If I lived by this I’d only be feeding my cats moth/butterfly flavored food

Ah, oil, the Black Gold. Also consider the other resource, the gold gold.

I frequently add ‘cat’ to the name, so Zola becomes Zolacat, Dora is DoraCat and Bella is BellaCat or the BellaMonster

Boots are made for Walken

I figured that was what it was about but I have no idea who that is

As a Millenial, I do get this one but no clue about the other one. I did see it but no clue what it’s supposed to be.

They’re minerals, Marie!

I don’t think that’s too old to know ‘What’s my age again’ by Blink-182

If the point is that you felt old, you should’ve felt old watching a show about antiquing and enjoying it.

My friends said I should act my age. What’s my age again?

Glassholeglasses then

Glassholes

Yes, there’s room for discussion, so there’s no blind support for Israel. I’m not saying there is no support for Israel. Western Europe is walking the line between appeasement politics and reality. They all know that condemning Israel would create tensions with the US.

But if you look at citizens, pro-Palestine (so not necessarily pro-Hamas) protests are centered around ending human suffering, without actually taking a side in who has a claim to the land there.

The Netherlands is not participating in the Eurovision Song Festival, which might seem like inconsequential, but it’s a pretty big statement. Winners of the contest are returning the awards now that Israel is not banned from participating.

Plus the ICJ is located in the Hague, which isn’t recognized by the USA, but also show some moderate doubts towards what Israel is doing.

The entire situation in Israel is complicated with its roots going far beyond the temporal conscience of people. There’s no clear answer other than that nothing warrants bombing hospitals and blocking humanitarian aid.

The USA never really had allies after WWII. They did a lot to stop Germany from taking over the continent, but after that the USA was basically a playground bully, an enforcer, that believes it’s the boss and as long as everyone does what they want, they can be friends.

Now that they start doing things that don’t align with what the ideals of the European Union or Europe in general, suddenly we start seeing that ‘allies’ is a very relative term.

The USA just wants to be number 1. Now that they have started destroying their own economy, suddenly the EU, Canada, China, all of them seem like threats.

Basically the USA is just a market to Europe, and they provide the media we watch in the shape of TV shows and the like. They provide the arms we need to ‘keep peace’ where necessary. If shit is going to hit the fan (more than it did in Ukraine, maybe also tensions in Gaza since Europe doesn’t blindly support Israel), it’s not a given that the USA and Europe will be on the same side, but my point is it was never really a given.

Ayyyy relax guy!

It’s wholly possible these people are not bothered by loud noises. I have neighbors and especially their kids seem to have no clue what an inside voice is, how far bass travels or how to walk down stairs.

They shout, they blast music, they fall down stairs.

If I did that as a kid, my dad would tell me to cut it out. And I think that’s the key difference. You’re either raised to be considerate of others, or you’re not. And if you’re the considerate type, most likely you’ll go out of your way because you don’t want them to be bothered by you while they might not even register if you happen to fall down the stairs or fire a cannon indoors.

I used to be really careful with watching tv at certain hours, or announcing to my neighbors of I was going to have people over. It took me a while but I now don’t even really care if they hear me anymore. Because even if they do, it’s unlikely they’ll be bothered as much as I am when their preteen kids shout that they don’t want to go to bed at 10:30 PM when I’m trying to sleep.

Help how? I would love nothing more if I never had to see one again but I can hardly prohibit others from having one

I’m torn though. At some point I am going to buy stuff I want or need. If I were to buy them at full price rather than on Black Friday, I am essentially being more of a consumer per money unit.

So yes, don’t look at Black Friday deals and decide you need stuff you see on sale. First decide whether you need something, then go see if you can find a good deal and maybe buy it.

I think the idea is not to not buy anything for a day, it’s more about redefining what we need and applying a little impulse control. If Black Friday is profitable, we need to make them keep the prices that way year round rather than applying huge markups to maximize profits.

Same but I upgraded to 4x8 a while ago so I have 4x4 just sitting here and it’s worth like 20 western money units (pick a currency, doesn’t really matter)

I read the part on the website and I like the setup. I am correct in thinking this is a US based community?