It’s shocking how we put in laws to prevent the surveillance state, but the laws didn’t restrict corporations. So now corporations have become the new surveillance state.

“the healthy thing I’m doing that my parents didn’t do is that I assume every adult who wants to be part of my kids life is a pedophile”

Yes… Very healthy attitude!.. Good job I guess?

Camus J’ai pété

Maybe some of the people saying “death to Israel” aren’t great, but nobody SUPPORTING Israel is worth consideration.

I don’t think they’re tactical losses… But I do think it’s going to force their hand into cancelling the election since they can SEE the effect of allowing democracy to survive.

It’s either them or democracy and they’re never picking anyone but themselves.

He literally CAMPAIGNED on “no more elections”, why does anyone think there will be a 2026 election.

He’ll illegally decree there will be no election, Congress will do nothing. This has been going on a whole year now, get with the program.

I know you mean well, what you’re saying is just the escalation of “if we try to do [good thing] they’ll just do [thing they’re already going to do]”

There are only two options, Americans go to war against the government, or America goes to war against everyone else. Either way democracy has failed. There will be no 2026 elections. When he illegally cancels the election by executive order and Congress does nothing, like has been happening for the entirety of 2025, who will stop him? No one.

You can rise up now, you can wait for the elections to be cancelled to rise up, or you can never rise up… always postponing your personal red line. No matter what you do, stop impeding other leftists who have chosen to act from acting. We need at least this most basic level of solidarity where we don’t stop each other from fighting fascism.

We should arrest Trump for being part of the Y’allqaeda Islamist terror group then.

They’re stealing oil tankers that leave the country and emptying the oil in the US

IEEE style pizza, because then the ingredients appear in the order in which they’re used in the recipe instead of alphabetical by author.

Life and relationships are complicated. You don’t know how all the work is distributed in their lives. Maybe she does everything else and feels like he should do more. Maybe he does it all and is frustrated. Maybe they split the chores in a way that makes them all happy. You simply don’t know.

Stop giving advice when you don’t know.

We’re burning down the wrong Amazon

No war but the class war. Every fight is the good fight in the class war.

But he previously said “Sex is for making children. Any man who has sex with women because it ‘feels good’ is gay”… So that doesn’t seem to match with him saying you’re supposed to have sex with many women for fun… What the hell is he saying!!!

If you’re looking for inclusive spiritual community you can look for Unitarian Universalist congregations. They’re all over Europe and North America. They’re based on progressive values instead of Scripture so you bring your own deity/pantheon/no deity. They’re basically a spiritual community for the left from Pagans to Christians/Jews/Muslims to atheists and agnostics and everyone else.

In my area there are a lot of ageing hippies and a lot of millennials and Gen Z looking for community for their children which is a delightful mix. Lots of LGBTQ+ representation as well.

Could be a useful place to look!

Yes ravens vocalise… That doesn’t make the original videos not AI slop.

Thanks for finding a real video of a Russian crow. Maybe you could have posted that instead of slop. It’s not the same crow because this one is clearly real. The channel also doesn’t have your “new” video so I’m not sure why you’re claiming it’s the same crow. Neither the humans, nor the background, nor the vocalizations, nor the crow are even similar.

This is AI. The background is weird, especially when it’s close to the lady or the Raven. You can look up this video and it’s a dozen different YouTube channels with less than 1000 views with the identical clip.

Fundamentally this gift is replacing something that has sentimental value to OP. That’s not usually a desirable gift. If someone got you a gift that replaced your favorite [thing] in a way that replaces it you wouldn’t want it either.

Cheerfully accepting a gift you don’t like is dishonest. Other replies have great honest and tactful ways to accept or reject a gift you don’t like. Op’s approach was hurtful to their partner which isn’t great.

Returning a gift is normal, that’s why stores issue gift receipts. However, it is a situation that requires tact since it’s easy to hurt someone if done poorly.

In the long term, it should be easy for you and your partner to do something special for each other where no one has to fake enjoyment. In OP’s case, effort spent communicating now will bring a lot of enjoyment in the future and save a lot of pain.

Nobody is a bad person here and both of your feelings are valid.

As others pointed out, your partner likely put significant effort into the gift and is hurt that the effort was in vain. Compounding that is the fact that you didn’t seem to acknowledge their effort or treat their hurt as valid.

Your hurt is valid. You got given something you don’t want and now you feel pressured to accept it to appease your partner. It’s in certain ways worse than getting nothing.

The situation sucks and you’ll both be hurt regardless of how you resolve it.

It’s probably going to be very important for you two to work out gifts or gift giving occasions. What do you like to do, for yourself or with your partner. Maybe the answer to that question can be part of the solution.

For the time being you have a few options. You can keep the gift like the others have said, maybe as a backup. Or you can return it. I suggest that if you return it you spend the money on something you both enjoy, maybe a nice date to sooth the hurt.

Let your partner know that you appreciate the effort that went into this gift. Let them know that you know you’re a hard person to buy for, especially because you’re not very consumerist which means that the things typically for sale won’t appeal to you. Let them know that it’s important for you that you’re both able to express love towards each other and that you want to make sure that the next time your partner expends significant effort for you that they’re able to create a situation which is rewarding for the both of you.

Then sort out what you’re going to do with this gift. Maybe explain your feelings about using the old device and how the new one can’t do that for you.

Then make a plan to work out the line term goal of how you’ll give each other gifts/experiences in the future. And actually do it. It might be a lot of work, but it will probably create a lot of joy in your relationship in the long run where there might have been even more pain.

Even if the Senate Republicans vote for the bill, the house Republicans can just choose not to have a vote because the speaker chooses which bills are voted on.