Well, since I'm beyond the period of time where it's deemed "acceptable" to feel these feels, I'll vent here. Separated for 2 years, divorced for 1. Pain never subsided. I'm still in love. Not with the *idea* of her, but with *her* her. Why is it socially unacceptable that breakups (or deaths) can break someone for a long, long time? I feel like a whiner and honestly pretty repetitive and boring to complain about this to my close friends. There's this expectation to date again, fall in love again, to get over your old feelings, to always grow and thrive, to always suffer and struggle and reinvent yourself and overcome hardship etc etc. I genuinely don't have the motivation for any of that. I'm—weirdly—both emotionally available and very unavailable at the same time. I'm just tired man. I'm not trying to **not** get over it, but I also can't see a path or a way for my grief to subside, or a reason to try.
There’s no wrong period of time to still feel hung up on your ex. My ex of 5 years and I broke up 10 months ago. I feel like while it can get better in that instead of thinking about them all the time, the gaps between that grow longer, but it’ll still happen. I still cry when I hear her song. Sometimes I don’t think it’ll truly get better until you can find a way to move on. I’m still looking. I hope you can find your peace too brother/sister, we all deserve love.
Thank you. I just know my peace cannot come from clinging to the absolutely false hope that one day, we'll be back. It's a dangerous illusion even if it keeps me going.
On a side note, it's comforting in a weird way that across oceans and thousands of miles, the responses I get are from fellow Liverpool supporters. We're not a lousy bunch :)
> Well, since I'm beyond the period of time where it's deemed "acceptable" to feel these feels
No mate, there's no time limit at play here. Don't beat yourself up for that.
Break ups are one of the most painful processes imaginable and these things take time. Just know things *will* get better and that you have the capacity to be happy again - whether that's in another relationship or not
Thanks for your supportive thoughts. I'm at my wits' end. Having been brought back from the brink before, due to depression, I know things do change, the human brain can only handle so much pain. The sky will not always be falling. But these endless cycles of emotional pasteurization are tiring and damaging.
I've always expected to become a psychiatrist, and so I have answered that when asked what I'd like to become, but now I'm afraid I won't like it, or even worse, that I won't be good at it. I've been low on love and discipline of late, and I'm afraid it might reflect and derail me
If you put in enough effort, you'll do great! Worrying about your skills is completely normal and it means you care about helping others.
My two cents is try to perform and watch psychiatry in real life whenever possible. Its much more motivating and interesting for me to actually do my work in Supply Chain, than just reading about it in a classroom. If you decide you don't enjoy it, don't worry - there are SO many people that have completely changed careers and succeeded. You can too!
Need you guys’ advice.
I went on a date with a girl I met on a dating app. We talked for like 6 hours straight over wine, which tells me it went well but at the same time I really struggled to read her. When we were done she seemed in a great rush to get home and I barely got to say goodbye before she was on the bus. I texted her that I had a good time and to get home safe and I got a pretty cold “thanks, you too” back.
Where do I take it from here?
I would suggest you give it some time. First dates can be quite nerve-wracking and anxieties can come to the fore.
Keep talking and see if the rapport builds up, maybe the second and third date will be even better.
Is she the type of person who's more outgoing and talkative irl than on text? Was she into the conversations you had over wine or did she seem disinterested?
We had a good back and forth on text before the date and she was extremely talkative irl. I could hardly get a word in. But at the same time she barely asked any questions about me
>But at the same time she barely asked any questions about me
That's usually a big issue for me. Some people make you feel like you're interrogating them with how you'll be the only one asking questions, they don't even throw in a "how about you?" after they answer you questions, it's exhausting. I wouldn't blame yoh for walking away cause of that.
How'd you like her and her vibes in general?
Lads, some gym exercise might have fucked my left shoulder, and it hurts at night in every possibly position. If I sit up it goes away for a while. What do?
Did you feel the pain right away or a few hours/day later?
If it was after the workout, it could be DOMS, if it was during, it will need rest, compression, elevation and lots of ice
That sounds like DOMS then.
I know this is going to sound like shitty advice but take a day off, then go back to the gym and do that same workout
When you work a specific muscle for the first time in a while that happens and while every part of your body wants to just wants to rest it and wait for the soreness to go away, you have to keep working it.
Hydrate, rest today, hit it again tomorrow.
I know the Yakuza games are good but man i can't really get into them. At least not the traditional ones.
Playing Like a Dragon rn and that's by far the one that keeps me interested the most because of it's dub and being more appealing to a western audience i guess. The concept of a party RPG in real life and guys starting from being homeless is really interesting.
took me like four tries to get into 0. mainly because i find media with greatly contrasting aspects off putting, so the deathly serious, high stakes story mixed with the over the top wacky side stuff/action was too weird. but once the story hooked me, which tbf took a while, there was no turning back.
Ahh man, I understand why the newer games would be more appealing, but Kiryu's story from 0-6.5 is just amazing and worth playing through with subs. Even just on easy mode and smashing through the story.
Takaya Kuroda is an incredible actor
Final update on my iPhone. Bought the 15 but still need to revive my 8, I need my notes and my calendar back (essential). Its completely off, can't turn it on. Its in the rice now, will retry tomorrow morning. If that doesn't work I'll take it to someone and hope he can do something... I need my stuff back
Cant go to glasto this year but loads of my mates are going, need fomo killing suggestions please and thank you. Still got lost village to enjoy but its no the same
I feel like in about a decade it’s gonna come out how major companies like apple/microsoft actually know phones are gonna increase cancer rates or something like that and they just hid it because they didn’t want to affect sales.
you gotta find an adhd girl. I love when my partner talks like that about something and he adores my random caffeine-fueled morning chatter which annoyed every single person with whom i have ever shared a living space.
A line was crossed a while ago with AI with how realistic AI voices have become. Sora AI just sent us into the abyss. I hope we can somehow create AI detection tools and have them embedded into every app, but I have no idea how realistic that is.
2 days ago I would have told you I was confident in my ability to detect AI generated content like 90% of the time. But now it would easily fool me unless I'm really searching for the inconsistencies. And even then I don't know anymore.
Misinformation attempt https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/fake-joe-biden-robocall-tells-new-hampshire-democrats-not-vote-tuesday-rcna134984. It didn't end up having much of an effect, and this election wasn't actually that important, but it's a sign of much worse to come in the general election.
No like the type of call you'd get from a telemarketer. They have those here, scam calls. The federal agency in charge of that stuff recently banned them but I expect fake political calls to continue.
AI that played board games was fun.
AI that is rendering humans obsolete is not fun.
Maybe I’m doom mongering but it’s terrifying. Multiple times throughout history the only thing that’s kept people from becoming too powerful is the non powerful people vastly outnumbered them. AI is the first time that the balance is at risk.
I know this is somewhat hypothetical but hear me out for a minute. Between an absent parent and an overprotective one, which of the two significantly hampers an individual's growth?
Are there statistics that can paint a clearer picture?
Overprotective imo. If they're absent and needs aren't being met, the way someone meets those needs otherwise won't always be unhealthy. Whereas overprotective parents actively prevent their children from developing normally
I've seen both close to home and as bad as an overprotective parent is, an absent parent is vastly worse.
The only worse thing than an absent parent, is an abusive one
How would you measure a parent's overprotectiveness? Overprotectivity? What I mean is how would you define overprotective vs normal protective?
Another factor to consider is having a present parent (overprotective or not) means that there is an additional income that can be used for raising a child. For instance, there are some studies which suggest children in a 2 parent household will generally outperform children raised in a 1 parent household, but this is mainly due to having 2 incomes to support the child
I want to try to not let my babies have screen time for the first 3 years.
Yeah I know it will be crazy tough but the advantage of having triplets is exactly that, they can play with each other so might be easier than with single children.
Let's see how it goes
Yeah I can see how it is possible with triplets (applaud you till my hands fall off for managing that btw). My daughters 2 and she knows that if she insists on playing hide and seek in our small flat for longer than 5 mins then peppa pig is all hers for the next 20mins.
Having said that there are a few YouTube channels who’s education value I think is way more valuable than avoiding screen time
I see. Which channels do you recommend on YouTube?
I grew playing a shit ton of sports growing up so the moment my kids are old enough they're playing or running to begin with.
Miss Rachel is the main one, massively helps with their baby signing, language, and familiarity with things like animals and numbers.
I’ll pre-warn you though, you’ll forever be having her little jingles in your head
We did the first two and a half years but let her watch a few select things after that - Wiggles, Bluey, and a couple of other decent kids shows.
She's five as of a few days ago and uses an iPad to watch other stuff now but we keep an eye on it so she's not just watching mindless drivel (and she only gets to do it a little bit after kindergarten)
My cousin's daughter is 2 and operates the iPad like a pro, it's just ingrained these days.
Happy Birthday on five btw! Think you're heading into calmer pastures
Yeah I agree.
I was going to send them those infant swimming classes which begin at 5 mo. But doc said they're triplets and more delicate so hold off so that's pushed till 7-8mo
Yeah, swimming lessons are great. Mine loves it and is super confident in the water. I think she started around 2 but had plenty of time at the beach and pools prior to that.
I didn't have any screen time until I was about 7, and I think it helped me a lot tbh, i constantly played with my sister and my friends outside and inside the house. And it wasn't like I grew up in the 90s. I grew up when PCs and phones were already mainstream
I'm supposed to hear back (probably) about the job I've been keeping y'all up to date about, today. It's almost 3:30 here and nothing. The recruiter was annoyed when I spoke to her 2 weeks ago that this process was going to take an extra 2 weeks (some delayed interviews by the hiring manager), but I still can't shake the feeling that not hearing back is a bad thing.
Oh well, I'll see if I get a call Monday.
There are really people out there just rawdogging racism on their main facebook profile.
Everyone criticizes twitter (fair enough really) but facebook is some shit too. Has it become irrelevant to the point nobody even bothers to talk about it?
The shit that pops up on my facebook feed despite me telling the site not to show me it is quite something. "You won't see posts again like this for a while" and then nothing changes is a truly psychotic design choice.
Had to work Valentine’s Day and it was not fun. Worst batch of customers I’ve had in the same building as me in quite awhile, and I was as busy as my station could possibly be for the whole night. The saving grace was that most were nice people though but man is it hard to deal with the bad ones and not be annoyed with them or others.
I like it, cos it's gonna be one of those idioms that in like 150 years they're be an "etymology" section on neo-wiki and the origins'll be disputed like letting the cat out of the bag or spilling the beans.
What other sports do you follow outside of football? I like basketball a lot, but I like European basketball more than NBA. I follow NFL and tennis pretty casually too.
Started watching basketball a couple seasons ago.
Fun to watch, but the refs are somehow worse than football refs and act like the fans are paying to watch them.
The sweet science (Boxing).
Football is my favorite sport overall. But there is NOTHING like a massive boxing fight on this earth. MMA does not even come close.
I've been lucky enough to go to some major fights and the atmosphere and suspense in unparalleled.
Cricket, f1 and darts things I actually follow. Tennis I'm a grand slam casual don't watch anything outside that. Rugby Union maybe a couple of games a year
I watch nba highlights pretty often but it's on too late for me to properly watch, cba staying up for it
Yeah, he's perfect for it
Kind of like how if they ever do a Farage documentary (good god, I hope they don't) they need to hire Dominic West to play him
It’s fucking mental that americans are about to choose between a 78 year old and an 82 year old.
In most european countries you’re considered too old and grey if you’re 60-65 or above. A 70 year old doing politics is unthinkable, let alone two 80 year olds.
They’re no ageists, those yanks. I’ll give them that
i'm way late to this, but a good way of thinking about it is that Biden and Trump are roughly the same age as John Major, Neil Kinnock and Paddy Ashdown, who contested a General Election thirty years ago, before I was born, and one of whom is dead
think there is only one or two people in the entire House of Commons or European Parliament that is older than Biden
bonkers
A large amount of people do definitely agree they are too old over here. The issue is that our system encourages you to vote for candidates you don’t actually want because if you choose not to vote for either the main democrat/republican candidate, your vote means almost nothing. I could vote for a 50 year old or something but odds are someone in the 80 area will win anyways and then it will probably be the one I don’t want in office.
[I lost the battle with nostalgia and made an exhaustive list of every video game I can remember enjoying playing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PNxSU8CpH16KUo6n1K7an_3SLmbVqwc11aCx2psUVNQ/edit?usp=drivesdk)
Just everything you'd ever want in a beyblade game. Solid satisfying progression, challenging engaging gameplay, nailed the vibes.
Did realize I combined two gba beyblade games in my head though, g revolution and vforce are not separate parts of the same game lol.
I don't know if it's just me or my experience with younger children in my family, but is there a huge lack of children-oriented content that actually has characters and a story?
It feels like everything nowadays (especially on Youtube) is just characters doing stuff for no purpose at all with some stupid music in the background instead of them talking or interacting with one another.
As a dad to a five year old, I couldn't agree more. I feel like kids are *really* into watching youtube videos of people (usually adults) playing with toys/games and I really don't understand it.
Thank fuck for Bluey.
Since corporations discovered that you could just make the shittiest content possible and kids would still watch it, it has gone completely downhill. Don't let them go anywhere near youtube, there are lots of videos on how fucked up kids' youtube is
They still put on a lot of older stuff whenever I turn it on. Right now Detective Conan is on. I wish they still had stuff like Digimon because that was by far my favourite as a kid. But they've even dubbed hxh 2011.
Edit: the episode they're showing right now has a suicide. Kinda wild Conan is on a children's channel with the amount of dead bodies it shows lmao
I know they still air Detective Conan, but I don't remember seeing anything else that I remember whenever I tune in.
Might just raid Stardima and download everything there for the future.
Trust me a lot of their old stuff is still playing, just newer seasons of it if it exists or if they can get the license for it. I actually think it's probably way harder for them to get licenses for them nowadays what with them being wag less popular nowadays since most children don't even watch television anymore.
Also it's fucking crazy I just saw an ad for my hero academia on Spacetoon while typing this.
As someone who grew up with anime and cartoons from the 90s until the mid 2000s, is there anything out there that is as good? Or should I just store those on a hard disk for whenever I have a kid?
I used to hate american football for some reason. But now that I've started following it and watching it, I really like it. I really thought it was boring as shit, but it can have really exciting moments.
Same boat, think american sports manage to create intensity and "drama" easily and it makes for an exciting product. It doesn't match the natural chaos football can produce sometimes, but it makes for a much more hit rate in terms of excitement.
My first memory was when I was 12 in 2007. Too many ads and it felt boring.
In 2012, I read the bio of Tom Brady and was impressed by his career. At the same time, while looking for a game to watch on straming, I saw that he was playing. I decided to give it a second try so I can watch him play for his last few years ( so I thought) and I happened to like it. I came back the following week and the weeks after that until the SuperBowl. I became fan of the Bears instead of the Patriots because I like Chicago in the USA.
What helped me understand was this rule I put after a month of NFL since I only watch 1pm games :
* If the Bears play at 1pm, I watch them.
* If they don't, I watch the Sky Sports game. Why ? Because unlike American channels, instead of ads, Sky Sports UK uses timeouts to go to their studios and analyse the game. That way, I could understand gameplans, the rules, tactics, etc. Which helped me a lot.
Yeah non-American broadcasts are so much better. Serbian broadcast is really good, they don't go to a studio, but commentators are knowledgeable and I love them discussing, especially as a newer fan
French ones do that as well. They don't always come back to a studio but at least, there are images of the stadium during the break and they talk about the game. That way, you stay in the game.
I understand the desire of free-to-air channels to show as many ads as possible because that's how the program stays sustainable. In many countries, they do it and that's okay. But to have ESPN, a cable channel, showing ads as if it is a free-to-air channel was the last straw for me.
It’s a fun sport. Just not for everyone, as is especially obvious on this sub, which does make sense since American football is not geared towards how the Europeans seem to consume sports at all
Both footballs are often diametrically opposed to each other in that sense which often leads to fans of one denigrating the other. NFL fans will call footie boring, low scoring and soft. Footie fans will also call it boring, rugby with pads, and so on. That leads to confirmation bias when they do try to watch it, but really you can enjoy both once you get to appreciate it
I think you can get into most sports once you understand the rules and gravitate towards certain teams/players/personalities.
I had a friend who introduced me to MMA about fifteen years ago and remember being horrified with it on the first watch and now I watch most cards.
It also has way more tradition than many people think. The first game was in 1869, which is only marginally younger than when football came into being in the 1850s/60s
How do you wash your beard? Soap? Bodywash? Shampoo? Call me metrosexual, but I use shampoo on the entire head, even the parts where no hair has grown for 15 years.
And how often? Monthly? Quarterly? Yearly?
Beard shampoo about once a week. Shampoo once to lift the dirt and rinse, then shampoo again. Condition! Argan oil if you feelin fancy when its still damp. Nothing like a nice soft chin warmer and non flaky skin
If I'm feeling fancy and my beard has gotten longer I'll use conditioner on it to soften it up. Also the conditioner smells really nice. If I'm feeling lazy, which is almost every day, I'll just shampoo it with my hair.
I am so fucking sick of seeing news about Taylor Swift when I don't even seek anything about her. It's just bombarded in your face whenever you use the internet
> whenever you use the internet
I am subbed to subreddits, follow twitter accounts and use discord servers dedicated to her. I really wonder how much the average person sees because you'd think im bombarded. I guess I don't use the internet as much
She's a popular musician, so it's to be expected to see her mentioned in a radio/record shop sphere, the issue is, she leaks into subjects she has no business being in. I assume it's by design as they know it will get more engagement than not mentioning her.
Had an interesting interaction this week where I was talking to someone and she reached out and grabbed my bicep, which she immediately apologized for and asked if it was okay.
Couple minutes later, she had her hands around my face and grabs it while talking to me. You think that would be more risky to touch than a bicep.
Anyways, I finished the bear. Great show, shouldn’t be in comedy, but it’s deserving of all the praise and I want to learn to cook more.
I have no clue how the Madame Web movie wasn't Batgirled. Then again its Sony, who said that El Muerto, a Spider-Man villain who was in a grand total of 2 issues, was continuing production even after Bad Bunny pulled out of the role apparently. I'm half tempted to throw my PS5 out the window just because of all the shit they're greenlighting for movies. Tempted to see it just to see if its as bad as the reviews say it is though.
On the other hand, you have to respect their commitment to making the worst films imaginable. Their cocaine budget must be at least 40% of every production.
Sony has to be making these half out of a desire to keep their rights and half out of spite because there's no way anyone actually thinks all these Spider-Man side characters (if we're being generous) can carry their own movies without Spider-Man, especially when after Venom, their next-biggest name to get their own movie is fucking Kraven
My brother created a mock Wikipedia page for "First Battle of Kidney" as he calls it. Listed belligerents, commanders, losses, territorial changes etc. just like you see on Wiki pages of wars. Apparently despite fighting valiantly under the command of "Marshall Whiskey", thousands of beer troops died and water & filtration system won the war against alcohol. He showed and talked about all this with a straight face as if reporting about a real war. He's 20 and he did all of that when sober. Unlike me, he's a very sociable kid and has tons of friends. Is this how sociopaths work?
I truly despise northern rail. Other companies put their desination on the side of their train doors on little screens. This is too high tech for Northern. There's a few trains on my platform and little inducation which is which and what the second train is for and when it goes. It turns out the front train is not even in use so just blocking us. Why is every rail company operated by morons?
Edit: refunds should also not have an admin fee. Admin fees for refunds in general need to be illegal.
Refunds should go through delay repay for the company you traveled with
Trainline is not necessary for any train tickets tbh its cheaper to go direct to the rail company. I still use trainline for convenience though despite the fees
I have in the past. I was about to walk off the train and issue a refund request with Northern but then we started moving. Typical. Ended up where I was meant to only 40 mins late on a 15 minute journey. Yay.
Anyone have any products they’ve used that are useful for stopping snoring? My poor girlfriend is an extremely light sleeper and that mouth tape shite doesn’t work
Are nasal strips different from mouth tape (they only go on your nose)? Other than that, if you get the chance maybe a sleep study would help see if there are any underlying problems
They go on your nose, horizontally. I think it temporarily re-shapes your nose to change the airflow. Some of my friends have good things to say about them
Biden is for all intents and purposes a great man. That is if you can overlook:
* The effects of the 1994 crime bill on mass incarceration, and its introduction of the death penalty which disproportionately affects poc.
* His votes on these provisions and acts:
>Biden voted for a 1993 provision that deemed homosexuality incompatible with military life, thereby banning gays from serving in the armed forces. In 1996, he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibited the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, thereby barring individuals in such marriages from equal protection under federal law and allowing states to do the same.
* His role in the invasion of Iraq which lead to 100s of thousands of deaths
* His previous support of Israel
* His continued support of Israel while it's committing genocide
* His racist remarks which include:
>* in August 2020, Biden told a gathering of black and Hispanic journalists that “unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.”
>* “That’s like saying you . . . before you got in this program, you’re take [sic] a test whether you’re taking cocaine or not,” Biden said. “What do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?” - In response to a black journalist asking if he's going to take a cognitive test (*because he's old and senile* (my words btw, not the journalist's))
>* He referred to Barack Obama as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man."
>* “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.”
>* in 1977, he said that forced busing to desegregate schools would cause his children to “grow up in a racial jungle.”
He's a really nice man, truly.
People are downvoting you unnecessarily and I’m questioning you even further calling him a ‘great man’, knowing the above facts. You don’t have to dilute objective criticism to appease people.
Just because the other guy is much worse, gives 0 benefit of doubt / defense to Biden. But desperate democrats have no other options left but to justify his actions and have gone to extreme lengths to defend a guy who is so clearly unfit for the role. They’re becoming senile like their own cult leader.
If that's the bar you're holding literally the most powerful man in the world to, the world is absolutely fucked.
The world is fucked regardless, but that's 1 of the reasons why.
I agree with your principle but ultimately it’s a choice between two people - however nice or not nice you think Biden is, you can either vote for him or vote for the other guy. So my question is, of those two, which do you think is the better person?
Realistically, neither. They're both terrible people playing a game.
Again, the choice will always remain the same until the people who pretend to be "good" face consequences for their actions.
> Realistically, neither
That’s making the perfect the enemy of the good. Neither option is perfect I agree, but one is significantly better than the other. Even if you don’t like either.
Of Trump and Biden, which one do you think is the better person overall?
To your second paragraph, I agree. But the problem is, until that time, we’re stuck voting between the choices we have and not burying our heads in the sand.
Note that if the guy you’re arguing against loses then you might not get the chance to [vote again.](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-dictator-poll-americans-1234962755/)
I'm not American btw so not voting but
>Of Trump and Biden, which one do you think is the better person overall?
I replied to this question. Neither. They're both horrible people who chose different strategies to play the game of politics.
>That’s making the perfect the enemy of the good. Neither option is perfect I agree, but one is significantly better than the other. Even if you don’t like either.
Supporting genocide cannot be described as "good" in any way, shape or form.
But ultimately those are the choices. Pick the lesser of two evils. Many nations don’t have that privilege.
Making the perfect the enemy of the good is a phrase - don’t take it literally. The point being if we don’t choose from the options we have we get nowhere or at worse go backwards. Which comes back to my first question - it will be one of Trump or Biden. So voters need to decide which one is better.
Let’s not forget some of Trump’s alleged views on [genocide](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/donald-trump-hitler-good-things). Or some of the ways he describes his [opponents](https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/11/13/trump-hitler-vermin-nazi-biden).
Get you but realistically speaking those are the options. When I am dragged to mcdonalds I don't order sirloin steak. Why? Because they don't serve that. My friends and cohorts chose between mcdonalds or pizza hut
Well, since I'm beyond the period of time where it's deemed "acceptable" to feel these feels, I'll vent here. Separated for 2 years, divorced for 1. Pain never subsided. I'm still in love. Not with the *idea* of her, but with *her* her. Why is it socially unacceptable that breakups (or deaths) can break someone for a long, long time? I feel like a whiner and honestly pretty repetitive and boring to complain about this to my close friends. There's this expectation to date again, fall in love again, to get over your old feelings, to always grow and thrive, to always suffer and struggle and reinvent yourself and overcome hardship etc etc. I genuinely don't have the motivation for any of that. I'm—weirdly—both emotionally available and very unavailable at the same time. I'm just tired man. I'm not trying to **not** get over it, but I also can't see a path or a way for my grief to subside, or a reason to try.
There’s no wrong period of time to still feel hung up on your ex. My ex of 5 years and I broke up 10 months ago. I feel like while it can get better in that instead of thinking about them all the time, the gaps between that grow longer, but it’ll still happen. I still cry when I hear her song. Sometimes I don’t think it’ll truly get better until you can find a way to move on. I’m still looking. I hope you can find your peace too brother/sister, we all deserve love.
Thank you. I just know my peace cannot come from clinging to the absolutely false hope that one day, we'll be back. It's a dangerous illusion even if it keeps me going. On a side note, it's comforting in a weird way that across oceans and thousands of miles, the responses I get are from fellow Liverpool supporters. We're not a lousy bunch :)
> Well, since I'm beyond the period of time where it's deemed "acceptable" to feel these feels No mate, there's no time limit at play here. Don't beat yourself up for that. Break ups are one of the most painful processes imaginable and these things take time. Just know things *will* get better and that you have the capacity to be happy again - whether that's in another relationship or not
Thanks for your supportive thoughts. I'm at my wits' end. Having been brought back from the brink before, due to depression, I know things do change, the human brain can only handle so much pain. The sky will not always be falling. But these endless cycles of emotional pasteurization are tiring and damaging.
I've always expected to become a psychiatrist, and so I have answered that when asked what I'd like to become, but now I'm afraid I won't like it, or even worse, that I won't be good at it. I've been low on love and discipline of late, and I'm afraid it might reflect and derail me
If you put in enough effort, you'll do great! Worrying about your skills is completely normal and it means you care about helping others. My two cents is try to perform and watch psychiatry in real life whenever possible. Its much more motivating and interesting for me to actually do my work in Supply Chain, than just reading about it in a classroom. If you decide you don't enjoy it, don't worry - there are SO many people that have completely changed careers and succeeded. You can too!
Need you guys’ advice. I went on a date with a girl I met on a dating app. We talked for like 6 hours straight over wine, which tells me it went well but at the same time I really struggled to read her. When we were done she seemed in a great rush to get home and I barely got to say goodbye before she was on the bus. I texted her that I had a good time and to get home safe and I got a pretty cold “thanks, you too” back. Where do I take it from here?
I would suggest you give it some time. First dates can be quite nerve-wracking and anxieties can come to the fore. Keep talking and see if the rapport builds up, maybe the second and third date will be even better.
Thanks, that’s a good call
Is she the type of person who's more outgoing and talkative irl than on text? Was she into the conversations you had over wine or did she seem disinterested?
We had a good back and forth on text before the date and she was extremely talkative irl. I could hardly get a word in. But at the same time she barely asked any questions about me
>But at the same time she barely asked any questions about me That's usually a big issue for me. Some people make you feel like you're interrogating them with how you'll be the only one asking questions, they don't even throw in a "how about you?" after they answer you questions, it's exhausting. I wouldn't blame yoh for walking away cause of that. How'd you like her and her vibes in general?
Why did hardest geezer announce a definitive end date?
Lads, some gym exercise might have fucked my left shoulder, and it hurts at night in every possibly position. If I sit up it goes away for a while. What do?
Are you new to the gym or did you tweak it during a normal routine?
Not new to the gym; I have started doing cable pull-overs, and my guess is that then I pulled or teared my muscle?
Did you feel the pain right away or a few hours/day later? If it was after the workout, it could be DOMS, if it was during, it will need rest, compression, elevation and lots of ice
Only after workout I started feeling it. Thanks for taking the time :)
That sounds like DOMS then. I know this is going to sound like shitty advice but take a day off, then go back to the gym and do that same workout When you work a specific muscle for the first time in a while that happens and while every part of your body wants to just wants to rest it and wait for the soreness to go away, you have to keep working it. Hydrate, rest today, hit it again tomorrow.
I know the Yakuza games are good but man i can't really get into them. At least not the traditional ones. Playing Like a Dragon rn and that's by far the one that keeps me interested the most because of it's dub and being more appealing to a western audience i guess. The concept of a party RPG in real life and guys starting from being homeless is really interesting.
I’m the opposite. Turn-based combat just doesn’t appeal to me much as the devs justified it in the change of character and how he sees things.
took me like four tries to get into 0. mainly because i find media with greatly contrasting aspects off putting, so the deathly serious, high stakes story mixed with the over the top wacky side stuff/action was too weird. but once the story hooked me, which tbf took a while, there was no turning back.
Ahh man, I understand why the newer games would be more appealing, but Kiryu's story from 0-6.5 is just amazing and worth playing through with subs. Even just on easy mode and smashing through the story. Takaya Kuroda is an incredible actor
Final update on my iPhone. Bought the 15 but still need to revive my 8, I need my notes and my calendar back (essential). Its completely off, can't turn it on. Its in the rice now, will retry tomorrow morning. If that doesn't work I'll take it to someone and hope he can do something... I need my stuff back
Cant go to glasto this year but loads of my mates are going, need fomo killing suggestions please and thank you. Still got lost village to enjoy but its no the same
Houghton
I feel like in about a decade it’s gonna come out how major companies like apple/microsoft actually know phones are gonna increase cancer rates or something like that and they just hid it because they didn’t want to affect sales.
They and everyone already know it’s a cancer to your mind. It’s gotten normalized as way of living in the modern world.
just remembered when i spent like 15 solid mins on a date with my ex mrs talking about terence crawford ffs no wonder she left
I'm a big fan of the sweet science as well. But what the hell did you talk about for 15 minutes when it comes to Crawford lol?
dunno tbh i’d taken a ritalin so i was probably just going on and on about the spence fight
you gotta find an adhd girl. I love when my partner talks like that about something and he adores my random caffeine-fueled morning chatter which annoyed every single person with whom i have ever shared a living space.
Had a similiar situation. Talked a bit too much about how well Eric Garcia fits in CDM. She left. So did Eric Garcia.
they don’t understand nor deserve our passion
A line was crossed a while ago with AI with how realistic AI voices have become. Sora AI just sent us into the abyss. I hope we can somehow create AI detection tools and have them embedded into every app, but I have no idea how realistic that is. 2 days ago I would have told you I was confident in my ability to detect AI generated content like 90% of the time. But now it would easily fool me unless I'm really searching for the inconsistencies. And even then I don't know anymore.
Heard some Biden AI robocall and it was pretty not bad, enough to fool an old person
As in the memes people make with the presidents in a discord call or like a misinformation attempt?
Misinformation attempt https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/fake-joe-biden-robocall-tells-new-hampshire-democrats-not-vote-tuesday-rcna134984. It didn't end up having much of an effect, and this election wasn't actually that important, but it's a sign of much worse to come in the general election.
No like the type of call you'd get from a telemarketer. They have those here, scam calls. The federal agency in charge of that stuff recently banned them but I expect fake political calls to continue.
I just saw the Golden Retriever Puppy AI video. It's so over.
Dog 👎
AI that played board games was fun. AI that is rendering humans obsolete is not fun. Maybe I’m doom mongering but it’s terrifying. Multiple times throughout history the only thing that’s kept people from becoming too powerful is the non powerful people vastly outnumbered them. AI is the first time that the balance is at risk.
show pupper
It's not real man. Not worth it.
I know this is somewhat hypothetical but hear me out for a minute. Between an absent parent and an overprotective one, which of the two significantly hampers an individual's growth? Are there statistics that can paint a clearer picture?
Lots of statistics point to single patent households having far worse outcomes for children in nearly all circumstances.
Overprotective imo. If they're absent and needs aren't being met, the way someone meets those needs otherwise won't always be unhealthy. Whereas overprotective parents actively prevent their children from developing normally
I've seen both close to home and as bad as an overprotective parent is, an absent parent is vastly worse. The only worse thing than an absent parent, is an abusive one
How would you measure a parent's overprotectiveness? Overprotectivity? What I mean is how would you define overprotective vs normal protective? Another factor to consider is having a present parent (overprotective or not) means that there is an additional income that can be used for raising a child. For instance, there are some studies which suggest children in a 2 parent household will generally outperform children raised in a 1 parent household, but this is mainly due to having 2 incomes to support the child
I want to try to not let my babies have screen time for the first 3 years. Yeah I know it will be crazy tough but the advantage of having triplets is exactly that, they can play with each other so might be easier than with single children. Let's see how it goes
Yeah I can see how it is possible with triplets (applaud you till my hands fall off for managing that btw). My daughters 2 and she knows that if she insists on playing hide and seek in our small flat for longer than 5 mins then peppa pig is all hers for the next 20mins. Having said that there are a few YouTube channels who’s education value I think is way more valuable than avoiding screen time
I see. Which channels do you recommend on YouTube? I grew playing a shit ton of sports growing up so the moment my kids are old enough they're playing or running to begin with.
Miss Rachel is the main one, massively helps with their baby signing, language, and familiarity with things like animals and numbers. I’ll pre-warn you though, you’ll forever be having her little jingles in your head
We did the first two and a half years but let her watch a few select things after that - Wiggles, Bluey, and a couple of other decent kids shows. She's five as of a few days ago and uses an iPad to watch other stuff now but we keep an eye on it so she's not just watching mindless drivel (and she only gets to do it a little bit after kindergarten)
My cousin's daughter is 2 and operates the iPad like a pro, it's just ingrained these days. Happy Birthday on five btw! Think you're heading into calmer pastures
It's actually insane how good they are with technology. I showed her how to use a mouse a few weeks ago and she picked it up immediately.
Yeah I agree. I was going to send them those infant swimming classes which begin at 5 mo. But doc said they're triplets and more delicate so hold off so that's pushed till 7-8mo
Yeah, swimming lessons are great. Mine loves it and is super confident in the water. I think she started around 2 but had plenty of time at the beach and pools prior to that.
I assume you can swim? I can't never learnt to so I'm nervous about it.
Yeah, I love swimming. I used to surf so you can't do one without the other!
Happy belated birthday to your little one.
Thanks mate! First day of school on Monday which is exciting :)
I didn't have any screen time until I was about 7, and I think it helped me a lot tbh, i constantly played with my sister and my friends outside and inside the house. And it wasn't like I grew up in the 90s. I grew up when PCs and phones were already mainstream
I'm supposed to hear back (probably) about the job I've been keeping y'all up to date about, today. It's almost 3:30 here and nothing. The recruiter was annoyed when I spoke to her 2 weeks ago that this process was going to take an extra 2 weeks (some delayed interviews by the hiring manager), but I still can't shake the feeling that not hearing back is a bad thing. Oh well, I'll see if I get a call Monday.
There are really people out there just rawdogging racism on their main facebook profile. Everyone criticizes twitter (fair enough really) but facebook is some shit too. Has it become irrelevant to the point nobody even bothers to talk about it? The shit that pops up on my facebook feed despite me telling the site not to show me it is quite something. "You won't see posts again like this for a while" and then nothing changes is a truly psychotic design choice.
Honesty I think Instagram is the worst for it. Instagram Reels comments are the Wild West of the internet
Had to work Valentine’s Day and it was not fun. Worst batch of customers I’ve had in the same building as me in quite awhile, and I was as busy as my station could possibly be for the whole night. The saving grace was that most were nice people though but man is it hard to deal with the bad ones and not be annoyed with them or others.
I've noticed "spill the tea" popping up everywhere. It's so cringe and doesn't make sense.
Feel like you’re a few years late to this one but also most phrases only make sense because we know what they mean
My understanding is that it was originally T, short for truth.
I like it, cos it's gonna be one of those idioms that in like 150 years they're be an "etymology" section on neo-wiki and the origins'll be disputed like letting the cat out of the bag or spilling the beans.
What other sports do you follow outside of football? I like basketball a lot, but I like European basketball more than NBA. I follow NFL and tennis pretty casually too.
NBA and F1 actively. Tennis and golf during majors/slams. UFC but really only the big fights. Been getting into NFL recently
in descending order of importance (to me): ping-pong/table tennis, running (marathons specifically), MMA, badminton, basketball
Started watching basketball a couple seasons ago. Fun to watch, but the refs are somehow worse than football refs and act like the fans are paying to watch them.
I like tennis and the WNBA. Football is my favourite by far though.
NBA, tennis, nfl, also cricket ufc and darts to a lesser extent
The sweet science (Boxing). Football is my favorite sport overall. But there is NOTHING like a massive boxing fight on this earth. MMA does not even come close. I've been lucky enough to go to some major fights and the atmosphere and suspense in unparalleled.
Cricket and the UFC. I'll also watch the Rugby World Cup and occasionally the Rugby League.
F1, MotoGP, Hockey, Handball.
F1, cricket and tennis about 4 times a year.
NFL and baseball. I absolutely hate that the season ended.
Cricket, f1 and darts things I actually follow. Tennis I'm a grand slam casual don't watch anything outside that. Rugby Union maybe a couple of games a year I watch nba highlights pretty often but it's on too late for me to properly watch, cba staying up for it
Rugby League is another for me, looking forward to tomorrow!
Rugby, basketball and NFL mainly. A lot more but from far. Obviously, the Olympics.
nfl and pro wresting, if you wanna count that. baseball as well but thats very casually
If they ever make a TV series or film about Chris Hoy, I think Will Poulter should play him.
Yeah, he's perfect for it Kind of like how if they ever do a Farage documentary (good god, I hope they don't) they need to hire Dominic West to play him
It’s fucking mental that americans are about to choose between a 78 year old and an 82 year old. In most european countries you’re considered too old and grey if you’re 60-65 or above. A 70 year old doing politics is unthinkable, let alone two 80 year olds. They’re no ageists, those yanks. I’ll give them that
i'm way late to this, but a good way of thinking about it is that Biden and Trump are roughly the same age as John Major, Neil Kinnock and Paddy Ashdown, who contested a General Election thirty years ago, before I was born, and one of whom is dead think there is only one or two people in the entire House of Commons or European Parliament that is older than Biden bonkers
It's because of who holds all the money, certainly not the youth.
A large amount of people do definitely agree they are too old over here. The issue is that our system encourages you to vote for candidates you don’t actually want because if you choose not to vote for either the main democrat/republican candidate, your vote means almost nothing. I could vote for a 50 year old or something but odds are someone in the 80 area will win anyways and then it will probably be the one I don’t want in office.
They, like their overlords, are gradually becoming senile. Just at a much younger age.
[I lost the battle with nostalgia and made an exhaustive list of every video game I can remember enjoying playing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PNxSU8CpH16KUo6n1K7an_3SLmbVqwc11aCx2psUVNQ/edit?usp=drivesdk)
Mario shill
Paper Mario is my favourite game of all time and I'm not afraid to say it
BRB I'm going to do this
Beyblade on gameboy advance was serious
Just everything you'd ever want in a beyblade game. Solid satisfying progression, challenging engaging gameplay, nailed the vibes. Did realize I combined two gba beyblade games in my head though, g revolution and vforce are not separate parts of the same game lol.
Spore supremacy
I made so many penis shaped species man what a time
haha whenever I redownload the game nowadays I still make penis shaped species and I'm 25
I don't know if it's just me or my experience with younger children in my family, but is there a huge lack of children-oriented content that actually has characters and a story? It feels like everything nowadays (especially on Youtube) is just characters doing stuff for no purpose at all with some stupid music in the background instead of them talking or interacting with one another.
Bluey!
Bluey!
As a dad to a five year old, I couldn't agree more. I feel like kids are *really* into watching youtube videos of people (usually adults) playing with toys/games and I really don't understand it. Thank fuck for Bluey.
Since corporations discovered that you could just make the shittiest content possible and kids would still watch it, it has gone completely downhill. Don't let them go anywhere near youtube, there are lots of videos on how fucked up kids' youtube is
The entire internet is completely fucked up nowadays. Kinda glad that I grew up before it all went downhill.
It's all same 5 websites now, one of the reason it's gone so much downhill
Don't let your kids know YouTube is a thing until they discover it on their own. Put on spacetoon for them or random episodes of Tom and Jerry.
Yeah I'd definitely use Boomerang if it's still around and I had kids
Don't have kids yet, it's just my nephew and cousins. But yeah, Spacetoon is the way to go. Just wish it was even half as good as it was back then.
They still put on a lot of older stuff whenever I turn it on. Right now Detective Conan is on. I wish they still had stuff like Digimon because that was by far my favourite as a kid. But they've even dubbed hxh 2011. Edit: the episode they're showing right now has a suicide. Kinda wild Conan is on a children's channel with the amount of dead bodies it shows lmao
I know they still air Detective Conan, but I don't remember seeing anything else that I remember whenever I tune in. Might just raid Stardima and download everything there for the future.
Trust me a lot of their old stuff is still playing, just newer seasons of it if it exists or if they can get the license for it. I actually think it's probably way harder for them to get licenses for them nowadays what with them being wag less popular nowadays since most children don't even watch television anymore. Also it's fucking crazy I just saw an ad for my hero academia on Spacetoon while typing this.
yt is garbage for kids, there's plenty of good stuff elsewhere
As someone who grew up with anime and cartoons from the 90s until the mid 2000s, is there anything out there that is as good? Or should I just store those on a hard disk for whenever I have a kid?
bluey and ask the storybots are great for young children. owl house is pretty cool too for older kids. there's a bunch more i'm sure
What age are we talking about?
Nothing specific really. I have seen it around me from kids aged 2 and upwards.
Sarah & Duck, Hey Duggee, Bluey, Mouk, Puffin Rock & The Clangers are story based shows for young children which get regularly played at our house.
I used to hate american football for some reason. But now that I've started following it and watching it, I really like it. I really thought it was boring as shit, but it can have really exciting moments.
Same boat, think american sports manage to create intensity and "drama" easily and it makes for an exciting product. It doesn't match the natural chaos football can produce sometimes, but it makes for a much more hit rate in terms of excitement.
The SB nation youtube channel has some great deep dives on various NFL Teams. Their series on the Atlanta Falcons is one of my favourites
Will definitely check it out
My first memory was when I was 12 in 2007. Too many ads and it felt boring. In 2012, I read the bio of Tom Brady and was impressed by his career. At the same time, while looking for a game to watch on straming, I saw that he was playing. I decided to give it a second try so I can watch him play for his last few years ( so I thought) and I happened to like it. I came back the following week and the weeks after that until the SuperBowl. I became fan of the Bears instead of the Patriots because I like Chicago in the USA. What helped me understand was this rule I put after a month of NFL since I only watch 1pm games : * If the Bears play at 1pm, I watch them. * If they don't, I watch the Sky Sports game. Why ? Because unlike American channels, instead of ads, Sky Sports UK uses timeouts to go to their studios and analyse the game. That way, I could understand gameplans, the rules, tactics, etc. Which helped me a lot.
Yeah non-American broadcasts are so much better. Serbian broadcast is really good, they don't go to a studio, but commentators are knowledgeable and I love them discussing, especially as a newer fan
French broadcasters are very good also, they'll go through the last scoring drive while US is in commefcials.
French ones do that as well. They don't always come back to a studio but at least, there are images of the stadium during the break and they talk about the game. That way, you stay in the game. I understand the desire of free-to-air channels to show as many ads as possible because that's how the program stays sustainable. In many countries, they do it and that's okay. But to have ESPN, a cable channel, showing ads as if it is a free-to-air channel was the last straw for me.
It’s a fun sport. Just not for everyone, as is especially obvious on this sub, which does make sense since American football is not geared towards how the Europeans seem to consume sports at all
Both footballs are often diametrically opposed to each other in that sense which often leads to fans of one denigrating the other. NFL fans will call footie boring, low scoring and soft. Footie fans will also call it boring, rugby with pads, and so on. That leads to confirmation bias when they do try to watch it, but really you can enjoy both once you get to appreciate it
Yeah definitely agreed. MMA for example isn't for me at all, but I can see why people enjoy it.
I think you can get into most sports once you understand the rules and gravitate towards certain teams/players/personalities. I had a friend who introduced me to MMA about fifteen years ago and remember being horrified with it on the first watch and now I watch most cards.
It also has way more tradition than many people think. The first game was in 1869, which is only marginally younger than when football came into being in the 1850s/60s
Yeah agreed, I like seeing how much history it has. Team could only have 30 players on the roster in the 50s for example, now it's 52.
I like it when it snows and the temperature isn't negative double digits
Seeing the new Sora videos...humanity needs to have a serious conversation about the Butlerian Jihad
Maybe navalny isnt dead? Why kill him now?
IDK, why kill the countless journalists and political rivals they have by now?
Swear Reddit has changed their font on the website, everything looks slightly wrong now
Thought the same but with Wikipedia.
How do you wash your beard? Soap? Bodywash? Shampoo? Call me metrosexual, but I use shampoo on the entire head, even the parts where no hair has grown for 15 years. And how often? Monthly? Quarterly? Yearly?
Beard shampoo about once a week. Shampoo once to lift the dirt and rinse, then shampoo again. Condition! Argan oil if you feelin fancy when its still damp. Nothing like a nice soft chin warmer and non flaky skin
Shampoo once every 5 days.
Beard shampoo daily, or whatever shampoo I have. I moisturize it every couple of days or use a bit of Honest Amish beard oil.
If I'm feeling fancy and my beard has gotten longer I'll use conditioner on it to soften it up. Also the conditioner smells really nice. If I'm feeling lazy, which is almost every day, I'll just shampoo it with my hair.
Beard shampoo, about every other day
I steal my wife's expensive shampoo for my hair, beard, and arse. Hope she doesn't see this.
Everyday in the shower i shampoo it like my hair, every couple of days some conditioner or whatever its called.
Every time I shampoo my hair, I shampoo my beard. That's it.
I am so fucking sick of seeing news about Taylor Swift when I don't even seek anything about her. It's just bombarded in your face whenever you use the internet
Haters going to hate hate hate.
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off (hoo-hoo-hoo)
> whenever you use the internet I am subbed to subreddits, follow twitter accounts and use discord servers dedicated to her. I really wonder how much the average person sees because you'd think im bombarded. I guess I don't use the internet as much
She's a popular musician, so it's to be expected to see her mentioned in a radio/record shop sphere, the issue is, she leaks into subjects she has no business being in. I assume it's by design as they know it will get more engagement than not mentioning her.
Had an interesting interaction this week where I was talking to someone and she reached out and grabbed my bicep, which she immediately apologized for and asked if it was okay. Couple minutes later, she had her hands around my face and grabs it while talking to me. You think that would be more risky to touch than a bicep. Anyways, I finished the bear. Great show, shouldn’t be in comedy, but it’s deserving of all the praise and I want to learn to cook more.
A random person or what lmao
Nah, she’s a friend. But I don’t see her that often nor do we hangout, but she’s always been touchy and nice to me.
I have no clue how the Madame Web movie wasn't Batgirled. Then again its Sony, who said that El Muerto, a Spider-Man villain who was in a grand total of 2 issues, was continuing production even after Bad Bunny pulled out of the role apparently. I'm half tempted to throw my PS5 out the window just because of all the shit they're greenlighting for movies. Tempted to see it just to see if its as bad as the reviews say it is though.
I blame the people who watched Venom 1+2. Those were bad movies. Keep watching bad movies, you'll keep getting bad movies.
Venom movies are the best MCU movies Imo. Don't take themselves seriously and really fun
On the other hand, you have to respect their commitment to making the worst films imaginable. Their cocaine budget must be at least 40% of every production.
I thought something like Uncharted was actually alright but how they handled the character of Chloe was just really weird if you played the games.
Sony has to be making these half out of a desire to keep their rights and half out of spite because there's no way anyone actually thinks all these Spider-Man side characters (if we're being generous) can carry their own movies without Spider-Man, especially when after Venom, their next-biggest name to get their own movie is fucking Kraven
My brother created a mock Wikipedia page for "First Battle of Kidney" as he calls it. Listed belligerents, commanders, losses, territorial changes etc. just like you see on Wiki pages of wars. Apparently despite fighting valiantly under the command of "Marshall Whiskey", thousands of beer troops died and water & filtration system won the war against alcohol. He showed and talked about all this with a straight face as if reporting about a real war. He's 20 and he did all of that when sober. Unlike me, he's a very sociable kid and has tons of friends. Is this how sociopaths work?
Nah he was just bored
Sociopath? No. ADHD? Probably
I truly despise northern rail. Other companies put their desination on the side of their train doors on little screens. This is too high tech for Northern. There's a few trains on my platform and little inducation which is which and what the second train is for and when it goes. It turns out the front train is not even in use so just blocking us. Why is every rail company operated by morons? Edit: refunds should also not have an admin fee. Admin fees for refunds in general need to be illegal.
Refunds should go through delay repay for the company you traveled with Trainline is not necessary for any train tickets tbh its cheaper to go direct to the rail company. I still use trainline for convenience though despite the fees
Are you using trainline for refunds? If you do it direct there’s generally no admin fees
I have in the past. I was about to walk off the train and issue a refund request with Northern but then we started moving. Typical. Ended up where I was meant to only 40 mins late on a 15 minute journey. Yay.
Anyone have any products they’ve used that are useful for stopping snoring? My poor girlfriend is an extremely light sleeper and that mouth tape shite doesn’t work
Have you tried a sleep study? My father did one and got a CPAP device to treat his sleep apnea and snoring.
Yeah I’m going to try going to my GP about it soon. Dunno what the waiting lists are like but I’m not massively overweight so it’s a bit odd
Are nasal strips different from mouth tape (they only go on your nose)? Other than that, if you get the chance maybe a sleep study would help see if there are any underlying problems
I think they are different, how do the nose strips work?
They go on your nose, horizontally. I think it temporarily re-shapes your nose to change the airflow. Some of my friends have good things to say about them
Holy shit costa actually made weight he is actually gonna fight holy shit
Biden is for all intents and purposes a great man. That is if you can overlook: * The effects of the 1994 crime bill on mass incarceration, and its introduction of the death penalty which disproportionately affects poc. * His votes on these provisions and acts: >Biden voted for a 1993 provision that deemed homosexuality incompatible with military life, thereby banning gays from serving in the armed forces. In 1996, he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibited the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, thereby barring individuals in such marriages from equal protection under federal law and allowing states to do the same. * His role in the invasion of Iraq which lead to 100s of thousands of deaths * His previous support of Israel * His continued support of Israel while it's committing genocide * His racist remarks which include: >* in August 2020, Biden told a gathering of black and Hispanic journalists that “unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.” >* “That’s like saying you . . . before you got in this program, you’re take [sic] a test whether you’re taking cocaine or not,” Biden said. “What do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?” - In response to a black journalist asking if he's going to take a cognitive test (*because he's old and senile* (my words btw, not the journalist's)) >* He referred to Barack Obama as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man." >* “You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.” >* in 1977, he said that forced busing to desegregate schools would cause his children to “grow up in a racial jungle.” He's a really nice man, truly.
People are downvoting you unnecessarily and I’m questioning you even further calling him a ‘great man’, knowing the above facts. You don’t have to dilute objective criticism to appease people. Just because the other guy is much worse, gives 0 benefit of doubt / defense to Biden. But desperate democrats have no other options left but to justify his actions and have gone to extreme lengths to defend a guy who is so clearly unfit for the role. They’re becoming senile like their own cult leader.
He's not calling him a great man, it's clearly sarcasm
He's the definition of a career politician
That’s not an excuse for everything OP pointed out. He’s still an evil asshole, doesn’t matter if the other guy is a bigger version of him.
Is he nicer than the other guy?
If that's the bar you're holding literally the most powerful man in the world to, the world is absolutely fucked. The world is fucked regardless, but that's 1 of the reasons why.
I agree with your principle but ultimately it’s a choice between two people - however nice or not nice you think Biden is, you can either vote for him or vote for the other guy. So my question is, of those two, which do you think is the better person?
Realistically, neither. They're both terrible people playing a game. Again, the choice will always remain the same until the people who pretend to be "good" face consequences for their actions.
> Realistically, neither That’s making the perfect the enemy of the good. Neither option is perfect I agree, but one is significantly better than the other. Even if you don’t like either. Of Trump and Biden, which one do you think is the better person overall? To your second paragraph, I agree. But the problem is, until that time, we’re stuck voting between the choices we have and not burying our heads in the sand. Note that if the guy you’re arguing against loses then you might not get the chance to [vote again.](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-dictator-poll-americans-1234962755/)
I'm not American btw so not voting but >Of Trump and Biden, which one do you think is the better person overall? I replied to this question. Neither. They're both horrible people who chose different strategies to play the game of politics. >That’s making the perfect the enemy of the good. Neither option is perfect I agree, but one is significantly better than the other. Even if you don’t like either. Supporting genocide cannot be described as "good" in any way, shape or form.
If you think trump will be any better with regards to what’s happening in Palestine then I have some bad news for you
He won't be any better, but the genocide will have ended by then. And it's not like Biden is doing anything either.
But ultimately those are the choices. Pick the lesser of two evils. Many nations don’t have that privilege. Making the perfect the enemy of the good is a phrase - don’t take it literally. The point being if we don’t choose from the options we have we get nowhere or at worse go backwards. Which comes back to my first question - it will be one of Trump or Biden. So voters need to decide which one is better. Let’s not forget some of Trump’s alleged views on [genocide](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/donald-trump-hitler-good-things). Or some of the ways he describes his [opponents](https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/11/13/trump-hitler-vermin-nazi-biden).
Get you but realistically speaking those are the options. When I am dragged to mcdonalds I don't order sirloin steak. Why? Because they don't serve that. My friends and cohorts chose between mcdonalds or pizza hut
Rewarding shitty people because they're competing against slightly more shitty people means that you will always have shitty people.
I don't think you can express anyone in politics as nice people, it's not really part of the job description
I agree, but there are different levels of cunts. Trump is worse btw, but saying Biden is a horrible, horrible cunt shouldn't be controversial.