I was curious too so I looked it up.

Pens. Lighters. And razors for shaving. Mostly the single use ones.

But also

BIC has drawn criticism for maintaining its business operations in Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

:C

More of an answer to the title question, but absolutely.

I left home at 18 to join the military, but my high school friends were still close knit. We’ve grown apart, but there are so many wild differences in the group as a whole now that we’re full fleged adults and have been for a little bit. We’re all so different now, it’s pretty wild.

One had a kid early in her 20s and struggled to get through schooling while raising a kid and supporting her household. She found solid work and had to drop her degree to focus on that. One got into a big company and has fast tracked promotions until moving to another company for big money. Once settled into that, had kids and now is living the classic American upper middle class lifestyle. One happened upon an internship that completely changed her degree trajectory and now she’s incredibly happy in a position no one would have expected for her. I don’t know if kids are on the menu, but she’s certainly enjoying traveling for now.

And then I’m sort of starting all over after ending a long term relationship and moving and getting a new group of friends locally and and and.

So absolutely everyone has hugely different priorities. Maybe not as self centered as your mate’s, but life has really worked all of us into different paths.

Cleaning. With ADHD I cannot manage enough executive function to do things well, so good enough is good enough.

For example, I hate laundry, it’s the worst chore. But I’ve created shortcuts that are all stupid and mediocre, but it makes the chore doable. I don’t fold my shirts, they just go in a bin, I don’t fold shorts or tank tops, I don’t do much for pants. I don’t care about wrinkles and it’s at least clean and put away and that’s good enough

My first car was $12k USD off the lot.

I just bought a new car after nearly two decades of my first and it was $42k. It’s not even anywhere near upper end, it’s one of the most basic daily drivers there are.

I’m gonna guess Game of Thrones

The therapist I’m seeing now is big on this kind of thing. Not so much as the OP where we’re trying to feel emotions in the body, but more that we’re trying to feel the reactions and bigger emotions in the context of time. As in “How old is this part of you that feels this?”

It’s very helpful, in my opinion, because it’s allowing me to heal parts of myself that suffered the trauma, and it’s allowing the PTSD to feel less like a jump scare and more like an understanding.

Ohhhhh. I didn’t know this. I’ll give it a shot, thanks!

Unfortunately my forgetful and ADHD and idiot nature won’t let me. I have to stick to my end of month routine or else it won’t get paid

The way I use my credit card is that I purchase everything in a month on it and then when all of my bills come in at the end of the month, I pay it off. However, my credit card payment isn’t actually due until the 15th or something.

If I waited, I would 100% end up missing a payment because it’s not part of my routine.

Honestly I wish I knew. The disease is relatively unknown, so I doubt there’s been studies like that.

Living at high altitude for long periods of time can cause a disease that is otherwise most associated with cocaine and meth.

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension has some weird causes, but it seems that high altitude and having to work for enough oxygen can cause the body to revolt.

I play different kinds of solitaire instead of doomscrolling

Onion dip or spinach dip.

On occasion and as a treat for myself, I will buy a bag of Ruffles and a thing of sour cream and French onion soup mix (dried), and make French onion dip and then devour as much as I want for a meal. It’s my crack

There’s an album for Simon and Garfunkel live at Madison square garden. I think I only really love it more than most of their other stuff because it’s the album I grew up on and it’s got all the classics. Unfortunately I couldn’t find it on Spotify, but it’s probably out there.

It’s not an album necessarily, but there is a Portugal The Man live sort of half documentary half album that’s done acoustically. It’s awesome, I think it really highlights how eclectic they are as a group.

Similarly, not an album, but there’s a few accoustic songs done by Manchester Orchestra in one sitting that’s on YouTube and it’s just absolutely gorgeous. It’s my favorite songs of theirs and it’s just beautiful.

A lot of the Unplugged concerts are so much better, IMO

Shale. It doesn’t taste like much, but the consistency is like a really good chocolate bar, so it kinda messes with the mind. Thanks I don’t have pica, but that would definitely be my rock of choice

Carbonara or a good Cacio e pepe.

And if I’m feeling really spoiled, a little fillet mignon in addition.

I don’t drink alcohol, so instead of wine or anything, I pair this with a perfect cold sweet tea, southern US style

I back this.

Short form content practically everywhere has fueled this need for quick fixes and it gets so much harder to do anything that actually needs attention.

Gross

We Need to Talk About Kevin comes to mind.

I’m not sure if it counts as a “museum”, but the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA is fantastic. I went during COVID and unfortunately wasn’t able to remove my mask to smell the flowers, but even then it was stunning.

The science museum of Minnesota in Minneapolis is also a great time. There were a ton of hands on exhibits that were super interesting. The tornado simulator was a lot of fun.

Tacoma Glass Museum is short but a stunner. I’ve been to this one and the glass gardens in Seattle and I think the Tacoma museum wins by a decent margin. Plus there’s live demonstrations where you can watch from any angle. Very cool.