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I hate when I am taken to a website when unsubscribing from an email. I don't want to tell you why. I don't want to select which bullshit emails I still want to see. I don't want to interact with your organization at all, hence the unsubscribing.

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We are experiencing a higher than usual volume of prayers. Your prayers are important to us. Please stay on the line for the next available deity.

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They’re scared because they know that the public is with Luigi.

They’re violating his rights because they need to maintain capitalism.

Keep talking about Luigi.

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I remember when Americans were proud to kill Nazis

what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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likes to charge, reblogs to cast

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In honor of the Ides of March approaching, here’s the trash can I wrote on 2 years ago and only touch up in March

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I loved being a kid. Even back then I wanted to have kids of my own, because I loved being a kid so much. Even today, I want to give my son the childhood I had, the childhood I loved so much. But my childhood can't exist in today's world.

Saturday morning cartoons aren't a thing. Cereal box prizes aren't a thing. Walking to and from school on my own isn't a thing. Going outside for 10 hours a day in the summer with next to no adult contact isn't a thing. We knew where to find trusted adults in an emergency, of course, but we also had to learn TO find them.

I think that's a crucial skill to learn -to know when and how to ask for help. I worry my son won't. But maybe that's survivorship bias and maybe kids can learn that skill without being left to their own devices. Maybe it's better this way, but I'm sad my kid won't learn and grow the same way I did. The way I loved. Maybe that's a kind of Stockholm syndrome. Maybe it's because I'm scared of how to do this new parenting right, and there aren't any adults to ask for help. Because the adults I had then are gone, and I'm the adult now. But I still feel like a kid.

Maybe Mom and Dad were scared back then too, but I never saw it.

I hope at least I can teach my son to love being a kid. I might not be able to avoid teaching him that same fear, but I can help him learn to be brave despite the fear.

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A sith named Jed

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Mixing Scotch with margarita mix and calling it a Margaret

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Think of how cute your favorite baby is. Now realize we all started out like this. Ugliness is learned and taught. A human on default settings is adorable, precious, and beautiful

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#SundaySermon

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Well-regulated is another way of saying background checks and red flag laws.

It's in the Constitution.

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Remove health care from your employer. Abolish the idea of medical debt. Give everyone the freedom to change jobs and retain all health care benefits.

Remove the burden on small businesses to provide health insurance.

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The year was 1895.

#BlackHistoryMonth