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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point in getting married?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What they used to saying in the gay marriage rights movement was the rights of marriage don’t kick in the good times but in the bad. It’s all the sickness and death and divorce when it’s needed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the NFL draft day so "special"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its such a big day they made a pretty okay Kevin Costner movie about it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point in getting married?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know there are certain legal situations where an official marriage changes who has certain rights, but aren’t those same rights available if you make other legally-official decisions E.G. a will or trusts, etc?

  This is not the case. Marriage gives you a lot of specific rights that can be covered by other legal documents but never together and marriage will override it. This is one of the main goals for giving gay marriage is all of the legal benefits of marriage which are expansive and complete. (This is of course in the USA this is not the case in other locations.)

  There was a few legal pushes to separate these legal benefits from marriage into different legal rights that can be granted piecemeal. If you are intersted I would read The Other Significant Others which talks about people who prioritize friendships over marriage and how they interact with their “other significant other” which includes the legal discussions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨succession⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its easier to get natives but still takes some effort. But its front loaded and makes beautiful spaces

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨succession⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For a lawn or yard you don’t have to go all the way to a forest to have a stablish ecosystem. Perennials can do a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the worst example of a TV series or character within that series being flanderised as the seasons went on?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That makes a lot of sense. It did seem a little odd with that plot reveal. I agree that it was odd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the worst example of a TV series or character within that series being flanderised as the seasons went on?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. They even hinted about those “innies” who don’t get to leave on lower floors. The ultimate goal for someone like that would be live your entire life. I thought it would be a great way to talk about in a work environment its workers harming workers for the profit of the nameless faceless ruling the class. (i.e. the board of directors who never talk or may not even be there.) They are middle management so they are just workers (even better if they were innies) themselves.

  Also what kind of cool twist would be Harmony Cobol waking up from a “coma” when she was fired without any knowledge of what she did for the last few years. Would tie really good with the “She’s Alive” at the end of the first season to show how Lumon has that power to disappear and reappear people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the worst example of a TV series or character within that series being flanderised as the seasons went on?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like they really messed up with Lumon in Season 2. In the first season of Severance the fact that the innies worshiped the company, quote the manuals as religious texts and worship the CEO was interesting take on corporate culture. If you don’t have any external culture every company would basically look like that. Every office I have been in has this is a small extent (at least in official company documents and very corporately meeting). So it makes sense if you only have company culture it goes to the extreme we see in the first season.

  The fact that EVERYONE at the company does that really loses that message. Of course the innies all follow this company religion since everyone else does. So this “culture” is forced on them instead of a natural extension of seeing only “company culture” or business etiquette. What a waste since it is less of a satire of all company cultures and its about this strange company. It would be much more interesting Harmony Cobol was a promoted “innie” who now runs the persons entire life with the outie being hidden away forever. Now that is an interesting twist and a better satire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you would like to live there someday I would recommend that as your goal. I would recommend you start doing some research on permaculture which is about building wholly sustainability. Part of this sustainability is financial and piecewise building and investment. So if you want to build and live on this one day you will need the money for it.

  So start with leasing the land for at least 1 year to get some cash and for you to better understand where you might want to build a structure and what you need. This allows you to plan and see what part would fit a dwelling the best. This also lets you figure out what you need for this house (i.e. water, electricity, waste removal etc.) as well as figure out how this investment can make money for you. Start small and build modularly. Your dwelling may start on as shack or even a place to set up a tent and grow larger. Same with whatever you end up doing with the land.

  Permaculture talks about building food forests which are sustainable year round sources of food, goods or materials. Some of which you can sell or use yourself. These are typically perennial plants, vines and trees which all grow off each other and make a beautiful space. This can be your space for “remote working” either for yourself or visitors.

  While planning on starting on this you can continue to lease your land to farmers as you slowly take it over yourself for your bigger vision. This is suppose to be small, slow but sustainable growth to your final vision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is electricity not part of the classical alchemical elements? (Earth, Fire, Wind, Water)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Duh. Rubbing things together releases their own internal fire

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is electricity not part of the classical alchemical elements? (Earth, Fire, Wind, Water)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it was lumped into fire. Since lightening does cause fire in nature. Moreover, I think fire stood for heat as well since fire is pretty much the only way to naturally heat something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to eat a toxic amount of culinary herbs/spices?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Caution is a good idea but as long as you aren’t drinking gallons of tea or taking tons of herbal pills you should be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to eat a toxic amount of culinary herbs/spices?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It really depends on the herb but as a general rule you likely cannot. If you are cooking and decide to add double or triple or even 10x the herbs / spices then the recipe suggests you will be fine. The worse case scenario is that you make it taste bad. That being said everything is poison at high enough doses but for culinary herbs that is a huge dose. You will really have to force yourself to eat large enough quantities since it will taste very unpleasant.

  There are plenty of other plants that are more dangerous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your bath mat situation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We are just upgrading ours for our primary bathroom since we are doing a glow up. We are going to have two waffle style rugs / mats to fit our strange space. One for in front of the mirror and one in front of the tub. We have a large shag style one that was always on the floor but now has been upgraded to be used to get out of the shower and then hang to dry.

  The “permanent” bath mat gives me the ick thinking about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lightning bugs!!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We got piles on my gardens which will get covered for composting in place for the rest of the year. Also our wildflower garden is pretty much untouched except a yearly mow to remove baby trees. So plenty of spots for bugs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lightning bugs!!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw a few lightning bugs in my yard last year. My life goal have them consistently in my yard. Good thing this dovetails nicely with my other life goals of getting butterflies, bumblebees and birds in my yards

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s so many different companies that are just resume hunting. Don’t know why really

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a red flag if a potential employer rushes you?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve found that jobs that are actually hiring move quickly. They move from applications to interview within a few days. Constant talking about within the hour seems excessive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good ear protection for concerts.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have loved by Loops for concerts. They keep all of the music but remove all of the screaming. I used them when I watched Taylor Swift which was all screams and loved it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you consider Taylor Swift to be of the working class and why?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With her current amount of money I think that would be a No. However, it is interesting since she directly makes what is she is getting paid for which is her music. There are obviously teams of people she employs to help with this process as well as the spin off products (merchandise, CDs, movies, etc.) but she directly makes what she sells like all musicians. If she was barely scraping by with just her music I think most people would say that she would be working class. So it gets blurry.

  I think its similar to athletes who do the core work that they get paid to do (i.e. play the sport). But make additional funds by selling their name and likeness. So they could be considered working class but then you get to the amount of money they make as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate throwing away food. Its awful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wooly bears⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Try white dutch clover. It’s walkable like grass once set it. Worth a try at least. It’s been working well in our yard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is non-sexual masochism a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. There are some asexual kinksters as well as those kinksters who play with people who they are not sexually attracted too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They're called leaves for a reason.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just remember that month suggestions online are for certain geographic areas. You might need to move them earlier or later. (The best rules I have seen is when nights are above 50 F in North America)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drink it, I dare ya⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its not even carbonated. I bought it thinking that carbonated coconut water would be awesome. It is not but tastes pretty good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨get nettle'd⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Beautiful word

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨get nettle'd⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hot streams mostly. So hot it’s boiling. If I would be more specific I would say steam streams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨get nettle'd⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are super high in vitamins and minerals. Most wild foraged and grown herbs have more vitamins and minerals per oz than even cultivated super foods like spinach. You can even get most from brewing it in a tea

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨get nettle'd⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You need more rawness but you are close

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨get nettle'd⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nettles are easily removed of their stinging property by drying or cooking. Light streaming even does it