Maslow, but anti-intellectualism doesn’t help

Over 5 years for me too, and i actually called them up to ask if they were a scam the first month because it was so easy to sign up and cheap for unlimited data.

They said “no” and i said “okay”.

Nope! Visible is owned by Verizon but fortunately offers different services and functions separately.

Human customer service, remote setup, actual unlimited plans, 20 bucks a month, no contracts.

Visible is functionally different and a better customer experience than verizon and other providers in every way, they just get to use verizon networks.

Visible with unlimited data and hotspots: more versatile, cheaper and less time-consuming than dealing with either of those fuckers.

1. Chav does not mean “working class people” and is not a “slur”.

2. You’ve got to be the same person with the chav fetish looking for a “polite” chav synonym for your romantic interests and then attacking people.

If you don’t like that word, don’t use it so much.

Yup. Great point.

Now you know!

You took a shot, didn’t hit it’s done, somewhere in there is something you can use to positive effect in the future.

If it goes through, it goes, if it doesn’t it doesn’t.

If you’ve already upset her enough that she’s cut contact, she likely won’t respond either way.

And either way, you can let her get back to her life and try to become a positive experience in other people’s lives going forward.

Dang, it’s pretty common behavior, unfortunately. I’ve been guilty of it.

You’ve recognized your manipulating behavior; that means you can change it.

It doesn’t sound like you should interact with this woman you’re referring to any more, because an apology may not help her with what’s already happened and being around you at all could upset her more.

But the world is big and keeps going on. You could try to make amends by being supportive and helpful to other people, even those you don’t know yet, counter your negative experiences with positive ones.

Maybe one day after you’re more in control of those manipulative tendencies, the opportunity will come up for you to apologize.

If it doesn’t, it doesn’t, but you can become a positive experience in people’s lives going forward, regardless.

Yes, questions you know the answer to is a good option, but the way the person answers you can confuse the truth anyway through indirect methods.

Are they making you doubt your own experiences and memories so their story becomes more plausible?

Do they suggest their poor behavior is actually your fault?

Any time you bring up an issue to someone and rather than directly addressing the issue, the person brushes aside the issue to focus on a new topic, especially one that implicates or blames you, that’s a huge red flag signaling manipulation and you should be on guard.

If they keep doing it and you find yourself stuck or trapped in the conversation, maybe admitting guilt you aren’t sure you own or even agreeing with something you know is incorrect, the sooner you leave, physically just walk away from them, and keep walking away, the better.

If you’re getting turned around in a conversation, the longer you let them tell you stories, the more convincing those stories will become and can harm your wellbeing.

I’ve seen them!

Do you mean expose them as a liar?

Questions you know the answer to is certainly a viable method to determine who’s’ lying.

Do you mean pat the water off the top layer of hair and then leave the rest of your hair damp?

Cult personalities aren’t just another criminal any more than they are just another person.

They used their charisma and cunning to influence people, and unless they’re manson-level, many cult leaders do a few years in prison, get out and then do what they were doing before but more quietly.

Proves the falsity of inevitability.

Hopelessness and cynicism is very hip and demonstrably incorrect.

“never!” they cry, as the first Muslim Democratic Socialist is elected mayor of New York in a landslide.

if you think that despite the overwhelming popular evidence, i don’t think any further examples are going to change your mind.

someone had to say it.

whaaat?

so a comment mentioned lump… that’s a quite a leap to your notion that Lemmy is nothing but presidents of the United States band posts.

I think the fact that you have that post at hand maybe indicates that you’re pretty into the band?

rather than all of Lemmy being into that band.

who does rock.

from my absurdly extensive(editorial opinion) user history alone, you’ll be able to tell that… wait let me check how many posts and comments I have…

that .01% of my posts are about that band.

I don’t think the POTUS band affliction is as a widespread as you are insinuating.

I see a lot more posts about the coward POTUS than the band POTUS these days.

also, they are free.