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Yep, $5.99/month last time I looked maybe 6 months ago.

I don't know anyone with a tracker ring that doesn't also have a watch. Feels like extra tech for the sake of having cool tech, to me. Very much a niche item that is even more luxurious than a smartwatch.

"There is no ethical consumption under Capitalism" is a useful parallel concept. One can consume at least more ethically by buying in solidarity with, eg, Fairtrade sellers, local sellers, co-ops, or maybe living a vegan lifestyle.

Not to be confused with finding an ethical form of capitalism. It doesn't exist. Any system designed to maximize profit will put any other goals (like human rights) secondary.

I think working in this society is similar. I can choose the more ethical option from the limited options available to me and work to make my life and the lives of people around me better. But I can't find or create a system that is ethical. Even that co-op referenced above probably has suppliers who are less ethical, or they may have to rent from a profit-driven landlord.

I try to focus on small improvements over my baseline rather than thinking anything short of immediate perfection is a failure.

The fact that you're asking/concerned tells me you'll probably be ok.

I'm an American who moved to Australia for a while. I wasn't ever pegged as an American because of my voice volume. What caught me was my smile; easy-coming with white, straight teeth exposed. I was told I could be confused for a Canadian except that I spoke too fast. Apparently, the speed-quipping Letterkenny sorts hadn't made it to Australia yet.

Also, think about what you want by "assimilation". You would probably enjoy getting to know an Aussie visiting the US, no? Getting to hear their perspective on the country they're visiting? Enjoying seeing them experience our cultural quirks? Assume the same good faith of Australians. Current politics aside, Americans and Australians have a very friendly history.

My weirdest, most uncomfortable repeat experience had a gendered element that you probably won't experience but your wife might. Older (50+) dudes on several occasions took the liberty of telling me, an American woman, all about how American soldiers stationed in Australia during l WW2 "stole" all the womens' attention. They were just so hygienic and handsome in their uniforms, the Aussie men didn't have a chance. So yeah, some might have a weird grudge over their fathers or grandfathers going through a dry spell almost a century ago. I share this story to illustrate that people are people, same is Australia. You will neither be universally liked nor universally hated by all Australians. Most of them are decent sorts, and a few of them are massive assholes.

Don't attempt shrimp on the barbie or baby-eating dingo jokes until you know a person very well.

He noted that MoviePass’s users tend to be younger and more tech-savvy, with the largest cluster being men between the ages of 25 to 26 and women between 24 to 25.

Those one-year age ranges are giving AI-generated with poor editorial oversight.

Be ready for a different type of comment pushing back then.

I'm a 5'9"ish woman and routinely have guys insist I'm taller than 6' because they're shorter than me and they're 6' so I must be like 6'2".

Nacho Libre

Never saw it when it came out. It's a fave of my sister's girlfriend (Hispanic) and she wanted us to watch it with her. It was fine, about what I expected out of that genre out of 2006. Probably less raunchy than it would have been with anyone else running it instead of Jack Black.

The best outcome was that led to us discovering it was loosely based on a real-life luchador / priest, Fray Tormeta (wikipedia link).

Nah, I'm pretty skeptical. The authors website has like 150-200 book titles. Either someone using AI to pump them out, or several authors publishing under the same name.

And people say AI generated books are awful slop. This is pure artistry!

https://www.ibtimes.com/40000-ordered-evacuate-chemical-tank-threatens-explosion-southern-california-3803236

They've got a plastics manufacturing site leaking with an evac order for 40,000 people as well.

Most days it's an Areopress, sometimes V60. Very rarely, moka or phin. I can and do skip coffee. I do 3 days in a row "dry" every month or so to keep an eye on caffeine addiction. If I get headaches, I take a longer break and dial back usage.

I backcountry backpack and have started carrying caffeine pills in my first aid kit. Not for myself, but for people I run into who are suffering from withdrawal headaches. I've met a couple people who drink several cups per day in their normal life, then cut to one while backpacking or none at all, not realizing they'll go through withdrawal.

My sister had to come out to my parents for like the sixth time. They just pretend they don't hear it. So operation Not-Subtle Propaganda commences. I was visiting for the long weekend and put on movies with LGBT characters to get them desensitized (sensitized?) to the idea of gay people existing.

Ok, so maybe Forbidden Fruits wasn't one to include in this first wave. TBF, I don't think either parent clocked the gayness. They are so stubbornly blind to it.

Now accepting suggestions for next visit I take in ~June or July. They are Hallmark movie people so it can't be too outrageous, FF was really pushing it even without The Gay Agenda™.

Several of my great aunts and uncles did this. And yeah, after they moved away they would have small boxes of dirt shipped to them from family that stayed behind.

White, Volga German descended farmer people, moved from the Midwest to the West Coast US.