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Yes, your gut instinct is so important! It doesn't matter if you know exactly why you feel the need to get out. Your subconscious knows something's off, and that's enough. Just get out!

Be kind to yourself, especially when you're struggling. This one is tough for me because I'm forever calling myself an idiot or lazy when I know I'm neither of those things. But talking down to yourself is harmful and demoralizing*. I'm really trying to practice patience with myself, and to talk to myself as kindly as I would a dear friend. And praise yourself when you do something well!

* Unless I know I'm being genuinely lazy, then a verbal kick in the pants can help ;)

She would be absolutely stunned. Probably wouldn't believe me. At 43 I'm married to the guy I was dating at 19. At 19 I had dropped out of college and thought I wanted to be an artist; at 43 I'm already retired from a successful career in academic research. At 19 I had no thoughts about politics or the world as a whole (9/11 hadn't happened yet); at 43 I'm pretty informed and opinionated. And she'd probably be surprised how much I'm into the outdoors, healthy living, and weightlifting, given that she had negative interest in those things. The rest is pretty consistent - e.g., I've always loved music from the '60s, fun nail polish, scifi, swimming, and handmade art (drawing, beading, etc).

As a kid I made a PB, banana, mayo, and potato chip sandwich pretty often. I fucking loved it. As an adult I'd never eat that, but occasionally I crave it.

This works more for the yellow ranger. The pink ranger is clearly female in the original Japanese version - she has breasts and her uniform has a skirt. But the original Japanese yellow ranger was male: no breasts, no skirt. The US execs probably wanted 2 female rangers, but they chose yellow over red, blue, or black as the most likely "girl" color.

Meal Team Six

Perfect

Absolutely lil trash panda, I love you too!

What up Philly

The pig had Hawaiian pizza which contains ham.

Thanks for doing this Lady/Cheese!

Maybe for the folks that don't like fashion, we could do a "Fashion Friday" thing, where there's a Friday megathread dedicated to fashion? Just a thought. And just to clarify, does fashion pertain to just clothing, or does it include makeup/nail polish/jewelry, etc?

I love that this map still has the Gulf of Mexico.

I hate that this will be done to our national forests. They're a natural treasure and should be protected for so many reasons.

That's me and jaffa cakes haha