Why is everyone so sure there will ever be another dem pres? Our entire voting system has been rigged, gerrymandered, and stolen. Are we all pretending to forget this? We’re literally not sure chickenshit barron won’t get elected a third time… The rule of law is gone. The constitution means nothing.

I mean I’m still at work for a few hours so I am definitely procrastinating but only because HR said this was the last straw.

Scrubber handle insertion no doubt.

“Did you do the dishes?”

I’ll bet porn of this already exists. I’m not going to let you know, but I 1000% will look later.

Mushrooms

Trauma. And a lot of therapy. But I just thought it was too funny to not post. I’m sorry. I can’t stop laughing but I am sorry if it bothered you.

Alaska might try to break off and join Canada in 50 years.

I wish we would do that today. But unless the military and oil leaves the state, we’re still carpetbagged by southern evangelical morons. This state is solid red for now. And they think Canada is socialist because they think it’s bad and that’s all they know. We’re not going anywhere.

Lol, I was an electrical product investigator/inspector for 15 years. I’ve dabbled in being a pariah of sorts. But thanks for the heads up! A level head is a balm these days.

Just adding that these operations are federally regulated to remain in operation. They likely don’t even have the choice if they can’t justify the liability.

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You need an argument more compelling than “he fucks children”. Good luck.

Hah! I just started my amanita journey but I’ve kept my eye on the psilocybins. I know there’s good things there but one step at a time.

Playlist with East Forest, Porangui, Aphex Twin. I call it my KetaMix.

##Percent of Lower 48 Americans who depend on cars to get to work

FTFY

Last year I developed a neuropathy severely limiting my motor control and more or less ending my ability to play games. I’ve had other issues going on and it is unlikely I will be around to watch my son play them. So I have started getting my accounts set up for my family to take when I die.

S42 took so long I’m actually willing it to my child… Lol, fkn got me.

Lol, DnD types are the test case of outliers. If nothing else, it taught me to never assume someone isn’t a player.

Like, one campaign from an OCD person where even the scents and smells were planned. And then a different campaign where the smells were not. Just a pure dichotomy of human prototypes.

No doubt. Mistakes and bad decisions happen. I rarely choose to do harm. Even when I have done harm, it was usually an unforeseen product of better intent. I can only assume that others share these sentiments. So it’s easy for me to rationalize the concept that:

1. Were I to confront an alternate but identical self, would I feel that I had any reason to deceive and would I be receptive to understanding or even empathy? No and yes, respectively and obviously. Therefore…

2. Were I to confront my closest friend, would I feel that they had any reason to deceive and would I be receptive to understanding or even empathy? Again, a no-brainer. No and yes. So…

3. Were my closest friend to confront me, should they feel that I had any reason to deceive and should they be receptive to understanding or even empathy?

I know what the answer should be. Self-empathy is tough. I exist in a place of love where I have no reason to deceive because forgiveness is guaranteed and empathy is the norm. But I still resist my own empathy because of learned trauma.

And I just realized that I wasn’t really sharing this for you because my brain went down a thought that you didn’t actually convey. 😆 I suppose this was moreso practice for my own mental health. My therapist is going to be so proud.

This is me and myself about to pat each other on each other’s back at the same time. 🙅 Good job, me!

Oof, my apologies, subject matter expert.

Speaking for myself, I grew up in an extremely toxic environment. Honesty, misunderstandings, and dishonesty were punished equally. So telling the truth about three transgressions guaranteed that you received the punishment of each. Getting caught lying made little to no difference. But getting away with anything meant less punishment. This created an environment where it was ALWAYS beneficial to lie. This made me very good at deception as a young child. That made it very easy to manipulate those around me. I didn’t want to so it wasn’t that important to me, but it helped me survive and adapt.

But I got away from that place and met my partner who taught me complete trust and opened. No matter what I say, we work together and support one another. I have no incentive to deceive. Every once in a while I forget that no one is going to hit me for messing up and I start to lie. But even that is immediately accepted and appreciated. Additionally, we also have standing agreements that nothing is obligated. If you don’t want to talk about something, you don’t have to. And if you want to lie, you can. But after two decades, I love telling the truth. I feel so supported and safe.

Now, there are times I lie (to others mostly), but it is used as a tool more than a survival tactic. It is something I take my time with and decide to do.

Maybe your environment is not one that is safe to exist in? That was my issue.

It indicates low confidence. In this context it is because the response is an absolute hail mary wild guess.