@Lulz4l1f3 ah, excellent--thanks!

@Lulz4l1f3 no no--the *books*. Does book 3 wrap it all up, or are we all waiting, GRR Martin style, on the exciting conclusion (which may or may never show up)?

@MovieNights woah--cool!

@Lulz4l1f3 The series is finished though, right? I don't know if I can take starting another series that's not finished.

Looking at you, Rothfuss...

Holy cow that 3-body problem show on netflix is good. I'm gonna have to read the books.

@dauphin87 oh same. I'm not sure how they haven't done the same.

@SpaceSlothForever so... I'm guessing urine sample?

@WordsmithFL well that sounds excruciating.

good show you can limit your exposure that way.

@Museek aw hell, I'm so sorry.

@yogapaddlerun congrats!

@cornered oh dang--that looks like an inconvenient amount of $... :(

after how many times forgetting my DW's birthday should I take it upon myself to remind my brother & his wife a couple weeks in advance?

@PrivateIcedC81 heh--this is relative to your stage of life I think.

For an older married dude who works from home, I feel like I'm somewhat social. But 30-year-old me would consider current me a shut-in.

oh dang--there's an actual #GiftArticle feature on theatlantic.com:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/05/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-icon-of-seas/677838/?gift=iGZXinMqNFNWvVnRSLFr7t4sWGmvcb4LFh6Vhn5qd_Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

/nosanitize

CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP ON THE BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP EVER
Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas

By Gary Shteyngart

LOL--atlantic article on an insanely huge cruise ship. Pretty funny

https://share.counter.social/s/3e8a96

@misslovelymess congrats!

@JGNWYRK oh yeah. If the GOP is no longer willing or able to vet their candidates, then I think we are going to need legislation to require candidates to e.g., disclose their tax returns, amount of debt to foreign interests, truly divest from active business interests, etc.

Unfortunately the horse is already outside the barn at this point...

@JGNWYRK they absolutely do (or--they were in the early aughts anyway when I had to apply for one).

The one exception I'm aware of is the office of president. The presumption is that anyone the american people saw fit to elect to that high office would be trustworthy. 🙄

the capitalist dystopia is strong today

https://www.theexamination.org/articles/as-obesity-rises-big-food-and-dietitians-push-anti-diet-advice