added a healthy smear of Mercurochrome.  Stung like crazy.  I'm not sure how we survived childhood.

That stuff was worse than the injury itself!

Agreed, with the exception that I think “booger.”

Here is a wonderful Ted Kooser poem I always think of when I see tattoos. I think people are using them to maintain some sort of unique relevance, but when so many people are covered with tattoos, it seems more like everyone is trying to hide behind them.

All of these tatted and pierced folks are going to look rediculous when they're 65yr old retirees at the beach.

So PA is the highest in the country. We also have the worst roads in the country which the gas tax is supposed to fix. Not holding my breath.

Gotta be connected if you want a piece of that pie.

Simply getting shit done, unlike most Presidents.

PA sucks. We have ALL the taxes and the second highest gasoline tax in the country

I achieved Vpa* in 1987 and never looked back.

* Vpa - Pennsylania escape velocity.

It means becoming a team to face the world together

Married 25, together close to 30. We have taken on the world, had each other's back, and are still best friends, even after retirement when we're together almost all the time. Doesn't get any better than that!

Not exactly a joke but I belly laughed out loud at this.  I am going to Hell for it...

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/wcnBME4Wt3

That would be my luck.

As for the women, they are putting career first, delaying any thought of marriage, then baby hunger kicks in during the 30s as they see their window of opportunity closing, but still remain picky about their choice of men, then finding there is a shortage of males who want to marry older, “independent minded” (translate: kinda bitchy) career women.

These are descriptions of proximal causes, but what are the underlying dynamics leading to them?

I attribute a large portion of this change to TV and movie portrayals of family life. In the 50's and 60's you had Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best. Men were the leaders of the household, and the wives were strong women who supported their men. A unified front.

Starting in the 70's, men were increasingly portrayed as buffoons. Only the mothers had the right answers, the fathers were to be laughed at. We now have several generations of women who believe they're to be the strong leader of the family, and the husband is to be an inconsequential amusement. The disconnect comes as these Hollywood farces don't come close to representing real families and real life.