Hilariously this is actually anti-disability. Many people have mobility issues without needing a wheelchair all the time, and really benefit from having places to sit. Removing a seat removes that option.

Fun fact, if you’re a visible minority people will ask you the same question in English speaking countries!

Reading is allowing someone’s thoughts directly into your brain. You’re letting me transmit my thoughts to you right now.

Thanks for sharing, that is a neat design.

You’re not alone. I had a hard time taking my inhalers daily once my benefits started covering them, because they were so expensive I used to ration them for when I really “needed” it.

I’ve been dying to take a vacation for years, but we carry some debt on our line of credit from a renovation we did summer before last, and my husband is so anti-debt from how his parents struggled that we gotta get that to 0 before he’ll be comfortable spending on a vacation, even though realistically we are financially ok.

I could see Greece being pretty sheltered from niche internet communities. I think furries go against their state religion (which has say in their education and media)

Crazy, I’ve only ever met one iron scrap sculptor and she’s a woman.

Fair. We were looking at probably around the same time and then decided to buy a prebuild to lock the price in. By the time it was built a year and a half later it had gone up by about a 1/3rd.

There’s a local Mercato near me that stocks all the different types. I prefer to get them from there anyway because Galen Weston doesn’t need that money.

In Canada, a goalie’s hockey stick.

This is so interesting to me. I had a theory that a lot of the free birth movement stemmed from the financial barriers to medically supported birth in the US, and wanting to reclaim some kind of control. If it’s their choice to not seek medical care it’s empowering- if they can’t afford it, they are disenfranchised. In a nation of “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” nobody wants to admit they are too poor for healthcare. Being able to curate an image on social media of how this is the “better” option- even if they convince themselves to genuinely believe it!- let’s them keep self esteem.

Canada doesn’t have the same financial barriers but we are so steeped in American media that I’m not surprised it’s caught on here.

What I am surprised about is how are they making money??? What are you selling??

That’s the point, friend.

It kind of is national security shit, if the people whose mentions were redacted have any bearing on national security. Keeping them redacted means they are vulnerable to extortion.

Sorry, it was a joke to show off a goofy-looking snake. I’m pretty sure their eyes are actually positioned like that because they are fossorial, I don’t think snakes rely on their eyesight much at all.

But the Arabian sand boa is well known to be the most predatory of snakes:

ETA: This is a joke. I don’t think there is a “most predatory snake” (though I guess you could argue that egg-eaters are least predatory?). I just like their goofy faces.

Look at the size of her face overall on the left, and the size on the right. Now look at where her eyebrows are on the left and where they are on the right. The camera on the left is slightly closer, her makeup is different, and her eyes are open wider. I don’t think it’s a filter.

I appreciate the thoughtful context. Having experienced things that were later reported on in the news, though, sometimes it feels like the writers just latch on to odd details or have a word count to hit.

I know people are doubting this happened but I’m pretty sure it’s a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia to think that one’s electronics are trying to speak to you.

I think this is also a reflection on self awareness.

Fair enough. I’m sorry those weren’t helpful for you, I also found CBT to be less helpful than DBT and family model therapy.

I know a lot of trauma-exposed professionals that EMDR has been life-changing for, so I was really curious where that opinion came from. I think it has a lot of merit- like that one study that demonstrated the Tetris effect is helpful for reducing PTSD after a critical incident. A good professional won’t move to EMDR until the client is ready to tackle the memories, I know for some it’s been 6 months before talking about the original issue that caused them to seek out therapy. Every time you recount the traumatizing event it can retraumatize, so tackling it too soon (or needing to go through it over and over so workers comp can pay for the therapy you need after getting traumatized at work) is dangerous.