I think you should start with Nixon. Start with the war on the drugs. Some people like to believe that racism “stopped” after the civil rights movement, but we just changed the way we described the targeting.

I mean, it sounds like you’re malnourished, so that does affect how your brain functions.

Maybe a book of excerpts or an anthology might be helpful, so it’s less daunting?

for me the best part was the museum below. the method of how it was designed is just as impressive as the (near) finished product.

They really will not be able to. He has fired 75-90% of many agencies’ employees. This is going to take decades fix, and every election we lose will extend that.

fair question, I’ve never been to the one in Japan. I’ve heard it’s more of a day time event there.

Halloween Horror Nights is too crowded and expensive, but it’s one of the coolest things our country does. If you’re a Halloween person, you should go some year.

I’m still learning, but Rainbow Plant Life is the only reason I can make a 1/2 decent dish. To this day, I still need recipes for things I haven’t made before/in a while. Generally I think of cooking as a “You get out of it what you put into it” kind of deal. If you want good food, it’s going to cost money and time.

Production caps, energy expenditure caps, more efficient redistribution systems. Basically “produce what we need and then stop.” Redirect energy from acquiring more resources to developing intellectual thought and artistic talent.

goodoffmychest

I couldn’t sleep from 3:30-5 last night. Coughing and blowing my nose. Interview this morning. Didn’t do my readings for yesterday or today. Don’t really want to be existing right now.

It’s worse in real life, because it’s personal. You will experience the absolute depth of human cruelty from the people you love the most.

It already gets political ?s even though it’s not supposed to. Taking out the rule just encourages even MORE of them.

I made the local paper when I was 8 years old. It was a cute little picture of me fixing my friend’s hair band before our may crowning. That was it.

Threads. It’s better if you want a normal social media experience (which I realize a lot of people on lemmy do not).

There are some things that are just wrong regardless of your income bracket. Eg. Let’s say your parents give your brother a vacation to Bali for his 16th birthday and they make you stay home by yourself. Even if somebody’s parents could never afford to go to Bali, they’d still empathize that the exclusion you experienced was wrong. Whereas complaining that your dream wedding gown designer was booked so you have to get your 2nd favorite is rich person problems territory.

my year is pretty up in the air at this point. I have a birthday vacation scheduled but I probably will cancel/won’t be able to afford it.

That’s been a thing since the beginning of the cards being implemented. In the US they’ve tried to make it illegal, but like, economics doesn’t work that way. The store owner needs to make a profit, so the fee is going to the customer.

You should probably seek out some therapy to learn to make friends, because at your age it will not happen unless you make it happen.

Sir that is a literal child growing into an adult. Your facial feature change between adolescence and adulthood.