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Is that really the reason? That's crazy. I was thinking it was because the second plane was for her crew; they fly ahead and get things set up before she even arrives. But just having a backup plane so you don't have to wait? Crazy.

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A debate I had on Reddit about abortion rights.

The person I'm arguing with is an active participant of the Mensa subreddit, so they already fancy themselves a genius to some extent.

Me:

No arms, no legs, no heart, no brain. Just a blood vessel pumping blood from the host to the clump of cells.

And the "But there's a heartbeat" excuse is a lie. You're only hearing the host's blood pumping into cells cause the heart isn't fully formed until 10 weeks. Additionally, the brain isn't even fully developed until 24 weeks. No heart organ, no brain, it's not a viable life outside its host body.

Them:

Yeah that's an empirical argument to deny ontology. That's not convincing to anyone who thinks there is an essence to being human that isn't tied to having arms and legs.

Me:

I'm sorry, but are you trying to use philosophy to argue whether or not someone is capable of living without a heart, brain, and lungs?

Them:

How do you determine what is human and what is not? Arms and legs? What do you call someone without arms and legs? Or a mechanic heart? You can't answer the question 'what is human' based on physical qualities only. So yes, logically you cannot answer the question without philosophy.

Me:

I think you are confusing personhood with the human species.

A person is someone who can think, breathe, and exist on their own. They have a personality and their own opinions on subjects like abortion.

A human being or homo sapiens is a species on earth that evolved enough to form social groups and cultures and, therefore, are capable of personhood. Some other more complex animals might be capable of personhood, like Koko the Gorilla. She was intelligent, learned to communicate using sign language, and even had her own pet.

I'm not discussing this subject in terms of personhood. A fetus isn't developed enough to form a sense of personhood if it can't even survive on its own at 2 months gestation.

Them:

I'm talking about the essence of what makes one a living human. As long as pregnant women before the 3rd month believe they're carrying a child, which is all of them who want to *keep* the child, I am not appealed by the argument that it's suddenly no longer a child but rather a fetus for biological/scientific/empirical reasons when there are various financial and social advantages of it being so.

The points you mention are even still different from mine.

Me:

>The points you mention are even still different from mine.

Correct because again, you fail to see the point of the argument.

You yourself say;

>As long as pregnant women before the 3rd month believe they're carrying a child, which is all of them who want to *keep* the child,

That's all fine and dandy cause it's her *choice* to do so, not yours and not the government's. But it's not yours or anyone else's place to force your philosophical or religious views on an entire nation and bully us all into following them by making your opinions a law.

Them:

It's a choice to recognise a human as a human, you're saying? So where's the end to that travesty of logic? A cat is a dog, a man is a woman, that dog is a man and that man is a dog. That's a wild world you're living in. I don't see the world that way, it defeats both logic and common sense. But it surely makes a way to justify doing whatever the hell you like doing. I won't force morality on you, but I'll tell you when it's absent.

Me:

Again, you're trying to use philosophy to argue science, and that gets us nowhere. I already stated I'm not talking from a philosophical standpoint.

You can see the world however you want. Your morals aren't always going to line up with your neighbors morals. Your neighbor might think it's immoral to eat any kind of meat. Are you gonna give up that steak dinner cause they can smell it in their living room? How would you feel if the entire government decided eating meat is a crime and, therefore, it's banned and you go to jail just for eating a hamburger. Kinda sucks when other people force their philosophy and religion on you by passing laws to get their way.

Now I know you're gonna be like, "But you can't compare pregnancies to diets!" But you're already equating philosophy with science. So, let me give you another scenario.

Do you like eggs? Eggs are just undeveloped chickens who were denied the ability to develop and hatch. Will you give up your eggs and bacon just because your vegan neighbor says it's immoral?

Since to you personhood and human are one and the same. Say aliens decide to visit earth; they have arms and legs and a brain, can speak, express emotions, and have their own culture. Are they human? Do we give them the same rights as you and me even though they weren't born on earth and are basically invading our planet? Or are they just displaying personhood?

If you say yes, they are human and deserve the same rights as you and me, then you also need to give those same rights to the "illegal aliens" that cross the border.

Why are undeveloped fetuses given more rights to life than families with children who are trying to seek a better life? Why do we value a fetus over the actual baby? Once it's born, if the mother says she needs help, she's scorned and looked down on for asking for WIC, foodstamps, and cash benefits to help feed and cloth her baby. She should have thought of that before deciding to have a baby, right? But if she decides she's unable to afford a baby, and she can't afford to take time off because the pregnancy is making it hard for her to work, she's called a murderer for seeking an abortion.

To pro-life advocates, a fetus is more important before it's born than after it's born. And you won't convince me otherwise. The same people pushing for abortion bans, banning mifepristone (a drug that's also necessary to help with incomplete miscarriages), and even simple birth control are the same people who vote to cut funding to welfare programs, free lunch programs, and to entire school districts. That's not very pro-life of them now, is it?

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They gave up the argument after that.

I could have converted this into a rant solely from my perspective, but I felt it would be better just to copy it as a script.

Pro-lifers are not actually pro-life. They are just anti-women and anti-choice. If they actually cared about the fetus, they would care about it after its born by passing laws and regulations that would ensure the child has the best quality of life possible and every chance to succeed. Instead, time and again, they vote against those laws.

They don't care about the fetus once it's born. Why is that? Could it be that their true goal all along is to force women back into submission because they romanticize the bygone era of the 1800s and early 1900s when women didn't hold jobs, didn't vote, and couldn't do anything without their husband's explicit permission?

I dunno, that's just the vibe I get from the anti-choice supporters. Why else would they say things like, "Stop riding dick if you can't take accountability." But then start foaming at the mouth when you remind them accountability goes both ways. When's the last time they made a child support payment?

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Last week, I posted about going to the urgent care after an injury happened on the job.

The package that broke open and dropped its contents onto my foot had no labels marking the package as being heavy. It was merely a flimsy thin box with a couple of strips of tape and some plastic straps to hold it all together. I'm not sure what the steel parts were for, but I'm guessing either boat or car parts.

Here are some pics of the healing process.

30 minutes after the injury.

Two days later

Today.

Now, a week later, the bruising is starting to fade. But it feels like the pain isn't getting any better. It almost seems worse. Walking can be difficult, and the slightest touch induces searing pain. But the urgent care doctor said nothing was broken. It's just a deep contusion.

Please, for the love of all that is good, properly pack your packages before shipping them and label them appropriately. Little things like that can make all the difference in keeping the mail running efficiently. An injured carrier is going to be slowed down. They might not be able to carry as much or walk as fast, and that's if they are able to work at all following an injury. If they can't work, their replacement isn't going to know that route as well. It will take longer to complete the route, and they will be prone to more mistakes.

So, if you like your mail delivered accurately and on time, then take the extra time to properly pack, seal, and label what you ship. Thanks.

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Three weeks ago I got a new-used car. A 2020 Kia Sportage with less than 40k miles on it.

I was told I needed three references who were not related to me and who did not live with me. So, I gave them some good references; an ex co-worker, an ex boss, and a current boss. At least I felt they were good; none of them lived with me or had family ties to me.

Since I had to travel three hours to the dealership where the car was at, I made sure the insurance was taken care of and paid for before going to pick up the car. Everything else was handled over the phone or via text so that all I had to do was go there, sign some papers, and hand over a check for the down payment.

So, I secure transportation out to the dealership. I go in, shake hands, sign papers, and hand over the down payment. I'm given the keys to my new car, and I drive it the 3 hours home.

Today, three weeks later, I'm at work when I start receiving calls and texts from the dealership. Apparently, the bank now says my references aren't good enough because now they are saying my references can not have the same address. They all have to live separately. Two of my references happen to be married, but they don't live with me and aren't related to me, so why does that matter?

I'm frustrated cause now I have to look through my contacts for people I can use as a reference. And why? I was already approved for the car, or I wouldn't have been able to drive away with it. The dealership even put a GPS tracker in the car at the bank's request.

But now, 3 weeks later, they take issue with my references? All cause two are married to each other. I guess in the bank world, married couples don't live together, and people don't have roommates.

What are they gonna do though, repossess my car before the first payment is even due?

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Dear Customers,

If you're shipping steel blocks in a paper thin box with only two pieces of tape to hold it all together; I hate you.

I'm currently sitting in the urgent care waiting on an x-ray because someone thought it would be a good idea to use a flimsy box no thicker than a sheet of paper to ship a bunch of steel blocks. To top it off, they decided that all it needed was two pieces of tape and a couple of thin plastic straps to hold it all together... while shipping it all the way to fucking Alaska!

So, of course, by the time it got to me and I went to pick it up, the steel blocks no longer wanted to stay in their box anymore. Instead, they had torn a hole in the bottom and fell out onto my foot.

So yeah, if your packaging choice is shittier than a reused and decaying Amazon box, I hate you.

That is all.

Note: I typed this up when I was at the urgent care. Nothing is broken. My foot is just badly bruised and hurts like hell.

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🖼Photo dump🖼

April 9th, 2024. A steady snowfall turned to white out conditions when I was finishing up my route.

Looking to piss off your mail carrier? Fill the outgoing slot of your cluster box with a year's worth of mail. Whatever doesn't fit can go into an empty parcel locker.

This was all for one address! 27 total.

One of my favorite things about my job; these views

And animal friends.

A tiny ice pillar.

Freaky dense daytime fog.

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Mildly uninteresting introduction post.

Hi, all. My name is roguekhajiit. Ya'll can just call me Rogue, or hairball, or here kitty kitty (joking, of course). I am Non-binary>DemiFemale/Agender and Pansexual.

I've had a small unassuming presence on here for years, but since one of my posts has gotten a bit of attention lately, I thought I'd introduce myself.

I used to be just another unappreciated retail drone. But after 7 years of abuse from both customers and management, I decided to quit and try my paw at being a mail carrier.

I originally was gonna do what most mail carriers do, take the exam, and get hired on with the USPS. That is until I went into my local post office and learned it's actually a contracted post office. But the person who holds the contract for that location also holds the contracts for many of the "rural routes" in our area. When I asked about becoming a mail carrier, they were more than happy to "hire" me on as one of their carriers. And that folks is how a retail khajiit became a mail carrier khajiit.

There's a number of differences between an actual USPS employed mail carrier and a contracted one, but I'll get into those details in a different post.

I'm not a crafty khajiit, so you won't see any drawings or pictures of crafts I made. What you can expect to see from me are many a post of me ranting about my job, and also many pictures of things I see when I'm on the road. I love to take scenic pictures, and I will share them with you.

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TW: Self-harm, cyber bullying

On the surface, my boss seems like a really nice and benevolent person. But lately, there have been instances that make me think I'm actually working for a narcissist.

Last year, my coworker got hurt on the job and needed stitches. After that incident happened, I heard some really icky things spoken by my boss anytime my coworker asks for even something minor, "[Coworker] cost me more money than any other employee!" When it was rumored that co-worker might quit; "If [they] do that [they'll] have to return every cent I paid [them]!"

But whenever my boss is in hot water with their superiors, they will ghost everyone for a couple of days and then show up with some story as to why no one could get ahold of them. "I had a heart attack yesterday, but I'm here. I am working!" I believed them at first until they let slip that they say that every time their customers are getting furious with their lack luster customer service; "I just tell them that and they instantly change their tone with me every time because they don't want to appear unsympathetic."

But this last part gets really bad. I had another coworker who was being cyber bullied in the neighborhood Facebook groups. I was never aware of it because I'm not active on Facebook, and I especially avoid those toxic neighborhood groups. People were making posts in these groups specifically to shit talk this coworker. I later found out my boss and other coworkers were aware of it and chose to ignore it. The bullies even went so far as to send them DMs and make fake accounts to harass them. This coworker eventually attempted suicide and I never saw them again. But I recently heard my boss say, "I don't care! [Coworker #2] put ME at a disadvantage trying to off [themselves]! [They] were out of work 2 months, and it really cost me!"

What the fuck? Is that all you can think about is how it disadvantaged you?! You KNEW this shit was going on, since you're in those groups yourself and you chose to let them suffer in silence because it had no personal impact on you until they couldn't take it anymore and chose the nuclear option? But anytime someone calls you out on your bullshit you pull out your ass some lame excuse to explain it all away and earn yourself more brownie points.

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happy tdov my loves. don't let anyone else define your transness for you.

help trans women evacuate gaza

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TW: Transphobia

I had my first ever encounter with a transphobic member of the LGBTQ community this week.

At work on Monday, I overheard some co-workers discussing Transgender Day of Visibility and how President Biden issued a statement acknowledging Trans Day. Since it just so happened to occur on the same day as Easter this year, my very close-minded co-workers took that and Biden's statement as evidence that Trans people are trying to take over Easter!

Now, I consider myself to be Non-binary (specifically Demi-girl/Agender), but I tend to fly under the radar, which is very helpful since I live in a very, very red state. It doesn't hurt that my normal sense of personal style is very casual and all black. So, I can wear traditionally "men's" pants, and no one pays much attention to me, which is the way I prefer it. I hate anything that draws attention to myself.

So, I bit my tongue and hyperfocused on my work. Then, when I went home, the non-binary gremlin in me just couldn't be contained anymore; I opened Reddit and made a post about how no one is going around trying to steal stolen holidays.

Now, I was fully anticipating pissed off Christians to rain their uninhibited fake outrage down onto the comment section (which happened) but I wasn't anticipating a self-identified 60 yr old gay man to come into my comments saying things like, "Why would you put a Trans holiday anywhere near a religious holiday knowing every seven years it's gonna land on said holiday" and "As a gay man I believe that the one part of our community is stifling the rest of us."

Tell me you're transphobic without telling me you're transphobic.

Now, since I can't just ignore the sheer inaccuracy of his math; according to Google from 2001 to 2100, Easter will only land on March 31st 5 times. Five times in an entire century. The last time Easter was on March 31st, it was 2013. So, 11 years ago, or over a decade ago. No one gave a shit in 2013 that Easter and Trans Day were on the same day. But let the president acknowledge it in a statement and everyone loses their fucking minds.

So, why would you avoid celebrating something important in your life on the off chance that it might coincide with someone's religious holiday? Of course, you wouldn't. If your birthday is on Christmas, do you no longer have a birthday?

"Next, why wouldn't you place it in the month of pride then each day of pride month could have a different day celebrating each letter of the lbgtq+ community."

Yes, that is what Pride Month is for, celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. But are you gay only in June?

But sadly, even some in our diverse community isolate and vilify trans individuals just like what this old gay dinosaur is doing. For 15 years, a vast majority didn't know or even give a shit that Trans Day existed. That is until a president acknowledged it.

"May I point out there's no gay holidays that coincide with Yom kipper or Ramadan."

True, Yom Kippur and Ramadan don't coincide with any "gay holidays," but Shavout is directly in the middle of Pride Month. Any outrage there?

"So just piss off the Christian's so they have one more thing to hate us for. I find many in our community asking for acceptance while giving none, just my opinion and nothing more."

How very accepting of you to say, my lord.

"Maybe it's time we all in the gay community and cis people give the whole year to the Trans community."

But they aren't asking for the year, or even a month. They just want one day that is their own. And even members of our own LGBTQ+ community can't even give them that.

"I'm gay so I can't be transphobic."

Your statements say otherwise. Just because you're gay doesn't mean you are absolved of your transphobia.

Perhaps it's time we stop placating these dusty ass old gay dinosaurs and call them out on their hateful thinking. Their "I got mine" attitude only harms our communities. Just because you won the fight for same sex marriage doesn't mean you're safe. The fight for equality is never-ending.

More and more of us are having our rights stripped away right before our very eyes. Roe v. Wade has already been overturned, and they aren't going to stop there. They never planned to stop there. They are very methodically chipping away at our rights. Right now, they are focusing their efforts on the trans community, slowly outlawing their very existence. And while they have you distracted by that, they are quietly overturning same sex marriage laws. Your rights aren't safe and never will be safe as long as we have members in our communities who subscribe to this kind of thinking.

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A drunk driver took out an entire row of mailboxes on my route the other night. RIP my favorite mailbox.

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I'm off work today because I'm at an important appointment that I've been waiting months to get into. Work has been aware of this for months. But as I'm sitting here in the waiting room, I get a text:

"[Post Master] says [they'll] need a response on this when you get in"

With a picture attached of a customer complaint.

This dude doesn't even have a mailbox up on my route. If he does, it's not marked, and so at stops like the ones I deliver to, I can't tell which one is his.

Example:

I haven't even been able to access those boxes for the past month because all the people that get mail at the stop have an "It's not my responsibility" attitude. But when they are expecting a package, they have no problem calling in to complain that there is "no reason why my mail can't be delivered."

But have you shoveled in front of your box lately, Karen? Did you have to stand on top of your car to check your mail? Did you have to use snowshoes just to access your box?

Now, this guy claims to have a box at that stop, but there's no way for me to tell which box is his because his address isn't on any of those. So, I held his mail along with the mail of everyone else at that stop while waiting for them to clear the snow so I can resume delivery. That's over 30 days of mail I held for him. When the snow was finally cleared, I took all the mail out for that stop, including his. I was able to deliver everyone's mail, except for his. When I again failed to locate his box, I had no choice but to RTS (return to sender) it. It's been more than 30 days and I hadn't heard anything from him. Thirty days worth of welfare letters, social security letters, bills, and court notices. In all that time, I only had a couple of people contact the post office asking about their mail. Each time, it was because they were expecting a package.

Postal regulations tell us that if the mail isn't claimed in 10 days, it's to be returned to the sender. I gave him 30 days.

Some tips to prevent this:

Make sure your box is kept unobstructed at all times. This includes clearing the snow in winter time and making sure there are no cars or garbage cans blocking your box.

Make sure your box is properly and clearly marked with your full and complete address. This includes the full street name and any apartment numbers.

Make sure your box is in decent working order. The door should be fully attached and closable, (no, setting the door inside the box doesn't count), the flag is fully attached and functional, and the box itself is completely attached to the post and not falling off.

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Gotta recharge the social battery.

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Every single day