Of course it’s a terrible suggestion. It was meant sarcastically. People used horses before cars were invented and it’s no surprise that once they were, cars became the dominant mode of transportation because they are far superior.

Get a horse

This is what I was getting at.

I’m no obstetrician but something the size and complexity of a 7 month fetus does not get absorbed, it comes out. There is likely some misinformation involved along the way.

How often do you brush your teeth? Maybe the sneeze is drawing in mouth-air?

On a first date I’m looking for common interests, and gauging how easy the conversation flows. Do we feel natural together? Does the time go too fast and do I not want it to end? I want to establish a connection on a first date and leave with us both wanting more.

Then go for 2 ☺️ the extra bedroom can be split usage, maybe a spare bedroom for guests, a playroom for the cats, and a small home office. We have 3 cats and they definitely brighten the day. Wish you the best!

Ok forget meaning and happiness. Let’s talk utilitarian. What living space would best fit what you need? If you don’t need much, tuck most of that money in a relatively safe investment and buy whatever you could pay off the quickest. Life is long, you’re going to need that money someday.

Keep your memories by recalling them frequently. Every time you remember something, you make a new copy in your brain. Recalling memories is like making a backup. I’m 45 and I still remember things from as early as 3. I remember the feeling of the orange shag carpet in the house I grew up on my toes. I remember going down a waterslide on my uncle’s lap and my cousin teaching me how to ride a bike. I remember the feeling of bass in my stomach when the marching band practiced across the street. Keep recalling your memories.

Yes, it’s vanilla flavored.

Let’s say you visit a new city for the first time, and you’re trying to find a place you heard of that gives away free toys. You know the name, but you don’t know where it is, so you ask the man in the information booth. France has ordered the man not to tell anyone where to find the place that gives away free toys.

Yeah but then they find ways to slurp up the tax money through bailouts and BS government contracts.

That’s not how selfies work, but it’s exactly the type of thing you get when you prompt an image generator for someone taking a selfie. Just saying.

Does this help at all?

Try explicitly setting your DNS servers to either cloudflare (1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1) or google (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) and see if that has any effect.

If that does not help, make sure you’re getting a good signal from your router. Move your PC and router closer together for testing purposes to rule out wifi interference.

Troubleshooting issues like that are often a matter of ruling things out as best you can to track down the cause.

If it ain’t broke…

Go around and smell everything that you touch; doorknobs, your phone, mouse, keyboard, tools, refrigerator door handle, pets, etc. something you routinely touch is foul. Some thermoplastics smell really awful when they start to degrade. I hope you find it.

This is going to be an unpopular opinion because most people like to think of themselves as nice. I think it’s not so much that there are nice people and assholes, but rather that almost everyone is an asshole some of the time.

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They’re not all gone. I own an online community that I have been running since 2001. The only changes I’ve made was a redesign to make the site responsive to all screens. They’re out there.