The zipper in th3 back also helps if you have a big chest and don’t want it bifurcated by a zipper.

And you can’t put that same zipper (if it goes all the way up the back) on the side… if you have wide hips.

So at least that still has reason to exist.

Source: my own body and never wearing a front-faced zipper after seeing why we don’t do that.

I, for one, believe that schoolchildren should have all the lunches and drag queens they like.

Yes, definitely see a different doctor.

I mean it says so right there.

this is not satire

I really don’t want to write “checkmate liberals” but maybe Chad does?

I agree with literally every point you’ve made (especially the ‘had to be there’ notes, it’s so hard trying to explain that) but one.

Here comes a billion words on how I love Sun and Moon. Feel free to skip them, I’m just trying to add to the conversation.

Sun and Moon is on my list of faves because of the slow island vibes, the sun and moon motif… Oh. Let me take a moment and say, as a grass type trainer, I have gotten absolutely effed with starter choices. I love plants, I love flowers, and… It’s insane how often the grass-type starter is the weakest in design. So let me say when Rowlet hit the scene, I fell in love. This precious little floof who turns his head all the way around to look at me in battle, and then turns into a moody teenager when he becomes Datrix (if you’re petting him after battle, and you touch the feather in front of his face he gets so MAD!), finally turning into the extremely badass Decidueye? Grass/Ghost? Hell. Yes. After watching water and fire get bangers of starters for ages, only occasionally getting a starter that felt like it was “good enough” rarely, finally getting my owl was like a sword-in-the-stone moment.

I hear you on Z-Moves but I do really love the idea of doing a little Hawaiian-style dance with your Pokemon to power them up. It feels more like I’m contributing than pointing a rock at something. I actually enjoy that some of the dances look really stupid because you have to ask yourself, “Do I want to look cool right now, or do I want to look a little silly and absolutely destroy my enemies?” There’s also something excellent in facing a friend in battle, and watching them choose to do a dumb pose with mounting horror. “Hahaha, Chris is doing a dance and the background is pink and oh god no he’s chosen to destroy me.”

I had a ton of dental work (just got over dry socket, do NOT recommend) and for me it was soup 100%. Here in the US at Publix and some Krogers is a brand of soup called Imagine, and there’s a potato and Leek soup that is absolutely a puree and I have been living on it so much my pee smelled like leeks the other day.

It’s insanely overpriced though…

What I’m saying is, you’ve got a lot of options here, but I’m in camp soup. Remember to be careful with stuff like chicken, which can become little bits that get in your sockets. Maybe stick to broth with egg noodles boiled in.

…I’m gonna have that tomorrow.

I did do the nasty in the past-y.

I needed this after reading real news. Thank you.

I hope we get a new Ring Fit Adventure. That game is really fun and I’ve gotten a million hours out of it (and it justified the cost of the Switch, since I was able to buy the game once and not spend a subscription or get ads for equipment I’ll use one and never use again.)

If they could somehow make one with a set of weights, I think I’d finally get biceps.

Just wanted to say that “ambilateral” is an awesome word.

Ring Fit is such a fun game! It really gamified exercise in a way that even my ridiculous ADHD brain can’t resist.

Still haven’t gotten past that level with like 120 squats though.

I don’t feel anger very often (and it’s very quick to vanish) and hate is extremely hard-won, but I have C-PTSD from childhood abuse and neglect. So I’m not your average person.

I went looking for data, because my knee-jerk was to assume people who get vaccinated are more likely to live, and thus more likely to get long covid.

But here’s what I found. The researchers found that the rate of new Long COVID cases declined with each variant, and that the numbers of cases were significantly lower in the vaccinated cohorts.

I’m just adding to the discourse.

…this is a genius edit.

This is hilarious because when my Dad was alive, a long pause like that usually meant he completely agreed but felt like a father shouldn’t say that.

They already exist? I’ve never heard of them.