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Ruby wrote

Reply to Chips and hummus by rain

this post reminded me i have half a tub of hummus left i need to eat before it goes bad, thank you

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rain wrote

Reply to On life and how it ends [tw discussion of suicide] by nomorepie

Maybe if we did not treat the entire subject as a taboo it would be easier to talk about.

Then we need to stop imprisoning (“hospitalizing”) everyone who comes forward admitting they are suicidal.

Suicide and suicidal ideation is a legitimate response to a lot of traumas, and criminalizing this response just stops people from even talking about it until it has gone into a full blown crisis. There should be voluntary help to anyone who needs it, but if someone really wants to die that is their choice. Taking away someone’s autonomy, taking away their fundamental right to decide what to do with their own body - that’s not helping. It’s an abomination - and most people instinctively avoid it.

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rain wrote

Reply to comment by underscores in it won't be long before "the 20s" will generally be understood to mean the current decade, instead of the 1920s by cowloom

People haven't really been using that wording to refer to the current decade since the 90s, so it feels kind of dated.

I think that’s just because there aren’t any universally agreed on shortcuts to refer to the 2000-2009 and the 2010-2019 decades. Not enough people use nought for the “noughties” to have caught on, and “the teens” leaves out 2010-2012. At some point I expect it to comeback, possibly ironically at first, but once it’s back I think it will stick around again. People love short cutesy labels.

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underscores wrote

Reply to it won't be long before "the 20s" will generally be understood to mean the current decade, instead of the 1920s by cowloom

I feel like it might not get that popular. People haven't really been using that wording to refer to the current decade since the 90s, so it feels kind of dated.

Some other phrasing, nickname, slang, pun, or something could take off instead. I guess if there's some distinctive attribute to the decade maybe it'll get an adjective to contrast it with the roaring 20s.

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