That’s nice, I hope you have fun 😊
I never celebrated Valentine’s Day unless my partner wanted to do something. This year I was going to bake a dessert and take some fun photos for my crush as a simple gesture but things haven’t been going well so most likely I am going to work and get some chores done instead.
It is custom in some cultures, including mine, to host holidays and personal events in your own home and visit friends and family in their homes when it is their turn. There may not be (or have been at the time) a good selection of restaurants, those restaurants might be expensive or exclusive, and inviting someone for a home cooked meal feels like the more personal and thoughtful thing to do. Some older generations have a hard time letting go of these customs without understanding that circumstances have changed (less family and community support, more options for eating out).
It can be exhausting having to regularly host and clean before and after large groups of people on top of all your other responsibilities and I can’t blame anyone for wanting to celebrate in a restaurant or somewhere outside the home.
Unhitching the trailer from a truck. Be free! 😌
No intentional murder, but I assume that if grandma gets drafted into the ski jump or if random untrained people like Dale the electrician are pitted against each other in Olympic fencing, boxing, or rugby, there are going to be a few deaths.
This is almost the plot of The Hunger Games.
According to my beer-drinking friends, several companies have not only discovered the precise point where people will fold, but successfully marketed it too.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the Heathest of them all?
Not the worst outcome, considering the other kinks you could have been dealt.
For anyone else wondering why 29-year-olds specifically:
The letter is being sent to 29-year-olds because women are able to have their eggs frozen at that age without a medical certificate. Women will also be reminded that social security in France covers the cost of freezing eggs for women between 29 and 37.
The article also does mention the arguments that short maternity leave, environmental concerns, and negative outlooks on the future in the country deters people from having children.
So not quite as harsh as the “hurry up and reproduce!” message the title implies.
I am happy with Tuta, but I believe they do not support third-party email clients. Posteo and MailFence are two privacy-centered European email providers that do, and both offer email aliases.
While I didn’t love this movie, I don’t think it was terrible either lol. He’s a very charismatic actor and elevates any film he stars in, not just the ones where he is typecast as a villain.
I would argue that the person willing to give up 95% of their meat consumption cares more about making a change than the one telling them not to bother at all because it’s not the full 100%.
According to one survey, which has some interesting statistics on veganism:
52.1% or 6779 participants said they were vegetarian prior to going vegan.
Research suggests that people are more likely to stick to habits that they adopt gradually rather than suddenly making drastic lifestyle changes, and it’s much easier to reach 100 from 95 than it is from 0. Maybe a better vegan substitute for bacon will be invented in that time and they’ll give it up even sooner.
As another user here says, don’t let perfection be the enemy of good.
With enough cocaine usage, you can tear down the partition wall and have yourself a uninostril (not recommended).
I think voting with your wallet can be effective on smaller levels: in local communities where reputation matters, in a market where there are enough competitors (not monopolies), when the thing you are “voting” against is the only/major source of revenue, or when the demands are very specific. If anyone has an example of this strategy working on a large scale, I’d be curious to hear it.
Like you said, the organization you are boycotting has to be aware of why it is happening and what is the change that is being demanded. Then, a large enough number of people have to participate to make an impact, which can be hard to do when there aren’t many ethical alternatives. Many people aren’t aware just how many “smaller” companies are owned by the same handful of large corporations, the alternatives are expensive or inaccessible, or they simply don’t care enough to inconvenience themselves.
In some cases the owners of the boycotted organization have their roots deep enough in other institutions (government contracts, workplaces, schools) that they don’t depend on the average consumer.
Blue veins and dark circles under eyes are mostly genetic. You might be able to minimize them by getting enough rest and hydration, or cover them with under eye concealer.
Being overly pushy and judgmental towards people who want to make a change in the right direction is a great way to repel them from your cause. I prefer to welcome them and offer them the proper resources to get started.
It’s entirely possible that once the people who want to go vegan but aren’t ready to give up bacon/cheese/that one other food get used to a vegan diet and substitutions, they will eventually be ready to let go of those last few products on their own.
Grunting and straining noises So, nice weather today.
Thanks for the info and for teaching me the term fail-fast. I figured salespeople had their own strategies but didn’t know this term. It’s definitely not a job for everyone.
There was a great post on Reddit about someone designing a maximalist style bathroom for their cats. Link
I bet you go through their “updated privacy policy” to enable all the optional cookies too.