On weekends, we hear fireworks occasionally on the weekends. We assume it's for whatever sports game is in season.

But I always check the headlines real quick

It's a form of exclusion, of othering people. I understand that may not be the intent, but it labels them as "not like us", with contextual hints that we're probably better off without them.

One of my kids decided to be a Pokemon card this year! They'd already found one of the custom card generator websites, so he designed the card, and we got that and an upscaled image of a pokemon card back printed, and slapped those on some foamboard with a ribbon harness!

He got a ton of compliments for it, he was very pleased with himself! Lot more adults than I expected recognized it right away, too

I honestly think the intent is both. It's funny because we can recognize it's a bit ridiculous, and still see ourselves in that position

Wearing metas?

I read that as a joke - Nixon wasn't exactly known for his charisma either. Both were known for the other, iirc

Iirc, that particular Thanos poster was an incel talking point for a bit. Don't think it's just Thanos, it's that particular image of Thanos

Mine have kept theirs in good shape for multiple years. Both are under 10

Not necessarily - they may just not have genuflected quickly enough, or refused him for their own ends

Confidence is attractive, and she had plenty of it

Our kids defaulted to this when they were first learning, because they were excited to see and then remembered they needed to wipe too. Teaching them to wipe before standing took some extra time, I wonder if that got skipped for you? Or your parents, who passed that on?

They're all very cute! I was actually thinking rabbits are quite a bit bigger than rats, I wasn't sure orcs were big enough...