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  • People telling me I’m good with kids hurts

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  • Same boat, OP. Same boat. I have wanted to be a dad since I was tiny. Like, so bad. And it will likely never happen for me. I'm 34, and I get told by all my friends with kids how great I am with them, how good an uncle I am. And that's nice. But it hurts. It hurts a lot.

  • I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun?

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  • Perhaps they've been a gun owner in the past. I'm as lefty as they come, and I have owned guns in the past, and plan on having a gun again. There are people who hunt, who live in areas with bear and other dangerous animals, and there are those who have worked in fields where firearms are something you have. I have worked armed security. I enjoy going to gun ranges (though, as a general rule, I no longer do that. Too many dipshit right wing stains on humanity hang out there). I lived in a very rural area until April, and we would often target shoot out in the back yard. Owning a gun in the US is so normalized that if OP is in the US, and anywhere outside of major urban centers (and even then...), it is very possibly a concern that if they are not in their right mind, just popping down the local gun store (and there is almost always at least one local gun store around) or pawn shop, and pick up a 9mm or a .38 special. If I ever got a dementia diagnosis, this would also be a major concern for me. I would give my power of attorney to whoever I trusted most, and make sure the state was alerted that I should not be trusted with a weapon again. I've never considered this aspect until now, but OP is exactly right. It's far too commonplace a thing not to worry that in an episode you won't just go do that in the States. Our gun culture is absolutely insane.

    Also, before the accusations fly:

    There have been no children in the home The guns are in lock boxes Ammunition is stored separately I am not a "but the home invasions!" Nutjob

  • The true story of how I grew my only ever successful plant

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  • Firstly, that's awesome! I love volunteer plants!

    Secondly, though, what's this image from?

  • Everyone has a purpose

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  • That's fair. I would love to be turned into a lemon tree, too. It's my favorite food. Haha. I'm hoping I don't have to live through losing the rest of my family, but I'm 10 years younger than the second youngest member of my family. I don't know if there will be anyone to bring peace to by the time I go. Lemon tree would be cool, but if I can be used to teach to doctors or to somehow save lives, that would be amazing

  • Everyone has a purpose

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  • Similar scenario with my buddy. He was a Baptist preacher from the time he was old enough to be told by his family what he would be doing with his life, up until he was about 25ish when he left that. He had done funerals and been there to comfort families who had lost someone, but he was very nervous about actually doing the cutting up and such. He told me all about it excitedly when he had finally done it. Details I absolutely did not need haha

  • Errrmmmm

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  • Me and my brother and my sister in law are visiting Miami right now. He asked when the last time I was here was, I say 2012, when he and I came down. Hours later we were talking and we realize we all three came down after that.

    None of us can remember when. It was some time after 2017 but before 2019. Only problem is, it almost definitely couldn't have happened during those dates, but that are the only date between which it could have happened.

  • It doesn't work like that

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  • Everyone has a purpose

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  • My best friend also did embalming. It's weird being their friends. Haha. But I'd be devastated if I lost him, I can't even think about it. I love that your friend gave back like that ♥️

  • Everyone has a purpose

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  • I'd be cool with that. Let some college kids cut me up and maybe in that way I'll save lives haha

    Edit: just reread and realized. I'm so sorry about your friend <3

  • Everyone has a purpose

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  • Honestly, I kind of wish I could have some kind of purpose for people like this after death. From what I gather, though, actually donating your body to something useful is fairly difficult with long wait lists and such. Which is a shame. I'd like to have some use after I'm gone. I have seriously considered trying to get myself to India to die and doing a sky burial like a few groups there do

  • Everyone has a purpose

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  • I get this reference! I feel so included! Haha

  • It's that time of year again (For the northern hemisphere non tropical folks)

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  • Yes! Honestly, I love the cold. If it weren't for the fact that my favorite pass times are swimming and gardening, I'd so happily move somewhere that's cold all year round. I love bundling up, I love the extra pockets that jackets give me. I love scarfs and the crochet beanies my mom made me when she was still here, and it doesn't hurt that it's the only time I think I look decent when I dress like that.

    But my GOD the heat stroke when you walk in a store in January. It's awful

  • I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating

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  • Are you a college professor in the US? I've been considering attempting to go that route, but I don't know if it's actually worth it, considering how few and far between the positions are, and that most universities seem to employ mostly adjunct professors at seemingly slave wages. Am I just being pessimistic, or is it as bad as it seems? I want to teach creative writing. I plan on teaching English as a second language when I finish out my bachelor's.

  • What's an unscientific opinion that you firmly hold?

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  • You might actually both be saying the same thing here. Caveat being that I have no idea what the science says about cold/flu, but when talking about humidity when the air is colder it is drier. 90% humidity at 35F is not the same as 90% at 85F. As the air cools it is able to hold less moisture. So your observation that there's an uptick during colder weather at a higher relative humidity could be the same as saying it's more likely in drier air, because the air is drier when it's cold, even when the relative humidity shows the same percentage.

  • The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this.

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  • I'm noticing that in this comment section, too. I hadn't noticed before, but most people do seem to be one extreme or the other. I imagine it's because at either end they feel like they have something unique to offer the conversation, but those in the middle probably feel as if they are normal and it won't be interesting to contribute, maybe?

    Ooc, what would you label yourself? I posted mine if you want to see my experience as someone who jumps around the spectrum a bit

  • The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this.

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  • Most days I'm about a 3, sometimes it's more like 4. If I'm reading a book or doing something like that, where I'm really focusing on the visualization, I can get to 2. The only time I ever get to 1 is when I'm laying in bed at night about to fall asleep.

    I have real trouble sleeping sometimes, and one of the things I do to help is put on instrumental music (lately, a lot of jazz sax), and then pick some random scenario, like:

    "if I could be king of the world what policy changes would I make?"

    Or "if I ever get to have kids, what kind of things would I most want to teach them?"

    Or "Let's design the perfect floorplan for my dream home"

    And as I begin to drift off, but while still consciously aware, I can see things in stunning detail, but it's always like they're semi transparent. That's not a great example, because there's no backdrop, but it's the best I've got.

  • Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification

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  • Thank you!

  • Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification

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  • Honestly, would you mind DMing some of the better sites you've found?

  • That is a lot

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  • ... Jesús Cristo