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monsterpiece42

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  • Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care

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  • I want him and others like him to stop trying to be president at 80.

    I would also like him to speak in full sentences and stay awake at important outings.

    That said, my comment is more about the same criticism that I have of most of Washington... They're way too old. There is no 80yo that's still firing on all cylinders.

  • Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care

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  • Don't be like that, my comment was not a partisan one and I did not attack you. I would appreciate the same courtesy.

    No one is perfect. I think this administration is doing decent. I'm independent, so I rarely fully agree with a party.

    That said, my comment is more about the same criticism that I have of most of Washington... They're way too old. There is no 80yo that's still firing on all cylinders.

    I have found that the news has done a decent job covering positives and negatives. Or at least I'm hearing about both.

  • Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care

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  • I mean he's not. But I've been pretty happy with his administration overall

  • It’s the End of the Web as We Know It

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  • I had the same laugh. So tone-deaf.

  • Firefox UX: On Purpose: Collectively Defining Our Team’s Mission Statement

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  • I mean it pretty clearly says that User insights will be put into development and user benefit is first.

    ...will that happen? Well. Probably not. But I hope so.

  • Why you should buy Toyota

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  • I want an all-Tacoma C&C now.

  • Why you should buy Toyota

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  • I do love me some Toyotas.

    Had nice ones, had shitboxes. They all make some monkey brain in me so happy to drive.

    No hate on other cars. I respect all builds. But Toyota seems to have some blueprint of my nervous system that makes me have fun in them.

  • Why you should buy Toyota

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  • Did you look this up or do you have encyclopedic knowledge of Generals quotes ^(too) ?

    I read all of these in-voice haha.

  • Using gaming controllers for anything other than gaming ?

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  • For sale: Logitech submarine controller, lifetime warranty.

  • I don't enjoy it when people compliment me. Why could it be?

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  • I'm thinking self worth issues.

    In another comment you said you are egoist. Fair, but a lot of people with self worth issues cope by essentially talking themselves up (or tearing others down) internally. Can you elaborate on how you feel like you're "a disgusting egoist"?

  • Animals

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  • Jokes aside I think this is a good demonstration of why they do it.

  • Do you feel dumb ?

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  • Absolutely, it's hard to feel so held back because you know what you're capable of when you're calm and feeling safe, but not all hope is lost.

    Anxiety (fight or flight) happens when there is a real or perceived danger to self in some way. That could be physical safety, stress, lost of resources like time or money, and so on. You can find a full list of what may feel threatened on Maslow's Hierarchy (or Pyramid) of Needs (linked below).

    The trick is, learning these triggers. They can be tricky because you've likely trained yourself to ignore them over the years by trying to push through the anxiety. You begin to train yourself to notice them again by focusing on feelings (as above--physical sensations). The practice of Mindfulness is the name of this discipline. Your body will warn you with some sort of physical feeling before you're in full fight or flight. It can be tricky to learn this, but it's a game changer once you get the hang of it.

    Freezing people up with questions: yes 100% they're editing the video to show the people the social anxiety. Not very cash money of them.

    Maslow's Hierarchy: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

  • Do you feel dumb ?

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  • So first off, I'm so happy that you found my comment helpful! This is a hobby but I am working to be a professional in the field so that's a huge compliment to me!

    Next, good job listening to your body! This may also surprise you, but for years we have found that "forward motion" (meaning working towards goals or overcoming obstacles) is therapeutic. However recently, it was shown in a study under Standford University that literally forward motion (i.e. walking) medically, measurably, calms nerves relating to stress! The mechanism is called optic flow, and I'll leave a link for the study down below if you want to geek out with me.

    So anyway, what it sounds like is that the natural calming nature of walking (optic flow) is being used to combat stress coming from stressful topics while you process them. It's pretty cool what we com up with when we're honest with ourselves about how we feel. Great work!

    Easy to read article: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/06/03/setting-your-biological-clock-reducing-stress-while-sheltering-in-place/

    Research paper: (sorry for the monster link, it's a paid paper if you don't have the referral from Scientific American) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0078-2.epdf?sharing_token=p2UzdMPooyCx94wCmteRk9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N7LNPtyt24kJUb6fcoG7oz5k1aLZNMW5HRMMzeNl4Rw5jrMEG6mGGD30qcY4221bnbNhRUVP8a-1cSgXlo7Gyhg2HiZ3fuhFE2wvVLmBJzHQQM5sXoxJVvfmSOXhLHYNcun-6DFm9r79C4sVWdCRXkNVowKUb8yVq_LDC5IKI5r0EhchYvQFWyeXRMcqoIF8VvElqtq8PxX_8xrXFPGwweqluRA-I6X2OpoYyJXDKiF1OlQfJHr_UiLRuCFx57j3g02yzoQEPU3jnwAd2MSIrk&tracking_referrer=www.scientificamerican.com

  • What is the last video game that you were completely hooked on?

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  • I have had great luck with random people. There is in-game voice chat and you don't run into the really serious try hard types until the very upper difficulties

  • Do you feel dumb ?

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  • Don't forget to be your own friend too. If you're feeling burnt out, your body is trying to tell you something. That doesn't make you less of a person for it!

  • Do you feel dumb ?

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  • This may get long, but it's good info. Please bear with the length.

    Honestly OP, I feel like based on how you've worded things that this may be a result of anxiety (symptom or disorder, couldn't tell you). Important note: if this is an ongoing thing, you may have trained yourself to ignore it.

    First, some background: Feeling stupid can happen because when you feel anxiety, your frontal lobe (where you think) turns off. Anxiety is a form of fight or flight, and when that kicks in, your amygdalas (base of brain) block off the thinking part of your brain.

    To your points:

    -Missing things in conversation and catching them later often happens when you're back to a safe place and you come out of fight or flight and your frontal lobe turns back on.

    -Not making new friends, because social is new or "work" to meet new people. If you're feeling anxious you're not going to have the energy to want to do that. (You kinda mentioned this by not wanting to get out of your comfort zone).

    -Passively, the steps are hard to give in a general sense. Usually I'd suggest you're pushing too hard in your life or (maybe accidentally) ignoring triggers. Actively, there are grounding exercises for anxiety, but they are only a bandaid of your life is constantly pushing you to high stress.

    -You made a comment about making notes but not wanting to feel silly. Feeling like you're being watched or judged can also be a symptom of you're anxious.

    I am not a therapist but I have an extensive amount of psychology research and years of therapy that I have gone through for several things including anxiety. Feel free to message me if you want to dig in more! If you don't, I would recommend a counselor to help dig into your situation either way. I can't express how helpful it can be.

  • reddit

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  • 100% this. I was on Reddit for nearly 10 years and this "type" of joke is super common.

    That said, it was taken too far imo.

  • Which DE for my parent's laptop (old Lenovo IdeaPad)? Wayland or X11?

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  • As other have said, please do an SSD swap.

    If it's "unbearably slow" that is an indication of drive failure especially on old boot drives. Linux will not fix this.

    After that, Cinnamon if they like windows. Gnome if they don't or don't care.

    Pop os is a great "fire and forget" OS for normal users. I work in a computer shop and have seen tons of not-knowledgable people run it without issues.

  • Tesla Cybertruck: A Tragedy On Four Wheels [Adam Something]

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  • So that beam in the pic is not factory (dude is still a douche of course). But the point in the video is that the cybertruck is like that straight from Tesla, which is extra unacceptable.