Nooo please don’t be right, I never want to think about this man ever again and his death is the only hope for that I have. But ugh you’re probably right.

We trick-or-treated at a house that had two of them. One had the trunk open filled with candy. Cute but two???

It’s nuts, right? That’s why it felt icky. My husband and I talk through all the stuff on our ballots together and we really went back and forth on this one. Ultimately we did vote for it, probably because we kept reading that the AHF had funded at least half of all the other props we were voting on, most of which had nothing to do with healthcare. But I’m still not sure that was the right vote. I’ll be curious to see how it shakes out.

I’m also watching prop 36 because I see all these signs for it in my neighborhood, but I’m against it.

The thing is, there’s only one org that meets the threshold for it and that’s the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which throws a lot of money at props in California and has some questionable stuff about being a landlord. From calmatters.org:

Proposition 34 would require some California providers to spend at least 98% of that net drug sale revenue on “direct patient care.” Providers that don’t risk having their state license and tax-exempt status revoked and losing out on government contracts.

But the proposition doesn’t apply to all providers — only those that spend at least $100 million on expenses other than direct care, that also own and operate apartment buildings and that have racked up at least 500 severe health and safety violations in the last decade.

As far as anyone can tell, that only applies to one organization: The AIDS Healthcare Foundation. \

The measure would also put into law a Newsom administration policy that requires all state agencies to negotiate for lower drug prices as a single entity.

I’m really curious how Californians feel about Prop 34. It’s kind of bizarre to see a prop that is actively targeting a single organization, even if that org is super sketchy. I felt icky voting on it, for or against.

I know it means nothing but, as an American, I’m sorry for the havoc our political system wreaks on your feed and on the world in general. We’re not thrilled about it either, typically.

I asked someone which third party candidate they think I should vote for in a thread where they were saying third party is the only anti-genocide vote. Six hours later and I still don’t have an answer. It’s so disingenuous.

Okay, as a Californian, which third party candidate do you suggest? Because it ain’t Jill Stein. Which candidate do you support over Harris?

Some of us Tesla drivers refuse to use any of their bullshit auto-driving software (I don’t even use lane assist anymore) because of bad experiences so hopefully most of them are just driving normally. Which I do admit may not spark much confidence given how terrible some drivers are.

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Oh! I thought of one, Gwendolyn Christie.

I knew a Genevieve in college, and then my son’s best friend in preschool was a Genevieve who went by Jenny (or Geny?) and now my daughter has one in her class, so they’re making a comeback maybe?

I’m fond of “Gwendolyn” but I’ve never met or even known of one, to my knowledge.

I know a 10-year-old Agnes! And also a 40s/50s-ish Agnes (I can’t guess adult ages well).

I’m usually the pass-out-candy parent, but my kids wanted to split up this year so I got to experience exactly why my street gets only a handful every year (and barely any this year). Four blocks down is practically a street-long block party. At least 50% of the houses are not just active but decked out. We saw cars dropping kids off, and we saw a family from school that doesn’t live in our neighborhood. I get it but I’m kinda sad my mostly-retiree street doesn’t see any action.

I worked for Starbucks during college in 2004. Everything he says they’re trying to go back to is what it was like when I worked there. We had limited food items in a case, some mugs, and definitely sharpies. No hot food back then. Most of the time the only customization requests we got besides an extra shot or a different milk was the “extra-extra-caramel” requests for those disgusting caramel frappuccinos. They wanted us to coat the cup in caramel sauce. We hated making frappuccinos.

Yeah that made me question whether I was right or not, honestly.

Went through my comment replies, only one I found was @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world

Sometimes it’s not the kids’ fault. I’d say most of the time the parents need to be involved in some way with the costume (buying, making, helping to make) and some kids just don’t have present parents so I don’t want to punish them for that.

Also I really don’t want leftover candy in my house (because I’ll eat it) so…

And sell it to them. Capitalism gonna capitalize