Pronell

The People have stated their priorities. If the rest of the machine refuses to work to fulfill those promises, they are betraying the people.

Promises are fulfilled through work.

Wishes come true. Terrible framing.

I have a weekly D&D game with my favorite aunt and uncle, as well as my Dad and my cousin's husband.

The latter runs one weekend, and I run the next, completely separate games of course.

I'm 51, my dad is 79, and his sister and her husband are a few years younger than he is. No idea on my fellow DM, I suspect late 40s.

If you find a common thread to hang on to, you can have a great relationship.

In this case, my aunt and uncle knew I was a huge weird nerd whose dad introduced him to D&D at 7 years old, so they thought to invite me when their daughter's husband made a game for them.

Seven years later, we are still at it and I run a game for my friends as well.

These relationships can be nurtured, as all can. You just have to find and maintain the why's.

Even people who don't give a crap about birdwatching may still love to see the birds their old friends spot.

But to further your point, I don't make much of an effort for those relatives that I don't have much in common with.

This year's Christmas present is a box of homemade fudge, rice krispie treats, and spicy chex mix, all homemade.

That's the effort I put in for those I don't have in my weekly or monthly life but are extended family.

I am very sorry to tell you that it's quite likely you came to sentience just so you could eventually be killed by one Arthur Dent.

I was at my wife's work holiday party last night.

They had a clever icebreaker bingo game with facts about the attendees. One person's was "survived three school shootings." I found her and got a bingo. The prize was a $10 doordash gift card.

Lame prize, great game idea. Terrible that this has happened to her but she's a bright and cheerful woman.

My wife and I met through Okcupid about fifteen years ago.

I had been in an insanely stupid long-distance relationship, called it off, and started looking for someone local.

The woman I broke things off with was younger than me and baby crazy, so I extended my age range by the same amount and met my wife quickly thereafter.

Specifically, we chatted for two or three weeks before I suggested we meet at a coffee place.

Two dates later we were exclusive.

She is seven years older than me and had never been in a serious relationship.

Just keep looking. Lonely people are absolutely everywhere, and you're bound to find someone you just link up with eventually.

I never put it together it was the same dude. Obvious though.

USPS has a way of combining smaller towns and suburbs to the largest nearby city. In practice this is very useful. You know your friend is near Nashville, say, and the zip codes do the heavy lifting.

So I would posit that using USPS as a source in this case is not a great idea.

My wife was going under for minor surgery and wanted to ask if any of the staff were watching Game of Thrones. (which hadn't gotten bad yet)

Apparently she crooked out Game of Thrones! and then passed out.

Whatever you do or say... you do or say. And this is their everyday job, you aren't going to offend anyone. The worst you can do is give someone a good story.

But more to the point, those drugs remove your filter for a moment. It's not your fault.

As for the rest, I cannot say. Some things you have to take a deep breath and accept that it's out of your control. You cannot change the reactions of others. Will your family coddle you? Or are they going to show you that they love and care about you during a rough time? How are those necessarily different?

I hope it all goes well for you. It sounds routine, so there's that, and then hopefully your symptoms abate.

I am on the spectrum but not diagnosed. I've only had anesthesia a few times in my life and have no idea what I said or did when I went under.

I worried more about the after effects and healing, and everything went smoothly. Just for what its worth from one overthinker to another.

Covid changed people's relationship with movie theaters. I don't think it can be explained better than that.

Now that I know I can watch it in my living room, I will wait for most movies.

Last one I saw in the theater was Superman, and before that, Dune 2.

Both were excellent choices for immersion with the big screen.

If it's already a crime and you involved a minor in the crime while crossing state lines, you now trafficked that minor and additional charges are added. Add a gun, more charges.

One crime at a time is the rule for a lot of good reasons. Of course zero crimes is preferable, if we are being picky.

Ooh, good answer!

Those books were so important to my teenage self. Such a shame Card himself is such a whackjob.

I really liked the game from the movie Her, where you're constantly being insulted by a little alien who is your guide.