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Metalhead

Metalhead

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  • Metalhead
    Ground beef has become a luxury item at the grocery store now due to how damn expensive it has become.
    Judge
    Judge
    I just bought two pounds of it today...using Medicare while it still exists.

    $7 a pound for 85/15 ground beef. :(
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Actually eating has become a luxury item. :(
    Judge
    Judge
    Part of my change in diet is just that. To cut back on portions based on cost. With ground beef I never use more than a quarter pound at a time. And having had my annual checkup I am down nine pounds from last year.

    Now at nearly the same weight I was as a senior in high school. Though I'm not complaining about that at all.
    Metalhead
    I hate knowing that I am the designated retard in my blood family. I know I should let it go and let them go, but the reality is that knowing that really hurts me.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    The hurt is real. It’s good to acknowledge the hurt and continue working to get to a place where they can no longer hurt you.
    Metalhead
    Tap water is tasty in my house, so I guess I lucked out in that regard.
    Cutesie
    Cutesie
    I drink tap water almost exclusively. New York City has good water.
    Judge
    Judge
    You did indeed! The hard water here out of the tap is drinkable, but in a few minutes just standing at room temperature, not so much. So I keep a pitcher of water in the fridge. I drink a lot more water now than anything else. :oops:
    Metalhead
    I wish I could retire and be a full time video gamer.
    Judge
    Judge
    Beware...the older you get the more you have to consider a possibility of diminished hand-eye coordination. Something I've run into after a hiatus of computer gaming on my old "legacy" computer still running Windows XP.

    "Every day ya get a little older. That's a law!" - Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy ;)
    Metalhead
    I wish tacos and pepperoni pizza did not cause gerd flare ups. I wish curry was a gerd safe food.
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    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    @Judge my roomie loves fast food, he is on vaca, so l am enjoying healthy options, lentil burgers, egg wraps, protein powder smoothies, way easier on my digestive track. Maybe l have a sensitive system, part of autism? Since so many of us just prefer one specific meal and we can eat it over and over?
    Qoyote
    Qoyote
    I wish anything you didn't have to cook was GERD-safe... seriously, why does it have to be fatty AND sugary AND spicy foods?
    Judge
    Judge
    Good question. Over the years I've come to believe that a major difference between restaurant food and fast food is relative to fat content and whether a food is primarily processed or quite fresh. Processed meat or chicken in particular seems far less harmful to me than that which is drenched in fat to enhance flavor. Though I don't make it a habit to eat fast food all the time either.
    Metalhead
    I am at the bus stop in downtown Tacoma waiting for the bus that will take me to my job. A guy is sitting here smoking crack and not even trying to hide it. Lovely.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Tacoma has always been sketchy. My aunt moved out about 20 years ago for that reason.
    Caiman
    Caiman
    You know your area’s gone downhill when not smoking crack makes you the weird one 😂
    Metalhead
    I have recently been playing Dead Island on the 360. Fun times. Somewhat difficult game in parts when playing solo.
    Metalhead
    Judge
    Judge
    Kirk: "Bones, why is he singing God Save The Queen?"
    McCoy: "Beats me. She's dead, Jim."
    Kirk: "That's the rumor, Bones."
    Metalhead
    The recent laws in the UK and Australia were really meant to force people on the LBGT spectrum to out themselves to their governments for further discrimination. Protecting the children was never their intent.
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    Judge
    Judge
    It's an old strategy of reactionary policies. To claim something impacts children, who ethically are considered to be deficient in making complex and lasting decisions.

    Often used as a veil IMO to hide overt prejudice. Applying policies and tactics aimed not at logic and rationale, but to appeal to the public's baser instincts. Often why insurers don't want to go to trial when children are involved.
    H
    Hypnalis
    Do you mean the laws that remove online anonymity?

    Those are an "own goal". The fallout will be interesting, and might be useful.

    By the way - they'll get this on a large scale too:
    Base rate fallacy - Wikipedia

    The picture at the top is testing for C-19, but example that best matches removing online anonymity is the third one.
    T
    thejuice
    Won't people use VPNs or will they make that illegal. Won't people use the dark web which is a gateway to hell. Children will outsmart technologically illiterate politicians every day of the week.
    The age restriction thing is not effective, even without a VPN. So no benefit and just a pain to lawful citizens. Just make the internet illegal for under 16s, except in schools and libraries.
    Metalhead
    I got 8,500 steps in this morning before I went to work. Now the plantar fasciitis in my right foot is starting to act up.
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    Metalhead
    Metalhead
    It took a couple of weeks. I do have good socks.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Today l finally did the treadmill, so it does feel good.
    oregano
    oregano
    You may need special shoe inserts if you have plantar fasciitis. I know you have little money, but you might see if you can get to a sporting goods store, sometimes they sell good inserts at reasonable prices. I don't want foot pain to derail your goal.
    Metalhead
    I see there is a gay meetup in Seattle this Sunday at a restaurant. I think I will try to make it.
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    Metalhead
    Metalhead
    I am in Puyallup, WA.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    That should at least help you not feel like the Lone Ranger out there.
    The local LGBTQIA meetings are funny because everyone is very polite to each other and the conversations are intelligent.
    Rocco
    Rocco
    Well I hope you have fun and make some new acquaintances. I occasionally buy from a coin store in Puyallup.
    Metalhead
    I want to leave my past very far behind me. I want to leave my blood family very far behind me. I want to leave the mental scars they gave me very far behind me.
    tree
    tree
    Yes.
    That's what you've been saying.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Making a choice to not stay in the negativity they surrounded you with. Making a choice to feel happiness, it's difficult, but you can do it.
    Metalhead
    I don't want to die but I do not want to live like I have been living for much longer, either.
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    tree
    tree
    Some fires take longer to catch hold.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    People feel more detached, everybody is just striving to stay alive, pay their bills, and most people stay on their phones, limiting actual connections. Friends can be hit or miss.
    MerCsDs
    MerCsDs
    Renewal is like rebirth
    So it does feels like death, since you can feel the separation
    I grieved my past self so much.
    You can do it!
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