Shit, my parents were boomers and raised me on 50s and 60s music. The oldest boomers would’ve been 35 in 1980.

All that said, nothing wrong with listening to music from the past. Most popular classical music was written well over a century ago. I personally love music from the 40s. My son gets an earful representing every decade

I would argue this is pretty naive and stupid:

For example, Russia can stop the “special operation” if Ukraine gives them the land they want.

Unfortunately, you and I both know that even if Ukraine were to agree to cede some land to Russia, there’s nothing stopping Putin from continuing to sow instability in Ukraine or from still trying to take more of their land. In fact, he has a demonstrated track record of lying about this.

While I get the sentiment, this is serious hyperbole

It’s not just Gen Xers, speaking as a millennial, I bought a house with my wife in 2015 that was just over 2x our combined income at the time, which was not very high as we were both recently out of school, and we refinanced in '21 for a 2.7% interest rate. Out of control home prices nationwide coupled with high interest rates only hit after covid

I fear this is the case. 5th circuit doesn’t have to invent arguments to bypass existing voting rights law when the Supreme Court can just wipe those laws away.

forced down our throat by being cast in every single movie that’s released

This is just one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read. The man’s only been in 14 movies over the past 5 years. Something like 1500 major studio productions were released over that time. Why do you keep choosing to shove Pedro Pascal down your own throat?

You really missed the point on this one, huh

This feels dismissive of feminism, and seems to miss the point by citing a bunch of examples that are anti-feminist. You’re getting caught up in political drama and missing that this is a life philososophy that can underpin how any one person fundamentally treats others and that exists independently of current events. The question is, are you a feminist?

For me, feminism is egalitarianism, plain and simple. Yes, I am a feminist, and an egalitarian.

Like how people call crane flies “mosquito hawks” but crane flies don’t even have mouths as adults and don’t eat mosquitoes. People don’t realize you can call a crane fly a gollywhopper and be more accurate.

Roly Poly

I’m also from the south, and pumpkin bugs and tomato bugs are totally different things. Pumpkin bugs aka squash bugs are Anasa tristis, and tomato bugs are Engytatus modestus. I’ve never once heard anyone call roly polys pumpkin or tomato bugs

I haven’t had any issues like that, it’s been working fine for me

Question though, you mentioned you lived near that incident at 22nd and Pearl, but this incident happened over 5 miles north of there. There are 4 other Targets that are closer to that spot than the one where this incident happened. What makes you feel like this is happening in your immediate area?

I’ve lived in Austin almost 25 years now and don’t have a single friend, family, or colleague who has been shot by anyone else or who has even talked about being close to a shooting. I do know 2 people over that time who killed themselves with guns their families legally owned, though.

Only one of the incidents they listed happened in their neighborhood, the other incidents happened miles away from them on opposite sides of town over a year apart.

No, this is not at all like “claiming Chicago is incredibly safe so you shouldn’t worry about crime.” Chicago’s homicide rate is over 7 times higher than Austin’s. And based in the incident they shared, they live in fucking West Campus adjacent to the University of Texas, not the South Side of Chicago.

Oh please, Austin is #90 on the list for murder and non-negligent homicide, with a lower rate than New York, San Francisco, Boston, Denver, and Seattle.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

When it comes down to it, your perception of danger is going to color how you behave, and that’s totally alright for you. The reality in Austin, though, is that it’s very safe as far as large cities go. These handful of incidents you describe that happened over the course of four years are awful, but are also incredibly rare given how many people live here.

No, that’s an English rock band from the 60s