What in my comments gives you the impression I'm not comfortable "confronting reality"? I'm under no illusions about what the Trump administration is planning and how many people they're going to hurt. I'm just saying that it's not a policy to confiscate someone's passport based on their gender marker at this time.
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Oh I'm sure it is - my office has had quite a few people in to change gender markers recently, which wasn't a surprise. However, updating a drivers license or doing a name change may still be possible, especially for people who may not plan to travel internationally.
I mean, saying people should avoid updating their documents because this is the new policy is, in fact, untrue. Also, most of the documents listed are handled at the county or state level, not the federal level, so it's going to be extremely location-dependent, other than passports.
This isn't true, at least not entirely. I work at an office that accepts passport applications and we haven't received any communication regarding gender markers from the new administration. I can't speak to whether this is the policy at regional passport centers, and I fully expect these Project 2025 sacks of shit to come out with something hateful sooner than later, but at the moment, nothing has been issued.
I love older dogs. I used to foster seniors (one of whom my parents adopted), and we adopted my current dog at a very youthful 6. She's 9 now and a total butt. I love her to pieces. We've also had really good luck - all but one of my dogs has lived to 15+. If my dog wasn't so hostile, I'd happily have another one but she's not a fan.
I've never even bothered to say never. I already know it's a lie.
Oh man, that's the dream. I buy it from a local guy who started making his mom's recipe for friends during the pandemic and now sells at farmers markets and stuff, and I go through about a gallon every month or two. I need him to start selling me buckets of it.
I always liked sauerkraut but I was weirdly against the idea of kimchi as a kid. I think the first time I heard of it, it was described by someone who didn't like it because it sounded super gross, and I had zero spice tolerance. These days, I put it on practically everything or eat it by itself as a side.
That's crazy. Bread is incredible. I'll happy sit and tear pieces off and eat them like an animal. I also like condiments, but plain bread is fantastic if it's good bread.
I mean, people care that the user experience goes downhill after he takes over. The only people claiming Twitter isn't hot garbage are the ones who actively like him.
It's less about people's personal feelings about him and more that he turns everything he touches into a pile of shit that only a fanboy could love.
No, they used to be more or less good - they all had slightly different vibes instead of being the exact same thing with different fonts. Okcupid used to publish a lot of fun data and was kind of a middle ground, Match was known for being for more "serious" daters, and plenty of fish tended to be a little trashier - not that there wasn't plenty of overlap, that was just kind of the reputations they had. You could pay for things but you could also do just fine with free accounts, and the ads focused on how many people had had success with them.
Now they're all owned by the same company and it shows, and they've decided dumbing the experience down to the most superficial stuff and letting bots and people advertising OF or their MLMs take over is fine. I don't think any of them are worth the time they take to download at this point.