For artists and art appreciators Cara is a pretty good replacement for IG.

Are tech schools still a thing?

The tech schools from my area offered trade focused education paths like plumbing, drafting, auto, hairdressing, and few others.

So you could basically go to them, skip college, and go right into a trade.

I know quite a few people who did that and they seem to be doing okay now.

That last part is a worthy criticism of the mental health industry and one that often gets a lot of push back unfortunately.

It results in a lot of misdiagnosed individuals and mismatched support plans that can cause more harm than good.

I lobotomized our TV after making the mistake of connecting it to the internet when we first got it.

The ads slowed down the menu to switch sources so much it actually angered me. No more internet for you, you get to be a dumb tv forever now.

Maybe you’ve developed an unusual allergy to some kind of mineral that’s in the water? I know some people can have allergic reactions to hard water which has high levels of calcium and magnesium.

Might be worth looking into? Distilled water can effect your mineral levels after a long time so it’s not a great long term solution.

Can this guy just go the fuck away? He’s secreted enough poison into the world at this point.

As far as I know I’m not autistic, but hate eye contact and just kinda decided to not worry about it? Eye contact is cultural anyway, and in some countries it’s unusual or rude so I guess I just decided it’s not that important to me. That’s one option!

But for practical advice on improving if that’s what you want to strive for I find it’s easier to practice with someone you’re comfortable with. Looking between their eyes while talking casually. Not like staring, but reminding yourself to look up occasionally during conversation. And increasing the length of time you hold eye contact until it’s uncomfortable and look away. It’ll become more natural to you over time :)

There’s also videos available on YouTube that are for practicing eye contact but I found them creepy. My mistake was probably smoking weed beforehand, so maybe don’t do that!

Best of luck to you!

I wonder how much unwanted material would be left to deal with after you evaporate off the clean water? And what would you do with it?

I’m not saying this as a deterent or to suggest you are wrong to consider trying(its an interesting idea!) I’m just genuinely curious how much there’d be and what it would look like.

If you ever do this and find out please post it here!

I want a bathroom signs where one says “SHITTER” with a big butthole on it. The other says “PISSER” with a smaller hole on it.

That way people who just have to pee can go in and get out quickly and not smell poop aromas. People who need to shit can do so in solidarity together.

Yeah, prison reform is very badly needed in this country.

Essentially torturing people and subjecting them horrific conditions has never left a person better off than they were before.

This is why we need educated, qualified, and ethically motivated people to make decisions about how places like prisons are run. Not greedy, soulless, corporate husks who exist purely to accumulate money.

The for profit prison system needs to be abolished.

He’s mad because he’s a CEO and probably believes from the bottom of his heart that he shouldn’t have to pay that fee the way everyone else does.

To quote Immortal Technique “only little people pay all these taxes fees.”

I find its better to focus on how that can be prevented from happening to others, and protect future bicyclists because people like me are too fearful to even try with how the roads currenly are…but to each their own.

Even better is to push for better infrastructure so no one is in danger?

Couldn’t he just flush it down the toilet?

I agree with you on the caring more about car users part, except that the shitty infrastructure caused that scenario. If there’s no where to safely emergency park a car except for the bike lane that’s on the town or city and where the anger should be directed.

I’m a timid person and won’t ride a bike in my town because of how narrow the shoulders are and there’s always gravel, sand and debris on it. It freaks me out too much, which sucks since I’d prefer to do that since it’s more affordable.

That is so fucking scary and I am very happy to hear your wife made it through and the hospital you were at was invested in saving her life… as it should be.

If only these ridiculously dangerous religious hospitals could understand that.

In case this helps you or anyone else, every state has a department of insurance who’s job it is to make sure insurance companies follow regulations and enforce consumer protections.

If yours is ever being and huge dick don’t hesitate to file a report. Depending on the state will depend on how effective this tactic is, but I’ve seen people have success with that route.

Best of luck to you!

I feel like Conspiracy theories are at least partially the result of a lack of regulation and oversight for governing bodies and corporate entities.

For example… the atomic energy commission approved experimenting on disabled children by feeding radioactive oats to them.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/spoonful-sugar-helps-radioactive-oatmeal-go-down-180962424/

It’s one of the reasons we have laws like informed consent now.

Everytime we run into something new, like radiation, some company or government branch does some seriously unethical shit with it and new laws and regulations are written.

So it’s like we’re all just waiting to find out what new fucked up thing has happened, and how many corporations are gonna fight any proposed regulations regarding it.

True story about catholic hospitals, Sometimes, when a woman comes in having a miscarriage, catholic hospitals will just push her to the parking to die so Jesus won’t judge them for performing an abortion.

Homicide via medical neglect is totally fine as long as it’s done so the hospital staff doesn’t go to hell.

My employer had to hire a lawyer to get their insurance company to cover us and stop denying claims. It’s beyond fucked up out there.