It is very good to be certain, and worry free. You have achieved what few have.

I'm not certain, but your tone indicates I might have touched a nerve here. Of course you or I would not want to be married to someone who would risk their marriage over those stupid tests. But those tests do exist. We have to pay attention though. There are stressors, such as boredom, insecurity, peer pressure, and its close cousin group dynamics.

While my wife doesn't use TikTok, I can observe changes in her gestalt after joining Facebook some years ago. She's a stable person, but being in contact with my toxic older sister on a now daily basis has had some observable effect.

note: this is not specifically about women. I have a friend who was radicalized by Facebook's algorithms. I suspect from your pseudonym, you might be familiar with them. First click on some random political news or even news channel, then more and more extreme pages start showing up on your feed, the algorithm chooses based on your clicks, then nudges you along. But this friend shifted from mildly conservative to full blown MAGA at the far edge of the spectrum over a couple years.

But back to my SO. Despite my suggestions that too much contact with my sister might not be all that great, there have been undeniable signs that indicate they have been in regular communications. Both by social media, and personal communications. Not much I can do about that, SO is her own person.

Point is, the wife is pretty stable, has decent critical thinking skills, and yet still influenceable by social media. To a lesser extent, definitely, but the principle holds.

Perhaps your SO is immune. I hope so - a kind woman is a gift. I only do my regular me doing me as a Cassandra. But it is always a few clicks away from a deep dive into the algorithm and where it takes you, and how it influences you.

Regardless, good luck.

Newt Gingrich did that years ago, when he spearheaded the movement to purge the party of moderates. The progression to full blown insanity got its start there.

Not that the Democrats have been that much better in recent years. Ask Seth Moulton about that, when he said he didn't want his daughters run over by men playing on their girls teams. The Democrats tried to force him to admit he was wrong, that he supported men on women's teams then step down. The party faithful demanding his cancellation.

And before the usual suspects decide I'm trolling.. https://www.nbcboston.com/news.... https://www.wbur.org/news/2024... https://www.foxnews.com/sports....

I merely report facts. Looks like today, when you have an opinion your party will tell you what your opinion is, or be banished.

Oh man - Green Acres. What an experiment in surrealism. That show never got the credit it deserved. And Twilight Zone does get credit, fortunately. One of my favorites, was the one with Bill Shatner as a nervous guy who was on a plane, and kept seeing gremlins. I was just a little kid the first time I saw that one, and when he pulled back the curtain and the Gremlin was looking at him right outside teh window, I darn near pissed myself.

Or "Two" with Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery.

Has she given you one of the TikTok "tests" yet? Like the "Ignore your Husband for a month" or "fake breakup in public" tests? Be careful.

Get outa my head! Damn, I could have written your post. Love Fall of civilizations. Love the history of the earth shows. Sabina Hossenfelder's channel. Even some oddball stuff, like I Do Cars, and Uncle Tony's Garage. Or Jennings Motor Sports, a pseudo good old boy and his bringing long dead cars back to life.

So let's contrast that with television offerings. Never ending crime shows, Shows about a woman banging several men, then picks one. Real Housewives of fill in the blank. Sassy women of African descent fighting with each other. One Judge Judy type show after another, people taking off their clothes to run around in the woods, but with their naughty parts fuzzed out. I mean really, when the best thing is probably the Hallmark channel?

And the drugs. I have terrible concerns about the wholesale drugging of women with anti-depressants and now actual anti-psychotics. Hit 50, go to the doctors and they push that shit on you.

Wife puts TV on to have some sound, so I get most of my data from commercials. She surfs Youtube on her tablet. Hooked on body cam videos of police pulling over drunk women, and old movies.

Password Monster rates that as a weak password.

But hoooolld on a second. TIL there are sites where you can just type your password into!?!?

Jeebuz K. Ryste on a trampoline. We're lost, we're so lost.

Well, also, if you're shooting 120 medium format film or even 4x5 or larger films...the depth of field and looks just aren't something you can readily get from digital sensors.

I guess if they actually started making medium format sized sensors (ie the size of MF film) or larger then it might work...but those would be insanely expensive.

If they wanted to make me happy....start selling 400ft spools again of their Vision3 35mm cinema film that I can respool to shoot stills with.

The new stuff they're releasing for motion pictures without the old remjet backing that had to be "washed off" before processing sounds exciting....and would make life easier for those developing at home with either C41 or ECN-2.

Hell, really make me happy and start selling a version of the Vision3 films in 120 medium format and PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY.

For that, you have to assume that the people who voted for Trump wanted exactly what Trump brought us. They didn't. And it was pretty historic that a terrible candidate and person such as Trump managed to win over what should have been a slam dunk. Blue wave.

You do understand that a large subset of people vote against a candidate, don't you? And those people contributed to the eroding demographics once solidly Democrat. Elections are almost always close. so demographic erosion is a bad thing. And some Democrat positions, as one example abandoning the working class telling the Teamsters president directly that the Democrats were going to win with or without them - surely didn't resonate, especially when the working class was once a given to vote Democrat.

You don't like what I have to say, too bad. I've made a number of posts of an introspective analysis. I'm a troubleshooter by nature and employment. You might disagree, but ....

Your reply is Blah blah blah. And yes, Virginia, sometimes we can take a big portion of the blame for our failures. Simply blaming the "enemy" and maintaining your own innocence can lead to a repeating pattern of failure.

Amazing you read one thing and become spittle flecked enraged. I enjoy pissing you off, although it is too easy, sometimes I feel bad about it. But not too bad, There is a certain satisfaction in pissing of unhinged people.

You focus on the trans issue, yet ignore the other things. In fact, it is not about being bigoted about trans people. I state that I do not support transitioning children. I state that I do not support schools providing so called gender affirming care, and keeping that a secret from the child's family. I doo not support biological men playing on women's sports teams. I have no issue at all with an adult doing anything they like as long as it doesn't harm others. I've been clear on that.

You appear to be more obsessed with transgender people than me - your outrage over one thing supports that thesis Not that you care - I even tried to agree with your assessment., but still you cannot hold your temper. Might seek some counseling for that.

With everything going on with air traffic based issues since Trump started destroying the FAA and all other government agencies

What are you talking about ? If the Dems in the senate...as few as 5 of them would vote to pass the CLEAN Continuing Resolution, the govt would open and things would go to normal.....

This is the same CR that they have all voted on numerous times.....it isn't Trumps fault here, it's the Dems holding the US hostage here...

the ends do not justify the illegal and unconstitutional means.

Exactly what illegal and unconstitutional means do you propose are happening exactly?

I have a solar battery system that has had 100 percent uptime since installed years ago. In the meantime, my mains power was off for over a week earlier this year, and a number of days last year. So that storm that knocks out wind will knock out any power source. Regardless energy storage isn't all that complex, given that hydraulic storage is in regular use, and the present electrical grid gets along pretty well via switching power. A cell array, battery array, charge controller, and inverter isn't terribly complex. I designed and put mine together all by myself.

It is also expensive to a fault, and has to be propped up liability-wise.

I've always said that extremely safe fission based electrical plants can be built. Just not by humans. Humans have bean counters who want cheap, management that wants fast, and people who ignore the rules, calling any disagreement the province of tree huggers.

Things like Solar and wind become more installed all the time, and storage is proceeding apace (although lot of wind emplacements don't need storage)

I'm okay with not having the pace China can do - their pace includes a lot of tofu dregs, that seem to go missing against all of the breathless promotion of the Chinese approach.

You are 100 percent right. Not one word to argue with. America is being put to the test, with one idiotic idea after another.

Hopefully the Democrats will support the working class, males, and not the far left academic, biology denying, misandric group they have been obeying for some years. A group that is actually in its zeal has a strong anti-woman aspect. All idiocy is not the sole province of Republicans. We have to learn that again.

There appears to be some backlash to Cheeto and his inner circle's ineptness, in a voting year that usually only has Republicans voting. That's good.

I get a lot of pushback because of my post curb stomping analysis. And yes, it is easier for some to simply give a one reason excuse. Life of a Cassandra, I suppose. Speak truth to power always, just make sure it is the truth.