@luinalaska With the current state of libraries, tbh I wouldn't judge ppl for sitting it out.
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Kelly Kidwell
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If you’re an adult without a library card stop talking to me immediately we can’t be friends.
ً@omgsidewalks
How many people actually have library cards as adults ??😎
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@maxlugavere Pretty sure I wouldn't have made it to adulthood without modern medicine, specifically antibiotics. If I had, I would've died in childbirth. I am very lucky indeed.
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What a miracle it is to be alive today.
You could’ve been born before we perfected shoes. Before anesthesia. Before antibiotics. Before refrigeration. Before music on demand. Before indoor plumbing.
Instead, you arrived in the age of Porsches, Teslas, AI, the internet, Sonos sound systems, espresso machines, climate control, and being able to video call someone across the world from your pocket.
Take a moment today to appreciate the absolutely outrageous timeline we’re living in.
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@0riettaRose Ride bikes, roller blades/skates, catch toads as a pet for a day, play in the sand box and on swings, pickup sports, sidewalk chalk and bubbles, sprinkler on the lawn, catch fish in the drainage creek, make forts in the woods, manhunt and capture the flag after dark.
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Low stimulation things kids did for fun in the late '90s/early 2000s:
• Stare up at the sky & look at cloud pictures
• Make birds' nests
• Walk to the playground
• Read books
• Play with Barbie dolls, Legos, & Lincoln Logs
Add to the list!
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@exceeding_love Very American. Although a lot of the grandma names in my family tend to be what the oldest grandchild called them...grammy, mehma, mima, gigi. We are a sentimental folk.
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Is this a very American thing? In the UK I’ve never heard of a grandmother being called by any other name than one of the following:
- Grandma
- Granny
- Gran
- Nanny
- Nan
- Nana
Scarlet Astrorum@ScarletAstrorum
silent generation women go by childhood nicknames boomer women go by diner waitress names gen x women go by conveniently rare family-tree ethnic avitonyms But granny? Grandma? Grandmother? Heaven forbid!
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@travis4nh It will shake out weird in the medium term. Are robots really going to be able to replace nurses and plumbers in the next 10 years? I guess the ambitious ppl will still be working for quite a while.
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I actually think we will have UBI in 20 years.
Going to be very interesting to watch the cognitive bottom 50% spend their money on weed, motor toys, and gambling, next 40% on cruises and theme parks, and the rest on art, tools, gardening, books.
Real H.G. Wells / Huxley stuff.
Elon Musk@elonmusk
Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.
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Saw a bunch of people on Facebook today upset over calling sitting cross legged "criss cross applesauce" instead of "Indian style." And like...where have y'all been? Teachers have been calling it criss cross applesauce for nearly 30 years. This is not a new development.
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So like would it be weird if I ordered one of these for my 15 week old daughter and stored it
𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐡@BasedZillenial
THEY’RE RELEASING THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION OF AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS EVERYBODY STAY CALM
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@CatholicCharm I think it depends how old your parents are. Past a certain point the roles do reverse and you have to takd care of them like a child. Which does include hiding your own issues so they don't have to worry. But this point is prob not until your parents are 70+
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Hot take but this isn’t healthy and I’ll never dump my problems on my kids no matter how old they are, and they’ll always know they can come to me without it being a burden
blue@bluewmist
We’re not kids anymore. Now my mom tells me her problems, and I hide mine so she doesn’t have to worry.
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@TheJadedOne2021 Housing affordability aside, they should have more than that. Maybe a large debt payment.
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@TheJadedOne2021 Right how are they bringing home only 3k net working at Intel and as a nurse??
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I’m a military vet & never went to college. My husband & mine’s joint income when we purchased our home in 2020 was about $78K and I was able to use my VA Home Loan benefit to get said house.
They’re hemorrhaging money somewhere in that household is what’s wrong.
Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes
Woman says she served in the US Military, she went to college and became a nurse She says she did everything she was supposed to do. Her husband works at Intel. Even with both their incomes, they still can’t afford a home She is thinking of getting a second job because after paying $3,000 per month in rent, car payments and insurance they have almost nothing left “I did everything I was supposed to do. I went, I was in the military, I went to college, I worked and we can't buy a home. What did I do wrong?” America is not supposed to be like this. If you work hard you should be able to afford a home and have a good life
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It will take a lot to convince me the US isn't in another great awakening right now.
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@0riettaRose Remove all special accommodations at the local level is a start.
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To be blunt, I don't see the issues in public schools being fixed at scale 😐
The only 'fix' imo is mass abandonment & we're actually heading that way with teachers quitting & parents choosing other education options.
Soliciting opinions:
What would fix public school?
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@ouranometrian2 I think it's bc they're not trained how to do it. They might know less on the topic than a well informed patient.
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I actually dont get why ob/gyn seems so reluctant to do hormone blood panels. Seems like it should be fairly routine around menopause/issues in puberty and around child birth
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@turbopisser Shoes off is a trend that older generations don't understand. Our millennial house is shoes-off unless we have a party/company then we just clean up afterwards.
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US being blue is one of those things where it was probably true like 60-70 years ago but hasn't actually been a thing for long time and only persists due to it showing up a lot on American television, like brown grocery bags.
Vintage Maps@vintagemapstore
World map of tradition of removing shoes in home. Green: shoes removed; Blue: shoes not removed.
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@ParkSlopeFlngsm Just birthed a son and will not be sending him to public school unless things change a lot. It was bad when I was in school, it's even worse now.
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There are many leftists who think that a schizo screaming in public should not be forced into a facility and medicated because it’s a violation of civil liberties, who also think that the state should force parents (homeschooling bad!) to turn over their children to a facility every day where hyperactive boys will be medicated if their behavior isn’t docile enough
How do they reconcile this? I don’t know. I guess it feels mean to them to institutionalize schizos, but they see it as a vital role of the state to aggressively socialize and indoctrinate young men even to the point of despondency
Milan Busk@KarolusWangus
This meme explains like 75% of right wing politics btw.
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@maggiemoda I mean, if he's job searching after getting laid off I can see it for a short time. But yeah nothing beyond a few months at most.
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What woman in their right mind is financially supporting a stay at home boyfriend?
Fox & Friends First@FoxFriendsFirst
STAY-AT-HOME BOYFRIENDS: As Of Early 2026 Women Hold More Payroll Jobs Than Men In The U.S. Turning The Stay-At-Home Boyfriend Into An Economic Trend. Gen Z Influencer Maggie Anders Joined F&F First This Morning To React!
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@New_E_Mom The main thing about looking attractive is not being fat. It's actually pretty easy to do that postpartum if you breastfeed.
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The postpartum body is transient and nobody should feel ashamed for not looking hot during a period of healing. If you can't bare to undergo a transient phase of this, then don't have kids. Or just have 1
Andrea D. Huberwoman, Ph.D.@thegenesisbl0ck
This is so dumb. It’s going to convince young girls that having a child is the “end” to their bodies when you can literally be just as hot (if not hotter) afterwards.
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@Romy_Holland I ended up with huge stretch marks, varicose veins, c section scar and I just don't see an issue with it. Past a certain age, no one's body is perfect anymore. It's just a part of aging. I care more about how I feel in my own skin than how it looks.
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my hips definitively expanded by a couple inches due to pregnancy. I'm pretty happy about this—big hips are obviously hot. I'm within 3lbs of my pre-pregnancy weight now and larger hips are the only tell that I was ever pregnant.
I see a bunch of body-positivity content that has the stated intention to help normalize postpartum body changes. this is fine, but I suspect a majority of people who see it are actually women who have never been pregnant and who just grow increasingly terrified that they'll end up with huge stretch marks and tons of excess skin and 20lbs they can't lose.
this could happen to you! but I think the more likely outcome is that you get slightly bigger hips and end up basically as hot as you started.
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@leah_hat We were surprised with both kids, and both times they ended up being opposite of what I thought lol.
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Team green supremacy!!!! Everybody says “oh I couldn’t!” And my response is just yes you can! You can do anything you put your mind to! You just don’t want to wait for the best surprise ever!!!
Mrs Nerdy Engineer@HeatherMJames3
I’m seeing a resurgence of mom friends not finding out what they’re having and I LOVE IT! We loved the surprise when we could keep it that way without a ton of extra scans (it’s hard to avoid with complications and extra ultrasounds) and it’s such a nice surprise at the end!
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