Happy thanksgiving to all you folks sharing a country with Riker and Trip!
How big is your bird?
We cook it on low temp for 4/5 hours and frequently baste and that seems to work.
I’ve never tried spatchcocking, can you still make stuffing that way?
I’m not saying purchasing power is the same
I just think if the only thing stopping you from having kids is an ensuite laundry then you’re letting perfect get in the way of good enough.
We had 4 boys sleeping in one room and the laundry was in the basement.
My wife grew up with two girls sharing a room until her dad actually build a drywall partition so they’d stop fighting.
I know there are too many places without laundry and only one bedroom and that’s a problem, but complaining you can’t find an en suite laundry feels low on the priority list.
Sometimes, they find the right place but without en suite laundry (this matters with a newborn) or up two flights of stairs
This is the kind of thing my parents would have told me to just deal with. They just dealt with it.
I don’t want kids, but there is something for making do without needing it to be perfect.
Mika looks like she's going to fall off
My little buddy sleeps like that. The few times he actually falls are hilarious
I don't know, everyone wants to have a Christmas, I think people who can't afford a tree this season are going to be feeling very bad.
I buy mine from a church, I'm sure they'd give out one for free if someone was struggling.
Maybe I should see if I can prepay for some trees for anyone struggling.
After getting used to Mac (over 15 years now) I've grown to like the shortcuts, but it feels totally foreign when I use a Windows system. The reverse is also true.
Yes, mostly it's command instead of Ctrl
But some permutations of paste without formatting/paste values only/paste format only end up using 4 keys which is always awkward to do.
I think some of his estimates were light, Christmas trees are $60-$80 for real and more for artificial.
Anyways, I don’t really benefit much from this. And I agree with the Bloc, $40b deficit and we’re spending 10% of that on vote buying. I’d rather see something more meaningful done.
Superb!
This is a really beautiful drawing!
I wouldn't have to paste via menu if "paste without formatting" didn't require the fingers of a pianist.
I was going to say why is that even there, but it reminded me of a very useful macOS tip:
You can access all the menu bar items that don’t have hot keys without leaving the keyboard.
Command+shift+question mark opens the help menu search bar and you can type in ANY menu bar item by name and press enter to do it. It will also show any keyboard shortcuts.
Ctrl+F2 selects the menu bar so you can use arrow keys, but that’s slower.
As an avid vim/terminal user, macOS accessibility shortcuts are friggen amazing.
Your cat is overflowing with cats!
What if they did separate the flower, but it was vaporized and transformed into cancerous gas and they'll know know the cause of their mesothelioma?
We have a duvet and sheets one size larger than our mattress for that reason.
It works 95% of the time
No one has ever fixed their lives after 20. It only gets worse if you're not rich as a teenager or popular online before then. Everything after 20 is just drug addiction and fighting.
That’s just not true. I was an unemployed drop out fire a while in my early 20s and got married and bought a house at 30.
My brother was a single father with a useless degree working part time at a pizza chain at 20. Through most of his 20’s he worked for a temp agency making minimum wage. Around 30 he found a job in a machine shop and they paid for his apprenticeship and now he’s their top employee. He’s in his late 30s now and is the happiest I’ve ever seen him.
Another brother I have failed a bunch of high school classes, barely graduated, then turned a crappy construction job into becoming a union carpenter in his 20s. He owns a house, got back together his high school girlfriend. They have 3 kids and are a very happy family now.
“If you were to tell a stranger, or post our scenario online on a mommy group or something, I am sure people would assume there is something wrong … but they don’t know the full story,” she said.
I’ve never had to do that.
I think the idea is fine, sometimes I’ll sleep the couch if I’m restless or my wife has pulled an alligator and clung to the blankets and rolled them away.
Sleep divorce is a terrible terrible name though.
Guys literally only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting
More screenshots from TNG S5E6 The Game
The Real Unvarnished Story of "The Game"
This is why Riker does not have purchasing authority anymore.
Screenshots from TNG S5E6 The Game, with O'Brien from S6E02 Realm of Fear.
Reefer Madness: In this film you will meet Bev who once took pride in her strong will.
OC - screen caps from Sub Rosa mixed with the old Reefer Madness poster.
I had fun with this one, the halftone effect gave me a lot of trouble.
This post inspired me to try and create a Reefer Madness post. Title based on this trailer.
Follow up & some questions about SSRIs
Trigger Warning
suicidal thoughts
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Hey all, I want to thank you all again for my previous thread and the support you all gave me. I can't state enough how helpful you all were for me in that moment, I am so grateful to you all!
After my previous post I saw my doctor, they prescribed escitalopram, and I went through two weeks of hell (stomach issues, constant anxiety for no reason, and chills). After the 2.5 week mark things got much better for me.
At 4 weeks I'm feeling much better. I can do tasks that I previously struggled with. My anxiety is much better, it's not reaching the levels of panic or struggle. Now that the feeling side is better I can see things which are behavioural (I'm trying to get back to CBT, but now there are waitlists).
Overall it feels like my life went from VHS quality to HD. Literally colours seem brighter, tastes and smells are better, and touch feels much nicer.
I do have one question: has anyone had suicidal thoughts while on escitalopram, and did they subside over time?
I had suicidal thoughts before taking the meds, at least since I was 9/10 years old. I have them regularly especially when anxiety or depression hit. It's more thinking about it than an impulse to action on it. Normally I wouldn't think much of it, but the last several days those thoughts have been more intrusive and more impulsive.
I was warned this can be a side effect and I'm still early on so I'm wondering if this is something that subsides? I don't honestly feel that I will action on these thoughts, and generally I feel good, so I'm hoping this won't be a dealbreaker or get worse.
I do plan to talk to my wife about it, I've never really shared these thoughts with her, but I don't want to worry her.
Day 2 - Discover
I had fun with this one, it’s a bit messy though
In my head there was a heavenly light pouring out from the grocery store.
I’ve never used my marker pen before so decided to try it out, I like the feel of it
Inktober Day 1 - Backpack
I don’t often shade with brush pens, and I’m rusty on my lining, but I had fun
Mot always gets the last word
S5 E3 Ensign Ro
Mot talking over Picard feels like a latinum mine for memes.
Could use a little support and kind words or advice right now
Hey all, I hope this post is okay
I'm currently going through a very high anxiety moment and have been having panic attacks all weekend. I'm still in one.
I've got a doctor appointment scheduled for next week, but I need some encouragement and advice to calm things down right now.
I have avoidant anxiety. When I was a student and I started having panic attacks for the first time. I couldn't force myself out of the house and stopped showing up at work and got myself fired and failed out of my classes. It took me years to recover.
I found a therapist privately back then and did CBT and it helped make things manageable enough that for years things were okay. She's no longer working, and I specifically avoided drugs then but I think that was a mistake.
I've been working for over a decade and have been carefully managing my anxiety with only a couple incidents. I worked in small companies, then did independent contracting, but now I've been in corporate jobs since COVID.
The last couple years I've been really struggling with my anxiety. As soon as everyone started doing mass layoffs and tightening the belt I've been struggling hard. The last few months it's gotten exponentially wise, and it's beyond my ability to manage.
I can't focus anymore, sitting at my desk gives me a panic attack every day, then I fail to meet my deadlines, so I stay up all night pushing myself, which boosts my anxiety.
I feel like I'm on a treadmill running full speed, but I'm tired, I can't breath anymore, I have that feeling if I run anymore my legs will collapse. But I'm on a treadmill, if I fall I get wrangled and crushed, even though I know I can't keep running.
Man I just need someone to say they know how I feel, that I'm not alone, and to help me push the next week until my appointment.
Edit: thank you everyone, you all helped me through that moment and I'm feeling clearer right now. You said some things that were what I needed to hear, with concrete advice, and I can't express how much I appreciate that.
It's going to be a rough week and I have a lot to think about
The most awkward episode?
TNG S4E16 Galaxy's Child
This episode has so much cringe in it.
Geordie setting up a meeting and trying to make it into a date is a lot. Plus omitting that he had the computer summarize her files to resolve a critical crisis, while using the information he got from her file in discussing with her is not good.
Brahms does an excellent job letting him down and putting up firm boundaries.
But oh god, when she discovers the holodeck program, and then Geordie rant!
It's tough to watch in a totally different way than the Quark Gender swap episode.
How come Data has rights but not the legacy EMH?
I just watched Measure of a Man, they rule Data has the right to choose. But in Voyager the EMH gets relegated to forced servitude. Why? Doesn’t that violate precedent?
Poilievre says 'biological males' should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped into the debate over trans rights on Wednesday, saying "biological males" should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms.
"Female spaces should be exclusively for females, not for biological males," Poilievre said in Kitchener, Ont.
The Conservative leader made the comments after being asked if, as prime minister, he would introduce legislation to prevent "transgender women" or "biological men" from participating in female sports or entering female prisons and shelters.
"A lot of the spaces … are provincially and municipally controlled, so it is unclear ... what reach federal legislation would have to change them," Poilievre said.
"But obviously female sports, female change rooms, female bathrooms should be for females, not for biological males," he added.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped into the debate over trans rights on Wednesday, saying "biological males" should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms.
"Female spaces should be exclusively for females, not for biological males," Poilievre said in Kitchener, Ont.
The Conservative leader made the comments after being asked if, as prime minister, he would introduce legislation to prevent "transgender women" or "biological men" from participating in female sports or entering female prisons and shelters.
"A lot of the spaces … are provincially and municipally controlled, so it is unclear ... what reach federal legislation would have to change them," Poilievre said.
"But obviously female sports, female change rooms, female bathrooms should be for females, not for biological males," he added.