuinely don’t understand what you’re trying to do here if not stick up for republicans.

Eh, there’s some good eggs out there. Katie Porter, AOC, Bernie Sanders, etc…

The system resists them, but they’re out there. I’ve often considered trying to do it myself, because someone has to.

The Silmarillion deserves it’s own album!

Imagine if they forced planes to have reasonable seats again! I’d love to be able to sit without my knees jammed in the seat in front of me.

I’m not even that tall. My father-in-law literally can’t fit in a regular seat due to his height.

Dude is illiterate regardless of the room he’s in.

Currently enjoying Arctic and Voyager. Arctic has potential to be my final app of choice.

Whether or not he had a gun, you put an officer in a headlock and things will escalate.

I wanted to finish Wheel of Time, but couldn’t slog my way through all the books again, so I listened to the Dragon Re-Read. A ton of fun conversation and saved me so much time and reading.

Interestingly, the defense used the salacious nature of the testimony to call for a mistrial. Judge Merchan personally had to step in throughout the testimony to keep it focused.

When the mistrial was called for, Merchan refused and admonished the defense for doing their job for them. They should have objected more in order to keep the testimony on track.

Honestly, this was the diciest part of the trial so far and it’s not entirely clear how beneficial it was for the prosecution, but it was important nonetheless.

Misspelled Palpatine in the last field, gonna be a dead giveaway that this isn’t a genuine report.

Do you mean politics as in the details of elections and minutia of governance?

Or do you mean the discussion for how we ought to live together?

The answer is not really to both.

I do try to avoid authoritarian idiots spouting fruitless nonsense, but they seem to be a tragedy of the commons for public discourse.