It’s actually for “Just Dance”, and was chosen because it rhymes with Vance. But he’s utterly swagless with absolutely zero rizz so he legally changed it to “Jorkin Dapeanis”

Fair. I’m just a fan of him dressed as shrek

“Castle Panic” and “five minute dungeon” were both well received by 5 year olds!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3JY6ySKeI

There’s also his SNL appearances - which imo are very funny

It really is something. One realization I’ve had now that I’m a few decades into life is that i previously assumed everyone kind of constantly accumulated knowledge. But it seems like a significant amount of people are either beaten down or just comfortably content without intellectual curiosity. Sad really.

My 5yo nephew is really into a kids book about wastewater treatment plants lmao. Folks have posted very good recommendations (I was going to recommend Calvin and Hobbes)- so I’m just sending positive unc vibes.

On an adjacent topic, I’ve also had luck with giving cooperative board games to nibs in that age; basically board games where you work cooperatively to win together rather than competing to win individually. Figured that’s another good way to turn them into lil commies lol

Since we’re spitballing it could be tied to: relationship/hierarchy with regards to the means of production (as one axis) and how they view maintenance/enforcement of that relationship/hierarchy (as the other axis).

Examples

• textile factory owner (owns production of textile, but not of raw material); therefore must discipline local labor to maintain profit (with or against state approval) as well as discipline labor upstream (raw material) and downstream (purchasers of textiles/manufacturers of finished products) to ensure there’s no weak link in the chain (eg workers in downstream getting health care, results in owners maintaining margins by purchasing upstream textile at a lower price- cutting into margins.) Also other workers might start asking for health care following that example. So ownership needs to break up/discipline labor via sowing division, state violence. I think some lib/fash differentiation comes with how they believe this discipline is to be carried out. Eg should states be allowed to have chattel slavery or an intricate system of means-tested wage extraction? Should violent deportations occur in plain sight or quietly? Should business owners be allowed to shoot strikers themselves or should they deploy the state?
• General contractor manager (veteran, doesn’t own business nor tools). How do they view the legitimacy of the state? A tool for imperialism and resource extraction? The “world police”? Does this affect how they view their occupation? How do they view their occupation? Building things in a vacuum or do they understand how things go from raw materials to finished projects? If the price of lumber increases due to climate impacts - should the state intervene and how so? Mitigating climate impacts? Expansion of extraction via deregulation, imperialism, etc? Suppressing labor costs?
• government worker (non supervisory). Do not own means of production, nor have disciplinary authority. Essentially acting as a cog in the state machine. How do they view the legitimacy of the state? How do they view its role in maintaining structures (either of uplift or oppression)? As they’re not inherently involved in production- do they view themselves as a consumer? How do they believe their consumer products are produced? Do they believe there should be state controls to maintain this production/cost?

Lmao. As I was writing this all out, I realized it’s way more thought than most would give their own views. So to quote the other poster

That said most Americans have no coherent political beliefs, so you could easily find someone who meets all criteria one way or another and they vote the other way, because more than anything, Americans are profoundly and proudly ignorant people

Not really making a point in this post, but my favorite player - as long as I’ve cared about baseball (so not super long lol) - has been Hernán Perez, from Venezuela. Utility players are so goated - he was so fun to watch and seemed like a really good guy. Just my one cent

Gawrsh!

Yeah but Charles meant it as like “sexiest”

But doctor. I’m always the one laughing loudest XD

Good time to buy stock in “fell for it” awards as well, apparently

Awesome!!! Cool way to help with making such a useful tool for helping the community form better habits. Especially for a fairly unknown/underutilized aspect of technology

Would be hilarious though if the pedals were feet lmao

In that case your dedication to this is incredible- thank you for your service o7

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The variety I use specifies that it’s “Albanian Rubbed Sage” and so every time I use it I have to exclaim - “you’re telling me an Albanian rubbed this sage?!” - usually just to myself though, so it always gets a laugh.

I wish I could add this bot to every single document I write. Fantastic bot!

Fun US tidbit - though unenforceable under current laws, many older homes have racially restrictive covenants on their deeds, explicitly stating that non-white people are unable to own the home. When we bought our home we worked with a law nonprofit to have it removed- but shits disgusting.

Idk our neighborhood is racially diverse and we all care for one another- so I like to think the racist fucks who added that are spinning in their graves at least. Especially since I’ve turned half the lot into an informal neighborhood park/prairie/edible garden