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  • Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

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  • I'm sorry you're being downvoted. I agree with you. This is our country, and it's been established that our government isn't acting to protect it. Ultimately, if we want to keep it, we need to be ready and willing to make sacrifices for the betterment of the future. I don't blame people for balking at the immense personal costs this could bring, but what's the alternative?

    No one is coming to save us. We are facing a lot of frightening choices right now, but this means it's the time for courage.

  • What's a video game you were bummed about finishing, wishing the experience lasted longer?

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  • Thank you so much for the recommendations! My partner recently built me a gaming PC, and he'd be really happy for me to spend more time on it. I'll definitely check those out!

  • A group of crows is a murder. A group of apes is a shrewdness. What's a group of you called?

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  • A good time!

  • What's a video game you were bummed about finishing, wishing the experience lasted longer?

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  • Spiritfarer. I was so sad when it ended.

  • I'm there!

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  • Yes! Our local geology clubs offer field trips for members, including mineral and fossil digs!

  • We had to put my baby boy down

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  • Absolutely. I'd also like to add that people who insist on a certain breed can usually find a great breed-specific rescue to work with. I also see lots of breeds you wouldn't expect pop up in shelters and all breed rescues. I wasn't expecting to get a "purebred" dog myself, but a German shepherd was transported to the shelter I was working at, and we fell in love. It usually requires more work than buying a dog, but the rewards for yourself, your community, and that dog's life make it all well worth it.

  • We had to put my baby boy down

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  • I am so sorry you've lost your beautiful boy at such a young age. Saying goodbye to our beloved pets is always awful, but you both were tragically robbed of many years of memories. I can't imagine how difficult this must be for you and your family. I wish you all peace and healing as you grieve.

    After you've had some time to process, I would recommend reaching out to the breeder with the veterinary records. At the bare minimum they should know what health concerns are in their lines, and it may help another family avoid what you're going through. Cancer is very common in Goldens, but even moreso for English creams and other newer color variants. Best case scenario the breeder will have their dams and sires undergo genetic testing and stop breeding dogs with health concerns, but if not, they deserve to be dragged for knowingly breeding and placing dogs who are more likely to live short, painful lives.

  • Beans

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  • That's part of having a cat.

  • How much meat would be ok?

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  • This isn't going to be a popular answer, but the only meats I don't feel guilty about eating are those that come from my family's farms, their, neighbors farms, or the wild game my family hunts. Commercial, large scale agriculture is damaging in many ways, but for most people who choose to eat meat it's very difficult to avoid. We need to advocate for a more localized food supply for so many reasons.

  • You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it.

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  • Oh my, I think you need to talk to someone. If I suggest therapy, should I die twice?

  • You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it.

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  • I never said he couldn't express his pain. I said, regardless of genders, this way of expressing it is simply rude and not a good way to communicate in any kind of relationship. When someone brings up something that is bothering them, and your immediate response is "yeah, but me", you're being a jerk. Since this seems to be escaping you, this doesn't mean the other person isn't allowed to talk about their feelings. They simply need to be an adult and do it at a more appropriate time or in a more appropriate way. Conversations like this aren't a battle to be won, they are a tool used to solve a problem or simply vent frustration.

    You seem to be looking at this in a very black and white way. Therapy can help with that. It's not a fun way to go through life.

  • Cool rocks: A community for cool rocks

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  • Yay, my people!

  • You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it.

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  • What the person you replied to is correct regardless of the genders involved. When someone brings up a problem to you, it's a rude thing to immediately respond in ways that make it about you and your own pain. There's a line between sharing your own experiences to establish understanding and empathy and making it the pain Olympics.

    Especially in this comic, the man couldn't possibly understand how it feels to have the unfortunate symptoms that come from having periods, and he instantly equates putting up with his partner during their period as equivalent. It's eye rolling on multiple levels.

  • Wish I was her

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  • Or perhaps I know from firsthand experience.

  • THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short

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  • 40 here, scored a 19. I'm fascinated that you were able to avoid checkbooks all this time. Back in the day it was the only form of rent payment my landlords would accept, so I didn't have much choice.

    I've also had to use them in oddball situations recently, like paying a passport application fee. The passports weren't even for me. I was just the only one in the friend group that still has checks from when I first opened my account.... almost 20 years ago. They're my age, so maybe it's me who's the outlier here, haha.

  • Wish I was her

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  • I think, in this case, it's that this woman was confident and assertive in ways that are usually acceptable for men, but that typically end with a woman being labeled a "removed". At least that's how I took it.

  • I made a pendant!

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  • Thank you so much for your thoughtful and detailed reply!

  • I made a pendant!

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  • Great job, this is gorgeous!

    I am an avid mineral collector, and I've been interested in getting into the lapidary arts and metal work. Do you have any advice on good ways to get into the hobby as a beginner?

  • Feeding my family alone is expensive. I can't afford to feed all of y'all.

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  • No sorries required, and you brought up a good point. I actually snapped off at my family when I was younger, because we had an issue during Thanksgiving one year and everyone expected my aunt and I to just quietly take care of it. We had worked our asses off all day to give the entire extended family a nice meal, and they sat around like spectators when something broke afterwards and made a mess. That was the straw that broke my back, because I felt like all the care and effort Auntie and I put in to make the day special for everyone else wasn't appreciated, or even acknowledged. You're absolutely right in pointing out the expense and effort putting on a huge feast requires, and no one should be expected to shoulder that if they don't want to or can't for any reason.