Signtist

The issue is that the vast majority of people don’t view religion as “what I should or shouldn’t do.” They view it as “what should and shouldn’t be done.” They can’t just follow the tenants themselves; in order to follow their religion - at least not the way they interpret it - they need to make sure the tenants are being universally followed. That’s why religion is always at odds with society as a whole unless that society is already overbearingly religious. It will never change unless there are no major groups within society with different beliefs than the norm.

Yeah, if I’d have destroyed something in a tantrum, I just wouldn’t have had that thing anymore. It didn’t even matter if we could afford a replacement or not - I wouldn’t get anything my parents couldn’t trust me with.

The books were great, but putting on an Eyewitness VHS and hearing that opening theme song is a core memory for me.

I just bought a new copy of that for my nephew for Christmas! Didn’t realize it’s been around for a while.

That one’s next on my list after I finish rewatching Chuck!

It’s an average, calculated as the cumulative increase in monthly costs compared to January 2025 from February 2025 through September 2025. So people in West Virginia are paying $425 more per month on average than they did in January, while people in Utah are paying $1,030 more per month on average than they did in January. The average increase across all states is about $700.