Too true! Some people say there’s no such thing as a fish. I prefer to expand the definition. We simply brought the water with us.

There is a home video of me when I was like 6 happily swimming around in a lake with my family, equipped with flotation devices. I was having a great time, laughing and clearly enjoying myself.

Then my grandfather comes and forcibly removes all of my flotation devices and drags me out deep to force me to swim back to “teach” me how to swim. The whole time I was being dragged out I was shouting “No! No! Not like this!”

It’s a wonder I don’t have a fear of water.

Not to mention mammals are just land fish. We are all fish.

+1 for the Chevy Bolt. I’ve got the 2023 EUV, absolutely love it.

However, I’ve heard that the newer lines are dropping Apple CarPlay & Android Auto support. Which would be a hard no from me.

The used market for EVs is kinda crazy cheap right now though. To OP: I’d highly suggest looking for a used 2023 Chevy Bolt when you’re ready.

I do agree that’s a particular case that can’t be solved by a password manager. But it’s all the more reason to use one elsewhere to reduce how many you need to remember.

I have to remember only 3 secure passwords. My personal computer, my work account, and my password manager. Those are the only three I have to type in manually. And because they’re secure and unique, for stupid work password change requirements I just increment the last character.

Ugh same. My first name is very common, last name moderately uncommon. I’ve gotten loads of stuff. Various quotes and invoices (vet, mechanic, window installation), invitations to child care groups, family gathering invitations (that one I think was the person writing the email address, not the person with my name).

Most of the time I just immediately unsubscribe or block or whatever and move on, but there’s some (like the child care group) I had to reach out to because that could be potentially dangerous.

Get your own email right, people! It shouldn’t be my responsibility to manage your email. Some of that shit includes your home address too.

As the first author of a fair few papers during grad school, I don’t have that email address anymore. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also not in academia.

I guess I do also have my childhood landline still, but that’s been out of service for over 15 years. But it is one more phone number I have memorized.

It also blows my American mind how memorizable that long number is. It’s probably largely the jingle, but I can remember that cold without thinking about it for years. But I can only hold like 4 American phone numbers in my head. Without my contacts I can call: myself (helpful), my wife (I’d better), and both of my parents (good to have backups).

That’s the end of the list.

How dare anyone stand against the status quo, am I right?

This is all very true, and I agree completely. But you’ve overlooked two very important factors that I can think of:

1. Many people attending these meetings do not have the authority to cancel them, and the people who do have the authority may not be receptive to this argument.
2. Some people will benefit from assisted notetaking even if the meeting was worthy of the time.

I’m neurodivergent and when I’m writing notes my brain shuts off audio processing. I literally can’t take notes without missing more of the meeting than I’m writing down. And unfortunately most people above me in the hierarchy can’t fathom writing a message instead of speaking for an hour.

Reminder that you can also do this if your rep voted against tabling to express support for what they’re doing and they they’re representing you well.

Millions do not accept this leadership and are actively protesting, but I guess fuck all of us?

That’s so very Christian. Oh yes, this nice young kid who gleefully responded to let you sit next to him just isn’t interested in your religion and respectfully declined your unwarranted solicitation. That means he’s a sinner and you have to actively self-regulate not to hate him?

That’s awesome, I love how excited cats are about their favorite routines. Does she ever go sit there and look at you like she’s asking for something to sniff?

What a warm, loving thing to do for your companion. He got to keep some normalcy with the added comfort of being held by his person. Thank you for sharing, that made me happy.

Definitely, my cats love to sniff all of my cooked meals. I’ll bring it to them if they’re lounging to pay the sniff tax!

I normally set the grocery bags down when I get home and let them investigate before I put stuff away.

That’s good enrichment right there! Cats love to investigate new and interesting smells within their territory.

Might want to tone down the bigotry there. Criticize the government and the individuals running it, criticize the citizens that are supporting this genocide. Don’t make it about the ethnic group.

There are literally four currently alive (and stragglers from past generations) that lived through the same 3 events. And in my very strong opinion, Gen Z was not hit the hardest of the current generations.