Oh, good to know! I hadn't made that distinction in my mind, but it makes perfect sense. Thanks for setting me straight!

Even if it squished most of the way down, I'd still have my leg uncomfortably raised. But I also use a pillow that's so thin that it barely lifts my head higher than the mattress at all, so maybe I'm just unnaturally well-suited to the flat slab bed shape.

This looks really cool - I put in my beta tester registration!

That's the beauty of a movement! Martin Luther King was devoted to the cause - he was all in, and as a result of that, others could be a part of the movement without needing to sacrifice themselves. The larger the movement grew, the less any individual participant needed to risk. But it needed a hero. It needed someone at the forefront for people to rally behind. I'm not saying everyone needs to be devoted to the cause, I'm saying one person needs to be devoted to the cause so that others can latch on regardless of their inability to be that hero.

Do you honestly believe that the civil rights movement would've still happened if people simply kept plugging along, not making waves? Or the American revolution? Would the Nazis have been stopped without military cooperation from nearly ever surrounding country? I'm not saying that positive change CAN'T come about through small incremental steps, but I certainly don't believe that all change can be made so peacefully, nor do I believe that this scenario can be resolved as such.

There's a difference between martyrdom and the simple acknowledgement that you're not doing all you can. There's a middle ground between "I'm perfect and have never done wrong." and "I must flog myself in the streets for my sins."

Looks like a savory parfait to me.

That's not an IBM 5100...

Doesn't that just further validate my concerns? Prices are going up to gouge people even when a lot of people don't have the cash to pay for it. I see no reason why a landlord charging $15,000 a year won't just up it to $25,000 a year when everyone gets a $10k UBI. The government seems to care very little about preventing things like that.

Well, if you're actively trying to hide your disgust from someone, it's because you don't want them to know, at which point you obviously can't expect them to react to it. Ultimately, it's not about you trying to divine someone's real feelings, instead it's about reacting to what they do show you. It's the responsibility of everyone who interacts with others in a public space to be knowledgeable about both verbal and nonverbal cues that someone's not interested, so that they can display and/or recognize them as required.

I know several republican voters who watched the Jan 6 footage with pride. I really don't think anything would get someone who's still a republican at this point to switch over.

It was one of the best burgers I'd ever had back in the 2000's. Went back recently and it wasn't bad, but was nowhere near what it used to be, for way more money.

Exactly. You're valuable because you continue working for them without complaint even knowing that you earn them orders of magnitude more money than they have to pay you.