Same here. I’m in my early forties and retired. Small house, no kids, and we don’t carry debt beyond our mortgage, which will be paid off in 3 months. Not a fancy or flashy lifestyle by any means. It’s possible, it just takes sacrifice and living well below your means during your earning years.

Oh snap

Uttar fucking Pradesh. I swear to god you guys need to get your shit together.

You need to start harvesting soon you jabroni

Yep it’s insane. Healthcare shouldn’t be a for-profit business FFS.

I got J&J the first time around and it made me sleep the rest of the day, just absolutely walloped me. But every booster I’ve had since then was super easy - no side-effects whatsoever except mild injection site soreness which went away in a day. I got the latest booster on Tuesday and by the end of the day I’d forgotten I even got it until I undressed for bed and saw the bandaid.

the redesign just looks kind of anemic and sad

I completely agree. I really liked the old design - it was bright and engaging, information was right where I wanted it, and there wasn’t a ton of whitespace. The new design looks like it’s meant for the elderly - everything is so big and cartoonish. Hate hate hate.

Digital is the way to go - who knows how long DVD will be a viable format. Hard media formats come and go.

Or throw batteries at it

(Who knows if we’ll ever get enough snow for snowballs again)

You mean Convicted Rapist Brock Turner, now going by the name of Convicted Rapist Allen Turner, who was sentenced to six months but only served three for what his father called (and I quote) “twenty minutes of action”? That Convicted Rapist Brock Allen Turner?

I think Martha Wells really tried to make SecUnit genderless, but because the books are written in the first person by a female author, SecUnit ends up sounding pretty female to me.

I guess I mean I wish it would come from the pension.

I hope it comes from the police pension fund!

That woman is nuttier than squirrel shit.

Ugh I’m so glad Shapiro won

I’m from New Jersey

I was raised Catholic and the distinction was always made between Catholics and Christians. I didn’t really understand that Catholics were a subtype of Christians until someone pointed it out to me when I was a teenager - I just thought Christians was a catch-all term for non-Catholics that believed in jesus.

Hi yes I’m here to apply for the rat tickler job please.