Nah, some people keep living to easily disprove the existence of a caring god.

The people supporting them are the ones who consider themselves religious, after all.

Also, same question, but with the baby.

How are you both this ambivalent about having a child in 2025??

This is 100% why for me.

As someone who has been verbally abused and called names by an aggressive cop while his partner had his hand on his gun… most people in the U.S. think all cops are good, and anyone who was on their bad side did something to deserve it. I flipped off a taxi, for the record. The cop thought I flipped him off, pulled me over, and screamed at me. I was 19.

Even my own family thinks I did it. “That’s why you don’t flip off cops.” Cool…

People also think cops deserve to be shitty because of “what they put up with,” while we have to be on our best behavior or risk death.

What does one bad apple do? It spoils the whole bunch. Police are a spoiled bunch. Fuck cops forever.

I personally like to have the tiniest, possibly imperceptible understanding that all they do is waste time. Just a little bit of pity in my voice when I talk to them in person. Pretend you’re talking to someone who doesn’t deserve respect.

I got pulled over for expired registration. “Oh hi there, how can I help you? Gosh sorry, I just didn’t realize. Sure I’ll wait.”

How much do you get paid to do this? It’s way too much. Look at you thinking you’re important with your uniform.

To me, it kind of seems like the requirements to be buried in military cemeteries have declined significantly in the past several decades. It’s been scraping the bottom of the barrel for at least five years.

For example, my stepfather was in the army for four years and had a great time. He was stationed in Germany in the early 60s, found a conservative wife there, learned Hitler wasn’t all bad from her family, and got a job right after he left.

He insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery when he died 50 years or whatever after his awesome time in the army.

It sucks, given that both of my grandfathers actually were kind of heroic in world war 2, and they’re buried with their families.

It feels like stolen valor.

Edit: I forgot I posted a similar comment about this same thing earlier today! I thought I canceled it but apparently not. Sorry to repeat myself.

I think it started a few decades ago. My stepdad insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery.

He was stationed in Germany during the army and loved it. He only had good or fun stories to tell about his time in the military in the early 1960s.

He met a conservative German woman, brought her home, married her. Kinda learned to think Hitler wasn’t all bad through her and her family. He got a job because of his military service, which paid him well and gave him a pension when he retired.

He loved Trump, starting with the birther conspiracies and carrying through The Apprentice. I’ve never seen him happier than when Trump won.

He insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery because of his 4 years of international vacation fixing trucks.

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Meanwhile, the previous generation of my own family lived through the Great Depression and fought in world war 2, and they’re buried with their families.

It’s a different kind of stolen valor.

I actually just saw megoosa at Gen Con last weekend!

I forgot about it until just now! Thank you for the reminder.

Here is a link directly to the archive on Video Game History Foundation’s website! I support their work and look forward to getting a new vintage magazine (bagged and boarded!) every month.