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Cake day: February 16th, 2024

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  • This makes me so furious.

    Literally every domestic violence study shows a pet being one of the biggest reasons an abused woman stays in a relationship right behind children. And the animal and children are often abuse targets too!

    This will put the US even further behind in one of it’s most shameful measurements, but, hey it might shave a couple thousand dollars off a multi-trillion dollar deficit entirely created by the military industrial complex, so fuck 'em.












  • They insulate themselves from the difficult topics and nuance of the real world with Fox News and a carefully curated Facebook/X feed.

    Instead of having their beliefs challenged regularly and being forced to critically think and introspect, they only reenforce their world-view and get fed a steady dose of fear, hatred and outrage until they’re incapable of human empathy with people different from them.

    It’s awful. I’ve seen it with several family members and friends. Good, kind-hearted people transformed into the most hateful versions of themselves with only their most negative emotions driving their decisions.

    It takes something deeply personal and challenging to force them to reevaluate. And for some that’s not even enough. They’ll double down instead of admitting they might be wrong, and go back to the comforts of their carefully crafted world instead.