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oregano
I have been mildly heat sick for the past couple days. It is difficult to keep my little house cool, and I have to run the AC on a generator. Even worse fire warnings on the weather radio kept waking me up yesterday evening. (A line of thunderstorms came through.)
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maleonolo
I'm sorry, hot weather is the worst. If your area has low humidity a mist fan works wonders. I used to collect ice packs and hug them to sleep
Cutesie
VIP membership on the site is supposed to allow one to make edits within one month of posting. I just successfully edited a post from last September.
Rodafina
Rodafina
My understanding was that VIP membership allows edits without a time limit.
Cutesie
Cutesie
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I don’t mind, of course, that it's longer.
IXxTchxXI
I don't like creamer cause it makes me thirsty I do like whatever carnation milk is
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IXxTchxXI
IXxTchxXI
I did hear about creamer being not too healthy @Xinyta, and I don't get why people like it if it makes you thirsty
Xinyta
Xinyta
I think there is definitely something in the creamer that causes a loss of water in the body. I do recall having diarrhea quite often after having coffee with creamer in it. Plus it made me quite sick to my stomach.
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maleonolo
Levelskid
Ugh, four more days until 32 (I wish time would just slow down).
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thejuice
They say after 40 you're not able to process time or ageing anymore, because we're not evolved to. You look in the mirror and are shocked at what you see. The brain hasn't caught up with the medical advances that have let us live beyond what is now known as middle age. However you can slow down the perception of the passage of time with mindfulness. Or you can stop counting 😋
Princess Viola
i am going back to my summer home this week for a bit but stuff has going on there that is pain lol. (we had someone turn the water on and it turns out our toilet was leaking so that was $450 we had to spend on a new one...pain)
Misery
I've got to stop going onto the internet when depressed. It really doesnt help. I cant make progress on anything if I keep doing bloody stupid things that specifically make it much harder to do anything.
MildredHubble
Yay! Flu almost gone at long last, though I still can't hear properly 😿 I've had no sleep but I finally started deep cleaning the kitchen, its been on the list since we moved in. Its progress but I have to be careful not to over do things.
Tony Ramirez
I hate people who pretend to have social anxiety and other defeats.
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Judge
Judge
Makes no sense to me. Having social anxiety is no way to garner the attention of others. From my own perspective it's more likely to repel those more socially inclined. Having social anxiety is simply something to overcome. Not capitalize on.
AprilR
AprilR
I have never met someone like that.
FayetheAspie
FayetheAspie
Are you certain that the other people at the social anxiety meet up don't have social anxiety? Perhaps they simply have milder symptoms.
Misery
It's a good thing I dont have arachnophobia, there's just an astonishing amount of spiders out here. Walk outside to go water the plants, walk through 3 webs. Go to turn the water on, spiders on the handle. Grab the nozzle, get into position, spiders fall off of it. Turn around, another spider sorta Tarzan-swings past my face somehow. Some packages from Amazon on the porch, surprise, there's spiders on them.
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Rodafina
Rodafina
I think cute is just the right word for some of them.

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Misery
Misery
@Rodafina Ya know, the close-up photos you often post are really rather amazing. Do you take them yourself?
Rodafina
Rodafina
@Misery, I am happy to hear that.

Yes, they are photos I have taken. Macro photography is a particular fascination of mine.
IXxTchxXI
Why do people like loud cars?

Do they want attention?
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thejuice
Loudness is a cultural norm and it can be a drug. The more you're exposed to it the more you acclimatise. Ie: the 'loudness war' in media, loud concerts, nightclubs, fireworks, sporting events, industrial noise, busy cities etc. loudness is everywhere.
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thejuice
Men like noisy things that go bang, it makes them happy and lowers cortisol levels. Men enjoy the thrill of spectating an F1 race, or attending an airshow, it doesnt have to be pathological

Interestingly, heavy metal guitar mimics the violent death throes of a wounded prey animal, arousing the kill instinct of the hunter.

A lot of this is hardwired, with some cultural conditioning.
Nervous Rex
Nervous Rex
Yes I think it's mostly men competing with other men, thinking this is what will get them attention. It doesn't really matter if that's not what women are attracted to.
Tony Ramirez
Had a public meltdown at IHOP with my social anxiety group. They don't have social anxiety. I could not get a word in the conversation. Was constantly interrupting. Then everyone talked about their successful jobs travel.
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Tony Ramirez
Tony Ramirez
Exactly.
tree
tree
Since people aren't like goldfish bowls, it's not possible to
see inside them, to know how they are feeling. Functioning
well may be difficult for them, even though it doesn't show.
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Steelbookcollector217
how do the public meltdowns occur? do you just yell or scream out in public?
Levelskid
It's a strange feeling when you wake up early.
FayetheAspie
FayetheAspie
As long as it is not super early or I'm not super tired already, I often seem to feel more energetic if I get up an hour or two early.
Metalhead
I thought I could overindulge on food on this vacation day, but now I just feel like vomiting. Stupid me.
FayetheAspie
FayetheAspie
It's a lesson learned for the next vacation.
Jonn
Jonn
Don't hold back.
"Better out than in", as Shrek would say. :cool:
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