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i never realized how terrible heavy traffic was for my mental health until i moved to a tiny town with no traffic. still feel that old stress/rage any time i approach a city and start seeing more brake lights than road

i would venture a guess that not voting against republican is 2nd place to that

colon cancer is through the roof, and they haven’t nailed down a specific cause, though it’s pretty strongly suggested that the garbage in the food supply, along with all the things in your comment, is contributing

cutting back on processed stuff (deli meat, tv dinners, cereal with 50 ingredients, etc) and fast food should be on everyone’s to-do list

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/colorectal-cancer-in-young-people

people who do care don’t have the power, numbers, tools, infrastructure or willingness

you’re right.

every day i’m more and more glad that i never had kids

this would have been considered a “scandal” 10 years ago, just like the pornstar hushmoney was. but today, no one cares.

the answer is of course corruption, and blackmail, and fascism.

but again–no one cares. so you could tattoo this on people’s face, and still nothing would happen

i’m getting to the point where if someone i don’t know that well starts talking to me about some bullshit on instagram, i immediately judge them

edit: it’s the same for FB tiktok twitter-- any of those bullshits. i don’t fucking care what you saw on fucking facebook, and since you brought it up, moving forward, i care less about anything you say than i would have before

you are correct in that 18 is technically “legal.” barely. my position is still that under 25 = kid, without the life experience to realize how fucking creepy it is for someone over 30 to pursue a teenager. again, subtract one year from each side (32 yr old dating 17 yr old), and your argument based solely on “legal age” no longer works.

ultimately OP does what she wants regardless, and it looks like the date is off, which makes me glad. as an old guy, i know guys, and i know the type of guy who actively goes after the youngest possible women. they are best avoided

fair enough. i’ll concede maybe the 33 year old dating the 18 year old isn’t necessarily a “pedo”

going on a date with someone 10 years older than her

18 vs 33 is NOT 10 years. why would you try to change OPs situation into a 10 year age gap, when it’s literally 15 years? and before you say “what’s the big deal,” try that argument with a 30 yr old dating a 15 yr old-- same age gap, only 3 years difference-- what’s the big deal?

look, i usually don’t chime in on violet’s posts with old people advice, but in this case she specifically asked for advice, and my advice to ANY woman under 25 is this-- be very wary of dudes 15 years older than you trying to get in your pants. take it or leave it

do you have kids? are you totally cool with your daughter going out with someone who’s closer to your age than to hers? the fact that so many people in here are cheering on this person over 30 hooking up with someone under 20 is really fucked up to me

Age per se is no flag

there’s a huge difference between a 30 yr old and 45 yr old dating, and a 30 yr old dating a 15 yr old-- even though the 15 year age gap is the same

a 33 year old trying to get with a 18 year old is sus af, and i’ll die on that hill

please tell me exactly what part of my comment conflates anything with child sexual abuse

call the shit off. there are plenty of not-pedophiles 25 or under for you to date

i guess i can see that most guys your age are childish/inexperienced, and that’s the appeal of “older” men. but let me tell you something (as a guy well over 45): if a dude hasn’t grown up by 25, then they’re not going to grow up. yea, there’s definitely a “type” of 30+ yr old dude who wants to hook up with teenagers, and i’d advise you against it.

be careful with this one-- above all, stay in public, cover your drink

call me old, but a 33 yr old going on a date with a 18 yr old… yea, red flag

the problem is that it’s not going to stop there. kids will obviously still get porn, and fascists will say “seeeeee!!??! we need even more personal data to protect the kids!!! OS age verification isn’t enough!!!”

steps in the wrong direction are exactly that, and exactly what this OS bullshit is. everyone having to pay the price for parents who can’t be assed to raise their own kids

edit: i need to add–it’s not actually about the kids. it never was. it’s about collecting every 1 and every 0 that exists about you, for profit, but also for surveillance. every dissenting comment, post, photo, etc will be linked to a unique human being via dozens (or hundreds. thousands?) of data points. before you say “no way,” remember the ridiculous percentage of 1/6 insurrectionists they rooted out, based on social media posts. and that was before AI blew up

why the chicken fried fuck would a cartoonist give trump a 1) too short tie; and 2) too long dick? i get the sentiment, but come on. this could arguably be maga fanfic and they would love it

just because she’s too old for trump’s tastes doesn’t mean she’s a self-aware rational grown-up. i’ve said before and i’ll say again: 18 years old is a goddamn kid. so the headline could pretty much be: “stupid kid is stupid; does stupid kid things.” why report on this dumb bullshit when there are so many people in that very orbit who definitely absolutely should know better?

guardian has really surprised me with how shitty they’ve become

However, newer processors with dedicated Neural Processing Units (NPUs) reduce strain on cloud servers and GPUs. As a result, PCWorld believes that CPUs, including Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen AI chips that support 40 TOPS or more, will become mandatory

in other words, your pc will be doing ai shit for someone else’s pc while you are idle

capital U for user, smashed random top row numbers

yea, thanks, 3rd party/abstainers. now there’s genocide in gaza AND in the states AND in iran. fucking dipshits

it’s not just the epstein shit, but also “we’re at war, so feds will be taking over elections”

yes, it’s paralyzingly stupid and illegal and makes zero fucking sense, but i’ll be shocked if that’s not what they end up saying