I've seen footage of entire regiments of African soldiers in the Russian army in occupied Ukraine who were promised citizenship/scholarships/etc. and told they'd be doing military office admin or factory assembly work if they came to Russia. Instead, they're the first sent into the kill zone.

Im gonna wear a suit two days in row this weekend. Haven't done that in *years*.

Will Farrell is a fool 😂

The hill that I will 100% die on is that lightsabers aren’t swords and sword techniques don’t apply. Don’t @ me with the “the nature of the plasma simulates mass and weight of a sword.” Fuck you, no. It’s a massless bar of energy you can turn on and off.

When Trump launched his first trade war with Beijing, China, a major buyer of US crops, turned elsewhere — and never returned. Brazil is now the world’s biggest supplier of soybeans, beef and poultry. Meanwhile, farmers in the US are in worsening trouble. #TradeGenius www.ft.com/content/8aa8...

In "Aladdin," Princess Jasmine tells him, her father, and Jafar that "I am not a prize to be won" when they're debating who she should marry. If a children's movie can make this point to its audience, adults have zero excuse for not understanding the concept.

I'm still trying to figure out who Invicta makes watches for. They make some of the most humongous, hideous, poorest quality watches I've ever seen.

Push-up time again. 500 today. Last 250 of the day.

Im a just regular straight cis man but I have learned a *lot* over the years from people who aint that.

One must always examine what one can control and what one cannot.

The older I get the more I realize a lot of shit around gender and its performance is goofy and shouldn't be taken too seriously.

Bisexual people are seen just recreational activities for straight and gay people. Human sex toys not to be taken seriously by the serious people "serious" enough to have "picked a side". I feel for them.

My wife is pansexual and I wish I had a nickel for every time someone asked me some variation of if I was ever "concerned" about that. To many people not being exclusely gay or straight is the same thing as saying someone is promiscuous or sexually indiscriminate.

One thing that really grinds my gears about biphobia is that a lot of it involves the idea that the penis is supreme and everyone who likes penis will leave someone who doesn’t have one for someone with one.

If you insist on analogizing women to inanimate objects in the context of romance, "art" is the best one imo. Not "food", something that exists only to be consumed, or "prizes" something that one can be entitled to.

You dont "win" or "earn" the affections of people. I have never "won" a woman. Its all luck. Luck as defined by opportunity meeting preparation. You cant appreciate people if you cant accept and cope with how *free* they are and how there is a part of their inner world you will never access.

You don't have remotely as much control over how another person values you that you think you do.

Emotions and how you feel at any given time is really the only thing that matters. Its the reason why we do *anything*.

I think its hard for people accept that people can want to be with you without you having done anything to "earn" it and conversely someone can cease being attracted to you or wanting to be with you for the same reason.

I feel like you have to be okay with being corny and vulnerable to fall in love and sustain a relationship. You can’t be trying to look cool lol

A "prize" is something a one is *entitled* to after meeting some merit based criteria which is why calling *yourself* a prize in a romantic context is silly.

When moviegoers went to see “The Odyssey” this weekend, they probably weren’t expecting to see a trailer for the upcoming horror movie “Other Mommy” that scared the living daylights out of them.

Good point. I've always found the very idea of romance/dating as a "competition" or the notion of people being "prizes" utterly absurd.

NYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections.

When weight training dont ignore developing your grip strength.

When’s the last time you looked at your bank statement? Go take a peek and make sure you wasn’t paying for something you haven’t used in two years like me 🫠

How a straight man interacts with a woman, who he choses, how he treats her, how he negotiates their roles with her etc, is an inherently political act.

I've always thought sex and romance is both personal and political and it cannot be decoupled. Really interested in Dr. Amia Srinivasan's work on that.

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"You're a foreigner, you don't have to pay purchase taxes." Our undercover reporter speaks to the Israeli real estate agents aggressively marketing properties on occupied land to Westerners.

No they're not. Nobody is doing this, actually.

Nintendo says it has no legal obligation to pass U.S. tariff refunds on to gamers 🎮 • It's asked a court to dismiss the class action lawsuit • Consumers 'received exactly what they bargained and paid for' (via Game File)

I look Latin in middle school and I been into the Romans and Greeks and all their neighbors (read "enemies") every since.

Greek mythology books and documentaries about to go double platinum after that movie.

Nicaragua’s president says the country will not hold any more elections

If you 21+ and you need a job in Cincy let me know

I finally found an Omega Speedmaster model I want.

Rule 1: Do not shit where you eat. I wish more would understand this Rule 2: Do not overly indulge in libations at work related / industry related events Rule 3: The mic is always hot. Finish conversations / zoom calls by saying something positive. e.g “Man that was a good call” Or say NOTHING

"Work wife"? Yeah, fuck that lol.

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The Odyssey. 10/10. Its Mr. Nolan's best work for sure. Its gonna sweep the awards next year.

Seated for the Odyssey. Let's go!

I think we need to and rethink, reconsider and maybe resurrect rites of passage into adulthood as a concept.

I also dont like how being an adult is defined in mostly materialistic terms. Just because you, a grown ass adult, cant afford to live on your own doesnt make you a fucking child.

I been seeing the continual blurring the lines of what a "child" is coming from both directions and I dont like it.

The adultification of children and infantilization of adults for convenience gotta stop.

"She got an old soul." "She acts old for her age."....pedophile ass logic.

NO, I don’t mean choosing to be child-free. NO, I don’t mean being uncomfortable / not knowing how to interact with kids. I mean calling children crotch goblins and sneering at parents and getting weird about small people who are experiencing the world for the first time. Just be normal about it.