ChexMax

joined 2 years ago
[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lots of people warning you about alcoholism. Idk. I drink coffee strategically every day, and that's a drug. But also yes, I sometimes drink alcohol strategically. If I know I'm going to hang out with my sister who I love but disagree with on many many things, i have a drink or two. I try to dull my brain just enough that I am too slow to get offended at every single thing (or just don't care to, maybe?) in the end, we have a great time, I don't get all debate-ey with her, and instead just appreciate the good things about her. We don't see each other that often so I genuinely don't see any danger from this coping mechanism.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Left is the word that indicates that someone actively left this baby alone. They could have said baby found alone. Baby discovered. Heck, baby alone for days after mother's death. Baby left absolutely implies it is the doing, or fault, of the person who left the baby. The person who is responsible. Now who will society assume is responsible for a new baby, but the mother?

Even you. You said, hey we could just as easily blame this on society as on the mother! No mention of the absent father.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

So many people raved about Downton Abbey, but I couldn't get through any of it. Extremely dry and also just made me mad about wealth inequality

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I thought it was awful until I read the books. They introduce you too fast to too many characters and don't give you the chance to get interested in any of them. Once I knew all the characters from the books it was fun to watch (though beer helped as well)

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I also was like dang, I didn't know wasps were attracted to jalapenos, that is interesting! Some days I am dumb

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Is it possible she now feels like, "well we only go out like twice a year, this is a special treat, and I want to get exactly what I want!" (Mostly) Joking on that.

My only suggestion (that you didn't ask for) is that if she can't decide between a burger and tenders, maybe you get the burger and agree to split it with her getting the tenders. My husband and I do this (he doesn't love it so we don't do it often) but my sister and I always do it, that way we can get something healthy AND something indulgent

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or they just agree to go Dutch 🤷🏼‍♀️ he can just say "I have $30 budgeted for this meal, anything over that needs to come out of your budget"

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That was a very thoughtful and validating response. Thank you.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Idk. My birth control triggered treatment resistant depression. Possible it could have happened anyway, but I didn't struggle with any mental health issues before that. We tried all different kinds of birth control. My doctor certainly didn't warn me about the risks for any of them.

I wasn't even trying to be safe for sex, I just had chronic pain. No pain meds ever offered. Just birth control suggested from early in my adolescence. When I finally eventually started birth control it didn't fix my pain and I ended up leaving college and my life fell off the rails for years. Major depression is no joke.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, student loans, rent, and healthcare eat up the majority of a lot of people's income here

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kenneth Parcel's mom's new friend Ron

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think people underestimate how much hustling selling pictures online involves. Finding the sect of your audience who is actually willing to pay, beating your competition while trying to respect the market (in certain communities there are price floors to keep it stable), then attracting your customers without revealing your identity or identifiable backgrounds, while competing with other sellers who don't care about privacy, then the actual content creation, and after all of that customers really like personal touches, and some conversation. Then if you say or reveal anything that messes with their fantasy, you lose them. Even if you're a hottie, it's not easy money. Easier to just get a regular ol job.

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