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Cake day: August 6th, 2023

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  • I can’t give a first hand account on this, but my middle aged cousin is one so I can give a second hand account. It’s been a combination of things. She had health problems as a baby and genuinely needed a lot of care and attention for a while. But she has been treated with those kid gloves her entire life. She was never pushed to do anything she didn’t want and also hs never had the drive or ambition to do anything either. She’s never even had any hobbies. And AFAIK, she still lives with her parents and they pay for everything.

    It wasn’t until her mid to late 30s that I stopped asking or caring about her life. I still love her but we’re all worried about what’s going to happen when her parents die. Cause none of us are willing to take her in and keep enabling her behavior.

    You don’t need to have a job to have value, but you do need something. Sitting on the couch all day isn’t a life. And I say this as a couch potato. Seriously, I’m writing this from my couch.


  • I don’t know what the guy commented on; if the issue was about the amounts being reported or the difference between the sides. There’s so much reporting on Russian losses but not much on Ukraine’s. I’d been wondering how they were fairing. Definitely a lot worse comparotively, if the numbers are accurate. Ukraine’s pop is like a quarter of Russia’s.

    The media usually reports casualties, not just deaths and MIA. Probably because it makes things look worse, but it’s also useful to know how many people can no longer fight.