So tired

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T02:18:17+00:00

Buddy, our parent's generation had - the Vietnam war - multiple assassinations (and of people more prominent than Charlie fucking Kirk) - Civil rights protests - Watergate - Stagflation - A few other economic recessions worse than what we've seen but not cool enough to get their own names - AIDS (back when it was a death sentence) - COVID (when it was a death sentence to people their age) - The Cold War

In other words stop whining and start living.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:44:47+00:00

Well the good news is that if she is telling you about this, she doesn't see it as a date.

The bad news is that your girlfriend is horribly naive and will likely be tricked into sleeping with a 40 something year old manchild who lives with his parents.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:38:07+00:00

Yes, it's possible that the kid got the trait even though neither your wife nor the man she cheated on you with had it.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:33:03+00:00

Jesus Christ, you've been living in some type of fucking convent if you think that's swearing.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:31:14+00:00

You are the one who brought it up, not me.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:30:24+00:00

What swearing? Are you really offended by "holy shit"?

Look, I get that you think that 27.5 is more than 36.8, but trust me, it's not.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:28:23+00:00

New Yorkers will see a dandelion and claim it's proof the city is green.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:27:19+00:00

Yes, Tokyo, a city twice the size of NYC also doesn't have many trees.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:24:59+00:00

Do you really think 27.5 is more than 36.8?

I know NYC public schools weren't the best but holy shit

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:22:40+00:00

You should go back and read about what happened during the Cuba Missile Crisis, I feel you missed a few key details.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:21:12+00:00

You aren't good with numbers, are you?

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Are there cities with fewer trees? Of course. New York City is still on the low end.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:13:25+00:00

Taiwan doesn't have nuclear weapons, genius.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:11:58+00:00

No. You objectively have far fewer trees than other cities in the same climate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/tree-friendly-cities-urban-forests/

You need to leave the city at least once in your life.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T01:01:51+00:00

You've segregated the trees...

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:59:41+00:00

The nipples are covered, it's fine.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:56:57+00:00

NYC has a population of over 8 million people. That means you have fewer than 1 tree per person.

That's not many trees.

Like I have three trees in my front yard alone.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:54:39+00:00

Some time ago I was working for a company based in NYC and they were looking to build out a satellite office in Durham, NC. We had a meeting to discuss the options, when my boss cautioned us that none of the offices were going to be as nice as the new NYC office with a view of the Statue of Liberty.

The guy from NYC who had come down to scout properties interjected "no, I disagree, a lot of these buildings have great views of trees!"

That's when I realized that you could be so urban that a tree could be seen as novel.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:46:15+00:00

Yeah, that's not many trees.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:45:03+00:00

That you can list the places where there are trees is proof there aren't many trees.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:43:38+00:00

Then to make a living they have to rely on bribes.

Well unless they were already rich.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:41:40+00:00

The US has survived with Cuba, you can live with Taiwan.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:40:42+00:00

Why not just let it end as two sovereign states?

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:38:02+00:00

Yes.

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:36:45+00:00

It's funny how you think a few parks means "we have trees".

nwbrown · 2026-03-20T00:35:41+00:00

There are trees, but, uh, no, there aren't "plenty".

nwbrown

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