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Karmic justice. Before the attack, he could not get a girlfriend. After the attack, he will likely BE someone’s girlfriend. 

Also surpried that a court hasn’t called Newsom on it yet. Should happen soon if the judiciary has any consistency or honor. As for repealing the death penalty, I’m on the fence. The arguments against it are good, but I just feel like there are some completely irredeemable people out there that need to be culled. 

Yep, light pollution. Suburban sprawl is always on an amateur astronomer's mind.  

There's quite a few ways for cities to reduce skyglow: Shielding light fixtures and/or reduce color temperature. Suburbs tho, I doubt much progress will happen there as most folks like to light up there houses like prisons.

Obesity is an interesting one. I didn't think it would be related to how a city is developed. 

It’s generally because suburban communities are usually too far away from most services in general to be walkable. If the only option is to drive to literally so anything, people are going to walk less. When there are more services and options for public transit within walking distance, people will use it. While correlation doesn’t always equal causation, it’s a bit noteworthy to point out that obesity is more common where cities sprawl more, and East Coast cities, which commonly have less sprawl, have less obese people in general.

Here is one article on it.

People might hate me for this, but I'm going to be blunt. Experiencing this on a regular basis is already starting to get exhausting as hell. 

From my experience the word 'cynical' has wildly different definitions from person to person.

Nah. I live in Bakersfield now. Though we’ve been getting smoke from the one that’s destroying Malibu. 

-Bat Pone hug-

-Bat Pone wing hug-

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Eeeeeeee!

*nuzzles* You'll be okay. l am here for you too.

Or they are just messing with you. Who knows?

Congratulations

*happily boofs at you*

Yep yep. One thing I've learned in recent years is that the "bad" people in the world aren't necessarily the ones I disagree with. Instead, the "bad" people are those that adopt this mentality rather than attempt to look deeper into the issues which divide us.

Personally, I have nothing against conservatives in general and I acknowledge that I'm generally more liberal minded. However, I feel like the hate for conservatives stems from the fact that some of the louder, more attention seeking conservatives tend to try and draw attention to themselves by saying and doing stupid and hurtful things. Granted there are those who are liberal who are also assholes who do idiotic things as well. Extremes are bad.

Much of it stems from Trump. Everyone must acknowledge how polarizing he was. Even this far into his presidency, there are still people who are convinced that he is a Fascist, and that those who voted for him are at least crypto-fascists. Certain figures in the media, Hollywood, and even in government (looking at you Auntie Maxine) have been actively fueling this, leading to hostility. Hostility from the left naturally results in reaction from the right. Thus the rapidly accelerating temperature in the country. 

It's gonna get worse before it gets better.