Like the classic crimes of arson, murder, and jaywalking.

If there’s nobody in your area doing anything politically exciting, it’s not Run for Something’s fault. Individuals from all over the country choose to sign up with RfS. They’re not a touring group going around recruiting from some major cities, but not others.

Perhaps you need to spread the word about RfS locally? I mean if you really want local change, it can totally start with you.

underage prostitutes

*sex-trafficked children, FTFY

It’s probably easier to have faith in the American people when you aren’t surrounded by American people. Those of us who live here know better than to expect much from the brainwashed.

I can’t tell if this is true or not.

Considering that Trump has taken ignorance-based misinformation to a whole new level, it seems only fitting that “that sounds so absurd, it’s plausible he said that” has and/or will become part of his legacy.

I’ll be leaving my phone at home, and writing my lawyer’s phone number on my body.

I strongly recommend others do the same.

Wait, didn’t you post almost the exact thing in this same thread just a few hours after this?

I’m not complaining, I like the comments and I agree with them. I just felt deja vu reading this and when I scrolled back up to see the same username, I was like, “huh, maybe there was a glitch?”

Upvoting for the typo.

Fascists never need an excuse to react. They’ll find scapegoats when they want to, but the fact is they don’t truly need them in order to retaliate - Trump and his ilk will do what they do regardless of what the rest of us say.

Is your feeling okay more important than fascism flaking?

I thought the point of the phrase was to bruise Trump’s ego and reputation? It’s not “We believe this in order to make ourselves feel better,” but rather “Trump attempts to project a strong self-image, but he’s actually an insecure little chicken shit without a sense of personal conviction.”

Thank you for your service, Rex Banner

It’s wild because it implies a lot out of OP’s comment that OP didn’t say, but at the same time your frustrations make perfect sense.

The context is what makes it stand out. There absolutely are insensitive people who think the solution to red states’ problems is “just go to a blue state.” I can see why OP’s comment may have triggered a certain defense. However, I didn’t get the “insensitive” vibe from their comment, merely a mention that the vaccines are still available in other states.

It read it not as, “Oh you don’t really have a problem because you can travel,” but rather as a response to how the above article implies that this is a problem nation-wide, even though it actually isn’t. I know, because I just got both the covid and flu shot yesterday and the experience wasn’t any different from other times I’ve received shots. I was looking through the comments specifically to find somebody who pointed this out, as I planned to mention it myself (though I would’ve phrased it differently.)

With all that said, I feel you. It’s absolute bullshit that a luck of the draw means some of us have better access to preventive medicine than others, and it must be frustrating when people chime in with “solutions” that are beyond your means. As if being surrounded by MAGA isn’t bad enough. And to the points in your second comment - you’re absolutely right. The billionaires are the ones behind all of the crap we deal with, regardless of where we happen to live.

Does this mean the era of ending every scandal with -gate is finally over? Thank fuck, that was an inane trend.

Can’t intimidate people away from voting if they vote by mail.

The real first moves the Democrats did was to move their pawns out of the path of their king, basically letting Republicans move to “checkmate” without a fight.

I haven’t experienced the tool you reference, but pap smears are a typical part of a gynecological exam. A pap smear involves scraping a sample from the cervix, usually using a tool called a cytobrush (there are pictures of it on that page.) It is… not a pleasant experience. It hurts to have it done, sometimes it causes bleeding, and (for me, at least) the pain can linger for hours.

My girlfriend has an IUD and has never once been offered pain medication during insertion. I’ve never used an IUD, but by her experience (and experiences I’ve heard from others), that pain can be so intense that you black out. But good luck finding a doctor that’ll give you even local anesthetic.

If guys had to have a contraceptive inserted into their dicks without anesthesia, I bet there would be an uproar about it. But for us vagina-havers? It’s just another pain we’re expected to suck up and deal with. It’s such bullshit.

I have an ex who would penny-pinch the little things that would have made me happy, like using 2-ply toilet paper, claiming that it was too expensive. But then the MFer would buy a brand new car every year.

So yeah, you’re right. Some people truly do buy new cars every year. I can’t understand it, and I especially can’t understand it when the person buying the car claims to be “an environmentalist” (like my ex) without considering the massive environmental impact of building/buying/shipping new cars instead of using one you already own. Just another example of some people having more money than sense, I guess.

British users need to verify their ages to access r/periods

Ah yes, periods. A thing that famously only happens to adults. What the ever-loving fuck?

I’m not surprised that something on a topic that I consider “basic women’s health” is being blocked. Why, though? Is it too sexual (because vagina)? Is it too violent (because blood)? A teenager could have a million period-related questions without any part of it being “adult only.”

But I guess all of us should’ve thought about that when we decided to be born with female reproductive systems. So dangerous, so violent, so political.

I would love to have an electric vehicle. But first, I’d need to live somewhere with an appropriate power outlet near a reliable parking space.

I’m an apartment dweller that is lucky to find parking in front of my own home on Friday nights (when there are always more cars than usual.) I can only imagine how many people are in the same situation. Meanwhile, with the housing situation as it is, our ability to move to affordable houses (which could provide such power outlets) dwindles more every day. In this way, creating more affordable housing could lead more people to drive electric vehicles, simply by removing the barriers currently preventing them from doing so.

Hmmm. It’s almost like multiple facets of society… intersect somehow. Like if we were to improve one aspect, it could have a ripple effect that benefits other parts. So weird, right? Who would’a thunk it.

Mamdani does top out at numbers that were inconceivable just months ago; he does top out at around 40 percent. The moderate turnout is a key factor, as well as if college students are willing to come out in record numbers like they did in the primary.

I find it hard to imagine that people motivated enough to vote in a primary would neglect to vote in the larger race it leads to. Barring any election fuckery (which I’m sure will be attempted), this should bode well.