sylphrin

I also just went through an awful pregnancy with my second child, I completely sympathize. It was a lot worse than my first one, constant nausea and heartburn and fatigue the entire 9 months. In the last 2 months I could barely move and didn't have enough energy to do much of anything I enjoyed (including the more lowkey hobbies like playing games and drawing) - all I could do was watch TV on a recliner until my butt got sore, and then go lie down and nap/read until my hips got sore. Drove me completely up the wall and destroyed my mental health, and my husband wasn't doing great either with 100% of the housework and childcare on his shoulders.

I hated every moment of it, and felt guilty for hating it the entire time.

I'm so sorry for your 2 losses, best of luck with this pregnancy. It's horrible, but hang in there. You can do it, I believe in you.

I think it's just that the outlines are inside/on the edge of the letters instead of outside

Have you tried using a different browser? I've had to request a return from Zenni before and didn't have this issue

There isn't really any indication of how often they buy her these things. It could just be once every couple of months, or when she's had an especially bad day.

Length of video doesn't factor into whether I watch it at all. If I decide to watch the video, I'll either watch the whole thing, stop halfway, or just skip forwards to various points depending on how well it caught my interest.

What determines if I open it at all has more to do with who sent it to me, why they sent it to me, and what the title/thumbnail looks like.

The who: I don't bother clicking on videos from most people. Usually I'm away from my pc at the time and don't have headphones in so I really can't be bothered. There are a couple of friends that have very consistently sent me hilarious or fascinating content though, and I will either watch those right away or save it to a watchlist for later. This is a very short and exclusive list.

The why: Context matters. I generally don't bother watching videos that get sent to me without any sort of explanation - if it's nothing but a link, it might as well be nothing. If the person sending it can't even think of an emote or a couple of words to add to it, it's probably not worth watching. In contrast, sometimes friends will send me a video to get my opinion on something, or to share their current special interest, or because it's something they've made themselves. Those, I will always watch regardless of length. If my close friends are invested in it, I am too to some extent.

The what: If the video has a clickbait title/thumbnail, I'm not clicking it no matter how interesting it sounds.

I most cases, the decision is made long before I even notice the length of the video

Focus less on expressing yourself, and more on what makes her happy. This post is mostly about you - your feelings, and what you want. You've given us no information about your girlfriend, and I think that's indicative of your current mindset. Flip it on its head, and make her feelings the focus instead of your own.

She's not just your girlfriend, she's her own, unique person - If you truly listen to her wants and needs and preferences instead of just taking generic advice about "girlfriends", that'll make her feel much more special than anything else you can do.

It depends on what you're looking for.

If you're happy with kind of shallow young adult fantasy vibes, go for it. The magic system / world-building / characters aren't especially fleshed out, but they get the job done. The plot again isn't especially noteworthy, but it was a pretty fun ride and easy to digest. Basically it's very accessible fantasy, but somewhat mediocre.

If you're really into classic high fantasy stuff, maybe give it a miss. It probably won't hit the spot for you.

Regardless of whether you read the books or not, just... forget about the movie.

Background in animation and design sounds perfect for creating assets for streamers/vtubers. There always seems to be some demand for logos, "stingers" (animations that play between changing scenes), looping videos for idle screens (when the streamer isn't on camera, such a "taking a break" scenes), and emotes. Take a look around vgen.co and see if those types of things might be up your alley.

Whenever I'm in a group of NTs, I typically just step back and observe. Seems to me that they talk a lot about other people in various ways - those that all or most of the people in the conversation know personally, famous people, and/or people that only the speaker knows and are informing the rest of the party about. This always seems to take up a surprising percentage of the conversations and sneak into other topics as well (e.g. If the topic is about painting a wall, some other person that painted a wall recently will get mentioned).

They also seem to talk about the weather (classic), traffic, the price of various items (petrol, milk, taxis, electricity, etc), any local events, TV shows/movies, and restaurants a lot. But all of it at a very superficial level, no one seems interested in doing deep dives into any particular topic or even being very specific about anything. Any and all information is typically anecdotal with no one being inclined to research further into anything being said, just the fact that it was said by someone seems to be enough.

My general impression is that their goal is to fill up the air with inconsequential words. That seems to tick the "being social and maintaining friends" goal for them, and any sort of information gained (e.g. Restaurant recommendations or life updates on a friend) is secondary.

I think there's one that comes through my neighborhood. I've never actually seen it, just heard it, and it never seems to... actually stop. When I was a kid, the ice cream trucks would stop and play their music for a while so people had time to grab their money and run outside. This one just seems to play a few bars of a song as it drives through, makes me wonder if it's actually an ice cream truck at all.

This is different to a pomo timer but yeah those work great

tldr: The 3 "tips" in the article:

• read and follow the user manual
• buy expensive stuff
• maintain and look after said stuff

.... thanks.