This shit makes Covid look like a vacation.

Treatment needed within 24 hours. 100% mortality without treatment.

It will be contained, as it has been several times in the recent past, but imagine if we were in the middle of WWIII and our ability to respond was much lower. It could wipe out millions.

Career politicians do follow the wind.

I support term limits for Congress to mitigate this and corruption in general.

The things we’ll do for the promise of sex.

I was raised without religion. Decided I was atheist as soon as I came across the word as a kid.

I’ve read large parts of the Christian Bible, in a “know thy enemy” sort of way.

Also, reading the Bible is one way atheists come to be atheists.

That said, I have zero interest in learning more about astrology. Yes, it’s completely nonsensical, and not worth anyone’s time pursuing. There’s nothing behind it. The “basics of how it works” is that it obviously doesn’t work at all. It’s complete bullshit.

Money can buy security.

People are naturally happy when they’re secure, so it seems like money buys happiness. Really, it’s just allowing you to climb out of the hole of despair we were all born into.

That something is that money = power, and power corrupts.

They start out with perhaps a little less empathy than normal, maybe due to being raised by rich, entitled parents, but as their wealth and power grows, the lose it all.

I think virtually everyone, save the Mr. Rogers and Dolly Partons of the world, would soon fall into the same trap, if handed a billion dollars. It’s human nature. We’re not poor because we’re better, we’re better because we’re poor.

Billionaires think they have an IQ of 1000.

Good to know. Because, I was just about to move there. I hear Siberia is lovely in the winter. Also, I was promised a free trip to Ukraine. Two countries for one price, what a deal!

Sometimes, UFOs land.

That dog? A UFO that’s not flying at the moment. When the dog sits, the aliens are getting back onboard.

Some UFOs can morph into different shapes as camouflage.

That lake? Yep, it’s a UFO.

I’ve been 2.5 episodes into a “new” show before realizing I’d watched it before.

Seriously, tho…

Most people are decent and so don’t consider the potential problems with renting out a room.

There’s a lot more to being a landlord than just throwing an ad up and taking anyone who wants to rent. Background checks only tell you some of what they did in the past, not what they will do. There are no guarantees.

I have two rooms in my decent house I’d be willing to rent out for $400/mo. But, there’s the risk of taking on renters and then being legally liable for all the issues they bring with them. You never know what they’re going to do, and you can get stuck with them for months while you try to evict them. It can be a real fucking nightmare, to the point that I could lose my house in the most extreme situations.

So, no, thank you. I won’t be renting out rooms for an affordable amount, no matter how much I’d like to try to help.