There’s a lot of good advice here already, so I’ll just add the potentially expensive (depending on insurance) next step: allergen immunotherapy. I’m about as allergic to dogs as you are, and some of the advice I got was “why not make them an outside dog?” — first of all, hell no, they’re family, and second, I lived in an apartment at the time, so that was impossible.

The immunotherapy, or allergy shots, starts with the tests others mentioned. They can do skin pricks or blood draw, and to save you a lot of misery, I suggest the blood draw. Then you get vials drawn up that effectively tincture allergens over time into your body for about three-ish years, so this is a time commitment.

Some advice on allergy medications I’ve received: avoid Claritin and Benadryl due to their links to dementia in long term use, try Zyrtec and Xyzal to see which works best (Costco/sam’s has the best value for these).

A higher MERV filter in my air unit, based on what it could handle, and an air purifier helped me a lot.

Because we need merchandising uwu

I know someone in this circumstance, and it comes down to exactly one issue: abortion. The spouse is Roman Catholic and cannot support abortion, so despite disagreeing with most of the republican platform, they feel obligated to vote with the party that opposes it. I had the same thing crop up in 2008 with a roommate who was Greek Orthodox and in every way one of the most progressive people I knew, but they voted McCain purely on this one issue out of religious guilt.

A Pynchon-level conspiracy. I suspect we’ll be seeing some more dentist-on-trampoline accidents.

I watch nothing but Blue Bloods 24/7 and will pay any price for whatever number of channels gets me Blue Bloods

Put these babies in sport mode for maximum brrrrrrrt

The ol Gluck Gluck 9000 with an orange peel twist

I prefer a nice chowder

I learned something new! Thanks for the correction.

seeking to chill Defendant Musk’s exercise of his First Amendment rights is absolutely unconstitutional coming from a government official

Oh wait but he wouldn’t have any 1st amendment protections if (let’s face it, when) he lied to get that H1-B back in the day

This is an opinion I’ve held and, as you’re getting some flak for, I have as well. Apathy of voting just for the sake of D or R is one thing, but apathy to the point of not even caring who wins is even worse. As the saying goes, elections have consequences, and you can at least do something for or against those consequences. It really comes down to how willing you are to be cognizant of having an ideology or just getting sucked into one.

The interrobang is back‽

Enjoy the view from the crusty chair in the corner on loan from Vance, ya dud.

Sign an open letter, letter gets published, see who else signed that open letter, backpedal because of the associations, sign the next open letter denouncing the problematic signatories of the first one, emails go out, committees are formed, platitudes are had, repeat.

Insert James Acaster here: “What’s the matter, guys? Too challenging for you?“

The article said nothing about intellectual disability, but it did suggest some older people contextually from their complaints. Here’s an actual citation from one of the complaints that I think sums it up perfectly:

Now, i’m an intelligent [person], at least I consider myself that to be. I am a huge fan of elon musk and tesla. I only bit into this because it did sound too good to be true.

Vance said that he had not heard the joke and that “maybe it’s a stupid racist joke” or “maybe it’s not”

Schrödinger’s racism, apparently

Yes, and I do appreciate your specific link. My frustrations are with the NYT and their business model as a whole.

Cool. Now don’t paywall it, ya fucks.

Coincidentally also the passphrase for Mar-a-lago