My grandmother had to marry in secret because married women weren’t allowed to work. That was considered taking a job from a man who needed to support his family.

She wore her wedding ring on a chain around her neck, and one day it fell out when she leaned over. She was fired that very day.

Saying “please” when asking someone to do you a favor isn’t excessive, IMHO. It indicates that you are making a request and not issuing an order, and recognizes that you are grateful for the assistance.

That and the century of humiliation.

Presumably you had to travel to get there. It’s likely you didn’t have anything to drink while travelling. So they offer you a drink.

Also, it’s nice to sit and chat while enjoying a drink, whether that is a warm drink (coffee, tea, whatever), a cold drink (water, juice, soda, whatever), or an alcoholic drink (beer, wine, whatever).

Edit: Also why are you annoyed? If you don’t want anything a simple “nothing for me, thanks” is fine and shouldn’t put you out too much!

Totally off topic, but man that is one terrible table design. 😆

Is Israel green in the bottom map or not? 🧐

Reddit seems to think that it’s AI:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatIsThisPainting/comments/1nxn6ii/i_cannot_for_the_life_of_me_figure_out_the_name/

I couldn’t find a source either, so maybe it is.

The people in the trolley problem aren’t necessarily tied to the track. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I use Wero for basically everything and don’t have any problems with it. Maybe I don’t buy from companies that are dodgy enough? 🤔

Possibly because in the past there was a notion that doctors would lie to their patients “for their own good”, and that the doctor’s decision about your care was something you had to just accept.

The notion that patients could advocate for their own care arose during the boomers’ lifetime.

Didn’t the Ultima series start in the 1980s? My friends and I spent ages on Ultima III!

As a general rule, it’s always too close to an election to prevent Republicans from disenfranchising voters, but never too late to prevent Democrats from making voting more accessible.

We can’t take care of these little things. These scams you got going on…

Amazing that the health and education of the people are simultaneously little things, scams, and unaffordable by the federal government.

I seem to recall a warning that bloodthirsty people would get reincarnated as tigers. I mean, I don’t want to hurt anyone, but tigers are awesome. 🤔

The Kurtzgesagt team made a video based on this. I think it’s called the egg?

You can still wiggle your butt and dance, sister!

Oh wait. That’s honey bees. Do bumblebees do anything fun?

In fact, they boost their own alleged legitimacy by occasionally ruling against the regime.

I love commenting, but not posting. 😞

That’s all true… although I’m a shitty vegan who eats a Fuck ton of soy. 😅