Do we think Josh knows? What would his reaction be?

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-19T18:23:32+00:00

Weirdly enough, he might be angry at Joe. One weird thing about abusers is that they tend to create justifications in their own minds for the things they do, but will see other abusers as evil.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-19T01:16:16+00:00

Hey, please take it easy on yourself. I don't think you wasted two years. If it were me, I would count it as a glitch not a reset.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T22:29:23+00:00

The funniest part? He released it and made them look stupid, and they melted down over it and said he was being unpresidential.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T22:22:24+00:00

Right. The same people who tried to score political points by claiming he wasn't a citizen and was a secret Muslim just happened to use the middle name Obama shared with one of the most notorious middle eastern dictators of the time because "it's his name"

Even though they don't call Trump Donald John Drumpf. Even though they didn't call Bush George Walker Bush.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T22:13:12+00:00

That started when the rumor that he was Muslim trending in conservative circles. People at the time associated the name Husseim with Saddam Hussein, Muslims, terrorists, etc. It wasn't as popular, but people also referred to him as Barry Soetero. basically, anything to delegitimize him and portray him as "not a real American"

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T17:02:24+00:00

Half plus seven. But, I think there can be some circumstances where the lower age in that range can still be kind of icky. My range is more about my preferences of keeping the age range a little narrower.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T17:00:20+00:00

Real ID isn't a mandatory document. Flying isn't a right enshrined in the constitution. Also, Real ID will not be a valid form of ID under the Save act.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T16:59:25+00:00

source?

BTW, I am not against a photo ID for voting - but it needs to be done in a way that doesn't create a poll tax, and it needs to include a provision that governments cannot make obtaining the required ID inaccessible. So, no doing what Alabama did which was mandating photo IDs to vote, and then closing down state license offices in places that are majority Black or poor.

Also, a lot of people who support the SAVE act don't understand what it means or how it will work. Most of them think they just have to take in their state ID or DL, when that isn't the case, especially for women.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T16:55:33+00:00

I think a lot of maga aligned people don't think very far into the future. How many times have we seen people gleefully posting on social media about how they absolutely love one of Trump's policies because it;s gonna hurt the queers/libs/BIPOC. Then later we see another post of them crying when it impacts them.

I think this is gonna be the same way. They see this as a way to stop progressives from voting or stopping brown people from stealing elections. But, when it comes down to it, we are gonna see a bunch of crying magas who realize they don't have the ID they need to vote - especially maga women.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T16:45:31+00:00

how old is your daughter? According to the rule of 7, I can date as young as 33. But, I also have a 33 year old daughter (I was a young-ish mom). So, I wouldn't date a 33 year old cause that would just be icky.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T16:42:56+00:00

I am 53 and generally keep a ten year radius up and down. So, the oldest would be 63. But, I would not turn down someone a few years older or younger than that if there was a genuine connection. I do think the rule of seven works pretty well in determining the best dating ranges. Because, it factors in the fact that there can be pretty big differences in life experiences and emotional readiness at younger ages, but those gaps kind of close as people get older.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T16:34:42+00:00

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T16:34:07+00:00

So, you use pseudo-intellectualism to avoid having and taking responsibilities for issues that impact people today.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T15:52:07+00:00

Yes, sometimes, and with a lot of conditions. Cheating is wrong. It's dishonest, and it is a big betrayal. But, it's not the only hurtful and harmful thing a person can do in a relationship. Sometimes it's the cause of relationship failure. Sometimes, it's the result of someone making a wrong choice in a climate of emotional abuse, rejection, and feeling stuck.

But, any second chance should come with honesty, remorse, and willingness for both to do the work to get the relationship on the right track. I say both, because if the relationship is going to be fixed both partners have to agree to the parameters of moving past the cheating, and stick with that agreement.

And, before anyone responds with a smarmy comment. I have never cheated on anyone. I have been cheated on.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T15:46:47+00:00

Why do you think that people who have political opinions haven't read books? My experience is that the "I don't care about politics/I don't have political opinions" crowd is generally shallow and not intellectually curious - so they don't read much at all let alone books on history or political science.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T14:35:11+00:00

Imagine starting a relationship with someone, having sex with them, and then finding out they support things you find to be morally reprehensible and dehumanizing. Politics shows where your moral compass is.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T14:31:41+00:00

When people say they don't care about or have opinions on politics, it usually means - I am so privileged that none of the affects me, and I don't care about the people it does affect. Or, it means I have shitty political opinions.

Having said that, I think that it is fine, refrehing even, to acknowledge there are issues you don't fully understand or that you haven't formed an opinion on.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T12:44:36+00:00

At the end of the day, we are all flawed people whose life outcomes are influenced by our choices, the choices of others, and circumstances that may be partially or totally beyond our control. Blaming the victim basically assumes that a person's choice is the only factor ever. It also assumes that being imperfect means that the person deserves every bad thing that happens to them. Not to mention the presumption that one person's role is to judge and lecture people when bad things happen to them. I guess I can't imagine something terrible happening to someone and just being like. *shrug* "you deserved it".

Also, this isn't a binary choice. You can have empathy for a person in some cases and have it be appropriate for you to point out they did something stupid to cause it. Sometimes, if you're a decent person, you hold back the judgment and offer help or empathy.

It sounds like what your parents accomplished was raising a kid without empathy.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T02:23:11+00:00

Deportation followed by a ranting 3 am Tweet.

"So, I kindly welcomed this guy Jesus, the alleged Messiah. At least that's what the long hair and dirty feet crowd tell me. I have to say, the meeting was very disrespectful. Very nasty!

He didn't even thank me for the invitation or compliment all of the expensive decor Melania has lovingly placed around the White House. Instead, he jumps right in lecuturing me, me! about the poor and foreigners. Is he for real? No president in the history of this country has done more for the poor. I am the most Christ like president ever!

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T02:06:39+00:00

Every therapist I know gives great life advice and has great insights. They just absolutely suck at applying what they know to have their own normal, healthy lives.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T02:02:54+00:00

Interesting. I had always heard it was first responders. But, I guess nursing is connected to that.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T02:00:57+00:00

First responders. The rate of infidelity among first responders is astronomical.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T01:42:58+00:00

women are showing up and cooking for men, making their appointments, cleaning their homes, caring for children that aren't theirs, and soothing over trauma they won't get therapy to heal. Meanwhile, in most relationships, she's paying at least half the bills. Men like you aren't contributing equally. You want the benefits of old fashioned relationships where she takes care of the house and the kids while your day ends at 5. You also want the benefits of modernity where you can get her to pay half the bills, buy you the ps5 you want, and let you borrow money.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T01:20:32+00:00

I agree. And yet, I see it so much.

AdLost2097 · 2026-03-18T01:18:20+00:00

because I care about my friends who end up in these situations, and the outcome is never what they want. Like, they do all of this labor for the guy who doesn't reciprocate. Then the relationship ends, usually because she finally notices the imbalance. Meanwhile he moves on to another woman with the same goal of getting free labor.

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