They know what they’re doing. Their constituents may be stupid enough to believe it, but all those people at the top are completely aware of the grift they’re running.

They won’t even let us eat cake. None of those people know their history it seems.

Or 40 cakes.

Not sure if it’s still a thing but I knew a girl from Norway who basically went to college from age 18-30 getting like four different degrees because as long as she remained in higher education, the government would keep paying for her education + living expenses.

Not sure if that was the original intent but it sure does result in a highly educated populace.

I have a lot of respect for the people that do it but I couldn’t. I have two left hands and am fairly skittish when it comes to human excrement.

It sure is, but I have no idea from where. Picked it up online long ago.

That’s why I hate the insertion of “mindfulness” into every type of self-help.

Motherfucker, did it ever occur to you that my hyper-awareness of shit is part of the cause of my problems?

Caregiver burnout is a thing. Don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm.

You ain’t seen nothing yet! Shelves aren’t empty… yet. As soon as that happens, watch it all crumbling down.

Very true, but still pleasantly surprised by this small RCC w. A small move, but one in the right direction at least.

Pissing in an ocean of piss. Classic.

Learned this the hard way, by not showing up those few special occasions either. Now friendless. No one to blame but myself.

Ah man I hate being just old enough to remember the stories about what the alternative is like. I suppose youth have the excuse of ignorance, but still.

People fall out of windows all the time, even if they have billions. Clearly, not all of them are aligned.

Looking in the right places. I’ve had cats all my life and there’s no way they go to heaven.

I did, but long ago. Problem is when you’re taking ssri’s/snri’s, especially in large doses, mushrooms lose their effect. Taking psylocibin on these meds doesn’t do anything, you don’t even get visuals anymore, only a mild euphoria at best.

I’ve been depressed for three decades and nothing I’ve tried so far has worked, but I’ll be stone cold dead before they put fucking chips in my brain. /oldmanyellsatcloud.jpg

80K? That’s, what, a party favor’s worth of bribes? Most members of this administration wouldn’t even get out of bed for such a paltry sum.

The fact that all of our freedoms and rights were for sale is bad enough, but if you see the absolute bottom prices that were paid, it’s a hundred times worse still.

I have two; a male common corn snake and a male hognose. They are definitely not cuddly animals, as you stated. However, they absolutely can and do get to know their handlers, and learn how to be relaxed when handled - and they obviously enjoy it, since they often seek out being handled of their own free will (I usually open the enclosure when they’re “surfing” up against the glass and let them decide whether they want to slide into my hands). I’ve had them for a few years now and I have been bitten, but never out of “malice”. All biting incidents were my own fault due to inexperience, and the snakes mistaking my hands for their meal. A snakebite from a non-venomous or very mildly venomous snake is no worse than a bee sting. If you have cats, you’ve probably been through worse than whatever a snake can do to you.

All in all, could recommend!

Snake tax:

Low ball, rookie numbers! I say we go for 90%, including the added costs of re-hiring previous staff or training new ones.