bubbalu

joined 4 years ago
 

Could someone try to parse why this is funny? I can't find the funny bone this is scratching right now.

 

After several start-stops, I decided to give it another go during Rosh Hashanah with the idea that I would not bring it with me into the new year. The past few times I have quit, I have managed to stay off for 5-6 months. It feels a bit like the anti-depressant trap of "I feel better, so I'll stop." Or in this case, "oh, I'm not addicted anymore so it must be okay for me to have a cigarette every now and again at parties or hanging out with so-and-so," which quickly spirals.

This Summer, I learned that I was using nicotine to self-medicate ADHD and anxiety which is a catastrophic plan since nicotine dependency and the attendant mini-withdrawals of smoking addiction massively exacerbate both conditions. I am now in the initial stages of treatment for both so I am guardedly optimistic that this quit will go better.

And yes, I have read 'the easy way to quit smoking'! :p Great book up to a point.

 

For instance are there any neat filtration systems I can install in wall cavities? I'm also trying to be mindful of soundproofing but am willing to make tradeoffs.

 

I have been eating so much fruit, tinned fish and Pita and it has been great for my health but I am starting to crave variety. What can I eat?

 
[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago

Well you see the president is elected democratically unlike in Germany where the Nazis were never....oh....

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

With everyone in my family, it's been letting them know they have love and support until they are ready to make the change for themselves. Now my uncle is finally doing better and is grateful we stuck by him during his hard times (even if it was tough love at times.) He's lucky to have a friend as good as you!

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

This looks cute! I'm going to check it out.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Henry Cavill feels like a caricature of a nerd. Happy for him!

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

I do it in my apartment all the time! If I was in a setting with the right crowd and the right rules I would love to, but I haven't found it yet.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks! I don't mind the presence of children characters, but I don't feel comfortable with the sexualization of children, and prefer narratives with adult protagonists.

An important exception to this is like the movie 'the Florida Project' which beautifully used children's perspective to tell the story.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Are there any popular anime where the characters aren't children?

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

I think Russians constitute an exception that demonstrates how absurd the framework of race is. Actually, race is a means to simplify and create a mass ideology to support national oppression. I.e. someone is exploitable because they 'look' like a certain 'race'. In actuality, 'race' is a paper put over a political-power relationship. This is not to say that race does not radically structure and effect people's lives! Anti-blackness and racism are very real and very harmful institutions.

They myth of 'race' requires biologically distinct 'races' that have different innate worths. Ethnic russians create a paradox in this system because on the one hand they meet the white aesthetic ideal, but on the other hand, the Russian state's interests are diametrically opposed to the Western States' interests.

[CW: ethnic slur for Russians] This is why you see the absurd anti-Russian 'orcs' propaganda. Because Russians are aesthetically 'white' none of the established racist tropes can be applied because there is not enough supposed difference between Russians and 'white' Westerners. That's why it falls so flat and feels so forced, in my opinion.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

I generally do. When I used to do bike delivery, I only let myself bring out my speaker for one shift a week because I wanted biking with music to be a special treat.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Actually you are completely correct. Thank you for calling me to my senses.

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

Not even as a treat?

[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently that's not an album @.@ I think the one I listened to is called Classics.

 

anything interesting and fairly melodic bc my headphones are mid and I can't have the volume up too high. I been listening to a lot of TVZ and techno so obv genre is not important. Would like to start an album and finish it by time I'm at work, or have one that can last for the whole roundtrip.

 

I am home safe thanks to a friend, but I have absolutely no idea how to go about dealing with this. The car is dead as a doornail but I don't know how to handle disposing of it. Never done it before. Any advice?

So tired and frustrated. This is going to mess me up so bad.

 

20 years' service a gender neutral bathroom.

 

Solidarity with the brave students!

 

this psot brougt to u by the fruity community

 

If you want the apricot aliquout in jail...you are CANCELLED SweaTY

 

All of my plants are next to the two spots I usually sit down. So when I have my big water cup out, I share a little with my plants and maybe pet their leafs for a second. It makes me happy to share my cuppy of water with my little plants. Apparently, this works really well and they are all growing like crazy! One of my fellas is huge now but I am kinda scared to repot though because I never done it before.

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