i would absolutely try this.

i eat a LOT of kraut, probably five days a week. also enjoy sardines and mayo on toast with capers. followed by kraut, which pairs well with the salty capered dregs left in the sardine tin.

erhoslab is still around, last i checked. nice guy, nice voice, no screaming.

i’m hearing this about our state DFPS - as far as i know, you now only need to be 18 and you need to have graduated high school. then you get to destroy families.

i posted about having this experience on reddit a year or two ago and people were pissed? but yeah, empty shelves and barely any employees. it sucks, because i used to enjoy going there to see what’s new.

i believe you can do this if you choose and when you’re ready. i won’t lie - it’s not easy, but you may decide if is easier than staying. the dv hotline can direct you to local services, including housing. be careful if you begin to explore your options; he may escalate.

(800) 799-7233. if you can safely search, they also have text and chat contact online.

i ran into this kind of garbage the other day looking for a Nicholas Jaar video when i couldn’t recall the name. like BoC, there’s tons and tons of tracks by Jaar, but results gave me one or two of his most popular tracks and a buuuuuunch of other stuff. i couldn’t even just keep scrolling, there were a dozen results and then the “related search” garbage.

ugh, i’m so fed up with google, and at the same time not motivated enough to figure out workarounds. i have work and shit to do around my house.

i guess, with me, they won.

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seems like i read something to the effect that DiCaprio made a lot of suggestions to give depth to his character, and that the movie as initially written really was more just-the-gimmick. i hated Tenet; i imagine Inception without likable (edit - or at least interesting) characters would have felt more like that.

nice to see another vxjunkie here

i find myself using “friend” a lot lately. dunno if that’s a great replacement.

if i could parent my oldest kid again, i would let him struggle more and fail more.

the inevitable rude awakening was ROUGH.

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the only time i ever lost a paper/document (at 13, for social studies), was on an apple IIc. then i rewrote it. i cried A LOT.

it has never happened since, and writing is a significant part of my job. i learned the hard way.

amazingly, chemistry has given us the ability to have a better quality of life, even when our brains work differently.

when she’s 25 and benefitting from meds, she may resent it if this was not an option you explored with her.

i can’t give you a source for “most people,” but personally my out-of-pocket is $6k for myself, $12k for my family. about the only thing covered before that number is met is yearly physicals. i pay about $500 a month for this (after my employer’s contribution). dental separate, no vision.

take peace in knowing that i gave him a good life, and i got to share it beginning to end. it’s nice to know i could do that for him.

i was looking for rx sunglasses before posting. single greatest gamechanger in the last 15 years of my life.

at this point, i’m not sure where to buy most things and not get garbage. every online platform is trying to emulate amazon and become a “marketplace” filled with unvetted cheap shit; stores often have little stock and no one with expertise.

i need a lamp for my office. where do i buy something i can ensure is safe and well made? i have no idea.

i realize this is a small concern relative to the larger failures of capitalism, but free market competition isn’t even successful at providing basic goods and services.

on reddit, i learned about asexuality.