Yeah, I get what you’re saying. My therapist has said something similar. That said, these things will never have no emotional toll. Nothing in life is free. To be totally detached isn’t being there for someone and that wouldn’t be the right way to handle these situations either.
I appreciate the advice and the time you spent on it, but I do what I do because it’s what the person I want to be would do. Until I don’t want to be the kind of person that cares about even the people that have done wrong by me, I’m gonna keep doing it. I still live my life, pursue my goals, and take care of myself. I just sacrifice a little energy and peace of mind for the people in my life that need it when they need it.
It’s really not a healthy way to live. Plenty of people have told me to cut back on it, including two therapists. I’ve kinda understood that view, but I get stuck at the question of who is worth being there for and who isn’t.
I don’t burn bridges with anyone. I grew up very isolated and alone and decided early in life to never be part of making people in my life feel that way.
I was the only one to visit my mom at the psych ward despite it being far and us not getting along.
I picked up an abusive ex from a date that had gone terribly wrong late at night.
I stayed on the phone with another toxic ex for a few hours as they nervously went home from a party in a bad area.
There’s lots more examples and it’s pretty much always a pain in the ass, but everyone should have someone to go to. I’m not necessarily nice or dishonest about my feelings, but I won’t leave people hanging.
I mean sure, an imaginary LLM that exceeds the fundamental limitations of the technology could be convincing, but then that’s not an LLM. LLMs are statistical models, they don’t know anything. They use stats calculated from training data to guess what token should follow another. Hallucinations cannot be eliminated because that would require it to be capable of knowing things and then it would have to be able to error check itself rationally. In other words, it would have to be intelligent.
Odds are, starting out with a fresh blog will be pretty slow to build up any kind of regular readership. You gotta do it because you’re passionate about the topics and enjoy writing. You won’t need to worry about AI if you have both of those traits, because you’re doing it for the sake of your own creative expression and it will naturally have a human quality that can’t be emulated.
No alcohol at home. 4 drinks a day max except once a month. I’m still an alcoholic and I don’t plan to quit drinking, but my therapist and I think I’ve got it under control after 3 years of these rules.
We’re not really close to the point where any prosthetic is an upgrade on any human limb. Prosthetics you can control with your mind do exist, but are severely limited compared to human limbs. I’ve yet to see any prosthetic that’s stronger than a human limb.
There are two big limitations to consider:
Even if you could attach a more powerful machine to a person, the attachment point is always going to be the weak point.
How do you power it? Battery technology just isn’t there yet. You’d be lucky if you got 2hrs of super arm followed by several hours of charging.
I’m no expert, but I do have an interest in prosthetics and have been following the news and have seen lots of conversations that have no solutions for those two problems.
Don’t worry too much about it. People who will judge you for looking or acting gay aren’t worth your time anyway. I can say from experience that there are plenty of great women who actually want a partner who looks gay.
It depends on where you are, but the huge grids of Manhattan can definitely be windy. They’re essentially big straight channels with nothing to block an air current.
I’m a huge fan of TRON. I have a sealed vhs of the original, all the games, I even got the stupid $100 preorder statue for TRON: Evolution. I can admit the stories aren’t great, but the atmosphere and aesthetic is something I’ll never get enough of.
Let go of any fear of others expectations for you as soon as you can. Explore what interests you and don’t let others stop you. People come and go, but they’ll come to you faster than they leave if you’re a confident and passionate person. You can only be that if you work on figuring out how you want to live and chase that life.
I went roughly 2 weeks without food after I got out of the hospital from a severe head injury. I tried to eat, but I temporarily lost my sense of taste and my brain hallucinated this absolutely terrible taste in its place. Even my saliva and the inside of my mouth had this taste. In the hospital I mostly got my nutrients via IV.
It’s a bit of both. I’m a photographer and I like to think of my outfits like photos, especially when I’m going somewhere where I plan to network. I want to present myself as someone with a good sense of style and who knows how to make people look good. So my style is my own, but I try to make sure I look good and fit the vibe of where I’m going.
I recently went to a party focused on some spiritual stuff and to match the vibe I got some 3/4 harem pants, but I got ones with a slightly muted floral pattern to make it my own. I made the rest of my outfit plain and dark to match and really emphasize the new pants. It was a style a bit outside my comfort zone, but was a big hit and I got lots of compliments.
I’m 28. I hang out with one friend at least 1-3 times a week. I see the rest of them once every few months, but we’re all in discord pretty frequently. I also have friends in the local kink scene I see relatively often depending on how many events I go to.
Reading the article, it seems similar. This was on a pine tree, except this was in NY and not the northwest where the mushroom you linked is apparently common.
You could make lots of jello. Easy, tastes good, fills you, and there’s nearly no calories. I personally just drink water when I crave snacks.