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Not sure why I never thought of this before. But kenedy has two family members that were prominent young politicians that were bucking the system in a certain way and they were both gunned down. Totally makes sense he believes in all kinds of conspiracy theories. I probably would too

(I may be wrong) I don’t think so. If you read the first post I think it was always about white terrorism/terrorists and i believe the vibe at the time was every time a person of color shot a bunch of people or did something, they were somehow labeled terrorist, but white people weren’t as a white person that usually would usually have a problem with such a thing, I recall not having a problem with it at the time and instead feeling like I understood the point but it was started in 2017 and that I may be misremembering

Just a guess, but maybe it’s specifically about terrorist stuff done by white people

Right but I was thinking more strategy wise like maybe it makes it easier to go after him with a bunch of organizing a conspiracy charges if you have already convicted the people he organized to do the crimes im totally guessing though and have no idea what really guides the decision making.

Charges can come later. I assume there’s a reason for doing it this way

So we’re conducting official business on twitter now?

One big pot. Minus whatever she puts in a bank account I don’t know about 🤔 She’s a person that feels bad if she gets 5 new shirts and only spends 15$. So, I never have to worry about how she spends money. She makes significantly more than me anyways, so even if I did take issue it’d be a loser of an argument to have for me. I only spend money on **** we need. big purchases (things that require loans…) we discuss and make sure we’re on the same page. Which usually means me spending a year talking about before she’s finally willing to consider it. Generally I get what I want - she’s guarding against my impulsiveness, and I’m OK with that. but again - this seems to not be the way with the young generations. Seems like everyone I know my age or younger keeps their finances separated. Most people my age that I know got married 5-10 years later in life than I did. If we hadn’t married so early, maybe we would have kept them separate 🤷‍♂️

Yeah been married a long time now. When we were dating, I paid, because that was the social expectation at the time. But my understanding is things have been different for a while now. edit: the rest of this is more advice on how to deal with your situation, which you maybe aren’t even interested in… if you’ve been dating for 6 months, my suggestion is to just talk to her about it. In fact, if you’re unsure how serious your relationship is then how she handles the conversation will probably be a gut check on it for you. a reasonable person that valued the relationship would understand and offer some sort of solution (even if it’s not 50-50, maybe that would be harder financially for her, but at least she’d offer something) you might even find out she doesn’t need to do all those expensive things, but because you kept paying and suggesting it she went along with it to spend time with you 🤷‍♂️ this should be a relatively easy conversation to have if you’re not a jerk about it and she’s a reasonable person that values the relationship

“Listen intensely” 🤦🏼‍♂️

I think on some level you have to consider what Hamas’ power would be if the Palestinians were able to accept some sort of deal. Their support is in some part derived from the situation. I’m sure there is some significant % of supporters that would stop supporting then if there was something like a deal to the ‘67 borders. It complicates things that they’re also the “government”

While that’s true, I also think we’ve just normalized several things since social media took off. I feel like over time the trollish/jerk behavior of the internet has grown more and more in social situations. There once was a time where believing “you wouldn’t say that to my face” or “you wouldn’t act like that in person” would more or less be a true thought about a person on the internet, because most wouldn’t. These days it feels like people absolutely would say most stuff in person now, because it’s all become normalized. I feel like today with politics people are just super quick to verbally attack when someone says something they disagree with. It’s like the concept of it being OK if we have different opinions on things is almost totally lost if it isn’t already.

Feels like if she’d just not talk about it, it’d probably fade away… The people that are angered by putting down a dog with a gun, or putting down a dog in that context (regardless of method), are not going to be less angry with context or clarification. Doesn’t seem like there’s a move to make to “fix” it, just stop giving it attention yourself

@Metalhead thanks for that. I was born mid 80’s so that’s a new story to me. as an IT person and a comp sci major born mid 80’s - there was a time where hacking was fun and cool because ultimately it was harmless they were fun days. People ruin everything. Including the internet.

I’ve enjoyed just about anything in Chicago. So many good places you randomly walk into and get great food. Little Italy and Greek town have tons of great spots. stay away from like the magnificent mile and other tourist trap areas. Plenty of those are good but they’re all so expensive compared to what you can find elsewhere (and it’s just as good if not better)

Also helps when you con other people into paying your bills