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  • And part of the problem is that congress won’t govern. Everything has to be someone highly politics hot button issue with then and when it isn’t they’ll throw it in there anyways. And at this point when I hear bipartisan I ask myself who the democrats are letting get hurt in exchange for permission to operate the government.

    Like, can you imagine a constitutional amendment passing today? Or something less difficult like a budget passing without any spite. The infrastructure act shouldn’t have been controversial. Following through on the agreements we made in exchange for Ukraine denuclearizing shouldn’t have been controversial. So now because everything is controversial the executive has to either expand their powers or do nothing, and by doing nothing they don’t get reelected and they don’t get what they want.

    Ultimately this is a byproduct of decades of gerrymandering and obstructionism. But yeah it’s resulted in the most competitive position expanding its powers as well as the judiciary doing the same as they’ve realized they can say anything and do anything







  • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    21 hours ago

    That’s the thing I’ve heard so many times about acid: that it tells you when you’re done. I haven’t hit that point and I’m not likely to as it’s been longer since my most recent trip than between it and my first, and I only stopped because I realized my trip buddy/dealer was in love with me (great acid revelation, best thing you could learn while stuck in a room with someone).

    But yeah boring trips are like deciding hookups aren’t fun anymore. It’s not that it’s bad to do the thing, or even that it wasn’t for you. It’s that you’ve grown past that stage of your life. Maybe for now, maybe forever. Growth is to be celebrated, but it’s also OK to mourn the end of an enjoyable stage




  • Yeah but the enemy of my enemy may not be my friend but they can be useful to ally with against our shared enemy.

    Pence is awful. But I’ll admit, I read him wrong a decade ago. I thought he was a Christian dominionist first and likes American democracy and the constitution if he can have it as well. But when push came to shove he turned out to actually support American democracy more than Christian dominionism, a thing he definitely still believes in. He’s not a good person, but he seems to not be a fascist actually, so to him I apologize for assuming him to be one based on his prior words, actions, and general vibes.





  • I’m not on antidepressants (except for anxiety treatment) but people love to act the same about my adhd meds. Never mind that I’m the first to say that in order to have my adhd under control I need to utilize a combination of good rest, regular exercise, large amounts of socialization, good diet, and Adderall which plays a larger individual role than any of the others. But no, people think that because the others are important they must be capable of being sufficient. But I can’t even maintain the others without Adderall. I imagine a lot of depressed people can relate to that. Depression meds sound awful and yet so many swear by theirs, so rather than assuming brainwashing I’m gonna assume they help.


  • Yeah my great grandpa was in and out of the institution for anxiety and it was a miracle he kept his brain in one piece.

    Antidepressants have problems. They’re often treated as the first thing to throw at someone who has mental issues regardless of whether or not they’re warranted (back in the day it was a common story for trans people to get prescribed antidepressants instead of hormones and have to wade through the Dr’s crap), but the modern system in which people with mental illnesses are given medication that’s peer reviewed and have some degree of autonomy over treatment is worth all this.


  • They also associate eco friendly consumer products with worse performance. And there’s an understandable reason here, low flow toilets are worse in many ways, and if you want to reduce the draw of a resistive heating appliance all you can do is wraken it’s effectiveness. Mind you ig hiu can better direct or preserve the heat you do beat the electrothermodynamic limit of 1 watt is 1 watt and all waste winds up as heat. But also heat pumps beat it too but they have limitations and inconveniences and while those are improving people rarely notice their electric bill went down nearly as strongly as they notice how long their clothes took to dry or how cold their home got



  • Ok, then to be very clear, yes it matters a lot. I’m a slut. I’ve had an amount of casual and easy sex that it feels cringe talking about on the internet. I’m also married. I always start with flirtation and if someone doesn’t flirt back I stop. Because the alternative is to keep hitting on someone who may be uninterested, which is what creeps do. Theres a range of time that it’s ok to flirt without flirting back, but yeah if you dont initiate and you don’t reciprocate only creeps will ask you out