JillyB

When I owned a Miata, I almost put a yellow triangle flag on the radio antenna to make it look like an RC car.

Part 2 was not a disaster. Personally, I think both parts were really good. No idea where you're getting such a negative opinion of part 2.

I interpreted this to mean that you need to learn a lot of math in order to have a career in astronomy. I don't think OP thought it was possible to actually go to the star and math was the limiting factor.

I don't drink at home. I'll let loose when I'm out with friends but at home I don't drink. I had a period of my life where I was very close to becoming an alcoholic. It wasn't until a recovering alcoholic (using extremely broken English) suddenly seemed very concerned with me and told me I could talk to him any time that I realized where I was heading. A couple years later I messaged him to tell him how important that moment was to me. I don't even know if he could read English well enough to get the point but I hope he understood.

My friend and I were just talking the other day about how weird it is that only one airport gets 24hr train service. I'm excited to see the improved bus situation.

Do you get mad if a pedestrian jay-walks across the street? A bike running a light after determining it's clear is closer to a pedestrian jay-walking than a car running a light.

From my perspective, you are saying "the cyclist got hit by a car. But he didn't act perfectly within the rules that weren't designed with his safety in mind. Therefore, it's his fault and not the one driving tons of metal at high speeds."

This isn't an individual problem, it's an infrastructure problem. In Amsterdam where it's so safe they don't even bother with helmets, they follow the rules. In a place with unsafe cycling infrastructure, only the most risk-tolerant will ride. And they will act more recklessly while ignoring road rules that aren't built for them. As infrastructure improved, more people will start riding that don't want to act recklessly and people will want to act within rules that were made for them.

When traffic infrastructure is geared toward you and your safety, it's easy and natural to follow the rules. If the traffic infrastructure is designed to make life convenient for car drivers while neglecting cyclists' safety, don't expect them to respect the rules over their own judgement.

Thanks for setting the record straight. Generational divides are not the real problem. Class divides are. Most boomers have been pushed down by the wealthy just like the rest of us. Blaming boomers, white people, rural people, etc is falling into the same "divide and conquer" trap the wealthy have been using to keep us fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.

My mom met a non-binary friend of mine and their girlfriend. My NB friend comes across as a masculine muscular bro dude but their NB and pan. I mentioned to my mom later that they were NB and she was like "but he has a girlfriend...?" I had to walk her through "you've heard of men being attracted to women, and women being attracted to women. Well Zack is neither and is attracted to women." In her mind, gender and sexuality were like, part of the same thing. Which I guess they are but not the way she thought.

Suburban unc take

The cup says Murphy family restaurant on it. Is this like a McDonald's themed parody restaurant?

I agree with this sentiment. In general, I think that leftist political ideas are quite popular when you swap out the leftist terminology. "The real culture war is between the shareholders and the workers" doesn't raise a person's guard like "The bourgeoisie are oppressing the proletariat". It also forces you to explain a little about your meaning to somebody who maybe doesn't already know what these terms mean. Whenever I'm trying to talk politics with someone who is open-minded but not explicitly leftist, I try to use this tactic so I don't immediately run into a wall of conditioned responses.