whenever i hear/see the word tuppence i think of Thank Goodness You're Here. which is not very often caused it happened once since I played the game and it was just now. but still.
he switched places. he won because he didn't do this and pretended he understands people are suffering. now that he's in power he doesn't want to admit that so he's doing the Democratic Party Special™ which is just to tell people their experiences and feelings are wrong and things are actually great which is why they fucking lose all the goddamn time. stupid move when mamdani wiped the floor with the entire elite class with his affordability message.
i don't have social media but i browse lemmy a little too frequently for my liking so i started using the screen zen app. i limited my use to 2 hours per day, which can be broken into 15min intervals.
so when i try to launch sync a screen pops up and says "0/8, is this important?" and waits 5 seconds before i can say unlock, or don't unlock immediately. the result has been fantastic, i use it like 3 times a day for less than 15min each.
the thing about the timer is it doesn't stop if you tab out of the app so you either consume the allotted time in one sitting or it just goes away. which at first i thought was a bad thing but turns out being forced to use it in one go makes it feel more like a chore so you don't even wanna do it.
if you have an impulse problem with social media i think this type of app could help a lot.
marriage is not an achievement and there's a housing crisis. also looking to get something doesn't mean you're even close to getting it but whatever even if they did have those, it's not in any way an indictment on you.
marriage doesn't mean anything unless you have someone you want to be married to. the right time is when you're ready to do it and it makes sense, not a specific age. if you're a man, you're even more free to wait as the societal pressure (or biological, if one wants kids) isn't nearly as high as it is for women. not that it should be a deciding factor anyway for women but I'm just saying.
from what I've seen from people around me, being unmarried is infinitely better than marrying the wrong person.
take a breath, do right by yourself. 30 is ridiculously young to have "wasted your life". lots of people find themselves in their 30s. as it is usually a time you start getting your shit together, now you will have an opportunity to actually think about what you want to do and how to do it.
the gop has been doing that anyway. both parties have, but gop has been much more brazen and extreme with it. so if all states do the max the red states should get much more diminishing returns while blue states gain more seats for Dems.
20 is a baby. 30 is a newly adult person. actually turning 30 didn't do much for me but a delayed realization that I'm over 30 did wonders. I stopped feeling like a teenager who has to put up with drama, or the youngest person in the room who has to suffer people's bullshit for no reason. huge weight lift from the shoulders.
not your fault, the article is paywalled behind basic literacy