No, capitalism is feudalism with loot boxes! Because I could win the lottery.

It's funny how recognizing the legitimacy of the world court would just instantly remove one of the world's biggest problems.

I remember saying this about George W twenty years ago.

difficult to pin down what they really want

They want to vote for Trump and not have to tell anyone they did. It's why Trump won in 2016 despite the polling.

Japan has Golden Week. China usually shuts down entirely for their New Years. Several European countries have multi-week holiday periods in the summer. It's definitely a thing outside America.

Ah, the Andrew Cuomo gambit. I'm familiar.

I agree that it's got to be how young Lemmy skews. No one who has ever bought alcohol at a self-checkout has said, "This is so quick and convenient!"

Or are passing for journalist these days...

Future Me has more experience and wisdom than Present Me. There's no reason I should do anything when such a better-suited candidate will inevitably emerge.

I'm American, I don't need to imagine.

There's also people that recognize that a "summers off" program like this wouldn't affect significant portions of the workforce. Retail and dining workers wouldn't get this time off. Medical workers wouldn't get this time off. Package handlers wouldn't get this time off.

The divide between "work-from-home" and "essential" and those who got laid off completely during the pandemic opened a lot of eyes to how unfair different types of employment are. I can see plenty of workers saying they don't want white collar office jockeys taking yet another advantage that service workers will never have access to.

There can't possibly be that many dead bodies falling out of coffins every day. And there's no way one in every five of them are nude.

Part of what makes it a significant other is that embarrassment is no longer a concern. Once you know you're in it for the long haul, it's about supporting one another. I've done things I don't even feel comfortable saying with the anonymity of the internet and admitted freely to them, because we're partners. My problems are their problems and their problems are mine.