Nope.

For context, I’m in my late 50s and always want to know the right answer, and share it with everyone.

Buy sometimes, you need to let it go. You might be in a situation where someone is confidently stating something you know to be wrong. Correcting them can - depending on context - come across as insulting and know-it-all; and if it’s not important, maybe stay silent this time.

Now if you’re in a situation where the truth IS important, or where everyone is more interested in the truth (or even debate) than something cool but false, your knowledge will be appreciated.

You don’t have to always have the last word, even if it’s right.

Trump.

I am the milkman. My milk is fresh and cold.

I caan’t imagine where in the world you are that this could possibly be an appropriate comment for the prof to make.

It’s not his place to tell you what to weat. This is no more acceptabke than if he told a female student that her skirt was too short, or for that matter, too long.

Wear what you want.

I read this as “Sea Bass game” at first.

Honestly, I don’t know.

A few unsalted mixed nuts from Costco, when I woke up at 2:30 this morning.

The Martian.

Aside from the macguffin that left Matt Damon stranded, the science was solid. Furthermore, the casual dysfunctionality and administrative infighting of the governments and agencies was brilliantly on point.

Toenail growth.

Cutting nails is annoying, and toenails are awkward and stupid.

In a nutshell…

They’re not here for your benefit, they’re here for their own profit.

If they could make money with flashing lights they would, even if they had to deal with lawsuits from people who had seizures from it.

They don’t cate what you like. They don’t care what you want. You are nothing more than a commodity they can sell.

No.

Now that you mention it…

No, not really. It had never occurred to me before, and as I hear them in my head right now, they’re just not that similar.

But that’s me.

Sooner or later, all protests in the US will turn into this kind of protest. I suspect quite soon.

Why aren’t you?

Also, grow the fuck up.

Fuck no.

No kidding. I mean, this is finally the moment that Madison predicted two centuries ago! A fascist has seized control over the government, and is illegally detaining people. Rise up my US gun-lovers! Rise against the dictators and claim control of your country from…

Oh wait, you’re the ones who got him elected? Nevermind.

If all else fails, a Scotchbrite pad should do it safely.

Not American, so take with a grain of salt. However…

Frankly, if you’re a naturalized citizen at all, you should already be looking over your shoulder and feeling scared right now. They’re deporting legal residents because they don’t like the tattoos they have. They’re disappearing people for being 2SLGBTQ+.

So either you hide, you run, or you stand up. The only real difference is that standing up will make it easier to catch you - but the end result will be the same.

I see this sort of response from Americans over and over, and it makes me crazy.

“there’s going to be incredible pushback.”

Great! Fantastic! WHEN??!?!

• He was bankrolled FORTY YEARS AGO by the Kremlin.
• He orchestrated an attempted military coup four years ago.
• He was convicted of 34 felonies and ordered to pay a third of a billion in a civil trial.
• He has been found guilty repeatedly of sexual assault.
• He has seized illegal authority over all aspects of the government.
• He put his neo-nazi puppetmaster in charge (unsupervised) of destroying whole (non-partisan) divisions of the government
• He cut life-saving international aid.
• He threw Ukraine to the wolves, and backed Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
• He destroyed almost a century of goodwill between the USA and the rest of the world.
• He continually threatens (seriously) to invade Canada, Panama, and Greenland.
• He has unilaterally renamed an international body of water.
• He is currently destroying education, research and healthcare in the USA.
• He is deporting thousands of US residents - many of them legal - in violation of the Geneva Convention.
• He is erasing attacking the right to exist for LGBTQ2+ citizens, and actively encouraging violence towards them.

In short, he has proven over and over and OVER AGAIN that he is the single biggest enemy of the USA, and the single biggest threat to their continued existence. He is copying Hitler’s playbook from 1933-36 almost to the letter.

And STILL I hear, “oh just you wait - things are gonna happen if he doesn’t stop soon!”

What does it take to get you to realize that the USA is being destroyed by a traitor working for Putin? What will it take for your country to FUCKING ACT RIGHT NOW instead of saying “oh, just wait” again?

Why are Trump and Musk and their entire entourage not in chains, awaiting the death penalty on the far end of high treason charges?

What the fuck are you still waiting for?

No answers from me here, but I’m curious - how much of the US learns Spanish in school?

As a Canadian looking in, I honestly believe they will. They’ve already done worse things and gotten away with it.