What you described is exactly why Equal Marriage mattered so much. Thank you for highlighting that. I think, now, there are ways to designate someone in that role (besides marriage)? I’m not 100% sure of that. If not, I’d like to see that done.

For the original topic, I’m very much of the view that love should not be tied to consumerism of any type. If I were to get married, it would certainly be a courthouse wedding, with no rings or any of that; purely for those legal benefits.

okay admittedly this is the first I’m hearing of the Italian Brainrot ‘meme’ - probably because it’s AI slop.

I miss when alt-right propaganda masking as “edgy humor” was made by people with MS Paint graphics…

“The concert of the Italian Brainrots” yeah that’s a “fellow kids” product if I’ve ever seen one.

It’s a society problem. I grew up in a middle-class suburb. Absolutely no one played outside. Kids were booked from the end of school until dinner with structured “activities” that were just college resume points. None of the 15 kids on my block would have been able to join a game of “soccer” or throw a frisbee, because they were booked full-time from the age of 8. People need to let kids explore and entertain themselves.