Look, this isn’t my country but I’d think there’d be rioting in the streets about this. Someone’s out there spending the public’s money and making his whims everyone else’s problem.

No war but class war.

Unless your grandparents are racist… that’s an issue.

I read to my partner for 10-15 minutes every night before bed. Hard to know how many books it’s been because we accidentally started East of Eden and it’s been over 6 months I think.

Enjoying the process is key here I think. Don’t count books. Enjoy each page and each chapter as part of a journey where you’ll eventually get there.

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Has anyone tried telling them to just calm down and not get hysterical?

In OPs defence, it’s kind of typical to have subtotals for only all numbers above. Mildly infuriating to see a subtotal and then have them be like oh yeh here’s what’s also included there after the fact.