Eh, our tastes change with age. I remember as a teen thinking chest hair on men was icky, but in my 20s I began to love it.

It sounds like you successfully matured, and now you may reap the benefits of Xena’s sexy nature.

Of course, but 1 is the loneliest number.

It’s so backwards too, since the ultra wealthy are the ones who most dodge paying their fair share of taxes.

Couldn’t we just add equality for sexual orientation and gender expression to a new list of rights, along with the things already mentioned?

OP even said, “Today one could improve on it,” implying that the referenced constitution isn’t meant to be a comprehensive list for the modern day.

It makes me happy to see the phrase “lightning bug” used so often here on Lemmy. I grew up calling them lightning bugs, yet I felt like it’s been ages since I heard or saw that word. Then I started coming here, and I see it in every post about this topic. The term brings me back to my childhood, picturing the way my parents’ backyard used to light up every summer evening.

Ha, great observation. For those that don’t know - the fireflies/lightning bugs known to the east coast don’t live on the west coast.

Apparently there are species that live west of the Rocky Mountains, but they are active during the day, and even at night the light they produce is too dim for the human eye to perceive. So the west coast doesn’t get the beautiful light shows that the east enjoys.

Jellyfish that sting swimmers are just exercising their castle doctrine.

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams always knew exactly the right words to say.

Do sponge baths count?

I lived in a van for a while, where I mainly used a wash cloth and a bucket. I had several plastic water bottles that I would pack into a backpack, bring into a public bathroom, and refill under the tap. When I got back to the van, one got mixed with no-rinse soap (that I’d gotten at a camping supply store), and 2 or 3 were used for washing my hair. On occasion I did go to the beach and use the free outdoor showers, but that wasn’t a viable everyday solution.

Monoposony - like a monopoly but a single buyer who can set prices and terms, rather than a single seller.

I went looking for more information about that term and wasn’t finding anything. But then the dictionary suggested Monopsony, which I figure is what you meant?

The comments are ridiculous.

People: if ThE cOuNTry sUcks, wHy doN’T aMeRiCAns dO anYthiNG aBOut iT?

Also people: LoL siLLy aMeRiCAn, AcTiviSm doESn’T wOrk

We’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t. Keep fighting the good fight. You’ve got a good decade on me, but I see you and I’m right there with you. ✊

There’s nothing wrong with it if it works for you.

Personally, I produce a lot of sebum, and I’ve had to consult my dermatologist about it. I’m not a medical expert and I won’t claim to be - I just don’t want people who are in my boat to follow medical advice that could make their problems worse. One size does not fit all.

I left Twitter around 2008 (or whenever they stopped allowing posts through SMS), left Facebook proper a few years later (with the exception of chat, as it’s the only way I talk with certain people.) I left Reddit during the API debacle. I used to post my art on Instagram, but ever since the turn toward “influencers” took over, I’ve stopped posting there, too. I never got into TikTok or whatever else might be out there today.

I made a Bluesky account just before it took off in popularity last year, but I don’t use it except to look for pictures after protests. I made a Mastodon account, but have yet to post at all.

So yeah, Lemmy’s the one and only social media I post/comment to right now. Social media is exhausting, but Lemmy doesn’t blast ads at me, doesn’t bug me when I don’t post after a while, and its semi-anonymous nature means it’s easier to let things go when people disagree. Everything else is too stressful to deal with, especially after a long work day when all I really want to do is catch up with the news.

cause an imbalance on your scalp and you way overproduce as a response, hence hair getting gross fast.

Can we please stop spreading this myth? Scalps do not adjust sebum production based on how much is washed off. There’s no way for dead hair cells to report oiliness to their follicles - they don’t have nerves, they don’t send signals.

Sebum production is controlled by hormones. Different people produce different amounts. If you find that washing your hair every few days will suffice for your skin/hair type, that’s great. But that advice doesn’t work for everyone. If someone with skin that naturally produces high amounts of sebum follows your advice, they may end up with Seborrheic Dermatitis, which can cause dandruff, hair damage, and hair loss.

My mom goes through every aisle because she refuses to make grocery lists. She insists on trying to remember everything for some reason. Eventually she’d send me, without a list, and be all surprised pikachu face when I forgot stuff.

Now as an adult, I live by my grocery list. I’ve got a pad of paper on my fridge with the heading, “DON’T FUCKING FORGET” which my boyfriend and I add to as things run low.

My local supermarket decided to organize certain health/pharmacy items into a separate section on one end of the store. It has a totally different design, different floors, different lighting, and a different color scheme.

Now when I go to the supermarket, I chronically forget to pick up things like shampoo, toothpaste, and over-the-counter medicines, because they’re all stored in that end that I don’t typically walk through. It’s like on some level, my brain considers it a different store. Unless I wrote a list to remind myself that I need something from that section, I’m probably not going to wander into there.

I bet some C-suite thought they were really clever to make a special little “pharmacy area” on the end. Yet, by sequestering those items away from the main store, it makes me a lot less likely to buy them. “Out of sight, out of mind” is so real.

I dunno, I still frequently hear the term “tin can” used to refer to aluminum cans.

Successfully foraging in nature is naturally rewarding.

And if that’s not a satisfying answer, just note that one’s idea of “fun” tends to change around the time they reach their 30s. I’d be stoked to find edible plants in the wild.