I grew up in a trailer and I would not recommend them to anyone. They’re poorly manufactured with cheap materials and begin showing wear and tear quicker than the average house.

I’ve never wanted children and got a vasectomy in my early 30s. I think a lot of men don’t do this because they have this cartoonish belief that it makes them less of a man to shoot blanks or the erroneous belief that they’re family lineage is so god damned important that they’re obligated to continue it.

It’s been fun watching Elon go from space Jesus to shorthand for any billionaire vanity project that will amount to nothing.

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“Republicans are fascist”

“I know. That’s why I’m voting Democrat.”

“Democrats aren’t real leftists”

“I’m aware but this isn’t the time for purity politics.”

“Democrats support genocide.”

“And Republicans don’t?”

“Both sides are equally bad so voting is dumb. Don’t vote.”

“Listen, I’ve got friends and family with skin in this game. Both parties fucking suck but you know what really sucks? Having a fucking fascist dimwit who thinks your cousin is subhuman because she was assigned male at birth as your president.”

“So you support genocide? Typical libshit.”

“Ok, then what is your alternative?”

“You would know what it is if you read this dry, arcane bullshit about the reification of contemporary autonomous groups in Third World popular movements.”

It’s not a Lemmy thing. People (at least here in the States) are feeling anxious and defeated about the state of the world. That shit makes people irritable. Irritable people are prone to lashing out at anything that trips over their last nerve.

My wife works for a nonprofit that focuses on providing services to families with children who have emotional or intellectual needs. She told me she’s witnessed more meltdowns from parents these last 6 months or so than she’s seen in her 15+ years in the field.