It’s 42 U.S.C. § 3604

Apartments would be included, hotels probably not.

As I understand it, it’s the “B” part of this:

(3)For purposes of this subsection, discrimination includes—

(A)a refusal to permit, at the expense of the handicapped person, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may where it is reasonable to do so condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted.[2]

(B)a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling; or

Allowing a emotional support animal is seen as a reasonable accommodation.

Hotels and motels, if they offer long term housing would be included, but short term housing would not be. Apparently courts have ruled that it applies to homeless shelters. However, the people running them can require documentation, and it is probably difficult for a homeless person to get paperwork from a doctor to prove that they need the accommodation of an emotional support animal.

This is different from a service dog, where the animal is more or less considered part of the person, so denying the animal access is the same as denying the person access due to their disability, and that will incur the wrath of the ADA.

Edit: To be clear, they’re allowed to have a rule that says no pets allowed, but they’re required to make an accommodation for people whose disability requires them to have an emotional support animal. However, they’re not required to tell you that they’re required to make the accommodation.

“Idiot Store Staff Mistake Someone For Someone Else” doesn’t get the same clicks.

My daughter got an emotional support animal before she went to college.

She graduated from high school in the middle of the pandemic, and she wasn’t sure she’d be able to make it through college, but she found out that if she had an emotional support animal, she could have it with her in the dorm.

She spoke to her doctor, got the forms, and we found a guinea pig at a shelter.

Normally a guinea pig needs other guinea pigs around to be healthy and safe. Her guinea pig was surrendered from a home that had 30 guinea pigs and he was severely abused by his siblings. His ears were torn, and he’s got scars on his belly. He didn’t tolerate the presence of other guinea pigs.

There was a day before she left for college when my daughter was depressed and just spending all day in bed. I pointed out to her that she was responsible for the guinea pig. She could be depressed, and unmotivated, but she had to clean his pen every day, feed him, and take care of him.

It worked. She graduated in January. He’s her emotional support animal, and she’s his emotional support human. She’s his herd, so she has to keep him company. Obviously, there’s more going on there, but I’m just taking about the emotional support animal.

He’s actually gotten better too. He still doesn’t live with other guinea pigs, but he doesn’t run away if he hears them anymore.

The only legal benefit to having an emotional support animal that I’m aware of in the U.S. is you can’t be denied housing.

I recently picked up a copy of Beer League at a thrift store.

Their normal price for DVDs is $1, but it was a 50% off sale.

It was definitely worth the 50¢.

The Jim Dandy is a banana split made in the super sundae bowl. The one pictured is a Reese’s Pieces super sundae.

Reese’s pieces, vanilla ice cream, peanut butter, hot fudge, and marshmallow sauce, whipped cream and a cherry.

If I’m remembering correctly, the super sundae was originally supposed to be five scoops of ice cream.

I suppose it still could be, but maybe their scoops are shrinking.

Edit: trying to get the ingredients right. Might still be wrong. It’s been a long time.

I’m thinking it would be like a naturally smoked turkey.

Well then I guess thank you for conceding the point that I know more about the food I make than you do.

Well, I don’t like having Reece’s peanut butter cups in my ice cream, so I wouldn’t get that.

I think what you may not be considering is the ongoing shrinkflation happening at restaurants.

I used to get the “Super Sundae” at Friendly’s. It’s served in a fishbowl style dish. They used to fill it with ice cream past the top of the bowl, with toppings including whipped cream above that. The last time I was there, the top of the whipped cream didn’t reach the top of the bowl.

(it doesn’t look like this anymore)

In answer to your question, having home made ice cream at home, I’m having 4-5 large scoops.

I’m not going to reach the end of my life wishing I had eaten more ice cream.

When you cook at home, even if you use oils and other high-caloric ingredients, you still use way less than restaurants do.

How much do you want to bet?

One example:

I’m concerned that I didn’t get butter when I went to the store on Friday because after I came home my wife told me she moved the last four pounds of butter out of the freezer.

I also have heavy cream in the fridge to make ice cream. If there’s not a layer of lard on your spoon after you’re done eating your ice cream, you aren’t really trying.

In my case, I have an ok relationship with my older brother. We don’t see each other often, but we do get together for lunch from time to time.

I stopped talking to my sister years ago. I told her our relationship was on hold until she committed to getting some therapy. She immediately hung up and proceeded to start spreading lies about me. She has previously tried to convince my kids that my mother hates them, and at my father-in-law’s funeral (standing at the casket) she told my mother-in-law to marry for money next time.

My wife finally realized her remaining brother was an asshole and cut off contact after he took our kids to a rock concert. She asked him not to drink at the concert, which pissed him off and he proceeded to drink at the concert. Their older brother was killed by a drunk driver, so it was a particularly shitty thing to do.

I’ve often said there’s always at least one insane person in every group of siblings. My father heard that and asked, “what about for me? I don’t have any siblings.”

I told him in his case he doesn’t have to wonder who the insane one is.

My dad was an only child. I have a brother and sister.

It would absolutely infuriate him that we weren’t all best friends. He’d really lose his shit. He just couldn’t understand why we couldn’t live up to what his fantasy of siblings was.

I can’t remember the last time I heard a car backfire.

It’s not like they would care.

Well, on the increasingly unlikely possibility that they are not increasing the budget to target American citizens, I hope other nations in the world know they have to dramatically increase their own defense spending.

What chance is there that this means the US defense budget can be cut?

I once played tuba.

My gift to music was deciding to stop and never play again.

I listen to the Up First podcast every morning. Then I see what I see while doom scrolling lemmy. That’s pretty much it.

My wife leaves MSNBC on just about all day long, and it’s rare she mentions anything I don’t already know about.

Ok, this is interesting because this question just came up with my wife.

I started playing the original Civilization game in college.

I shifted to freeciv when it became available.

If you consider them the same game, I’ve been playing that game about 34 years.

… bottled water, canned food, fuel, underground bunkers…

But the thing about that kind of concentration of power is it’s not a matter of if that power will be abused, it’s only a matter of when.

I’m thinking it’s more about how much of the abuse you can tolerate. It’s not like the US has been all that hesitant to abuse our allies in the past. It’s more like our allies have previously been able to convince themselves that the benefits outweighed the costs.

Like the friend who’s an asshole, but he’s got a 120" TV and is happy to share his booze. When he gets drunk and makes an inappropriate joke, you might ignore it. You tell your wife that he’s not that bad and you owe him for all he did for you in college.

The US has reached the point of whipping it’s dick out and waving it around at everyone at the party. It’s time to leave.