My first concert was Newsboys and Supertones (Newsboys was the opener, it was pretty early for them). Saw FIF a year or two later. Saw Insyderz at a smaller event a few years after that. To this day I get to say I’ve seen the three “big” Christian ska bands live.
What a wild time. Jars is still on a regular rotation for me (Flood and Liquid are both bangers, and their Christmas album is one of my favorite holiday albums).
What other band is going to write a song about Different Strokes? FIF is still part of my regular rotation.
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Not sure if it counts as it’s not really a pet name, but when one of us is looking for the other, we make dinosaur noises. The query has an upward inflection (“raahhhh?”) and the response has a downward inflection (“rahh!”).
At first it was just around the house. Now it’s in public too.
There are some benefits (depending on where you live), but if it’s not for you, keep doing what you’re doing. If your family or friends give you pressure, you might need to have a serious talk with them at some point, but otherwise you do you.
There are some situations where there’s a significant advantage, though. Adoption is one–most agencies will consider (legally married) couples before unmarried folks. Which is unfortunate, but it’s where things are at the moment. Probably some other cases too. But if you and your partner are of a similar mind, you can go to the courthouse and sign the paperwork, and even have a prenup in place if you want, and it doesn’t have to be a “thing.”
This is what happens when you survey jackpot winners about the value of lottery tickets.
To be fair, anything that follows Gold/Silver is going to feel lackluster. Because Gold and Silver are awesome (personal favorites).
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It’d have to be $1 million plus arrangements to move to the EU. If it weren’t for family here, I’d probably take that.
It’s okay. My wife has ADHD and anxiety, and many many tabs. She calls them her “emotional support tabs.”
I can’t speak for the developers, but I’m certainly judging you.
What? 17 is a triangle. 33 is nice and round.
Humanity has seen crashes like this before, and worse. There’s a lot of philosophical arguments around natalism, but at the end of the day, there’s an argument to be made for having kids–even in a rough time.
All we can do at this point is try to equip our kids for the worst, and give them our best while we can. Their lives will be harder than ours in some ways, but possibly better in others. For example, kids today have such better emotional intelligence at a younger age than anyone in my generation did. They’re not perfect, but overall I’m super proud of how the newer generations are turning out. I hope to inspire my own kids by working for positive change, to eventually pass them the torch to do the same. And if I can find some value in that, I hope they can as well.
Ubuntu minus snaps plus a better DE? Mint.
The stock market.
Even more apparent is when you draw the parallel to birth defects, diseases, or literally any reason we affect our bodies.
Pretty much all bigots don’t realize it. There are almost no Bond villains in real life–humans can’t really exist in a state where they truly believe they’re the “bad guy.” Some people know they’re wrong, but they see themselves as a victim, not a villain.
Not only do they not recognize their bigotry, they believe themselves to be the “good guys” in this situation, with opinions on other people ranging from condescending pity to complete disregard.
If you’re genuinely curious, I can give you a glimpse into their rationality (though I strongly disagree with it).
Say, for just a brief moment, that you consider trans people to be mentally ill. Calling them by their preferred pronouns would be like giving a drink to an alcoholic–you’d be encouraging it, which would be to their detriment. And worse, you’d be liable to whatever diety might be displeased with your actions that caused someone else to continue in their sin.
Of course, that only works if you have a very poor understanding of both gender and theology. The real reason the bigots don’t like trans people is because it challenges their worldview, which is uncomfortable. And instead of facing that head on, they’d rather try to justify their current view.
The Oatmeal wrote a great info comic on this.
I’m less of a former Christian and more of a thinks-outside-the-box Christian, but I think Mat Kearney is pretty solid regardless of what you believe. Sufjan Stevens is awesome too, but a bit of an aquired taste.