Starya67

Fun fact: it used to be common for the girl to be pregnant before the wedding so everyone knew she was fertile. And I mean it was a Christian thing.

*Shepherd.

They’re humans. You’d be walking around naked in front of perfect strangers.

My neighbours do not want to look at my doughy body and neither do I, to be honest. Sure, I could get net curtains but the place is a virtual cave as it is.

Also: sitting with my bare backside on the sofa? Ew.

Or, as the Germans call it, “jein”.

Daily Mail reader?

Grilled salmon from the Lune river served with roasted potatoes, honey glazed parsnips and grilled green beans.

I happened to be there during the Ommegang and got tickets. It was awesome. That square is the only bit I enjoyed about Brussels, though. And the fries, naturally.

I don’t get Paris either. It’s a big city, what do you expect? I love it. I’m currently in Prague and I reaaaalllly prefer Paris.

The big “birthdays” of cities, universities, etc. are always 250, 500, 750 etc.

Mozart’s Requiem (especially the Miserere part).

I used to have serialised dreams. They were set in a large city that was built in a gorge. It had industry and mines lower down, with a huge amount of pollution, but higher up where the air was cleaner, there were forests and swamps with terrifying (magical) creatures, so the only people living up there were poor. The rich people lived in the polluted zone with expensive air purifying systems.

Yeah…

What 1900s? Oh, you mean the 20th Century?

Anyway, there was all sorts of bad stuff going on, but at least there was optimism and when they discovered things like, say, the hole in the ozone layer, they did something about it instead of pretending it wasn’t happening.

Google adds that filter automatically. You have to switch it off. A lot of people don’t know this.

It’s all about dumb luck. No, it’s not because they worked hard. It’s because they’re lucky.

Downsize your lifestyle? Like, shooting your kids? Not eat?

Is “I couldn’t find another job because nobody wants to employ a 64-year old and I have bills to pay” changing your moral framework?

Or how about “it’s the only job offer I got out of 458 applications and I have 3 kids and a mortgage”?

Being able to make an actual choice is a huge privilege.

I thought I wouldn’t make 30. I’m now 58 with tinnitus, almost total deafness in one ear and an inability to hear low notes in both ears.

People on the fediverse can be surprisingly vile, but that doesn’t mean you should join them.

I just try different frames on until I find one that fits. Brand name is irrelevant. They all make frames in different sizes.