Yeah same, I live in a small town and in addition to marketplace, I need to check it every couple months to keep up with local events. My town has a website with a calendar but they never add anything besides "weight training at the senior center", no matter what else is going on
Not really. I find when people are jealous they either try to cut you down in subtle ways, or they self deprecate and guilt trip just because you happen to have something going right for you.
I'd like to be admirable, I think. I'd prefer to rub off on people in a positive way than a negative one.
Am I missing something? This explanation actually seems reasonable. I swear I saw a couple people last election complain they were suddenly following Biden, because they were following the POTUS account.
I'm not trying to defend the fash propaganda that is Facebook, but also its users can be pretty dense.
There are personality stereotypes associated with topping (giving) and bottoming (receiving) during sex. The stereotype is typically that tops are more dominant, sometimes masc, and bottoms are submissive, flustered messes. Doesn't always pan out that way in real life of course
When it comes up, I prefer to just describe the symptom currently at play— e.g. "no it was funny, I'm just slow to get jokes", or "I need to step outside, crowds stress me out".
It's not a big secret or anything, but I don't want every slightly awkward moment to turn into a big conversation about my neurotype. Besides, I am how I am, it would be fine even if I didn't have a reason. I don't want people to tolerate me because I have a disorder to "justify" it.
My best friendship might be over, I don't know. I thought about letting him drift off but my therapist convinced me to reach out. He said he doesn't want to talk about it, and I asked if he means not tonight, or not all. He just said "I don't know".
I ain't gonna pressure him, but that was his last chance.
I tried to make other friends, I joined this Meetup group I was really excited about. Waited ages for it. Had fun for the first several hours, and we were already talking about future events, and then it came up that they're all conservative.
There's very little else on Meetup and most of it has "sponsored by the church of Scientology" buried at the bottom of the text. I've just been trying to hit the gym and be productive around the house since then. Kinda sucks because I need to finish unpacking but I have so many gifts and mementos and photos with people who moved on.
ETA yeah, it's over. I laid out all my grievances and he basically told me he's garbage and I'm better off without him. He keeps telling me things I do are hurting him, and I try to change even when he contradicts himself, but I'm not worth the same effort.
Shoplifting from Walmart hurts my knees because the boss won't believe that our onhand numbers are wrong and makes me check high and low before I can nil pick it 🥲
This isn't an ethical argument against shoplifting btw, this is an ethical argument in favor of nuking Walmart
In OP's defense, I can't find a parody disclaimer anywhere on this site (on mobile at least), but imagine scrolling past a headline about VR toilets and not questioning the journalism at play here.
I get the point but "criminal" isn't a moral label. Cops are monsters even if they don't break the law. Similarly, if Luigi did it, that means he committed a crime but it still doesn't make him the villain.
Gotcha, that's a reasonable question. I'm not able to answer, unfortunately 😭
I do have a friend who's aro/ace and has zero interest in sex, but they've written a lot of romance. It's not their main thing but they still seem to really enjoy it. I think well-developed characters can make any kind of goal interesting, even if it's not one you'd ever have. I don't know how many romcoms bother with that level of development, though.
Pretty sure the "original" meaning of "blood is thicker than water" came later. There's a popular bit of misinfo that it's short for "the blood of the covenant is stronger than the water of the womb" but no one can point to a single historical usage of it.
I prefer the version that doesn't prioritize family ties, but I don't think it's the original.
Unpopular opinion: Bluesky is annoying because if I say anything about queer issues (especially trans ones) I get followed by a bunch of alt-righters and the occasional dude with a kiwifarms avatar or something weird like "we will find you" in their bio. Yeah they're just bots and they're easy enough to block but it's tedious. It's weird how many people nagged me to join and no one even mentioned that.
It's actually two different people. And I looked at the notes and they're not even the only two. One person got really mad and called OP a "stupid fucking asshole" in their "correction".
I had no idea people were so passionate about the belief that coal can't be used to heat water.
I would count reddit indirectly as a site that rewards engagement. I'm pretty sure a lot of ragebait is generated to be read by Microsoft Sam or over Minecraft footage later.
Yeah same, I live in a small town and in addition to marketplace, I need to check it every couple months to keep up with local events. My town has a website with a calendar but they never add anything besides "weight training at the senior center", no matter what else is going on