Sure, the first year (or two) of COVID were wretched, but most of those barriers have since cleared — yet I’m still struggling. I’ve noticed the same with a number of people within my family and neighbourhood....
I realized that was adults deliberately making the holidays special. And the shitty thing about being an adult (unless your SO is like, from the Clause family) is that you kind of have to do that for yourself, and you’re probably going to have to do boring adult shit to make that happen. Like, you might literally be putting something like “Bake cookies/Watch ‘The Grinch’” into your calendar. There is a lot of little things you can do as well - play some music, get some scented candles, stick a bowl of decorative pinecones out, etc.
This is the most real advice I’ve seen on Lemmy. It really fucking sucked realizing that no one was going to make things special for me (mostly because I hated the realization that I was expecting someone/something else to make my life more fun). Celebrating holidays and doing seasonal things that are special for the time of year REALLY help break up the monotony of the grind of everyday life (work, kids, bills, house work, ad nauseum). It would be nice to have someone else create that magic for me, but… that doesn’t really happen as an adult. You have to make things fun for yourself, and for others if you can.
You’re right; he didn’t specifically say that. He called a Twitter post that said Jewish people hate white people was “so right.” And that’s a big Neonazi thing.
So… he didn’t say Hitler was right, just that a major Nazi tenet is.
She gave consent in the book, although she was still only like 14 because George RR Martin is a creeper. So not really consent, but not quite like the show.
Oh. That’s one of those words I’ve only ever read (generally in brit lit), and thought it was pronounced as row like row a boat. Thank you for the correct pronunciation!
Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries. The guidance by Charlotte County Superintendent Mark Vianello and the school board's attorney, Michael McKinley, was obtained by...
I work at a high school (in a library, actually) in California, and we’ve had student walkouts for much less. Are the angry students doing any major protesting that you’ve seen? Or are the schools cracking down so hard already and they don’t want to risk it, or a high enough percentage of kids are assholes so they mock kids who care and it keeps those kids from protesting? I’m sure there’s a lot happening that we don’t hear about, so I’m curious what it’s like for Gen Z who overall doesn’t seem to stand for bigotry in general.
We are two weeks into the month of September now. I think this might be a reasonable amount of time for some readers to have completed this book if they started early this month. At least I finished it last week. I’ll leave this thread pinned for the rest of the month and next weekend I’ll create the poll for the next book...
The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter....
I heard it was really going around again, so I got my booster a few weeks ago right before school started back up (I work in a high school library). I wanted to wait for the booster with the new strain, but figured I was better off just getting it. I hope I made the right decision. 🙏 I really don’t want to get covid again. My energy levels afterwards were crap for weeks.
I mean… it’s a Bethesda game with all the little finicky Bethesda things like long load screens and quick travel (unless over encumbered) with load screens. Buggy lag and characters that don’t fully load, or speech that doesn’t match the mouth movements until the second or third line of speaking. Also a fair amount of fetch quests, and lots of decisions to make about how you want to play the game.
I’m having a blast, but I don’t get bored by game exploration. I feel like the random characters you can talk to and the setting make it very immersive. The voice actors are great even for rando characters that you come across. It’s honestly super fun. I want to play it more during the work week, but I don’t think I’ll have much time again until the weekend because it really sucks me in, and I want to give it more than 30 minutes at a time.
It was higher in Paradise for sure. They stopped reporting more bodies found after the initial count. I’m friends with a couple of locals that worked on the cleanup crews, and they personally had to stop and call the owners of multiple houses about bodies, and they had no idea who would’ve been there. Probably transients or anyone looking for shelter.
Russia literally invaded a democratic neighboring country. There was a lot of empathy for drafted Russian soldiers until their calls home were leaked and people started finding mass graves full of Ukrainian citizens. I’m not really sure what you’re expecting here?
Also in Northern California, not nearly as gorgeous of a view, but I was helping a friend and her husband pull honey because they had just started beekeeping, and started with a lot of hives (due to someone retiring).
Anyway, I was there for hours with them in a large garage in the foothills in the middle of the woods, and I really needed to go to the bathroom. It was a similar setup to OP’s picture, except 3 of the sides were up. No roof, no door at all, and it was like 105 degrees out.
At first I was nervous, but no one was going to look and I was facing the woods, so… weird experience, but it was actually kinda pleasant? It was just me, the trees, some birds, and the bugs! I’ve gone on week-long canoe trips where we had to dig a poop hole with our own trowel, but the mix of civilized (kindof an outhouse??) and not civilized at all was MUCH weirder.
The criminal charges against former President Donald Trump related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are some of the most serious allegations facing him, one law professor told NPR.
I’m worried he’ll be voted president again because people are clearly insane, be found guilty, and then use the “sitting presidents can’t be guilty” memo defense he used last time.
I’m sure every Italian in a 2000km radius is gearing up to tell me why I’m wrong for using charred scapes in this otherwise authentic carbonara, but they tasted good so…
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It was so hard to dodge spoilers! I also went in mostly blind, and it’s been pure joy. But also… feeling a bit overwhelmed! There’s SO MUCH to explore and do, and I have serious anxiety that I’m going to miss things or forget to go back somewhere.
I understand feeling a little off, a little bit outside of everything and everyone. I feel like I’ve never been anyone’s #1 choice to spend time with. Not my family, friends, husband, or kids. Never. It gets to me, even though I get it and don’t want to spend time with myself either. It’s tough. I hope you can find a good group of friends that you click with and can at least have fun experiences, even if you have periods of being alone in between.
Also, for the record, the weird dudes have no idea they’re weird. If you’re conscious about how you approach people, I’m already 100% sure you’re not the problem. As we get older, everyone’s lives are so busy and already entrenched in whatever they have going on that it’s tougher to make deep friendships. Although I do see it happen again in the retired crowd. I like to go salsa dancing sometimes (well… I did last year. I don’t find joy in anything right now tbh), and most of the others that go are in their 50s+, with a lot in their 60s and 70s. So I guess life doesn’t end at 40 after all?
I (F) have always played video games (started with the NES and AD&D games on PC) because my dad had bought them for my brother, and they were fun. Nearly all of my female friends in junior high played N64 games along with our male friends, but now having friends in my upper 30s, very few of them play video games unless they’re on mobile. And even if they do play mobile games, it’s not Stardew Valley. It’s the shitty ones that come pre-installed or they found through ads on Facebook. There are a few from my junior high nerd bubble that I’m sure still play, but I keep it on the DL at work because everyone is mostly frustrated with their husbands and kids and how much time they sink into games. They’re judgy about it. I’ve started occasionally admitting I play games, but feel like I have to say we play them as a family, and relate it to board games.
The article surprises me. Although my daughter had tons of friends to play with online during the pandemic, so maybe it’s more zoomers and 20-somethings?
Your comment is so kind! Thank you!!! And you’re right, I’ve never really thought about it like that, but it DOES feel like my femininity is attacked! It’s easy to wave off the incel “tHeRe ArE nO wOmEn On ThE iNtErNeT” comments that I don’t come across as much anymore, but from people I know face-to-face, it gets to me. At least enough to avoid the topic. I’m sure there are a lot of women like me all hiding that we play video games!
It’s not fair that you’re getting the productivity shame either. The people who do that are usually the same people that are like, “Have you seen the latest 5 different series that have dropped on Netflix? I watched them all last weekend.”
Oh well. I feel like it’ll only get more socially acceptable to spend our free time however we want! It can only go up from here!
I don’t know. I think it depends more on where they grow up and who/what they’re exposed to (in person and online). At the high school I work at, we have a bunch of lgbtq+ teens whose conservative parents have no idea they’re queer or go by a different name. But I also don’t live somewhere like Wyoming with a much higher conservative population. I live in a college town in a (barely) blue county surrounded by red counties in an ultimately very blue state.
I hope we find a way to kill the online radical right pipeline and continue to expose more teens to other ideas, other cultures, and other ways of life, and maybe it won’t matter so much who their parents are.
I’m confused, and you seem to be a lot more familiar with the term. I read the wiki link that explains tankies. I don’t personally know any left leaning people who support Russia/Stalin/China regimes. Maybe because of my America-centric viewpoint and where things are today, but typically people who are economically left are also socially and politically left (equal opportunity is more important than individual freedoms), which is very anti-fascist. I’ve heard people say how great a true communism could be if it were possible, but no one’s ever made it past a dictatorship to get there.
Are tankies people who are economically left but socially and politically right, and think someone has achieved a communist utopia without knowing anything about the corrupt oligarchies in Russia or CCP China?
I came across this on All, and it’s super empowering for me as another mom who has wasted SO much time being self-conscious. Probably not the public service announcement you were really going for, but you made a difference for me! Thank you!!!
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I still haven’t played it. I felt like I should play the first couple before I play #3, but I started this first one, got distracted, and now it’s been years.
Do you feel like you missed out on understanding things by starting with Witcher 3 vs. playing the others first?
Is it just my circle, or has it been a challenge getting into the Christmas/holiday spirit the last couple of years?
Sure, the first year (or two) of COVID were wretched, but most of those barriers have since cleared — yet I’m still struggling. I’ve noticed the same with a number of people within my family and neighbourhood....
Gen Z is turned off by onscreen sex, wants no-mance over romance, a new study finds (www.latimes.com)
Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues (www.theguardian.com)
King Biz (lemmy.world)
His name’s Bismuth but we call him biz for short. Or Bizzywiz. Or Bumbleboobs
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters (popular.info)
Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries. The guidance by Charlotte County Superintendent Mark Vianello and the school board's attorney, Michael McKinley, was obtained by...
[Discussion] Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Spoilers) (lemmy.world)
We are two weeks into the month of September now. I think this might be a reasonable amount of time for some readers to have completed this book if they started early this month. At least I finished it last week. I’ll leave this thread pinned for the rest of the month and next weekend I’ll create the poll for the next book...
US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall (apnews.com)
The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter....
TIL in Australia the name of the band "AC/DC" is pronounced "Acca Dacca" (en.wikipedia.org)
The #Starfield gameplay loop (mastodon.social)
😱 I hope it’s not like that…
If a child refuses to nap, are they guilty of resisting a rest?
Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years (apnews.com)
Pic of a cat with Ukrainian soldier (media.kbin.social)
Google when they release the free tier rooms for their low level employees. (sh.itjust.works)
Photo: Black mirror ep 2 15 million merits
Come help me draw a chicken on lemmy's place! (canvas.toast.ooo)
I’m trying to make a chicken but it’s a big task to do solo, any helping hands?...
Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace." (gizmodo.com)
Best bathroom west of the Mississippi (i.imgur.com)
Best bathroom i ever saw. Found on a hike in California near Sawtooth Peak in Sequoia National Park
Golden Gate Bridge (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2615282...
The charges facing Trump in the Jan. 6 investigation, explained (www.npr.org)
The criminal charges against former President Donald Trump related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are some of the most serious allegations facing him, one law professor told NPR.
[I Made] Spaghetti Carbonara with charred garlic scapes (sh.itjust.works)
I’m sure every Italian in a 2000km radius is gearing up to tell me why I’m wrong for using charred scapes in this otherwise authentic carbonara, but they tasted good so…
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 27-07-2023 (lemmy.world)
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Lemmy users who feel the heaviness of depression, what issue in your life weighs you down the most? (lemm.ee)
Women Continue To Represent More Of The Gaming Audience, Especially On Switch (www.gamespot.com)
I've noticed that lemmy as a whole is much more leftist than reddit (outside of political servers of course)
I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.
‘Rick and Morty’ Team Gives Update on Recasting Process Following Justin Roiland’s Dismissal (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
18+ (F) I used to be self conscious of my mom bod but not anymore 😉 (i.imgur.com)
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 20-07-2023 (lemmy.world)
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Air Fried Brussel Sprouts (lemmy.world)
Couldn’t fix the original post so created a new one. Sorry. I’ll have to post my broccoli when I do it next