I read this in Grog's voice and I high key love it. The idea of him describing "surface level themes such as nationalism" is hilarious.

And the title comment is the icing on the cake.

God he was so fucking funny. It was a legit travesty when he let the mask slip and showed us he was actually a huge prick that shouldn't be supported.

I mean, it's still a place I'd tell people to go visit. The bars/restaurants are awesome, and the (not so distant) history is sobering. I found the Stasi museum hella interesting/terrifying.

I'd just mentally prep people before-hand for the, ah, "bluntness" 😂

My friend and I just assumed he could tell we were American and didn't want to serve us. We didn't stick around to ask. And he didn't tell us off or to leave or anything, but just more blatantly ignored us.

Like I said, overall still good time. Everyone else was nice and happy enough to chat/serve us (or at least appeared to be lmao)

I'm white af, but, as an American, I didn't get treated as rudely anywhere else in Germany than Berlin. Still had a great time overall in the city, but, not really in a rush to go back.

My friend and I were standing at a bar mulling over the menu, just kind of murming to one another over what drinks we wanted while we were waiting for the bartender to finish up with his other customers. It wasn't busy, but he was attending to other people. When he was finally done, he approached us and I said "Hi how are you?" with a smile. He didn't say a single word to us, just took the menus from in front of us and put them on the back shelf, and then turned away.

So we left. Our money clearly wasn't good enough there, and we spent it in another bar across the alleyway instead.

Well he needed to veto something yesterday, and it certainly wasn't going to be the bill that now fundamentally prevents Floridians from holding their elected officials accountable when they suspect ethics violations: https://flaglerlive.com/integrity-florida-veto/#gsc.tab=0

Ughhhhhh how the hell does he have a 46% approval rating?!?!? Texans really don't care that he left them to die in the snow.

I'm going to continue to remain optimistic...Allred did flip a historically red district blue and he's retained control since.

But JFC every time I start to have hope for this state, they do something that really makes me wanna throw my hands up and be like "You wanna live in unfettered Christian Nationalism? Fine. Fuck you then and you get what you want." 😮‍💨

Oh really? I feel like I've been getting positive news for Allred.

I am pretty sure that anyone who is advocating to not vote Biden because of his support of Israel is either:

A - A GOP troll and shouldn't be trusted in general B - Someone who feels like they're protected because they currently live in a blue state and so a lack of access will never affect them/their loved ones.

I'm a lady in Texas (not birthing age anymore @ 35 bitchessssss!) but shit is not good here for women who are birthing age/able to carry a child.

If Trump (or any Republican) is elected, the blue states won't be safe anymore either. The people suffering will be YOUR sisters, wives, mothers, cousins, aunts, etc. There won't be crossing state lines for care, even if you could technically "afford it".

Focus on protecting half the country first. Prioritize your shit. No one is going to be a 100% perfect candidate.

And before anyone comes for me, yes, I fucking hate Netanyahu and think he needs to be stopped. However, I'm also focusing on myself (and other women in America) first. Downvote me if you want, but I don't want the abortion ban to be felt anywhere else than it has been already!

Edit: Grammar

Yeah after I posted the comment, I was reading through other people's, and someone pointed this exact difference out. This take makes full sense to me!!!

I have such a weird take on this, due to being in the military for so long. We absolutely do refer to one another as "males" and "females".

Ie. "There was a female SSgt that was really helpful in customer service" or "I had to remind a male Soldier to put on his cover when he left the building" or "I had a female troop once".

However, I try really hard when I'm speaking to a non-military member to switch up my phrasing. Sometimes I still slip up, and I gotta be like "shit, sorry, I mean that woman cashier over there" or whatever it is that I'm talking about.

I will say though, I do distinctly remember having that conversation during basic training, and fucking hating being referred to as "female" in the beginning, and that thought being shared amongst my flightmates. I can still hear the TIs shouting from across the parking lot: "GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW, FE-MALE!" Ugh.

It was just 16 years ago now, so "female" has become normalized.

Aren't those moments the fucking best? When it's such a "simple thing" to wake up next to someone and just feel that calm security or even the "fuck yeah you're so goddamned attractive and you chose me too!"

I go through phases of this with my husband. We've been married for 13 years, and he is legit my best friend, and I find him to be just unbelievably hot af. I'll go weeks where I'm just like "goddamn, this is mine?"

And then I also go through less intense periods. He's still my partner through life and I'd get his back through anything and everything, but it's less "omg you're so hot" googly eyes and more like "this is the life we've built together and I'm so glad I did it with you".

But then a few weeks later I'm in crush mode.

Obligatory of course we have our periods where we annoy the fuck out of each other, but it's usually short-lived and we communicate and work through it. I think that's just a realistic fact of marriage.

He has made me such a better person than I was when I met him though. I think about that constantly.

This is my answer too! I can never decide if I liked Prague or Brussels more!

Both highly underrated places to visit for Americans imo.

I have a huge crush on Charlie Day as well! I think I'd take him as Dr. Newt Geizsler from Pacific Rim tho. While I am usually like "Daw I love Charlie" in IASIP, there's something about him wearing winter underwear with socks that's an immediate turn off. 😂

Yeah I don't think DeSantis realizes that little 9 year old Tommy's wallet just ain't that big. Like...what dealer does he think is just frothing at the mouth to break into the elementary school market? 😭

Tbf this is the first time I've seen Jackson's name abbreviated like that. It took me a second to get hers. But I feel like ACB is fairly common. Then again, maybe her name just jumps out at me immediately because I have a special hatred in my heart for women who turn against women. Fuckin' bitch.

Either way, I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with the sentiment of politicians using initials for their names or not, just stating whose initials they were.

Amy Conan Barrett is the 2nd, and Ketanji Brown Jackson is the 3rd.

Yeah, my sister bought me the DVD Boxed set a few years ago for Christmas as I was a HUGE Daria fan growing up. I was a little disappointed that all the late 90s/early aughts music was gone and it was replaces by generic "pop punk" sounding music.

Still one of my comfort shows though, and the only reason I can still say I'm "using DVDs" in 2024 😂

My husband and I are both here and voting as long as the military forces us to be here. Every election. Local, state, and federal. Blue. Every time.

But fuck, the second my contract says I'm allowed to move, I'm selling my house, fleeing this hellhole ASAP, and will never willingly set foot in this state again. Just saying.

2012 Texas was different than it is today. Not great, but exponentially better. There's been a distinct decline over the past ~decade.