Honestly $200 extra a month might help ease the burden on our loved ones, that’s only two weeks of groceries for a lot of households right now. Just a personal example, the entirety of my grandmother’s benefits goes to her housing (high cola). My uncle pays her medical bills, and he’s the only one who has any money to spare. My sibling buys her groceries. I buy her clothing and other necessities as I can, but I’m essentially in the same financial situation she is. The rest of her family is dead, and in 3-5 years she may only have my sibling left to help her.

So, yes, Bernie might be slapping a bandaid on this elderly poverty problem with a possibly easy win, but it’s a starting point for further taxing the billionaires. And if we’re lucky the momentum from that will also fix education, medical access, housing, and the rest of what we know we need as a healthy society

Young people receive social security benefits too, like SSDI and survivor payments. I’ve been on SSDI myself since before I was 30 years old.

There’s plenty left to share ^.^

Thanks! It was really good :)

I was a little worried that the Impossible would be dry by the end of cooking, because I always seem to over-cook it. But it held up perfectly in the sauce

This is what I did too! I’m pretty happy with it

I think genetic biodiversity only matters if one reproduces, and that isn’t something that can still happen for me. I might try to teach my future niece or nephew how to do this though :)

It’s double vision, each eye still sends its own signal back to the brain. But I usually just try to focus on one eye’s image so I don’t get sick haha. I am able to read if I focus one eye, I’d say when I do focus on one, the other eye will still notice movement and color

It’s kind of an overwhelming sensory experience, possibly because I don’t do this very often

I can independently move my eyes.

It’s become more difficult and painful to do as I get older though

Okay, but consider the memes we will feast on if Obama is Speaker while Trump is still president

/joking

My state has this policy, too. I wonder if it is something we can change

Tbh I mostly use the gym for cardio and do the rest at home, but no weights rn because my spine is fractured. I live somewhere with intense heat and cold, so I’m more motivated to actually get my cardio in if it’s somewhere comfy

I like to put them in the air fryer with a little bit of cornstarch and spice coating. They get slightly crispy on the outside

I’m going to have to try adding salt next time!

I am not for the death penalty in any capacity. However, this woman kept trying to murder people while in prison, although in far less horrific and dramatic ways than she murdered Colleen. I imagine the isolation she experienced on death row had an effect on the murder attempt? She needed to be in a psychiatric hospital

(I thought I had read elsewhere that she had two murder attempts on fellow inmates, one involving a romantic partner, but Wikipedia only has one attempt so I’ll leave it at that)

I’m reading more of your comments in your thread, and I really hope your doctor can help you out. Treatment for this can range from having a feeding port installed to therapy. My family member needed both a port and therapy, but is thriving now.

I also do really understand the texture thing, I have both AuDHD and a sensory processing disorder. If I’m severely stressed about anything, I end up living off safe soft food for a few weeks until my stressor has resolved. Because some textures feel less like food that will nourish me, and more like random objects that might cause me health issues if I try to digest them. That rubbery canned meat texture, especially if it’s accompanied by a layer of fat at the top of the can… 🤢 Yeah I totally understand that :/

I have a hook on my front door, just above the handle. Hang a bag with the thing I need to bring with me - can’t open the door without picking up the bag. The problem with this is that I usually forget to bring the bag back inside with me lol

Have you heard of ARFID? A close family member, as well as my close friend’s autistic child have this disorder. Low appetite and the visceral reactions to various food items are common with this disorder

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That sounds incredible, thanks for the dinner inspo ^^

I just went through 4 years of university as an elder millenial, the youngins still feel this way and I honestly thought it was a Gen Z thing. I’d never encountered the punctuation issue before I decided to go to school again

cause my face is NOT it

You actually have such a sweet, pretty face. And your eyes are very expressive in the few face pics I saw