My friend is a DevOps engineer, she fled Texas with her wife. They're both trans

Woman of childbearing age here. Lots of my friends took another child off the table when Roe fell. Being potentially forced to die and leave your existing children orphaned is a big deterrent, turns out

I was homeschooled. I 'graduated' without a valid diploma and had to get a GED. I don't speak to my parents and my child is currently enjoying his day at public preschool. All my church friends who were raised similarly also are in similar situations. That's about all I'll say about it.

I straight up walked out of a date once bc someone tried to hide voting for trump

The satanic temple has. Those folks are out there doing the lord's work, ironically

Big facts. My friend is an ob/gyn. We're in NC, on paper we don't have a total ban but in practice it amounts to one. He's currently commuting to VA to work because he doesn't want to get sued, prosecuted, or watch patients almost die before he can treat them. shakes head

'EXEMPT'. there's no cap on salaried employees

Two of my friends did as well. A bunch also ran for iuds in case they came for the pill next

Won't stop them from trying! The general assembly in NC literally outlawed taking ocean rise into account for determining insurance rates 🤣

I once straight up walked out of a date because a dude tried to hide that he voted for Trump

That's a newspaper based in Raleigh, reputable as such things go. Source: I live nearby

THERE IS A PERSON WHOSE JOB IS TO TRAIN CRABS WITH A PUPPET

People miscarry on the toilet all the time. They also labor on the toilet. Labor pains and diarrhea go together like peanut butter and jelly

Planned parenthood does them cheap! Source, my ex in a red state got his done at Planned parenthood

My 5yo has discovered minecraft. Do I want to listen to 12 straight minutes of wolf variants? No I do not. But I listen politely because he's sharing something that's important to him and that bond is precious to me. Vance is shit and my heart hurts for this little who's learning that's how people who love you talk to you

The fact that you call them 'females' might suggest they wouldn't discuss it around you. I can assure you the women in my circles are worried sick

If he brings his gun in the bathroom does he ever sanitize it? 🤔

pops a lactaid you sonofabitch, I'm in

As I recall one of the arguments was 'it's batshit crazy' not to date someone because of their politics. Rest assured those screenshots circulated widely in the friend group and were heartily mocked

The only way they got that supermajority was by cheating, and they know they have to cheat more to keep it.

Damn you had to come for me like that

Well in those days I was extremely clear on my dating profile about my political views. But you get these guys trying to lie about it because it's tough out there for the maga boys I guess. Anyway he wouldn't stop calling and trying to argue me into giving him a chance 🤣. Meanwhile I ubered to a concert where some friends were, shook it off, and moved on to the next one a week later who turned out to be my awesome progressive husband

Done! My husband isn't the problem here but I've officially noped out of another kid. Good job republicans!

I was homeschooled by religious zealots too! All of the crew that grew up in our church together are now militantly liberal atheists. So yeah the brainwashing definitely doesn't always work, children don't like being oppressed either. Go figure 🤔

Lemme give you some hopium from the trenches in NC. Source: I am the elected chair of my precinct in a purple NC county. We are seeing volunteers signing up and turning out on the ground in numbers not seen since 2008. My precinct was not organized for the past few years. In 2022 there was 6% voter outreach. As of today, we've achieved 83% and our county chair sent a shout out yesterday to say a lot of others are keeping pace. Tricia Cotham's little maneuver really pissed a lot of folks off. Not to mention Mark Robinson is a lunatic. If you want to get connected to write postcards or knock doors, hmu!

I'm sorry friend. We are going to wallop him with votes this fall. I've been creeped out many a time by a republican man but never by a trans woman in the bathroom

Here's what it's like being their neighbor lol https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2023/11/03/epic-games-cary-hq-will-it-ever-happen.html

My husband was a producer at epic for 8 years. He got cut yesterday. We're not even exercising our stock options, imho tim is spiraling and epic isn't going anywhere good. Going to the supreme court isn't cheap and then there's that abandoned mall they bought 🤷‍♀️

Vulgar history

Here's to the year of the turtle 🐢

I'm sorry she deals with that. I don't get nightmares but I have trouble with concerts or seating anywhere in rows as a panic attack trigger 😅

Hubs is making this with rice and bok choy. It's just us and our kiddo tonight https://nolimitcooking.com/2022/11/03/wedding-banquet-style-roasted-chilean-sea-bass/

YES.

This exchange is why I treasure lemmy. Thank you both

Friend you made me snort loudly and disturb my cat

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Take the plane!!

I need to know more

6 votes!

He's got nice legs, tho