weariedfae

Eugenia?

It suits you but I think you would look fine either way.

I moved to Minnesota in the early 2000s and was blown away by all of the fireflies. It was magical. I'll never forget snuggling up with someone and watching the fireflies during a thunder storm.

The decline was unbelievably rapid. The last 6 years I was there I'd maybe see one or two the whole summer. If that.

It's so sad because they're truly wondrous creatures.

Finally!! This movie NEVER comes up but I absolutely love Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). Fucking classic and he's great in it.

Okay he's not the lead but he's like the main co-star.

Love love love this movie

I grew up on well water that smelled like sulfur and was sometimes unsafe to drink.

The water fountains at school were HEAVILY chlorinated.

Water just wasn't really an option growing up or if it was you had to mask the taste with Koolaid or something.

I don't crave it. I'm not in the habit of drinking plain water. I have a zero water system now and I drink it a lot more but some people either have an access issue or never developed the habit due to similar factors as me.

People dressing up as handmaids from The Handmaid's Tale are typically dressed that way as a form of protest against the conditions that would lead to Handmaid's Tale becoming a reality. Which is typically anti-Christian nationalism but can also include anti-MAGA/Trump which ...the lines there are blurry at best.

The "No Kings" protest was anti-Trump. Do with that what you will.

I think it is funny he salutes like he's lost a war.

You underestimate how much of a couch potato I am. Not moving is normal lol.

ITT: no cult scholars. I am not one either.

I watch a lot of Knitting Cult Lady's content and I've read her book. From that I have a pretty good idea of what a cult is, which is an extreme form of group.

So I guess the opposite of a cult would be a solitary individual.

One point I keep seeing in these comments is religion. Religion isn't a cult, it's an idea. That ideology can be used by cults, but the idea itself isn't a cult. You can believe the idea all by yourself you don't HAVE to be part of the group.

Yes [insert religious group you're thinking of] is probably a cult. But it isn't one because of the idea, it's one because of controlling behavior and exploited labor and a bunch of other reasons.

Game on the right but that's because my right monitor is the good monitor. The left one is a glorified TV.

Sorry. I laughed from your comment. Doctors tell women blacking out from menstrual pain is perfectly normal.

Didn't mean to distract from your message, you're absolutely right.