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I suppose this is as safe a place as any to say this, but I had my first fit of depression since, like, 2016 on Good Friday. Cooked myself some lamb, realized how long it's been since I ate with my family, and took a few minutes to myself.

Still, the lamb was pretty damned good. Though I probably shouldn't have indulged myself.

There you go, it's out there. And nobody can ever track it back to me.
 
Hey can someone help me with something? How can I see new alerts for when followed authors post a new story or thread? Like when they create a new thread I want to know about it, but currently there is nothing like that. I can only know about it when I scroll their profile and look for all stories or threads etc. What good is following an author outside grouping them in following?
İf there is an option or something I would be grateful if anyone can help me.
 
Treble said:
I suppose this is as safe a place as any to say this, but I had my first fit of depression since, like, 2016 on Good Friday.
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I also deal with depression a little bit in my personal life. İn my culture mental health is not given the attention it deserves and since I am unemployed right now the last few months have been especially brutal.
Hope you can take better care for yourself and find a personal solution to it. I tried some antidepressants but it just is not the same as when I was genuinely happy as I remember it.
 
My next few weeks are going to be busy. I've got the last day of my current job coming up but then in no particular order I'll be going to the zoo, a Brazilian steakhouse, caving, and to King's Island before starting orientation for my new job. I'd considered going sky diving too but once was enough for me.

It's a lot to do but considering that I did nothing over the winter it's pretty nice to be out and doing stuff.
 
Holy shit, I can make my voice sound like Joe from Family Guy. I NEED to experiment with this!
 
Does anyone else have that thing where you randomly forget common words, sentence structure, and maybe even the topic of the conversation? And I mean right in the middle of one.
 
Arc-on-Fire said:
Holy shit, I can make my voice sound like Joe from Family Guy. I NEED to experiment with this!
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Well, I'm on vacation for a week visiting my sister. And I've learned one thing: if a child acts like they're suffering, that doesn't mean they are.
These little ones learn very early on that if they cry, they're immediately treated special, and so the yelling starts over every little thing. Of course, there are cases where it's serious, but more often than not, children cry "wolf."
The strangest thing about this interaction is that it made me want to find a wife and have children of my own.
I don't know why, but these little ones seem like destructive destroyers of peace, but they're truly worth it.
Honestly, it really helped with depression. There's something about the noise of children that helps you relax.
 
Rakdos92 said:
So much that a longer silence makes you worried very quick.
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Exactly. Our neighbors here are an elderly retired couple, and they're very happy when my relatives come to visit.
Even though they're not related at all.
The old people just miss the children's noise at home. Their own children are grown up and have their own families.
 
Tera Forma said:
I don't know why, but these little ones seem like destructive destroyers of peace, but they're truly worth it.
Honestly, it really helped with depression. There's something about the noise of children that helps you relax.
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The perfect distance IMHO is close enough to hear the shrieks and giggles, but far enough away that you're not sure what exactly they're shrieking and giggling about.
 
The most important lesson I've learned in life is not to lend money to anyone—it's less stressful that way. But if you do end up lending money, you should do so with the mindset that you don't mind losing it and don't expect to get it back.
 
Also, never work with family. It seems like a great idea until your work problems start playing out in front of the people closest to you. That's when the conflicts start. (That's why I quit my first job.)
 
The other day, I ran into some scammers who were trying to steal my money. I needed to renew a contract, nothing major, just a digital signature, but I was too lazy to go in person. Then I got a call, and it felt like such a lucky coincidence because they offered to help me take care of everything. They sounded so convincing that I did not suspect a thing until the very end, when they asked for my PIN. I honestly do not know what I was thinking at that moment or how I managed not to give it to them. If my loved ones had not been nearby to snap me out of it, I might have actually said it. In the end, I hung up.

One of my friends had a similar experience, although his case was a little different. He works in law enforcement, and they really got into his head. They pretended to be from the secret service and kept insisting that everything that followed had to remain confidential. In the end, he ended up with a $20,000 debt.

There are a lot of cases like this, so do not fall for it.
 
Had a thought about dealing with a yandere by being extremely insufferable. Like I was in middle school.

But will forcing her into my autistic fixation be enough?
 
Lorsïthrorung said:
Had a thought about dealing with a yandere by being extremely insufferable. Like I was in middle school.

But will forcing her into my autistic fixation be enough?
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If she is really a yandere, then the way you act does not even matter, because she has already built her own image of you in her head, and she is not backing off no matter what. Anyway, you should just live in the way that feels right for you. And really, if she is beautiful too, does that not make her great wife material?
 
Duext said:
If she is really a yandere, then the way you act does not even matter, because she has already built her own image of you in her head, and she is not backing off no matter what. Anyway, you should just live in the way that feels right for you. And really, if she is beautiful too, does that not make her great wife material?
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IDK I just want to see how the scenario plays out.

Specifically a guy with absurd hobbies like proselytizing to seals or going on a long winded politically charged rant about an extremely niche fictional setting.
 
Tera Forma said:
These little ones learn very early on that if they cry, they're immediately treated special, and so the yelling starts over every little thing. Of course, there are cases where it's serious, but more often than not, children cry "wolf."
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Also, early on it's really the only tool they have; an infant can't actually do much to deal with even minor issues beyond "cry for Mommy and Daddy and hope they make it better". By the time they are old and capable enough they could deal with such minor issues themselves (or ask for help in a less noisy way), it's long since become a habit.
 
Duext said:
The other day, I ran into some scammers who were trying to steal my money. I needed to renew a contract, nothing major, just a digital signature, but I was too lazy to go in person. Then I got a call, and it felt like such a lucky coincidence because they offered to help me take care of everything. They sounded so convincing that I did not suspect a thing until the very end, when they asked for my PIN. I honestly do not know what I was thinking at that moment or how I managed not to give it to them. If my loved ones had not been nearby to snap me out of it, I might have actually said it. In the end, I hung up.

One of my friends had a similar experience, although his case was a little different. He works in law enforcement, and they really got into his head. They pretended to be from the secret service and kept insisting that everything that followed had to remain confidential. In the end, he ended up with a $20,000 debt.

There are a lot of cases like this, so do not fall for it.
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I've come close a couple times to falling for it.

Ironically I was saved by my ad-blocker.:D

A good scammer is insidious and makes their request feel completely mundane. They present it as making things 'easy' for you and making your life less complicated. They just want to relieve you of the burden of your cash.

The simplest question to remember to ask yourself is this:

Would this person/company/bank/agency contact me over the phone like this?

If the answer is no, it's a scam. No federal agency will EVER conduct business by phone like this. It either comes by certified mail, or they'll come in person if its serious enough, for good or bad. Same with companies and banks or anything involving money. At most, you'll get a 'we think your account is compromised, please come by the bank at your earliest convenience,' but they will NEVER conduct actual business over the phone.
 
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Is there a setting to automatically unspoiler posts?
 
Been thinking of writing edgy fate story where shirou is killed in first chapter by the female oc, it's pretty much just a hater in fate story idea.
 
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