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I'm taking it slow here. Trying not to post so much negative stuff. Thanks to my pastor forgiving and friends when I don't deserve, I have been more positive around people, and it's making a difference. Also, the meds and therapy is working better.
Rocco
Rocco
That is Excellent news Tony!
Hazel_1914
Hazel_1914
Improvements are always good, if you can carry along with that, it'll help.
Positive reinforcement helps people more than negative, most times.
Hope you continue this trend! <3
Aspychata
Aspychata
I deal with ruminating negative "stuffs", you slowly tweak yourself to stop over-thinking bad thoughts about yourself. Great news, very proud of you. :)
Happy Sunday, I hope you have a great day. :)
Butterfly88
Butterfly88
Thanks, you too! How have you been?
Rocco
Rocco
I’ve been pretty good overall. Life has been gradually improving or getting a little easier to deal with over the years.

How are you doing?
Butterfly88
Butterfly88
Glad to hear! I'm good.
Lotion look like water droplets when viewed through the microscope. I wonder if different brands would look any different.
Judge
Judge
Interesting. Check it out...let us know. ;)
Have you ever been called to give up or detach from something you innately had no (0%) want to let go of? Did you give up or did you keep holding on? What happened?!
Crossbreed
Crossbreed
I will quickly oppose something that I discover is hindering my growth. I do not see a reason to do so before that.
Been missing my dad in abundance these days. He was my best friend and an ear, always to talk to. When I was really little I would hold his thumb for comfort. Now I have his thumb print engraved on a guitar pick necklace that I hold for comfort.🥰

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Rodafina
Rodafina
What a precious and sweet memento of a very special man.
scleod
scleod
@Rodafina it very much is. I am extremely thankful they took his finger prints that day.
I practiced a few facial expressions in the mirror for 30 minutes yesterday, especially smiling. I hate having to do mundane things like this to please others, and I wasn’t even satisfied with the results afterwards 😅.
Zain
Zain
I thought about my eye contact as well. I think a mistake I make is thinking only one second is enough (or mandatory), then I can just do what I want with them.
The bad thing about talking to women is that they never mention controversial opinions and always play it safe, especially when it comes to politics. This makes it hard for me to be controversial and ‘spice’ things up. If their guard is up, I feel like I’m on an offense which makea me feel a bit bad.
Zain
Zain
Or I can play safe myself and nothing interesting happens, and we’ve wasted our time.
T
thejuice
I find a lot of them are very up front about their politics. But controversial, it feels like you're probably right. As you know the genders are drifting apart politically. I'd say be yourself, you enjoy discussing politics, just have an excuse ready if it bombs.
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.
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.
There is a fire burning on the other side of the ridge between the valley I live in and Ager Beswick Road. Fortunately the breeze is light and blowing the fire away from me. I can hear the Cal Fire helicopters flying overhead as they swoop down to dump water. 5pm Pacific time 14 August.

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oregano
oregano
There's only one way out and apparently it's blocked by the Siskiyou County Sheriff Dept. I am not leaving anyway.
oregano
oregano

Couldn't resist.
Why do I keep longing for a female partner when I like my life exactly as it is? I don't want a woman who is either just short of insane or who wants to "fix" me. Those seem to historically have been the choices presented to me. Besides, true dating sites no longer exist, the goal of apps is to sell ads.
T
thejuice
Oh yes no fixing please, don't want to be anyone's pet project
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