I hear ya, but I gotta say, America ain’t nothing compared to Japan in that regards. They have actual standardized stock phrases for all types of interactions, at work and at home. I have been in meetings where some participants literally didn’t utter a single word that resembled an original thought, and it was completely acceptable.

I’m at a loss for how ingenious this is

Everyone’s saying so the parents don’t have to worry, but there’s also an evolutionary / natural selection aspect to it. Those that ensure their kids had kids are more likely to successfully ensure their genes are passed on than those that don’t. Also, grandparents can help alleviate the burden of raising a child and allow parents to make even more kids

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-much-did-grandmothers-influence-human-evolution-180976665/

Halle Berry though… 🤔

I’m a sovereign citizen of the galaxy and I’m not subject to the laws or authority of the universe. “Physics”, as you sheep call it, is an unlawful system set up by a fake Milky Way government to assign us all corporate crab shell identities and remove our right to travel freely in the Z-plane

They won’t care, they won’t even know about it because Fox News will scream that a trans person looked at a toilet last night in Ohio and now 4d8+6 children have been molested.

A boss accepting a time off request without vague threats about firing you, or at least complaining about how they’ll need to find someone else to cover? Yeah, I call bullshit

I sit down to dinner and my salad emails me: “We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty”