the world is overpopulated and everyone who wants to have children should require a license to do so (and it should cost a lot - like, a mid-tier job’s annual salary).

he got booted from office and the people dont support his return (plenty of recent pro-coup demonstrations for that). what’s the problem?

what’s with the current trend of porn in the foreground, crowded nonsense in the background? is adding complexity a flex of some sort?

smoking. growing up in the 80s, everyone was smoking - in bars, restaurants, airplanes, even hospitals.

everyone I knew, their parents smoked tobacco or chewed tobacco. I started smoking myself, around 16 or so, as did all of my friends & even people I didn’t associate with. it was just part of the culture - and yes, I was aware at the time that it was a dangerous activity, but kids are stupid.

and then around 15 years ago or so everyone stopped or switched to vaping. now I really only see homeless people smoking. it’s quite the culture shift.

no, but filtering per keyword would be a nice feature

I’d really love to filter “the” - just for fun