Children are going to be made whether we can afford them or not. It’s our biological imperative. A small segment of the population at any given time can restrain these imperatives for more opportune moments or choose not to.

In that light, it’s best to just have sympathy for life and those who make it and respect those who do choose otherwise.

Also, shitty question. Instigating a bunch of finger-pointing and arguing with loaded questions is childish. Don’t do that here.

That’s wild

That’s great, I have a transference kink. Want to chat with me wearing nothing but house slippers and a clown nose? C’mon, I can sense that you want to.

I can’t tell. I’ve always been dirt poor.

Grocery prices are up about %15. And discounts are stingier.

In the last 10 years the costs of houses in the area for sale have tripled, so that’s something, but that is expected to come down soon. Renting is pretty overpriced.

It’s slower than usual at work but not by a terrible amount. The company renting some of our warehouse space just laid off their entire staff and halted operations. They were kind of jank, though, so no big surprise.

Other than that things seem to be sluggishly grinding along. Nobody seems particularly happy about anything, as if there’s a malaise drifting in the air, but nobody I know is skipping meals or getting evicted.

Yeah, true enough.

Pretty wild to think these goofy furballs we keep around as pets are apex predators.

I had a cat one time that liked to play fetch. Just like a dog. Never seen anything like it.

That’s blowing my mind that birds, masters of the sky - a realm to which they can easily escape to where few can follow, are such a frequent snack for cats, who under usual circumstances don’t often fly. Cats are like ninjas.