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the last time there was a big war without vaccines more people died from the flu than from the war. until extremely recently more people died from disease than from violence during every war, ever, for the whole of human history. ending vaccine mandates for soldiers really is shoving a live grenade down your pants to own the libs. very few policies could theoretically kill more US soldiers than this one

would i be insane to buy a 22 year old car just to have the satisfaction of driving the car my parents had when i was little/the first one i remember riding in

It is not only acceptable but necessary to preserve things from one’s youth and/or acquire as authentic as possible near replacements so that the “Early Years” wing of the future museum built to one’s honor/memory/infamy has a sufficient inventory of artifacts to exhibit. As such, your museum’s future curator will thank you for making this purchase and taking good care of it.

People used to carry lockets with pictures of their loved ones, now they get tattoos. And may I say… let’s go back to lockets

i hate how music is constantly on everywhere

i think most cases of self described scrupulosity are not real but also that many suffer from it without realizing it

I remember in Catholic young adult groups where a just-short-of-scandalous level of oversharing was encouraged to the point of expectation, a recurring small group discussion question after a presentation would be something along the lines of “what sin(s) do you struggle with?” which among half a dozen near strangers activates the same defense mechanisms as the perennial job interview question “what is your biggest weakness?” In that setting, “scrupulosity” took the place of “I’m a perfectionist/too hard on myself” in the analogous job interview scenario: the safe answer for someone who—completely justifiably—has no desire to spill their guts before strangers. That said, someone who proclaims their self-described “struggle” with scrupulosity unprompted (i.e. in social media posts, on podcasts, etc.) is very likely just lazy in that they have never made a true examination of conscience and/or prideful in admitting to scrupulosity as a misdirection from the sins of which they are truly ashamed. All this however can be largely avoided by simply saving one’s sins for the confessional.

She got Wi-Fi in those woods?

bats swimming