The hate and disdain people have for the poor is really hard to distract people from, no matter what we call them. The same goes for the euphemism treadmill that has happened for people with intellectual disabilities. People despise them, whether they are called morons, idiots, retards, or "special" (all of which have been clinical terms in the last century that have turned into general slurs). Do you really think that there's no point in trying to dissuade that visceral hatred that people have for these disadvantaged groups?

And sometimes it happens because rich people push the cost of housing up 300% over the course of a decade. But I'm sure it's just stupid people who are too stupid to have that much money.

Yeah, we should just call them "human garbage" because that's what society sees them as. Anything else would be talking like a "ghoul."

It must be taxing being so superior to leftists, or at least the caricatures you've built of them in your head. I'm glad you're able to persevere!

Yeah, the only distinction I've seen people get particular about is "people experiencing homelessness" over "homeless people." The first one was preferred because of how many people are borderline homeless or or are homeless this week but not next week, and don't want to be defined by their housing status. It's kind of a mouthful, but nobody's getting cancelled over it.

Police and correctional officer culture covers up some absolutely shocking misconduct, and it's incredible how, every time it's exposed, everybody just says "well it was a couple bad eggs and we took care of it so everything is fine forever!".

I put them out in cups on the tables, and didn't let them leave unless they were all accounted for. That meant that I was only going through about 30 per week instead of 100.

For real. Like who hasn't been talking about this for months?

This started for me when I started teaching. I go through so many more supplies, and having nice and interesting ones is more valuable than it used to be.

Magnets are my go to souvenir. I have a big ugly metal file cabinet at work that could always use another magnet to cover up.

I live in a city with weirdly good thrift stores. Those plus REI.

I've found a couple places that have good shoe sales regularly and I suddenly own 8 pairs of shoes for the first time in my life.

Yeah, OP seems to be suffering from the idea that there's a central office of social justice that has chosen for some reason to invest heavily in LGBTQ work and not disability advocacy, when it's really a huge number of disparate people and organizations that, for a variety of reasons, are more vocal about LGBTQ rights this summer than other topics.

Yeah, this is my last summer with my kid in daycare. I am enjoying it to the max.

It's a little annoying to watch a bunch of times in PD, but far less annoying than most other PD.

It's a close race between that and the Michael Jr. "Know Your Why" video with the singer.

Or it's possible that he was right last time when he won and doesn't want to give up at a potentially disastrous point in the campaign.

One of his strengths over the past few decades is playing a slow, long game. Quitting because he's had a bad week doesn't really fit in with that, even if it seems like a really good idea right now.

"I'm going to cut off your vagina and nail it to the wall." This was from an 11-year-old, to boot.

This is the insult I miss most from being a kid.

"Immersion is the best way to learn a language."

Immersion is only the best if you have some structured learning to go with it. Otherwise, it's just a fast track to basic communication. Everybody knows somebody (usually an immigrant) who was "immersed" in their language and can speak confidently, but with very basic vocabulary and lots of errors.

Also, immersion is extremely impractical for most people. I don't know many people who can take several months to go to another country and be a language sponge who is otherwise mostly idle. Most people are best off with a mix of instruction, practice, and input that they find engaging.

I find the popularity of that show mystifying. I thought I had more tolerance than most people for a quiet, slow-moving show doing deep dives on improbable topics, but it's too quiet and slow for me.

I've done this by accident before. During a long run, I listened to a non-political show that somehow veered into a very dumb political rant. I realized after a while that I was running better than usual because I was too irritated to feel tired.

At least half of "It's The End of The World As We Know It" as I found out at one ill-fated karaoke night.

That one goes back decades.