Developer for 30+ years, father of four.
Even knowing that the headline is misleading I came back and saw your comment and got further confused.
Billionaires should be illegal.
Complying with the terms of the agreements they worked out with the US clearly did "nothing* for them, so why would they give a shit about anything that the US government says now? After all, Trump was handed a pandemic playbook that he wiped his ass with. Get ready for bird flu and bleach shots. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/obama-team-left-pandemic-playbook-for-trump-administration-officials-confirm
I was about to say, they should just pay taxes, after all this is what government is for.
Same here. I just nap 20-40 mins about 3 days a week, especially if work has been hectic.
Ooooh he's a huge reader. anarchy state and utopia? I'd like a specific suggestion. He's a huge Ayn Rand fan.
edit: I am very excited about your response because my son is too smart for the usual deprogramming tacks, but steering him away from fascism in any way would be great.
I don't know how else to show him I love him or that he's a part of this family.
- Did that
- Did that (to Bali for graduation)
- that didn't well
- Uh... Haven't tried that yet.
It's hard to do that when he shows such clear disdain for his siblings.
Indeed. Perhaps a positive reinforcement?
I'm not joking or kidding or insincere. I actually don't know what to do.
You're probably right but I just wanted to add some lived experience commentary to the narrative.
I would, for sure. My daughter was trans for a few years in high school. I supported her (him at the time) as much as I could. I bought breast binders and new jeans, boots and was as supportive of her choice as I could be. The only thing I put my foot down on was permanent body modification, as she was not capable of making that choice about her body yet and I didn't feel confident in allowing her to make that choice. So yes, anecdotally and personally, I do not think we should be modifying child bodies before their intellects are mature enough to make life long decisions about themselves. That also includes circumcision.
Well. That sucks.
Lynx - Now that's a name I have not heard in a long long time. 
Biologists confirmed the sighting of a fall Chinook salmon run near Klamath Falls.
Howl's Moving Castle, a request for your thoughts.
What does it make you feel, what does it make you question?
Am I insane?
I am seriously thinking of commissioning a simple tungsten cube emblazoned with cuneiform style figures, set up on a stainless steel platform. For the legacy. For someone millions of years from now.
I am entirely deficient in Music Videos for someone my age.
I really love to listen to a wide variety of music. Beethoven, Biz Markie, Salieri, Nina Simone, etc. but I just... never really watched Music Videos until recently. I am astounded that I simply missed out on decades of visual feast. Nine Inch Nails - Closer. George Michael, Freedom '90, an entire decade of MIssy Ellliot nonsense, and of course Aha.
What, in your opinion, is the best music video that you are sure I will like? I'm old, as evidenced by my grammar and lack of spelling.
I should not feel guilty
The love of my life died when she was 38. Our four children were 15, 13, 11 and 9 at the time. They're currently 22, 24, 26, 28. I did my best that I knew how to do. I know it is not what they deserved. I could never take her place.
I do not think that I can impart, with words, how hard it was keeping her from the things that would harm her most. Aa time goes on, the trauma hits me harder, as I let it in, little by little.
I love my late wife. I love the mother of my children. Keeping her from hurting herself was... Difficult.
The wracking sobs as I called 911, while performing CPR on her. It's been almost 15 years and it's still traumatizing.
Her mother blames me for her death. To be honest. She might be right. I didn't keep her baby safe. I could have tried harder. I could have insisted on her being committed. I could have abrogated her right to self determination. But I didn't. And that's on me.
But I can't tell her mother that. Or her sons or daughter.
Instead. I tell you. Thanks for listening.
Guy spends three years figuring out how to upload this video to Youtube.
I'm astonished that he did this. It's the most cringe clickbaity youtube video that is also not at all cringe or clickbaity at the same time. Just give it a watch, you'll see.