… Wow

Touché. I never quite got into Kendrick but gather he’s one of a kind

Outrageous!

Time to get working at on the body for summer (southern hemisphere) - yeah, right…

That’s a great analogy

I always used to find the first month in a new job tiring just from the stimulation…

Ay, that’s the quote I was grasping for!

I’m only chiming in because I suspect that crashing and burning won’t actually help much.

It’s too easy for humans to disassociate ‘other people’, at which point, anything can happen.

Sure, crashing and burning might lead to a better system to work with, but that basically happened to Germany a while back and they seem to be struggling with a fascist rise lately… Seems like constant vigilance might be needed given our insecurities that drive us

Champion! What a great story

Indian cultures would like a word about saving the swastika. I know a few folks who happily have it due to their ‘claim of prior art’ (or whatever the term is).

Not at all! Maybe consider why spending money on trivial, painful and permanent art isn’t helpful when one is likely paid poorly.

I do get caught up in the thinking that people are trying to join a club by looking like a ‘type’, but that’s just my own shallow and judgmental thinking…

Yeah, that’s fair.

I can be really judgemental and its something I’m trying to work on because I hate how it becomes a focus on what’s around me. Thanks for pointing out another avenue, I guess

I’m aware of some bias on this matter - so it’s a little difficult to separate, but think I judge people on their clipart tattoos, or performative ego/masculinity.

If you’ve gota dreamcatcher on your thigh/calf and what appears to be a child’s name in flowing script underneath your ear, I’ll judge you.

If you’re a 24ish barista covered in tatts, yeah I’ll not think highly of your choices.

With tattos, you’re not joining a team (unless it’s a gang tatt, and that’s a whole other situation, lol). Yet people keep getting clip art rubbish because it’s cool.

I’ve been thinking of investing in tattoo removal businesses, to be honest!

Oh! Thank you

Just a perfect example of how business perverts the incentives and ruins everything

This whole chain of comments had been frankly, amazing

It probably. Is, but it’s the fruit (seeds?) - I guess tea needs to be leaves, maybe?

Peppermint tea is the shizz.

I’ve been taking decent amounts of ginseng oolong for years, but caffeine’s horrible stuff really. I loved the way it coated the mouth like coffee and spirits do

Nice. I knew the rage against the machine cover, but bob dylan was a cool cat

I think I’ve just about managed to give up caffeine. At least, I’ve had my first backslide this week - who’s perfect, right?

Hopefully our trading partners can provide a little squeeze or at least register their displeasure. I find it surprising the islands haven’t responded (but wouldn’t put it past the current regime to be willfully ignoring such feedback)