I can appreciate that, but could you be more specific? Many in the US would see it as a positive for women’s rights to be able to have a surrogate baby, for example. And having a baby via surrogacy is so expensive that generally the parents are well off enough that they can provide for a child and want to do so.

Why is surrogacy criminalized in Germany, France, Italy, etc?

As a Washingtonian, I’m disappointed that you don’t share allegiance to our region the way so many of us do. British Columbia means more to many of us than some random American state elsewhere does. Not many of us would be in favor of dropping support of and cooperation with British Columbia even if the Canadian government was being belligerent.

Neighbors come first.

Also, we get your smoke every summer as well. That’s part of why we’re in this together.

You don’t have to pay for trash collection service in your city?

Maybe they should try not being dystopian shitholes.

It’s been years since I’ve heard music in an elevator.

lol, of course he bought it from a drug trafficking fraudster.

Sounds more coerced than brainwashed.

Seems likely that he’ll give himself a stroke or a myocardial infarction sooner or later.

And dancing and singing in the streets. I mean, literally.

I need to buy some champagne and decorations to have ready.

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It’s not California being a dick. But the boycott is justified all the same.

Me: These subscription costs are really getting crazy. We should cancel any that we don’t use regularly and just resubscribe when we have something specific that we want to watch.

My partner every couple of weeks ever since: I would still cancel [service that you use at least once a week but I rarely do].

Me: And I would cancel [service that you use once every few months but I never do].

And here we are, with subscriptions for most services.

I don’t think there are many non-politician people who care about the signing ceremonies.

The US credit system is designed to favor the well-off and entrench poverty in everyone else.

That’s a ridiculous strawman.

But, supposing that you were being sincere and not intentionally strawmanning: you can clean up glass and other waste without excavating and literally trying to remove any trace of biological presence. I would encourage everyone to do so.

Today I learned that calmly pointing out a negative aspect that somebody might not have thought of is “harassing”.

Rather than do any sort of harassing, I decided it would be better to express my frustration by sharing it here where I thought some others might sympathize.

And as for the comment on me having no relation to it: we all have a relation to it–habitat destruction is a worldwide problem with worldwide consequences. And even if it didn’t, maybe it’s okay to care about non-human creatures.

Noo, my conservas!

Israel assassinated their leader with the help of the US. The US murdered the schoolchildren all by themselves.

Honestly, I would guess you’re one of a very small minority, yeah. Because phones get lost, stolen, or confiscated by fascist “law enforcement” pretty commonly. Or someone you know picks it up while you’re gone.

Most people like a degree of privacy. Even my grandma has a pin on her phone.