oddly enough, no one has suggested that I start an OF if I don’t have money /s

I would find this very annoying.

Oh please.

Did you really just create a lemmy account to tell us about your best friend who is a top international high-end escort who also runs an extremely profitable OnlyFans account ?

I imagine lemmy is fairly low-yield as regards paying fans. The stereotypical lemmy user is young and broke.

Comment of the year right here. Awesome. I like you.

You’re looking at it the wrong way.

It doesn’t matter who’s on the right side of the law. They don’t care if they lose this case.

They’re trying to make ordinary citizens fearful of speaking up or calling them out. When they come to take your neighbors away they want you to look the other way because you don’t want to get involved.

Honestly, it’s horrifying.

I think it’s a different kind of unhealthy economy.

There’s more at stake than stocks going up or down by a few percent.

People with large business empires don’t want a catastrophic recession.

It’s never too early to efficiently count your sheep!

Double entry accounting system.

I’m an accountant by trade. The double entry system wasn’t invented until the 15th century.

I could account for any lords various assets, goods, and livestock in an efficient, reliable and accurate manner

The cultists, yes… but they’re not the ones keeping him on his throne. If enough rich people lose enough money he will be impeached.

I think maybe my cargo bike could cart that. Kid included.

IMO it’s not really the MAGA idiots you need to worry about. It’s the influential people in the republican party who are supporting Trump.

You’re right that the stereotypical trump supporter can’t be dissuaded by economic hardship.

However, the people that thought Trump was going to deliver them never before seen profits through de-regulation can very easily be dissuaded be economic hardship.

An economic hole is forming, and if it’s deep enough and wide enough Trump will be unseated.

As someone who doesn’t live in the US, I’m looking forward to watching this unfold.

It’s going to hurt Trump. I’m sorry a lot of Dem voters will be collateral damage but honestly, an economic shit storm of biblical magnitude is pretty much the only thing that can save you IMO.

Hard to know.

Could go either way.

I can certainly imagine people avoiding it because of implied danger.

… but I can also imagine people evaluating it and concluding that “they don’t look sick, and they taste fine”.

I guess the decision depends on how hungry you are.

I think it’s important to point out that anyone making this decision was probably using the herd as a primary source of food…it’s pretty clearly a sign that you should hit the road.

I know some people who eloped.

They went to the registry office with a witness then did a week of cycle touring because that’s their thing.

Posted it on social after the fact.

I thought it was a great way to go.

I’m not quite sure what you mean to imply.

The topic of marriage did come up 6 years ago when we decided to have kids. At that time we decided it didn’t have much meaning for us.

We didn’t really think about her family name at that time.

When the kids were born she was emphatic that they should have my family name. She actually has a family name from a previous marriage, which wouldn’t be appropriate for our kids, and she’s estranged from her actual family so didn’t want her maiden name.

Since the kids have been born this has been in the back of my mind and I’ve been meaning to address it, I assume it’s on her mind too.

Honestly, just attending to all the things that need to be done in the last 2 years has been very challenging. This just hasn’t been a priority.

Also for context, de facto relationships have legal standing in Australia. So the law treats us as though we were married. Our situation is not uncommon.

I mentioned it to my sisters who suggested she could just use my family name as an alias, or just change her name to our family name, or we could elope. If she wanted to hyphenate that would be up to her of course but knowing her as I do I doubt she will want to.

He’s getting a masterclass in negotiation from Xi and I’m here for it.

My defacto partner and I have been together for 12 years. We’ve been trying to have kids for 6 years or so and got lucky with twins 2 years ago.

Being married wouldn’t strengthen our bond or commitment in any way.

It’s a shame my partner doesn’t have the same surname as our kids. I’ve been meaning to ask her how she feels about it.

It’s not relevant in most countries because if it were you could just get married and get a visa.

IIRC this particular word emerged in a blog post published explicitly to propose a bunch of new words.

So yes I do realise that all words have an etymology, but most were not created in the course of self aggrandizement.