PugEnjoyer

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[–] PugEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you have any recommendations for Canadians? I recently moved back to Canada from the US and now that I'm trying to actively avoid buying US products I feel like I'm figuring out my routine from scratch again 😅

[–] PugEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Echoing the suggestions from others, don't mention being trans or strangeness at being best (wo)man. You don't need to explain yourself or anything, just talk about your friendship with the groom, the happiness you've seen in the couple, talk about things they share that make them such a strong couple, and if you wanna bring some humour you can always share a story that might (lightly!) embarrass the groom but that you can use to maybe highlight a positive quality he has or talk about how he's grown since then.

Your role there is to give the guests some insight from a close friend into the couple's relationship and how special it is, and to help the newlyweds feel the strength of their relationship as they solidify it with their marriage. You can talk about yourself if it genuinely comes up in what you want to say, of course, but only if it's something that's ultimately more about the couple.

[–] PugEnjoyer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Did people still like Dawkins before this? I'm not an atheist or super interested in his particular field of biology, but every time I heard him get mentioned after his initial New Atheism stuff it was him being islamophobic/racist against Arabs, Iraq war apologia, being an apologist for sexual harassment, etc. He seemed pretty bad for a while.