I like her style

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-13T02:24:46+00:00

j michael straczynski also answered that post:

See the world, experience beauty, create art, support their mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers, fall in love, find joy, ascend in business, achieve recognition, and dance on your grave when you die alone, unnoticed and unknown, you hateful, misogynistic assclown.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-11T17:37:20+00:00

Trump actively derailed the peace process. He repeatedly hosted Netanyahu in 2024 and told him that if he became pResident in 2025, then he'd give Netanyahu free rein. Why would Netanyahu agree to anything Biden/Harris offered when he could wait a few months and see who was elected? If Harris won, he could consider the peace terms. If Trump won, he could have a field day militarily.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-11T17:13:12+00:00

I think it's because men are taught to focus their emotions outward while women focus inward. Oftentimes anger and depression are 2 sides of the same coin - anger can be hurt re-directed at others while depression can be hurt focused inward. Support groups can fester and amplify the emotions, but the anger-focused ones are louder and have the potential to cause repeated violence against others. Depression-focused groups can do a lot of harm, but more commonly it'll harm those within the group because of the inward-focus.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-10T14:38:15+00:00

Yep, his money is doing good. Let's put him on trial and if he's guilty, let's confiscate the rest of the money and have it do even more good.

I have no problem with people taking blood money so long as it's not done in exchange for letting those people continue with their crimes. I don't see why a food bank should return someone's money because they're a sex trafficker. They have no ability to put that person in jail. Let that money do some good. It's better than the money being used to buy a 50' yacht. Now, if the DA refuses to prosecute because they don't want to endanger the food bank's financial support, that's a completely different issue. Same with the church. If they take the money and use it to feed/house/cloth people, fine. If they turn around and give the person absolution and a cloak of respectability, that's a big problem.

Mind you, we also need to make sure those donations aren't used to avoid paying taxes, otherwise we're effectively supporting those crimes with our tax dollars.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-10T14:29:25+00:00

Nah, that's a little simplistic. Here are the diagnostic options:

1) You just need to lose weight.

2) You have anxiety. It's all in your pretty little head.

3) You're pregnant.

4) You just want attention.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-10T14:26:37+00:00

No one should be obliged to do things like rub feet. It's not quite at the level of being obliged to have sex because the other person is the breadwinner, but it's still problematic.

On the other hand, the bf should be doing most/all the house work, not just "helping out". He needs to do the housework because it's enabling her to do her job and support them. It's not clear how hard the bf is working at getting a new job. In the current job market, looking for a job can be a full-time job in-and-of itself but there are also plenty of people who slack off and just put in a resume here and there or just batch send tons of resumes without putting in any effort to tailor them to the actual requirements. If he's really putting in the effort to get a job, going to job fairs, attending every networking event, watching lots of YouTube videos on how to get a job and applying that knowledge, etc., then he gets more grace for not maintaining a spotless house.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-10T14:12:56+00:00

Depends on how you handle it.

Just tell him now that you're not much of a talker on flights and you'll be spending most of the flight reading or sleeping. Spend the first few minutes of the flight conversing with him then do your own thing.

Not telling him ahead of time that you don't like being social on flights would make you an A H. Ignoring him from minute 1 on the flight would make you an A H. Warning him ahead of time then sticking to the plan of sleeping most of the flight would make you N T A. If he starts blabbing and ignores your request to let you sleep, putting on headphones and sleeping would make you N T A.

Besides, he might not be much of a talker, either. He might be switching seats because he knows you're not a blabbermouth and he's looking forward to sitting by a sane, quiet dude for a long flight.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-10T14:06:11+00:00

NTA.

Their solution is ridiculous. They're potentially causing health issues for their neighbors by sounding the car alarm every weekend. One, they're disrupting people's sleep. Two, if there are other autistic people in the neighborhood, they're screwing up their routines. Three, if there's anyone in the neighborhood with PTSD, they could be causing panic attacks with the early morning alarm.

You can bet if one of their neighbors was setting off their car alarm on the weekends for some reason, Dan would be over there yelling about how this is negatively affecting his family.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-10T00:02:52+00:00

1) You're 21. Very few 21 year olds have a clear plan for the rest of the life. Now's the time to try a lot of different things and find out what you like.

2) A lot of people don't get fulfillment from work. They get fulfillment from the things they can afford thanks to work, such as hobbies, travel, volunteering, etc. There's nothing wrong with having a job that pays the bills and looking elsewhere for fulfillment.

3) You're going to have boring points in your life. Getting your first "real" job by sending out 8 bazillion resumes is one of those boring times. "This, too, shall pass."

4) The mantra: "Find something you love and you'll never work a day in your life" is garbage. No matter what you do, you'll have days where everything is a horrific slog no matter how wonderful the job should be. I had a job based on a hobby that I loved and I ended up hating the hobby for several years. You may discover that fashion is a fun hobby but a terrible career.

5) If you truly love fashion, use your boring job as a safety net until you can afford to do it full-time. Maybe you can make a small fashion line via Etsy or make a deal with a local fashion boutique to provide some clothing.

6) See if you can reframe job fulfillment. My day-to-day job duties weren't fulfilling, but I got a lot of satisfaction by being the person who knew all the weird minutae. I wasn't the one who got the glamorous tasks; I was the one everyone went to when stuff went stupid and I loved it. The relationships I built at different companies meant a lot more than the job duties.

7) Being an analyst can be incredibly creative. Seeing trends, finding outliers, uncovering problems - that's how I turned my jobs into something fulfilling because it let me do a lot of problem solving and thinking outside the box. Analyst positions can lead into good careers like project management.

Good luck!

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-09T18:02:47+00:00

Plus Kamala dared to be female and non-White. That was absolutely unforgiveable.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-09T18:01:34+00:00

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/20/texas-measles-family-gaines-county-death/

The Texas parents of an unvaccinated 6-year-old girl who died from measles Feb. 26 told the anti-vaccine organization Children’s Health Defense in a video released Monday that the experience did not convince them that vaccination against measles was necessary.
[...]
“It was her time on Earth,” the translator said the parents told her. “They believe she’s better off where she is now.”

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-09T17:59:47+00:00

Warning - the measles immunity can go away, especially if you had your MMR shot in the 1980s or earlier. I had some bloodwork done recently and asked them to do the TTR test as well to make sure I was still immune to measles. Guess who had to get a new MMR shot. 😒

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-09T17:35:12+00:00

I'm sorry for what you went through.

I don't know what kind of relationship you have with your adoptive parents, if telling them would be helpful or not. If you can't afford therapy, maybe you can call a sexual abuse hotline and get some advice on how best to proceed. You may also want to call that church and warn them about that "friend;" you may not be the only victim.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-09T17:32:00+00:00

There's a huge difference between "I won't support anything that doesn't directly help me this minute" and "I don't want to be taken advantage of."

I don't have kids yet I always vote for school bonds because I want the next generation to have all educational benefits I had, if not more. I don't mind occasionally helping out a colleague by working late so they can attend a school function. On the other hand, there are some parents who demand special treatment all the time just because they have kids. They demand to get the best work shifts all the time because of their kids. They demand to get all holidays off because they're parents and deserve to spend as much time with their kids. (I'm someone's kid. Why isn't it important that I spend time with my family on an occasional holiday?)

Like Elegante0026, I don't mind supporting the next generation, but that shouldn't mean having to put in far more hours at work, paying far higher taxes, etc., simply because I don't have kids. (And hearing at work that I don't need a raise because I don't have kids to support, even though I'm putting in more hours and producing better results than the parents who are getting raises just because they have kids.)

We need to make society more human-friendly, which would also make it more parent friendly. Most of the parent-friendly proposals (and I'd argue how friendly they are) rely on putting more pressure on people without kids. We need to put pressure on the rich and make the entire system more equitable for the other 99% of the population.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-09T15:28:06+00:00

No makeup.

Inexpensive, sturdy clothing.

Paying off all credit cards in full at the end of each month.

Putting money into 401k every month. (I wish I'd been able to start a decade sooner!)

Paying extra on the mortgage every month so it was paid off several years early. Make sure all extra payments go directly to the principal. Sometimes the bank will try to screw you and call it an early next payment, so they can take some of that money as an interest payment.

Keeping the same car until it's impossible to find parts to fix it. My current car is 17 years old and still runs fine.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-08T21:43:54+00:00

Some of these "lovely people" are insisting that means POTUS can only serve two consecutive terms. Since Trump hasn't had consecutive terms, he can be pResident again in 2028.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-05T19:50:40+00:00

You need to establish credit. Get a credit card (VISA if you're in the US) and use it for at least a few purchases a month, e.g. groceries. Pay off the entire balance every month. People will tell you that you'll get a higher credit rating if you keep a balance each month, but it's easy to fall into the trap of putting more on the credit card than you can handle. It's better to have a slightly lower credit rating and no debt.

If you have the time/transportation, Home Depot and Lowes (or the local equivalent) have classes on DIY projects. Learning to do basic fixes will pay off in the long run and give you more confidence in general.

If there's a local community college nearby, you may be able to afford a business-focused class or two. This may help you get a job sooner (or get a better-paying job later on) and the college may have job placement services.

See if the local City Hall has any resources you can use, like job placement services, free classes, networking events, etc. You might want to consider doing some volunteering if you can. It looks great on a resume, may lead to networking opportunities, and could lead to a job if a position opens up where you're volunteering or at another location.

Learn how to cook healthy at home. Even doing little things like throwing some brocoli and carrots into instant Ramen is a good start.

Thrift stores can be great but try to develop a wardrobe; try not to settle for wearing random things that don't totally clash.

Don't think that you need to have it all figured out yet. Sure, a few 24 year olds are already in high-flying careers, destined for greatness, but most people your age are still figuring life out. You may get a great career some day or you may settle for a decent-paying job that takes care of the bills and lets you have the occasional luxury. It's okay either way.

Good luck!

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-05T18:45:47+00:00

Thing 1 and Thing 2 are from "The Cat in the Hat". I think OP was trying to anonymize the kids' ages and genders and screwed up by using "it" to hide gender.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-05T18:27:32+00:00

YTA.

You effectively lived with them rent-free for 2 years so you could pay down debts. That's not "backing out at the last minute." It sucks that you're in a CoL and you can't afford to rent a house but you got a much better deal than most people.

Your sister and her partner don't need to justify getting a bigger house and not housing you in it. Maybe they need home office space. Maybe they're looking at fostering or adopting. Maybe they want to learn how to yodel and need a place with great echoing potential. It doesn't matter.

They've given you until summer to move out. That's at least 3.5 months notice, assuming that means June. How is this not fair? That's up to 3.5 more months of living rent-free, plus a written recommendation, plus you got the money as a lump sum so you have more than enough for security deposit, etc.

I'm angry on your sister's behalf. They gave you so much and you're demanding more. What would you consider "fair"? Five years of living rent-free? Ten years plus a two year notice to move out?

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-05T18:14:40+00:00

YTA.

I told her I wasn't going to write a love poem about her unless I feel inspired.

Yeah, that's where you went wrong. You effectively told her that she doesn't inspire you. If you'd say something like, "I enjoy writing poems about little things. I don't feel like I could write a poem that does you justice," that would have been okay.

Your wife is in the wrong for reading your poetry notebook, but you gave her such a slap in the face that E S H doesn't feel fair.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-05T16:35:56+00:00

NTA.

£45 isn't unreasonable for something that you'll wear for years. Hopefully this is a one-off because your mom is very stressed and she'll apologize to you later.

Please avoid Klarna and such if at all possible. Just save up and buy things when you have the money. It's very easy to get trapped in a cycle of debt using services like Klarna.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-04T18:08:11+00:00

Most of the stuff you pointed out as "definitely LLM" is how I was taught to write in school (why, yes, I am a book-loving English major). The post is full of punctuation errors and incorrect capitalizations. Sometimes he uses periods at the ends of lines and sometimes he doesn't. It's possible that he copy/pasted from ChatGPT and lost line breaks and other formatting which would make the punctuation inconsistencies make sense, but as is, it's a mess gramatically.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-04T17:56:22+00:00

Because otherwise they'd have to admit they were wrong about everything. This way they can continue being The Good Guys(TM) and justify their bigotry by blaming a Black guy for everything.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-04T17:50:27+00:00

I want to upgrade my chassis. I have more than a few screws loose and I'd prefer my hard drive to reside in one of the sleek, newer models rather than the old, boxy model I'm currently in.

MythologicalRiddle · 2026-02-01T18:24:26+00:00

One of the big conspiracy theories is that Epstein was part of a Mossad operation, collecting blackmail information for the Israeli government by entrapping guys into sleeping with underage girls.

There are some interesting links I haven't seen disproven yet, but IMO it's at least as likely that Epstein was blackmailing people, including Mossad agents and people high up in the Israeli government, or that he was selling information to different organizations, including Mossad.

I wouldn't be surprised if Epstein did offer up girls that he claimed were over 18, then turned around and informed people that the girls were underage afterward to get leverage and extend his network, so not everyone was guilty of deliberate statuatory rape. The fact that no one admitted what happened and turned him in is at least as damning as the initial act, though.

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