I wonder if there would be a correlation if they asked "Do you think of yourself as a Texan (or whichever state) first or an American first. I would bet a lot more Texans identify with state more than country.
For example discussions on the difference between what women think they want in a man vs what actually turns them on. Conscious vs unconscious desires. This isn’t a women-only phenomena mind you. It takes most people a lot of experience to figure out the difference. This could obviously come off as infantilising or mansplainy.
Yeah, I was generalizing for the example. I would be less general in a larger piece. Good dating advice starts even before you sit down across from the other person. It starts with yourself. You have to know what you need in a partner and know what you want and to be able to differentiate between the two. Partially that just comes from getting to know a wide variety of people (friends, not just romantic partners).
You need to pay attention to what society is telling you that you should want vs what your body wants. For example, I grew up in the Midwest US during the Baywatch years where busty blondes were portrayed as the ideal. Over time I learned what really got me going was a slim, small-busted brunette. The same principle applies to non-physical characteristics as well.
Selling guns to militaries defending their countries, aka the “militia” as described by the 2nd amendment. Not randos who have no good reason for ownership by them.
A big part is diminishing religiosity. There is little point in getting married if you aren’t religious. Thanks to progress made by LGBT couples, most of the legal benefits of marriage are shared by domestic partnerships. Traditionalists on the left and the right make a big deal of this, but it is of negligible factual importance.
When I went to get my COVID booster at CVS, there was a huge wait. One Karen started yelling at one young pharmacist and my partner told the lady to stop yelling at the staff for something that wasn’t their fault. The pharmacist later thanked us and explained the store’s computer program will accept up to 100 appointments per day. It’s a completely unreasonable pace to expect.
Unfortunately it’s a myth that Ford treated his employees well. Yes, he greatly raised pay, but that was to reduce employee turnover. For example, in 1913 Ford hired 52,000 people to keep a workforce of 14,000. Ford literally had his own secret police who would monitor employees and beat ones who were caught slacking. On top of that, the increase in pay was about half a bonus for meeting “character requirements” enforced by the Socialization Organization.
This was a committee that would visit the employees’ homes to ensure that they were doing things the “American way.” They were supposed to avoid social ills such as gambling and drinking. They were to learn English, and many (primarily the recent immigrants) had to attend classes to become “Americanized.” Women were not eligible for the bonus unless they were single and supporting the family. Also, men were not eligible if their wives worked outside the home.
Seems like the most straightforward way to account for commute would be to average the commute times of all employees at a workplace and pay accordingly. If a business doesn’t want to pay that, they can set up a work-from-home situation.
Survey names Texas the top state residents don’t want to leave ( www.audacy.com )
House Bill 500 Takes Away Kentucky Workers’ Lunch and Rest Breaks and Cuts Their Pay ( kypolicy.org )
HB 500 is an assault on longstanding basic rights and dignities on the job that will harm practically all Kentucky workers.
Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating? | Imogen West-Knights ( www.theguardian.com )
Men do think about matters of the heart, but writing about it publicly could be seen as undignified, says journalist Imogen West-Knights
Biden admin again bypasses Congress to sell military equipment to Israel ( www.cnn.com )
Opinion | Why Aren’t More People Getting Married? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. ( www.nytimes.com )
Harping on people to get married from up in the ivory tower fails to engage with reality of life in the dating trenches.
Luna finally sat still long enough for me to get a good pocture of her. ( lemmy.world )
Luna is a 3 year old standard poodle. We have had her for 3 weeks and I already can’t imagine life without her.
Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like ( www.cnbc.com )
Strikes aren’t bad for the US economy. They’re the best thing that could happen ( www.theguardian.com )
Auto workers, writers, actors, Starbucks workers, Amazon workers, UPS drivers, flight attendants – labor isn’t a ‘special interest’. It’s all of us
Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem ( fortune.com )
Biden: Trump is determined 'to destroy American democracy' ( www.msnbc.com )