I have a cat who constantly licks the fur off his body. He would give himself little rashes on his skin.
We tried for years to figure it out, even vets weren't sure. They gave us Feliway, told us to reduce any stress, get more toys, etc. Didn't work.
When we moved, our new vet said to try bathing him because it could be allergies. This was the problem and bathing him has fixed it.
I'm not a vet at all, but if the vet says it's anxiety (and not a physical ailment) you may want to try bathing your cat. I bathe mine twice a week using baby shampoo per the vet's recommendation.
Yeah, I completely agree that someone who is 18-20 just doesn't have the life experience to know a lot about relationships in general.
My wife dated a guy who was in his mid-40s when she was 18 and, with hindsight, it seems like her inexperience with life, intimacy, and relationships was actually something he was looking for (gross).
I guess I assumed that the person OP likes is at least in their mid-20s. I mostly added the legal adult part to cover my ass in case a snarky commenter was like, "oh what if she's 16?" trying to be smart.
As long as she's a legal adult within 15 or so years of you, she can't be too young IMO. If she likes you, that's her choice. Unless the workplace aspect bothers you, what's the harm?
I dunno, I'm 28. I'd date someone who's 43. Just tossing in my 2 cents.
The 106 women were from a single province of Afghanistan and not the entire country, just so you know. There are 34 provinces. The numbers are likely even higher than reported due to data suppression.
Believe me, I wish I didn't need a car, but I'm a field service tech and my job requires a work vehicle since I'm travelling with a ton of tools. I'd also love to get rid of my personal car, but my wife needs it for a 30-minute commute; the bus ride is close to 2 hours and there aren't really any other practicable transportation methods.
Don't even get me started on the lack of infrastructure outside of downtown, there are a ton of places around town where they don't even have sidewalks, let alone bike or bus lanes.
I don't know what the solution is when so many cities and municipalities either don't want to invest in mass public transportation or (in the case of my city) cheaped out and ended up with a light rail transit system that barely functions. It just reinforces car ownership out of necessity.
Yeah, it seems obvious that it would become a haven for CP. Not sure how that was unexpected for OP, but I guess it is sort of sad that there's no actual way to prevent it without aggressive (and probably human) moderation. Very expensive and time-consuming.
Yes, that's why the laptops that are available are more expensive than usual. Because the supply cannot meet the demand, the demand has been artificially reduced using inflated prices.
You realize that there is an ongoing global situation regarding semiconductor material and microprocessors, right? Even though the shortage from earlier is "over," there've been periods of oversupply.
Some chip manufacturers (like Samsung) are actually slowing down production due to decreased profits after their customers stopped ordering them to clear out existing inventory since supply of microprocessors is not as much of a concern anymore.
My cat goes crazy for stickers/labels that I've folded over. I flick them across the room and he goes nuts chasing after them. Can't think of anything they would hunt in the wild that looks similar.
I think it's less about prey and more about play, so to speak. Keeping in mind that my cat is a total dumbass orange cat with naught a single brain cell, once he loses track of it, he loses interest.
I don't use it myself, but there's a federated blogging service called WriteFreely that markets itself as being very minimalist and simple.
You can self-host an instance of it, just like you can with /kbin, or you can use an instance that already exists (I think it's a few bucks a month if you don't want to post anonymously).
Not sure if federation is something that's important to you but I thought I'd throw it out there.