I had heard this was a thing to look out for, but some of those are more convincing than I had imagined 👀

Damn, makes me wish I had some 🤣

Grab a handful of q-tips and rubbing alcohol, and I'll see you on the other side.

GM!

GM!

Guy needs a serious shades upgrade.

Fucking hell. Imagine being that guy.

My son and I listen to this every night before bed.

It'll save your life someday.

I'll admit her choreography needs tightening up.

Dang, I was hoping this would work.

I use NewPipe or its forks, and I've been struggling with errors with VPN connected.

Poison is still in my regular lineup 🤙

A lot of people forgot what they did to us. The vaccine injured don't have that luxury.

Watch their story.

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Extract of llama!

Summer is right around the corner.

Sorry, I should have said developing or third-world. That's probably a lot of the world, though.

There are many countries in the same state as the US. I would argue that they have been trapped into the same mindset of modern fallacies, warped values that lead to an existential impasse.

I also don't see anything wrong with children helping to run a family business. It's a great learning experience. My family that live on farms and the kids helped out as they grew up are some of the most productive and capable adults I know.

See my note on the Amish, below. I think it's an interesting example that challenges the "We can't afford children narrative."

Thanks for the good talk 🤙

My point is just about anyone can have children. You just have to align your values and lifestyle into a structure that can support them.

The Amish have had a steady birthrate well above the national average since WW2 at 6 to 7 kids per family.

Are they living on welfare checks? Do they have more income than an upper-middle class family that lives in a big US city?

No, they value family, community, and self-reliance above self-worship.

The Amish are a hyperbolic example to prove the point. But, are modern Americans incapable of the same things on a smaller scale? Only if they refuse to sacrifice.

I don't disagree with the points made or the data.

But, people thinking they can't afford children doesn't mean they can't. It means they can't imagine that it's possible while they live the same lifestyle.

It requires sacrifice. It requires liefestyle change. It requires building relationships in your life you can depend on.

Move out to the burbs or close to family into whatever space you can afford. Cut costs. Don't pay crazy amounts for daycare. Be your own daycare. Find parent groups that work together. It will be tough and hard choices will have to be made.

But, people have been trained to think life should be easy, convenient. They don't want to give up what they have. Self-worship instead of sacrifice.

How many books you reading at the same time 😅

GM!