A red panda. Sure, my cats would freak the hell out, but a red panda would quickly use their zen powers to calm them down.

Bots, man. Bots.

So, you’re looking for a more ‘consequence-free’ instance? Is that an accurate statement?

I view moderation as ‘the rules of the house’. When you go to another person’s house, you are expected to abide by their (hopefully sane and sensible) rules. If you don’t, you are asked to leave. Sometimes, you are forcibly removed if things escalate. If you don’t like the rules of the house, or you can’t find common ground with the people there, don’t go there.

I just don’t answer any call from a number that I don’t recognize. If it’s something important, they’ll leave a message. If they don’t, then I’ll forget about it and go on with my day.

How do you know we aren’t?

Joplin probably.

There is always hope. It just depends on how much effort you personally are willing to put in to help change the things you’re seeing. There are several movements (50501 and Indivisible are two that immediately spring to mind) with millions of members that are currently fighting to change things. Get involved.

Or what kind of boss she has. When I see stuff like that, I always make sure to tip well.

I think it can be done ethically to the extent that the children are presented with the faith of their parents, but when they reach an age of maturity (which will be different for each child), they will be free to pursue their own faith practices.

Treating waitstaff or any other retail/restaurant worker poorly.

He also never said who he was going to make America great again for.

I believe that the more wealth a person has, the more likely it is that they abused and harmed others to achieve that wealth. Therefore, the more wealthy a person is, the less I trust and respect them.

For decades, I have refused to use my middle name in conversation, documents and virtually everything else because it is my birth-father’s first name. There have been a handful of times where I had to use it on a legal document, but beyond that I’ve had no hassles or had to jump through any hoops.

Is there a more up-to-date listing anywhere? This article is from 2023.