Yep, great advice. Stop subscribing or following politics and common “news,” add hobbies and things you want to learn helps a lot. You’ll find that the news media is 99% negative and, honestly, lies a lot for clicks and eyeballs.

If you have to have some news then there are services like Allsides that show how liberal or conservative (US) a news article is. That at least gives you better context. I’m sure others exist in other countries. There are certainly more US centric ones.

Heck yeah! Great rhymes.

Gargoyles, Batman The Animated Series, X-Men, Exosquad, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain. Liked them equally.

Same view but I also have had it pretty good. Great family and support, passed that on to my kids, and I’ve had a lot of support with great teachers through my years so now I pass that on to those less fortunate and it just does it for me. It’s a great feeling helping others.

Here’s your Christmas advice kids: care about other people, nothing else will actually fulfill you.

Was in retail for 24 years. Holidays aren’t nearly as fun for those keeping things going.

However, I did learn a lesson about gas stations (at least the brand I was going to) where I had forgotten to get gas prior to Christmas and had to travel to see family that day. I stopped at the gas station, the pumps weren’t accepting cards and I had to go in. I apologized to the attendant and she said, “don’t apologize. I’m getting triple time and this one day will pay for all of Christmas for my kids.” She was happy as hell to be getting paid what she felt she was worth and it was a quiet day for her.

Not worth it for me personally, and a lot of us I’m sure, but not everyone hates it.

Right. Cost ≠ value

Genetic testing basically puts a large amount of doubt on it though. More likely it wasn’t a hybrid than was.