I take off my shoes at home, but at my best friend’s house I leave them on because she has pets and the floors are always filthy.

OG Princess Leia

I was in my 50s before I started understanding this stuff. Before that, I was married to a very gregarious man who was my social buffer. I could hide behind his small talk. But then he passed away and I was left twisting in the wind until I started to learn how to make small talk. Often I just ask myself what my husband would have said.

So are you autistic? Because the literal-mindedness of your answers and the lack of awareness of how to engage in small talk is telling. I say this as one on the spectrum myself; it took me a long time to understand this is just an attempt to establish social connections by finding points of commonality. “Oh, you’re from Calgary? I used to live there, too! Did you know a store called Myth Games?” Neurotypical people are also waiting for you to ask the same things in return and often feel miffed if you don’t show any curiosity about them.

It’s usually a PDF so you have to zoom in and out repeatedly to see everything. Super annoying.

These Boomer eyes can’t see print that small. Give me a piece of paper

Bingo. Most of these tax schemes will hurt the renter, not the landlord.

This. I don’t mind ignorance. The ignorant can always be educated. I mind WILLFUL ignorance. Those who refuse to look at facts or use reason when confronted with something that contradicts their world view. THOSE are the stupid people.

There seems to be a shortage of critical thinking and problem solving skills, that’s for sure.

What I see that makes it worse now than in the past is the Internet. It’s easy now to find a group that agrees with your delusions and live in an echo chamber where mistaken beliefs are not challenged.

Yep, and if you folded it, the little pointy edges would lacerate your tender bits.

And the ISS.

My son dropped out for a couple of years after his father died and he was failing everything due to depression. He worked a delivery job and paid off loans, then went back and finished. It was easier when he went back – two years of maturity and working for a living made a big difference. I think if you focus on paying off your debts and saving, you will find in a few years that you are motivated and ready for success.

Where I live, you can’t sell them without proof of ownership, so the insurance has gone way down.

That is an excellent, succinct explanation

Let’s get KOTOR2 with an actual ending as well

A FPS packed with Myst-like puzzles and atmosphere

As a cis-het woman I do not feel one ounce of sexual arousal when seeing a “hot” woman, although I can definitely acknowledge her striking beauty. It’s hardly “god-like power and wisdom and serenity” but simply chemistry.

I believe humans are inherently racist, or actually discriminatory against those not considered part of our “tribe,” whatever that may be. We have a built-in “us versus them” mentality that exists despite conscious efforts to educate and be mindful of those attitudes in ourselves. The sooner we admit to subconscious bias, the sooner we can mitigate it by remaining vigilant against that kind of thinking.

Sewing on a button

Could be a fun drinking game