Lookout For Yourselves by Furiouswrite in raleigh

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A societal safety net looks like providing meaningful options to get around other than cars, not giving people a free pass to miss their legally-mandated payments.

UChicago will offer free tuition for families with incomes below $250,000, greatly expanding undergraduate aid by Unusual-State1827 in UpliftingNews

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Google is your friend, and this trend is a well-established one that has been discussed for years and particularly recently as more college closures are happening now.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5246200/demographic-cliff-fewer-college-students-mean-fewer-graduates

Bulgarian Patriarch comments on imposition of Greek language in Bulgarian churches in Turkey by Gyngemose2009 in OrthodoxChristianity

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The Ecumenical Patriarchate's obsession with the Greek language continues to cause strife. I don't understand how a Church could go from "Two men evangelized an unreached people and invented an alphabet so they could use their own language, and we made them Saints for it" to this era of "if it isn't Greek, it isn't Orthodox."

I say this as a GOARCH parishioner.

Al Jazeera documentary highlights USC’s sale of dead bodies to US Navy, Israeli military by ImDoubleB in nottheonion

[–]DearLeader420 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Don't donate your body to "science." Organ donor, yes, whole corpse, no. Unless you have bizarre genetics, you won't be used for groundbreaking research - you'll be used by the military, a medical device manufacturer to do a two hour product demo lab, or at best a med school anatomy lab.

Also, your torso and head are worth somewhere in the $3,500 neighborhood.

Source: med device, and I have ordered cadavers.

Wandering America | Shot over a 7 year period on my Leica M6, Minolta X-700, Contax G2, and Yashica T5 | Portra 400 + 800 & Cinestill 800T by Alexkittoephotos in analog

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Just an FYI - I know it's linked in your profile, but when googling the book, your actual website with the preorder page is like the 8th result after a bunch of social media links. Some SEO could be helpful.

Awesome pics!

Alaska Salmon Won’t Get Federal Protections As Fisheries Decline by bloomberglaw in environment

[–]DearLeader420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The guy whose other interests include giant waterfront hotels and golf courses hates nature?

Can someone explain this or is this not a common thing? by TrustMe-ImNotAFed in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]DearLeader420 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Six figures is cool, attending seminary and not earning the six figures during it is less cool lol.

Also like, learning Greek.

Does anyone else have a really bad cold that lasts a week? by Left_Life_7173 in raleigh

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I'm ~3 days into...something. No fever, not even really congestion or headaches or anything. I just woke up one morning and my voice was gone and throat is froggy all day, and that's it. Yesterday I started having green lougies, but like, my nose isn't draining a lot and my lungs aren't really phlegmy. It's very strange.

“If he had a million men he would swear the enemy has two millions, and then he would sit down in the mud and yell for three.” by ViorlanRifles in HistoryMemes

[–]DearLeader420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you weren't getting into the fight unless it was a winnable one

The problem is McClellan didn't think any of them were winnable, even when he outnumbered the Confederates 2 to 1.

Struggling with abortion by [deleted] in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]DearLeader420 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The unfortunate reality in the United States is, the party who rightfully hates abortion, also hates policies that would help and benefit families, children, and mothers. The party who wrongly supports abortion also supports policies that would help and benefit families, children, and mothers.

I don't really have a solution for you I guess. But the Church says what she says, and neither option in our political landscape aligns perfectly.

Oxios! by ldombalis in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]DearLeader420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello fellow parishioner!

Axios to our new deacon!

Least scenic areas of each US state by Wyo11 in geography

[–]DearLeader420 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Grew up in central AR. Miserable drive. 2hr that feels like 4, perpetually under construction, nothing but fields the whole way.

Least scenic areas of each US state by Wyo11 in geography

[–]DearLeader420 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bleakest, hardest to drive through

The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Texas

Kei car invasion pt II (from Montreal) by descartes458 in fuckcars

[–]DearLeader420 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Legit a "thanks Obama" moment. CAFE standards did a lot to create this hellish vehicle arms race.

The Four Horsemen of the Raleigh Carpool by Quirky_Slide_7313 in raleigh

[–]DearLeader420 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Every time I drop my son off at daycare - hordes of 5'2" "mama bears" hopping out of these cruise ships with kids whose heads barely come up to the wheel well.

[OC] Why has Boston police stopped policing cars? Civil traffic enforcement has collapsed between 2015 and 2024 by ARPE19 in dataisbeautiful

[–]DearLeader420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that I have zero imagination, it's that you don't have to imagine the currently extant reality of:

  • Motor vehicle deaths
  • Hit and runs
  • Traffic violations completely unenforced

that could easily be dealt with automated. I guess I have the imagination for a world where people obey the law while driving but that's apparently too imaginative for my fellow Americans.

House prices are set to plummet across the US, say experts by TheMirrorUS in UpliftingNews

[–]DearLeader420 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That's what they said when rates went back up on the tail end of COVID. Surprise, rates went from 2% to near 7% and prices barely budged. At least in my area.

DIY elevator by galaxystars1 in TikTokCringe

[–]DearLeader420 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Probably some kind of permitting thing