Good damn it they forgot about us again. This is exactly why they call us Generation X!

I have a better idea: don’t do that.

Fiction: The Borrowed, by Chan Ho-Kei (a hard-boiled detective novel set in Hong Kong)

Non-fiction: A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, by Chao Wan-Yai

My point was (if I remember right- this is a very old comment) that people move in and out of every state. I’m not terribly convinced by stories of people complaining about Californians coming in droves, when there is actual data available showing that the net migration numbers are marginal, not anything that can fairly be characterized as a “mass exodus.” Maybe it seems that way simply because there are so many people in California to begin with. If 0.1% of the population of California moves to your state, you’ll probably meet some of them. If 0.1% of the population of Wyoming moves to your state, that’s like a few hundred people. Nobody would notice.

So, I was alive when DA/DT went into effect, not sure how many people here were. The interesting thing is that as much as it was a cruel and unnecessary policy and in hindsight is completely indefensible, it actually was a step forward for gay rights. Before that the policy was you absolutely would be asked, and if you didn’t tell, you could be charged with a crime. People lost their pensions and got discharged with no benefits just for being gay. Moreover, I honestly don’t think it would have been possible at the time to get a more sensible policy through, because all the usual suspects were absolutely losing their minds about the baby step that it was.

I’m not a Bill Clinton apologist, but I kind of think he deserves a pass on that one. It’s really hard to explain how quickly the ground shifted on that issue from the 90s to the 2010s. Clinton kind of stuck his neck out for progress, as imperfect as it was.

I’m pretty sure it was also meant to punish trans people, but yeah, those things you said as well. That’s a feature, not a bug.

There was a place in Japan I went to that had 2 bathrooms: one gender neutral and one women’s room. I don’t know if that solves everyone’s problems (or anyone’s) but I thought it was interesting.

Yah but, like, she works in a coal mine.

I like Codeberg better anyways.

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson was the one that did it for me.

I think it’s normally considered a novella. But it might be able to squeak by to qualify for the question. 🤷

No. Trump and everyone he appointed except for Jerome Powell fit that description.

If this surprises you even a little, I don’t know how to help you.

I’m just glad I’m not the only one here old enough to remember that episode. Or, three-parter to be precise.

Fine then you’ll wipe out while surfing or your housekeeper will throw her back out during hula lessons.

Yeah I’m surprised. Surprised anyone needed a fucking study to know that.

Better not mess with sacred stuff in Hawaii. You could wake up with a tarantula crawling on your chest.

I haven’t had windows for 5 or 6 years when I switched to Mac. But earlier this year I bought a cheap Windows 11 machine because Windows was required for a contract I thought I was going to get (but didn’t). I was going to return it but thought meh it might be nice to have a personal laptop I can play around with. But I was unimpressed with Windows 11 so much that it mostly gathers dust now.

I’m thinking this is the perfect opportunity to take the plunge into Linux. Has anyone on here used Linux and have any advice?

Yah I don’t think we should either.

This is probably intended to be tongue-in-cheek, but meal planning is the answer. Block off some time (Sunday evenings are popular), to figure out all your meals for the week, make a list of everything you need to make all the dishes on the menu, go to the store and buy all that stuff and nothing else, make ahead and freeze any meals that you can and do any prep work ahead of time that you can.

Viola: intentional eating, less waste, and always something on hand to eat.

It changed my life in a lot of positive ways.