That’s the thing according to the evidence we do have, he wasn’t showing any signs of illness in the run up to very noticeable falling ill about three weeks after entering the white house. Not saying that it wasn’t hyperthermia, just that it’s very unlikely to have been brought on by his actions during the inauguration.

I think this is actually a common misconception about the presidency of WHH. He gave the longest speech, he (iirc) the oldest president at the time of his inauguration and that inaugural speech was ridiculously wrong, but there’s no actual evidence to say it’s what ultimately led to his death.

I could be wrong, but I believe that Harrison’s death, and the death of Taylor a few years later are to some extent linked; the water was bad.

Plenty more fish the sea mate.

They’re slower for sure, but they’ve got some great moments and some of the most memorable moments from the trilogy imo.

Po-ta-toes, the two-way conversation with Gollum and the Samwise speech about hope, which remains my favourite scene in the entire trilogy. Plus we get to meet ma boi Faramir, who’s wearing a hood no less.

You’re cherry picking the literal worst aspects of that though. I’ve been to loads of sporting events and there were no riots.

Heck, every single weekend millions of people go to watch their teams play football and it literally never breaks out into a riot.

Nah. Sport thrives on emotion. Without the hum of the crowd, the jeering, the celebrating and the moment to moment difference between ecstasy and heartbreak it feels incredibly flat.

Your argument seems to stem from the fact that some people inside crowds can be a problem. And that’s true for sure, but (and I’m sure the athletes taking part would largely agree), the crowds help the athletes take their game to another level.

I defy anyone to tell me that a European night at Anfield is made better by having no crowds in attendance, or that a Canadians game at the Bell Centre is improved without 20k screaming fans living and dying with each shot on goal, or that a heavyweight title being given out in an arena full of adoring fans isn’t significant better than the alternative.

Obviously better pay would be great, but speaking as someone who worked retail for fifteen years I’d just be happy if my store management team had my back.

Too often they’ll take the customer side to keep them happy, then come around to you and admit that they know the customer is being an ass, but still give you a telling off anyway because the ‘customer is watching’.

If the customer is the issue, tell them so. If they don’t like it, they’re welcome to get the fuck out of the shop.

Yeah I’ll be doing that going forward. Truth be told I did some volunteer work during that time, but I didn’t deem it overly relevant to the job I was going for, plus with it being 15 years ago…you know.

I’m 35.

I left school at 16. Did a year at collage before deciding it wasn’t for me. I then spent a year doing nothing. Not totally unusual for a 17/18 year old. I then spent 15 years working for the same company, without any gaps in my employment.

To say I was surprised when the interviewer asked about the gap in my resume from 15 years previous when I’m a 34 year old would be an understatement; it was literally half a lifetime ago.

Fifteen years at the same company bro, that’s the important part of that résumé, not the 8 months that a 17 year old kid had off. Fuck me.

The problem here isn’t that libraries need to stop catering to parents with young kids, it’s that they’ve not set up an appropriate space, or time for these little kids to come visit.

My local library (and lots in the UK) have a designated time for things like group reading and kids corner sessions. That way they’re not disturbing random folks just trying to get about their day, and they’re also giving what can be a vital space for young children to discover books, and parents to interact with other parents.

Sounds to me like your library is failing to enforce it’s own rules.

I already have two and cannot understand why anyone would want anymore…that said, no.

The Deck is by far and away the most popular device in that space, and we’re already seeing developers targeting the Deck’s specs to make games run well on it.

Competition in this regard is great for users, not because it pushes developers to raise their game, but because it’s going to push Valve to raise theirs.

I can’t think of a product that was improved by a lack of competition.

I think gender reveals are fucking stupid…but I don’t know I subscribe to the idea that if you do one it makes you an unfit parent.

I also can’t fathom why anyone would envy the lifestyle of a parent. I’ve not slept properly in 6 years and I never get a moments peace 😭

No one has any idea what they’re doing.

I’m 35. I’ve got two kids. I make it up as I go along. There’s no plan, no blueprint. There’s just the day to day crap that life has for us all. I wake up, I go to work and my only real aim is to get home to my kids and partner.

With regards to Mastodon, there’s no algorithm. So you’ll need to be using the hashtag search function to really find the sort of people you’re interested in communicating with.

The thing I’m giving to this post instead of giving to the growing pile of laundry I need to do.

I guess at the very least I get to enjoy their excited faces when I get home from work. Can’t imagine you get much of that when they pass you on the way to their bedroom later on?

I think there’s a difference between soggy cereal and dry cereal. If you’ve got milk in the bowl then most of the cereal that’s also in the bowl should be (erm)…moist?

There’s so much stigma around this sort of thing. It’s getting better, but the mindset that children are a gift and parents should be constantly grateful for that gift is still very prevalent.

The reality is that whilst children are absolutely incredible, life affirming and all that good stuff…an awful lot of being a parent is frankly, horrible.

Yup.

I’ve got two (5,1). I absolutely adore them both, but I’d be lying if I said that having kids hasn’t made my life significantly harder, my mental health significantly worse and my sense of self significantly weaker.