tiredofsametab

One of my family, and former nurse, is against at least mRNA vaccines, but she also fell down the far right conspiracy theory rabbithole so…

1. Anything more than hushed conversation is banned on public transit (exceptions for children too little to be able to control it, developmentally disabled, etc.). You may answer the phone, quietly, to tell the person you cannot talk right this second and will phone them back from the next station
2. Everywhere is accessible to the blind, those in wheelchairs, on crutches, etc.
3. You will grow some of your own food as your space allows. If you have a tiny flat with one window? Grow some herbs or chives or something? Gotta big lawn? Now you have a garden. Those with small children will be left some room for them to play.
4. Everyone wanting a driving license must drive a giant, slow truck and a small motorbike for several weeks. The tests everywhere in the US get harder and more demanding.
5. You must use public transport in any case it is possible and practical (i.e I don’t expect you to try to take your haul from Ikea back on a train).
6. You will generally only eat two meals a day and no more gluten (sorry; I didn’t want to inflict this on you nor did I want the gluten restriction on myself, but this is the only way my body works somewhat properly).
7. Your mind’s eye and any audible inner monologue are now gone. It’s fine; enjoy the imagination and peace.
8. You must live somewhere on roughly the other side of the planet from where you grew up (again, sorry to force you)
9. You must live in at least one foreign country for no less than 3 months outside of a foreigner community and learn the language and culture (not at all sorry about this one).
10. You must be in pain a lot of the time without docs being able to find anything useful. You must also have anxiety, ADHD, probable ASD, and overthink many things.

I tried to answer the actual question rather than how I think things should be. I’m sure I’m missing something about my life. I guess you’d all have to work as software engineers who run a small farm most of the year, strictly speaking.

Chili with cornbread is phenominal. Never had it growing up in the US Midwest, but moved south and fell in love. Still make it now on the other side of the globe. Rice isn’t my favorite and potatoes wouldn’t be my first choice, but chili is basically just a curry in the modern sense anyway for most recipes so that makes sense.

TIL eepy and I hate it.

Your eggs still come in dozens

My eggs don’t come in dozens before this change so I doubt they shall after (6 and 10 are most common in Japan)

Does not work for me. I always give a wipe for safety and often the water doesn’t get it all. I assume it’s an ass-shape issue, possible because I had surgery when younger.

Braces (and almost anything that is indented) should always end at the same column they start lest I feel like I’m physically off-balance and uneasy. First paragraph should be indented because it’s a paragraph and they’re indented. Otherwise, I agree.

PoE

I’m guessing this is not a skill tree about Power over Ethernet nor Point of Examination?

That really kinda shifts a problem. I can generally guess that at 10am whateverTime a business is going to be open or people are going to be awake to time my communications. This adds a step of having to look up … I guess the current daylight hours and/or normal business hours first? Who would maintain such a database?

There are plenty of countries with better worker rights in which to set up shop as well.

Aside from basic biological stuff, trust and consent. Consent is required. Trust no one you don’t know extremely well and are in a committed relationship (especially as regards protection and contraception).

I wonder if educational videos exist on this. I assume so somewhere. As a dude in his 40s not having kids, I thought “maybe I should reach out to volunteer to help” but, at the same time, realize there are so many weirdos on the internet I would always say no in the same circumstance. Maybe if there are no educational vids, I could try to create something.

Raising kids is hard. Good on you for trying to do things properly. Best of luck!

Is there a further version that explains what these pictures are? I’m assuming the left one is a band and probably one I’ve heard, but I’m otherwise confused.

I don’t use Facebook but was searching to see if anyone had uploaded a photo I no longer had a copy of from high school. It’s only been 20-something years, but the number of obituaries I ran across was surprising. We’re all in our early 40s from a small school and the percentage who died seemed high. A couple in war, but medical issues, drugs, and most of all, car crashed.