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Cake day: February 12th, 2025

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  • I’m fairly certain you can do whatever you want on your own property drunk.

    That said, cops are dicks and will arrest you anyway and you’ll probably get a lawyer to have a judge dismiss it later. But after you are arrested and paid for a lawyer and spent some time in jail.

    I’ve heard people say to throw your keys in the trunk if you want to sleep in your car. But again, cops will be dicks about it anyway. I wish they’d just make it explicitly legal to sleep it off in a car.



  • Which is why I don’t look for made in USA. I look for small local companies. I also refuse to support those small local companies if they are super patriotic. I hate how they’ve co-opted nationalism for advertising. Plus, it usually means they’re maga skid stains and I don’t want to support them.

    A “made in USA” sticker with a flag on it is pretty bargain basement for companies I want to buy from.




  • I would like things made by local craftsman.

    Made in USA has a markup for the cost of labor. But that’s kind of alright by me (when I can afford it) because we should pay people living wages. However, so many companies use “made in USA” as the sole reason to add even MORE markup beyond the additional costs for manufacturing.

    I like made locally also because it means let’s transport costs and hopefully lower emissions in what it takes to deliver it to market.

    I have a hard time understanding why certain companies should be allowed to be multinational conglomerates. Certain markets probably should have hard caps to the size companies can reach.




  • I drive a 2001 Toyota MR2. My 7 yo step daughter is taller than the entire car. When I’m next to most vehicles, the top of my car is below their windows.

    Even drive thrus I’m usually lower than the window.

    I love my little car, it’s more capable than people think. I can easily get all the groceries I need, I’ve picked people up from the airport with their luggage in it. (I have a luggage rack on the back.) But I am concerned about people seeing me and am wary of it.