Pooped the onion? Honestly, I’ve only ever seen these kinds of stories as notTheOnion.

Down bad, but more.

Zero. He took care of that well before. That type take care of themselves well before even thinking of others, if they do.

I’ve told people before, as a non-smoker, that smoking would be the ultimate social activity if it weren’t for all the cancer and assorted negative health outcomes. You’ve got an idle habit that many people also engage in. It requires that people come closer together to share the disposal resources. It then requires that you hold still and fidget with a small stick for several minutes every time you do it. And nothing else. It’s hard to beat a set of conditions to get people to idly interact with each other that’s better than that.

But, you know, cancer…

Oooooohhh. Yeah that makes sense.

Field hockey

My fingers have that plus the correct directional keys memorized to put my computer to sleep.

Valid

Not knowing Ctrl+shift+esc opens the task manager is one thing, but copy and paste should be taught in school.

So clarify what I can do. I vote, so that’s out of the way.

Donate? With what money?

Help/run campaigns? With what time and/or money?

Be informed? I generally am and a fat lot of good it did.

Inform others? Not an influencer, so no reach. The few crazies I am adjacent to I either can’t discuss things with because it’d be unprofessional and I don’t want to lose my job or they drank deep of the Kool aid. And the non crazies are usually on my side even when I do have info they don’t already know.

Take people to the polls? Everyone for whom I could offer such a service early voted.

So what power am I overlooking? I participate to the best of my ability and within my limited resources so what am I missing?

Edit: How shocking, no response, just a downvote.

I’d be shocked if that was possible. Though I wouldn’t hate being able to do crafting/gathering from my phone.

Both obviously. I did my part and sanity lost in the US. I continue to have no meaningful power.

Our lives are also on the list to lose. The health and well-being of those that depend on us as well. Losing our chains is great if that’s really all you have to lose.

The detachment is more of a defeatism issue. When you have zero power to affect change, what the hell else can you do but work through the day and try to not have a breakdown?

Mind you, I vote when that comes around, I just don’t have the mental fortitude anymore to not be detached. Don’t have the time or space to do more than that, which is rather by design I expect.

Conservatives are really anti conservation for some strange reason.

That and The Onion could never outperform info wars in terms of absurdity… Still…

Greta Thunberg, swedish environmental activist and a favorite hate watch of conservatives.

It’s only controversial for those who are being called out on being terrible people on a moral level.

Jasmine rice. Makes a huge difference if you like white rice. Tastes like from a restaurant and pleasantly sticky.

Very true. I’m behind the US lens on this one so it’s easier to speak from what I experience. I know it’s… bad… elsewhere.

That’s… disingenuous. Lot of stuff happened between those points, including the murder of homosexuals for the crime of existing.

The LGBT community keeps the fight up because complacency gets our rights taken away. Justice Thomas has explicitly stated that gay marriage is on his list of wrongs* to right. To say nothing of Project 2025.