He's not going to be in a hamster ball. He'll be out in the open sometimes.
I guess we shouldn't shoot all the maga hats, too. But like... Would you miss them?
Well, sometimes when the hard political question is "Should we kill all of these people in our outgroups?" the answer is violence. Not always. Sometimes people just die in mass.
There was an article I read recently that said most people think saying no is way bigger a deal than it is. Like, people get all in their head about "if I say no they'll be so mad" but most of the time it's just "Ok, well hopefully you can make it next time."
Like, if someone always says no to my invites I'll probably stop inviting them if they don't otherwise signal they're interested. But most of the time people don't think about it much.
And if you lose the vote to not go to the concentration camp?
He was bleeding.
If it bleeds...
The whole of conservatism is "there must be outgroups for the law to bind but not protect, and in groups for the law to protect but not bind"
That's it.
They're trash people.
Don't assume you have to get on the relationship escalator of "dating - exclusive - engaged - married". There are other kinds of relationships, including no romantic/sexual relationships at all. Don't stick with someone who's not making you happy out of inertia or a sense of obligation.
Be social. Don't burn yourself out socializing every night of the week, but if people are inviting you to be a part of their life make a good effort to show up. Video games or YouTube or whatever will always be there. Friends won't. (This assumes the social stuff they're inviting you to isn't , like, insane. Skip on someone inviting you to do heroin or whatever.)
Pay attention to your spending. Some people like a dedicated program for budgeting, or their bank provides something. I'm a particular kind of nerd so I used Google sheets. Whatever you use, adding up what you're actually spending every month can be illuminating. I don't expect anyone to discover "if I stop getting avocado toast I can afford a house", but knowing where your money is going is an important prerequisite for controlling it.
Don't fall into lifestyle inflation. Like, a friend of mine started making good money and his budget grew. He was spending $1000/month on food because he'd just gotten used to dining out and such. His paycheck was bigger but he wasn't saving any more. Another guy I used to work with told me his family "struggled too" despite a $500k family income. They had a big house, new cars, expensive memberships, extravagant vacations, designer clothes. You can just not do a lot of that and be happy, too.
An outside observer may not be able to distinguish an illicit affair from ethical non monogamy.
You work with Alex and know he's married to Bob. Got a wedding ring and everything. One day you see Alex kiss Chris on the sidewalk outside the office. One might conclude that Alex is having an affair with Chris, and poor Bob is going to be devastated. But that makes some big assumptions about their relationships. They could be poly and Alex and Chris are also partners.
That said, I feel like basic people cheating is more common than people doing ethical non monogamy, but I don't have stats for that on hand. Ethical non monogamy isn't super rare, but many people aren't super open about it. Random folks can be unkind about it, and also wildly misinformed.
This come up sometimes and I can't speak for everyone, but I don't live in a city just because that's where work is. I live here because it's dense, walkable, has a lot of stuff happening every day, and many different people.
Moving out to a rural or suburban space is a huge downgrade on most metrics I care about.
I still want to work from home.
the creator cracked it open and stuck some extra hardware inside to help the device run Doom.
Wait what. What hardware? I feel like that doesn't really count? Like I can run doom on my guitar if I stick a computer in there.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%2019:16-30&version=NLT
Also, https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2010:25-37&version=NIV
Now, many people make up many justifications about how they don't need to get rid of their possessions, or they don't need to really help that guy. But the text is pretty clear to me. If you see a homeless person on the street, per the text, you should help them get shelter. Most people don't do that.