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So, genuinely what is preferable to avoid any faux pas? Should you use they/them for everyone, ask everyone their pronouns, or just assume everyone is either she or he until told otherwise?

I'd never heard hella before that one South Park episode where Cartman keeps saying it and the other boys tell him to stop saying hella.

"Whatever, you guys are hella lame!"

New age spiritual stuff like this has been around forever.

Videogames, boardgames, trivia, collecting stuff (seashells, foreign/old currency, enamel pins, plushies, blind boxes, Tamagotchis, stickers, and fashion dolls), making lists of things (lol).

The Sims took hold of many of us Millennials and for some of us, never let go...

Are you playing any of the newer life Sims that came out? Inzoi or Paralives?

I'm not saying there aren't a lot of bots on Reddit because I mean yeah there are, but I really don't think that skeptics Reddit is anything surprising either.

If you've been following paranormal stuff long enough, you'll know that a lot of "evidence" has been proven to be fake. We all know especially in this day and age, that video and photographic proof are not good enough because they are easily faked.

I think interest in the paranormal has increased or at least people are more publicly speaking about their interest in it. But the ability to prove any of it hasn't gotten any better.

You can be interested in the paranormal and still be able to apply critical thinking when viewing content online.

At this point in my life, I think I'd rather believe somebody's description of an event more than a video because at least if you assume the person is telling the truth, you can also assume that they at least believe that they saw what they did. I think the only exception to that is if you've got multiple video recordings or photographs of the same event like with the Phoenix lights.

I don't know if it's burnout, but I feel like I can't do basic functions anymore. I can barely do the bare minimum to take care of myself and my son, anything else feels impossible. I used to be really good at cleaning and helping with cooking but I've significantly stagnated. I know I'm fed up with my job which doesn't help. Post-partum recovery has been really rough for me mentally and physically. And I was burnt out even before being pregnant.

Funny enough, I feel like doing therapy for CPTSD made me less inclined to do things like home upkeep because I feel like I was mostly doing it due to guilt over what my mom would want me to do. Once I (mostly) got over a lot of those feelings, I found I didn't have enough intrinsic motivation to do stuff that needs to get done.

Hey! I feel fine. Thanks for your concern.

The first part of my comment was intended to convey the point that communication is important and it is difficult. It was a direct response to you saying that other people's interpretations of what you say are their responsibility. My point is that communication is a two-way street.

While misinterpreting what someone says on the internet is common, your response to someone asking for clarification was an opportunity to express no ill will and use simpler language to convey what you meant. Instead, you provided an even less direct response as clarification, then when faced with additional perturbed responses, doubled down. In internet culture, this is seen as a dick move.

While nobody is expecting you to write a thesis in the comment section of a Reddit post, being clear is important to reduce the chance of misunderstanding.

But at the end of the day, you do you!

Communication is consistently described as important in our daily interactions with other people. It's a field of study and jobs are built around the effective use of communication to convey meaning. Relationships can fall apart due to poor communication.

I argue that if the meaning of your sentence can be misconstrued by enough people, it's not constructed effectively.

Any sources for that?

I do think that every subsequent generation dresses more in a way that makes them look younger. There's a photo from a yearbook in like the 1950s and all the students look older due to the hairstyles and clothes. People aren't required to dress up as much at work anymore.

When my mom (a boomer) started working at a company in 1994, they still required women to wear a dress or a skirt. Times have changed.

I don't wake up before they hit 😐 My dreams are stressful as hell man

The joke is that he's taking the fun or whimsy out of the trip by making everything highly structured which seems antithetical to the point of Disney which is trying to appeal to children and the inner child of adults.

But as others in the thread have mentioned, anyone who has visited the park, especially in the last 15 years I'd say, this guy is not far off. The park has become a nightmare of lines and if you don't know where things are, you'll waste time wandering. Given how expensive everything is nowadays, that could be a total waste of your money/trip depending on how many days you'll be there. If you do one park per day, that doesn't give you much time to see everything. Again, the crowds and lines make it hard to do stuff.

I was in Disney in 2003 with my 8th grade class but we went in like February and it wasn't too bad.

I went in 2013 with my husband (then boyfriend) and it had already expanded significantly. Way more lines, more standing around, and we went in summertime so it was hot as hell and miserable. And shit was SOOO expensive. We went to a buffet and wound up paying $100 for a mediocre meal just because Winnie the Pooh characters were walking around as you ate. We learned our lesson after the first day and ate outside the parks for the most part.

My friend took her two kids recently and it's gotten even worse since then.

Alucard: "Am I a joke to you?"

Why?

I didn't have any of these.

What I did have:

• Rollercoaster Tycoon
• Storybook Weaver
• Oregon Trail
• Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?
• The Sims (but that came out in 2000)

I didn't own it, but we had Backyard Baseball at daycare.

What??? That had to be a release outside of the US...

THANK you! Atomic purple is the name, people.

And yes, I still have mine too.

Okay, okay, I'll watch Futurama again.

I mean, I was a latchkey kid and I was almost abducted by some weirdo man who was hanging around our apartment complex. Sooo...yeah. I wouldn't say it's abusive but it wasn't always the most safe either.

Just be transparent - it's AI generated content.

Right. There's a difference between an older kid who's a brat and parents ignoring or failing to deal with it and a literal baby. Babies cry. It's the only way for them to communicate. And unfortunately, parents have to sometimes travel and be in public with their babies. That's just life.

Wow! I've been seeing his posts on Reddit for years. Had no idea he was from Harrisonburg. Very cool.

I went to college at the same time. I would also add:

• Crank That by Soulja Boy
• Poker Face by Lady Gaga
• Single Ladies by Beyonce

Add this to the list of problematic Japanese characters, like Mr. Popo and Jynx