Children under 5 get a giant Christmas card, the kind the whole office is supposed to sign. Little kids never get mail, so you’ll make their Christmas. Give parents cash to get whatever the kid actually needs.
Children 5 to 10 get a GI Joe or a Barbie. Doesn’t matter if the kid likes that toy, what matters is that they can trade it in the school yard. It’s like sending someone in jail a carton of Newports.
Ages 10 to 20 get cash.
Over 20 gets a nice bottle of booze. Even if they don’t drink, they can regift it easily.
I posted because I have seen it go from expecting a bike rider to be a kid to expecting them to be an older adult. But I guess it’s different depending on where you live.
Not an expert, but it sounds like a vicious cycle. More car vs. bike accidents means fewer bikes on the road means drivers don’t look out for bikes which causes more accidents.
And no, I’m not telling you to go out and ride until you get hit to raise awareness.
Just read an interview with the young actors from ‘Stranger Things.’ They said that one of the craziest 1980s thing they did was get on bikes and just ride around town, unsupervised. One said he looks around now, and never sees kids just riding bikes.
[off topic] From ‘Cheers’ Same and Woody are discussing music. Sam says that sometimes he’ll rock out to the real old time rock and roll; the Marvelettes; the Four Tops; The Temptations. He asks Woody if he’s ever heard of any of them. Woddy says no, but sometimes his Mom would have him listen to Devo.
“Tipping the landlord” Some landlord/employer posted on Twitter how none of their employees/tenants are grateful for the nice things the capitalist provides them with. They said that they’d like to get tipped occasionally. It might have been a shitpost, but it blew up. Now, ‘tipping the landlord’ is an internet gag line. No one in real life tips their land lord.
He posted on Twitter about his magnificent car collection, and Greta Thunberg posted back that he was a giant manchild [ or words to that effect] Offended, he got into a flame war. Meanwhile, there’s an NGO called GRETA, which works against trafficking. Someone tells Andy that he’s on GRETA’s radar. Incensed, he posts a video that gives clues to his location. The police use that video to find and arrest him.
If he’d acted like the powerful leader he aspires to be, he would have ignored the posts. Instead, he took the bait and got caught, just like a little fish
It’s one of the lessons he teaches his students/acolytes; the person who speaks less in a meeting is the one in control. Too bad he couldn’t learn his own lesson.
It’s funny. They are all referred to by their last names [Dr. McCoy, Mr. Scott, Ensign Chekov] but people always assume that ‘Uhura’ is her first name.
What nice vibes (startrek.website)
What gifts are you getting for your friends and family members?
Share your gift ideas, because I am a bit stumped.
Yeah, but... (lemmy.world)
Time is cruel (startrek.website)
Brave truth teller. (lemmy.world)
Revolutionary free thinker Andrew Tate (lemmy.world)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gold (www.smbc-comics.com)
Source: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gold-3
Sensors report that sanity levels in this sector are decreasing rapidly, Captain (startrek.website)
Madness (mander.xyz)
Who's on first? (pixelfed.social)
"Daily Affirmations" by War and Peas (lemmy.world)
All the links...
"Implants. Those aren't your memories, they're somebody else's." (pixelfed.social)
I can't believe I'm saying this, but...Engage (pixelfed.social)
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As if he'd need to be drunk to say this to Spock. (startrek.website)
High Fashion Doesn't Change (startrek.website)