Tom Cruise is a terrible person and the money he has funnelled into Scientology is directly attributed to the enslavement and murder of others. Do not watch his movies. Do not watch his trailers. Do not support him in any way. He is a poison to humanity, and should be treated as such.

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That’s our word.

That’s exactly what I was going to say. His prose is breathtaking.

Lmao, Sarah J Maas catching strays.

There was a Fiat on fire on the side of the road earlier. Italy answers the call!

Jesus is coming back and he’s pissed…

My Florida High School experience was in the 90s, and I had the same thing. I’m slowly realizing as I get older how much I was lied to, either by omission, or just straight up bullshit. My favorite one that was until I watched Hamilton, I believed that the French betrayed us during the Revolutionary War and fought for England. I distinctly remember being taught that Lafayette sank American ships and allowed the British to advance. It’s fucking wild.

One of my other lovely examples of mis-education is dowsing rods. I thought that shit worked. It never came up in my life, but my grandfather told me that he dowsed the land we all lived on to dig the well, and I just bought it. Much, much later I thought about it, and I was like, “Wait, that’s not real, right? What’s the science behind that?” And I looked it up. Bullshit.

Hey! Look at this comment! It didn’t fucking need to exist. At all. Ever. What the fuck.

If only it weren’t for those damned Hobbits.

And I’m also aware of how much it will completely fuck you over if you do it.

You are giving false equivalency arguments. You are equating Musk’s abilities to some direct link in your taxes, as though the 25% you pay each paycheck is funding him. It isn’t. It is still funding garbage collection, national parks, welfare programs, and other critical infrastructure. Your taxes haven’t started going to new places. They are doing the exact same thing they have always done. You are being reactionary, and it comes off like you are either 15 years old and just learning about taxation, or 55 and learning about Libertarianism. Get a grip on yourself, realise that there is still work to be done, and being an infant about this shit isn’t doing anything but wasting people’s fucking time. If you don’t want to pay taxes, don’t. But don’t lie and say it’s about Musk. It’s selfishness. It’s because you can’t manage what money you have, and you think that little bit extra is going to make a difference. It won’t, though. You’ll still be broke because you spent all your money on weed and black light posters.

You are free to do whatever you want to do, however, there are consequences to your actions. If you believe that the US government will collapse and there will be no one to start garnishing your wages when you don’t report your taxes, then by all means, stop paying them.

Your reaction is “reactionary”, though. You come across as though you are looking for a reason to not pay taxes, and you think you’ve found one. Instead, you should be looking for ways to correct the problems you see. If you don’t like Musk, then find ways to undermine him. Refusal to pay your taxes isn’t it, though.

Elect a puppet, get a puppet. If anyone looked at Trump’s bankroll for the election and thought, “Wow, what a bunch of great people donating for a better tomorrow,” you are out of your fucking mind.

I’m in the “make up an excuse and don’t show up” camp. If I went to a friend’s family gathering and my friend tried to pawn me off on a relative with a conversation starter, I’d probably have to leave. I don’t go anywhere without an exit plan, and I’ve been known to dip out of restaurant waiting areas because it was too crowded to be comfortable while I wait. Last year I skipped a concert for my favorite band that I paid extra to get the VIP passes for just because I couldn’t even think about being in the crowd. Social anxiety is a real problem, and I appreciate you giving some input on how to help others deal with it. I’ll add by saying that if you know a friend has a hard time with it, be upfront and ask them if they are comfortable with the situation BEFORE the get together. Let them know if you will be there with them the whole time, or if they will be flying solo. I don’t not want to go to social gatherings, I just need to have my ins and my outs sorted before I dive headfirst into one.

Begun, the Bullshit Wars have.

People will use Venmo for anything but splitting a bill. It’s fucking wild. We regularly have parties of up to 80 people in our restaurant, and they just can’t seem to understand that 80 different checks is a nightmare for the waitstaff, let alone the kitchen and the bar. They will fight tooth and nail to not have combined checks.

Edit: Guess I should have specified that these are reservations that we communicate with before hand. Typically office parties and corporate events or large weddings. You know, things that would typically go on a single tab. I don’t think anyone here appreciates how long it takes to take individual orders for 80 people. Even at 30 seconds an order, thats half an hour of order taking, not to mention the time it takes to input it. Then you have special requests and questions about ingredients. It’s a lot of effort to split that up.

Could be from the Pacific North West if that ceiling were 3 foot lower.

The point is that they are supposed to be a neutral party. It doesn’t matter if they are pro-Trump or not, what matters is that they are a fucking privacy service. I don’t want my privacy beholden to any party affiliation. I don’t want to worry if my information is going to be sold to whomever the party-du-jour is. I want the security that comes with the understanding that my privacy is what is most important to them. When they get on a rant about who does what and to whom, I have to wonder if that means that they’ll serve my info up on a silver platter when I start getting emails from a party they don’t like. I don’t give a fuck what they said about either party, what I give a fuck about is what any of it means for the information that passes through their system. I need some aspect of my fucking life to be party agnostic. As it stands, I’m not even sure I can count on my fucking refrigerator to not report back what brands of beer I buy because some company may or may not support Trans rights. Just give me a goddamned moment’s peace while I filter my junk mail.

This is kinda the premise to a book I’m reading called Head of the class by Tao Wong and Jason Willis.