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SW is for children is not a great take. It’s just not sci-fi, and shouldn’t be judged as such. It’s a space fantasy, and it leans into the camp and the suspension of disbelief. They use wings and aerodynamics in space. Destroyed ships “sink.” The good guys never get hit and the bad guys die in one shot. Now, the new movies were absolutely disappointing, but Star Wars was never sci-fi, at least not in the ways this discussion is defining the genre.

It doesn’t sound like this is a relationship that makes you happy, and you’ve just entered into an adult world of options and exploration. Personally, I wouldn’t waste time. How likely do you see this being long term and happy?

Additionally, while 18-24 isn’t necessarily a “problematic” age gap, you are in different parts of your life entirely. The amount your personality, interests, goals, social network, etc change between 18 and 24 is huge. If I had a friend that was dating an 18 year old at 24, I’d be very confused and a little concerned. When I was 18, I was still figuring out who I was, worrying about paying for college, trying and failing at relationships until I had made the mistakes and learned the lessons I needed to. When I turned 24, I was engaged, friends of mine were all graduated, some with kids, some married, and we were all well into a developing adult life. You should really take advantage of the time you have. I wouldn’t waste it on someone that isn’t willing to do the legwork to take care of themselves, much less you. You aren’t responsible for their depression, much less so at the cost of important years of your young adulthood.

Edit: I just saw your update, I’m glad you’re taking care of yourself

It was a hypothetical. Pretending those two statements are the same is willful ignorance. You’re continuing to pearl-clutch over a statement that doesn’t mean what you’re claiming it does. You’re putting words and intent I people’s mouths and then making moral judgements based off your misinformation. You’re making ad hominem attacks against a hypothetical. How are you still trying to justify an untenable position?

You continue to change the narrative. The did not say “Death to every [blank].” You said that. They said “death to the IDF.” If I say “death to capitalism,” I’m not saying “kill all capitalists.” They’re calling for the downfall of an evil organization. You are choosing to misunderstand them and put words in their mouth. You keep walking back your initial exaggeration. They clearly do not mean kill all Israeli adults. This is the same willful misinterpretation that the rest of the neoliberal media does.

Missing the point. “Death to [organization]” is not synonymous with “kill all members of [organization].” Even if it did, my other point is that the entire country is not in the IDF. You’ve made claims and extrapolations that have nothing to do with anyone’s actual beliefs. It wouldn’t be genocide regardless.

How does “death to the IDF” mean death to the entire adult population? Regardless of mandatory service in the past, they aren’t in the IDF now, and they aren’t the ones “just following orders.” I also don’t think Bob Vylan is actually suggesting that every person in the IDF be killed, regardless of complicity, but calling for the downfall of the organization perpetuating genocide.

“Death to ICE” doesn’t mean the same thing as “kill all ICE agents.”

Damn, didn’t think I’d see one of these jokes in 2025. Wild.

It’s my wife’s favorite game. If you do play it, after leaving the starting area, enjoy the song. Don’t beeline to the oak tree camp thing, it’ll cut the music off unceremoniously.

I have way more than one sexual partner and I don’t have any regrets, not of the choice of partners or the sex. My regrets are from relationships that didn’t pan out.

People like you came up with the Missouri Compromise.