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Cake day: February 2nd, 2026

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  • The dance bar in my old city used to get overrun by bachelorette parties, women disrespecting the space and its purpose, disrespecting patrons, etc. So they made a rule that you couldn’t do bachelorette parties there anymore. Ultimately it was a good rule. I have nothing against a girl and her friend going out for a drink at a gay bar. I do have issues with them getting blitzed and walking around, trying to hang on the half naked guys, trying to be the “star” of the night, that kind of thing.





  • turtlesareneat@piefed.catoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldRetirement plan
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    5 days ago

    It took us longer to get here, and we’re worse off. Everyone can feel that. People remember their childhoods with occasional vacations and things we might see as luxuries today.

    More to the point, class of 2000 here, but they told us Social Security would be insolvent from the time we were teenagers, “don’t expect to get anything.” We know now that was actually political psyop designed to get us ready for them to kill social security. But it’s coming to pass - 6 year from now benefits will be cut 40% if nothing changes.

    A lot of folks my age, myself included, had to suffer multiple once-in-a-lifetime crises like 2001, 2008, plus medical events and other emergencies that liquidated retirement plans. So even those who were saving often lost it all, maybe repeatedly.

    I am not eager to see my final vision fulfilled, which is a bunch of tatted up, screen addicted old people jammed into the worst elderly housing projects without serious medical care, just cubes for us to die in cheap, while we play N64 and get stoned together and try to live on a bag of potatoes for 2 weeks because climate change is wreaking havoc on the food supply.

    But yes, touch grass.


  • turtlesareneat@piefed.catoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldBlue no matter who
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    I love the cynicism but 4 months ago every strategist was like “talk about only the economy, that’s all people care about, and you can’t lose” and now the Dems are trying that, and people are like “Pfft talk about revenge more,” which wasn’t part of the strategy. I haven’t see the polling on it. But I bet the average American gives a big shit about their bank accounts and relatively little shit about Trump’s inevitable escape of consequences and the circus he’s constantly spinning. I want the Democrats targeting the big base of potential voters, not courting the angry people on the left at the expense of broader palatability.

    Populism is a funny thing, if we’re going to try it to counter the populism that got us here, we have to acknowledge not everyone will be satisfied by the plan.

    But I am spitballing, I have no idea what they’re thinking, nor does anyone in here.