as an “adult” is just a mental construct that was embedded into most people at a young age

and

When you grow up, you realize you’re still the same person but with more responsibilities

… and kids can step up to responsibilities way earlier than we prefer to admit. They might not be as good at it as somebody more developed but they can do it.

Until I have to be.

sadly this is what i means to be an adult. we know when ‘i don’t want to’ becomes ‘i have to’. :(

If they don’t want to text you because they care what your device is, they’re not friends you want to have.

(this goes both ways. Lots of apple hate in this thread but, wtf, just get on with life folks. if you give a shit what hardware I run, or think i care about your choices, we’re probably not going to be friends).

From the article,

Republicans who lead the House Financial Services Committee plan to spend the next few weeks holding hearings and voting on bills designed to send a clear signal: Corporations, in particular big investment managers, should think twice about integrating climate and social goals into their business plans. Committee conservatives will target the process in which advocates pressure public companies to adopt environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals using the shareholder voting process.

Of course this is all signaling so they don’t really care if its a workable proposal. They’re just continuing their bullshit fight to block votes they disagree with. In politics its disenfranchisement and whatnot and here its blocking shareholder votes. As you point out, even if they succeed in muzzling everybody they disagree with they’ll still be forced to confront the business reality: this stuff is real and good businesses plan when real shit goes down.

These fucktards don’t seem to care though.