The first paragraph is very:

If you are not a liberal at 25, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at 35 you have no brain.

Which has been a pet peeve of mine for a while. I think usually because they don’t give any reasoning or explanation. It’s just “you don’t understand the world yet”, then explain it to me!

I feel like the intent has to be just to dismiss young people’s views as being out of touch, without offering anything better.

And we upvote people from our own instance 😱 the horror.

The US military has the .mil extension, not .ml

That’s everyone, I even see the same stuff here. No one wants to accept how bad the situation is.

Oh, I absolutely agree with you. But I have seen people saying if we got rid of the rich climate change would end, which just isn’t the case. Even if everyone on earth died, there’s plenty of change built in.

I’ve heard that cinnamon/clove/peppermint oil can keep them away. Apperently fake fox urine can do the same thing. There are also a few plants that have the same general “scent repellent” properties. You should also check whatever you are decide is chicken safe, because it might not be. I did a little bit of looking, it seems like biologists microchip them. Paint/dyes are not safe, reptiles are especially sensitive to fumes and I imagine it could also get stuck between/over their scales.

While transporting to a new location is better then just killing them, the vast majority of transported animals die anyway. I’d still rather give them the chance, but just know it might be closer to snake heaven then we might want :/

I really appreciate you wanting to let the snakes live, reptiles are my favorite.

a bare minimum profit

YOU GET TO KEEP THE HOUSE MOTHERFUCKER. How the hell is “a free house in 30 years” not a shit load of profit? Dingus doesn’t even do his own maintenance.

Story time?

I agree with most of what you said, but I really don’t see why you couldn’t be friends with someone you had/have feelings for. You can keep stuff to yourself, and be okay with being friends. Obviously the crusher has to accept that going further isn’t going to happen. You can logically know something, and behave accordingly, even if your feelings are different.

I agree, it is difficult. And if the crushee didn’t want to keep being friends, I could understand that. I’m also not saying people should feel like they have to be friends if they don’t want to be, for whatever reason.

I think asking for a promotion would be a better analogy. You obviously (I say obviously but from what I’ve heard…) shouldn’t keep asking for a date or a job interview. But remaining friends isn’t nagging for a job interview. It’s hoping things can stay the same. I’ve not gotten promoted before, but I don’t think it’d be better to just quit. (as long as I can be okay in my current place).