Impending conflict with Pakistan following a massacre in Kashmir.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/g-s1-62677/india-pakistan-kashmir-line-of-control-firing

Honestly, even without social anxiety, not having to spend the effort to do basic small talk and engage with someone makes it pretty convenient sometimes. The only time I really use the cashier line is when I have a lot of stuff or my kids with me.

Wikipedia says they produced over 50,000 of the Volkswagen Kübelwagen for the war effort between 1940-1945.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Kübelwagen

VW was founded in 1937 and switched to producing military vehicles in 1939 during WW2.

Yes, please!

We need a wider range of vehicle prices on the market. I bet a lot of people would go for barebones models for cheap if they had the option.

Yes sir, Mr. Bond.

That’s a good round number to trigger a crisis that you’re getting old. Better start punching things to prove them all wrong.

Yeah, it’s unfortunately good advice. Hearing it from a hiring manager in a “dance my puppet” way makes me want to vomit though.

<3

I’m trying to book a reservation at the resort, and the only length of time I can select is “indefinite”. That’s weird, right?

Is any other app out there able to handle streaming games to your friends as easily as discord?

It seems like we should probably be looking for the next ship to jump to…

Got it!

BE NOT AFRAID

That took me far too long, then it jump-scared me.

Ha, you’re absolutely right. I don’t know what I was thinking! Fixed.

Whoa, NSFW!

I loved the demo and would also highly recommend the game solely based on that.

I’m just waiting for a free weekend to pick up the game now that it’s out.

This calls for celebration!

A lot of young men are lacking role models and community these days.

More kids are growing up without fathers around now (single parenthood is up from 9% in the 1960s to about 25% today).

Most people’s source of community used to be church, but since the advent of the internet, people are rapidly moving away from organized religion. I think this has disproportionately impacted men, who tend to be less social on average.

And I think in general, a lot of young men feel like nobody cares about their personal struggles.

So, even some toxic dude like Andrew Tate can show up and say “Hey, you’re great. Here are the reasons why things are bad for you and what you should do, and here’s a community of like-minded people to interact with.” and these guys are going to dive in head first.

It’s a play on an existing meme format: