My position on conspiracies is that they exist but without evidence there’s no reason to believe I’m the magic genius who will figure it out. But, this attempt seems kind of suspicious? Of course, it could just be the result of them only keeping people on the job who are loyal, as opposed to competent (since with this presidency, those two traits can’t be aligned). I guess I’m at “we’ll find out at some point” again.
It’s natural to feel anxious when you’re doing things independently for the first time.
If you never feel comfortable doing these things without your folks, it’s a sign something is messed up. That’s not if you keep doing new things and feeling anxious about them, though. That’s if you are still feeling anxious setting up a dr’s appt alone when you’ve done it a hundred times already. I feel anxious about these things sometimes even though I’ve done it on my own for decades, and it turns out I have an anxiety disorder.
Hopefully, for you, doing these things will make you feel an increase in confidence, and in the future, you’ll know it’s doable. Bit by bit, you learn you can do things.
Is the problem motivation, or creativity? For motivation, there’s a reason writers in a coffeeshop is a cliche. It helps to get away from your regular situation and just have a notebook and a nice drink. Set a timer and that is your writing time. It doesn’t need to be good. You learn to write by doing it, a lot. You can go over it and edit later.
For creativity, read. Especially outside your normal interests. If you don’t read nonfiction or fiction, read some ones in the other space. Maybe a text about the history of sailing will inspire ideas for a mystery novel. You also learn what kind of writing you admire, and aspire to. What feels good in a sentence structure, and what doesn’t work for you.
Mostly, don’t hold too tightly to things if you’re just starting. Write a bunch of little stories, scenes, dialog. Maybe one of them you’ll love and want to polish up, but each time you write anything, you’re learning. Even if/especially if it sucks.
Sometime, find an art blog for someone you admire who’s been posting for years, and go back to the beginning and compare. Unless they’re an established professional since they started posting, you’ll notice a clear difference in quality. The same thing happens with writing.
A lot of the time i see stuff downvoted it’s because it’s more bait or someone’s weird rant turned into a question. It may not be a stupid question, but the asker doesn’t seem actually curious. They often come packed with weird assumptions, that have to be dealt with first, which would be cool if the asker was interested in being walked through it.
It’s the sincerity that’s missing! If someone asks why they have to wipe their asshole when everyone has a butler to hose them down after shitting, and it turns out they’re genuine and post a pic of their sad butler- oh. i thought of another reason why stuff gets downvoted. If it’s about bodily functions, I think people get grossed out and downvote. And there have been some that seemed like fetish material.
Lots of reasons, I guess? I think other than the bodily function one, the rest boil down to the perception of sincerity.
Never played it so I can’t answer the question but here’s an article I found when I looked it up that clarified it a bit for me.
edit: while i was reading the article you also read it lol nm
Slogan for a themed cafe for masochists where all the staff are sadists?
online glasses shops will sometimes have a “shop by face shape” section. I’ve used zenni’s and it was fine.
https://www.zennioptical.com/b/glasses-for-oval-face I’m not the best for recs here since I’ve only used this site ever and got my frames from the eye doctor and lenscrafters before that.
https://www.wikihow.com/Determine-Your-Face-Shape If you genuinely aren’t sure of your face shape, and you care if you guess wrong, get out the measuring tape.
If you have an oval face:
https://www.eyebuydirect.com/guides/sunglasses-for-oval-faces
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9177054/
This study I linked is pretty interesting, with how it goes over the different possibilities that have been studied. More useful than any random guess I throw out there. The bit in the original article where they said many younger patients lack common risk factors threw me for a loop when I was mentally already theorizing.
No one knows what’s causing the rise in cases in younger adults. But Georgetown’s Marshall said many young patients lack common risk factors. He wonders if changes in young people’s gut bacteria — the microbiome — might play a role.
Still no real answer to this question, then. The article lists risk factors but the younger people don’t necessarily have them. Increasing exercise if you’re sedentary might help. Speculation on my part feels wrong when people who have studied this for years are still speculating, themselves.
I guess it depends on how much effort goes into it, but odds are it’d be an easy cash grab so i assume it’d be way worse and also inherently obnoxious.
It must have sucked for your dad but part of me is happy that those sitcoms didn’t entirely lie to me.
I remember I felt I missed something because my mom explained the specifics of menstruation to me and school went into more detail about sex and reproduction. Despite what sitcoms were telling me, no one ever sat me down and said anything about birds or bees. I guess I hoped there was a weird pre-written speech parents awkwardly tried to recall when their kids got to a certain age.
Well, since she’s healthy, is she the type that bruminates? I feel like I’m doing a “no stupid answers” thing because I’ve only had leopard geckos and anoles, so I should leave the answers to people who have had turtles, lol
How does she look? Cloudy eyes? Weird smell?
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/turtles-aquatic-diseases
You got me reading statistical analysis of bullying across countries and damn this is a complicated topic. It seems like boys are the most likely perpetrators, but I wonder if it’s a difference in relational and verbal bullying vs violent bullying, and what’s perceived culturally as bullying and so on.
This idea reminds me of https://postsecret.com/ . I don’t know if it’s helpful, but it’s interesting.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/with-developer-verification-googles-apple-envy-threatens-to-dismantle-androids-open-legacy/ Is this what you’re asking about?
I watched a bunch of old twilight zone as a kid. I never watched new versions, because critics always had a lot negative to say about them, and I personally only sorta enjoyed the classics. They did stick with me, the classic ones, even when kid-me didn’t like them. They’re influential.
Honestly, if I was starting now, I’d just find a list of best episodes and watch those first, and if you are super into them, then you know you’ll probably enjoy the less notable ones. You can watch them out of order. The most famous ones are good to watch just to understand the many modern references to them.
You know, “went to times square” is very easy to understanding without the “l.” It reads informal, but I’d get it. The end part of your example would leave me wondering what was good. The friend? The time they had together? Was Times Square itself good? I don’t as easily fill in the subject like I did with the missing “I” at the start. I think it’s called “left edge omission?”