Trump (and Biden and Harris) are/were little more than mouthpieces. Policies are created by wealthy elites/“deep state”/lobbyists and the politicians just sell the thing to the public by lying and making big theatrical carryings-on.

I might ask over there. Cheers.

It doesn’t get better after chapter one haha.

I think it’s even worse in German. It comes across as a toddler trying to sound grown up.

If nothing else, it’s worth it just to see how brain-dead nazism really is. They’re not Machiavellian masterminds, they’re thugs with an ideology built on brainfarts. Also quoting from the book (in the original German) is a good way to kill a conversation with one of the modern spawn.

Mein Kampf. Apart from being a bad person, Hitler was a terrible writer. Low quality thoughts articulated badly. I only read it so I could nail neonazis when they came at me with their stupid arguments.

There’s no Chinatown here as such, but there’s a Chinese association, where they do tai chi and stuff. I might see if they’re open during Christmas.

I love spending Christmas alone when it’s my choice… and I have food and not being crushed with stress from all directions, and not living in a street full crazy people who won’t let me have any peace in my own home. It’s very different when you’ve been treated like shit all year, then have a super shitty Christmas lined up.

I had/have the same thoughts. IANAL but I think if no one claims your corpse, the government pays for its disposal.

Let’s just get through Christmas before tackling the other stuff in your post. One depressing lump of crap at a time! 🍻

Cat pics etc can be the presents haha.

If it’s meant to happen, it will find a way to happen!

Life is hard and stressful whether you’re kind or unkind, so be kind. I don’t mean be a doormat, but don’t be a dick.

Feng shui was originally presented as a mystical, “wive’s tale” system exactly because of this. If a sage told a young person to keep their windows clean because then your house will be full of “clean” light instead of “dirty” light, and this will improve your mood, the young person would tell him to shove off. But if he says cleaning your windows invites the lucky spirits to enter your home, it plants a seed in the person’s mind and they might actually try cleaning their windows.

The Curse of the Golden Flower. I never get tired of watching it.

Lantana, burnt diesel, petrichor, mango sap.

As a fellow lactose intolerant who was raised on soy “milk”, I say it should be cheaper just by virtue of how horrible it is.

A liquid isn’t milk if it didn’t pass through a nipple. Soy, oat, almond… they’re OK, but they’re not milk.