I live in New York, one of the most northern and blue states around, and have my entire life. In 7th grade I decided I didn't like saying the Pledge of Allegiance, the name alone sounded odd to me, like why are children pledging themselves to a country, when we can't even really understand what that means? So I stopped.

The school staff lost their minds.

Luckily my parents taught me to be firm in my beliefs, if I had truely thought about them and believed them. So I stuck to my choice, and my parents backed me up on it when they arrived at the school 45 minutes after the Pledge normally ended.

On a side note, I had read ahead in my Social Studies textbook that week, and learned about Nationalism in Nazi Germany, and it had sounded strangly familiar to me. Not long after the Pledge of Allegiance incident happened.

Hidden data got me good

This is pure speculation, but since we found Lead caused so many development issues when it was so prominent in everyday life, and plastic has been likened to this generations lead- poisoning, I wonder if there is a link between the prevalence of micro plastics and the increase in ADHD and ASD.

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The egg came first. To the chickens disappointment and, who left to find a more satisfying partner.

"Thoughts and prayers" seems to have crossed the pond. I genuinely hope they are more useful over there, because they are absolutely worthless here and usually indicate that nothing of consequence will be done about the matter.

I agree, but that's why I wanted to spread awareness that it existed starting now. The sooner the better.

No Man's Sky

Only sport that team would play is disk golf

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

It's Furi-O-sa, not Furi-o-SA!

Then you didn't donate anything, you sold it.

"I sold some of my own body parts to try and escape crushing debt."

There, fixed that for you. Unfortunately, many of us are in the same boat, so I sincerely hope you can escape now, good luck.