Damn that’s heart-rending. I’m so sorry.

Do for your pets what you think you’d want for yourself, sans religious and societal opinions influencing your choice.

A little bit of the defense budget and the will to do it will get it done!

Eta: and create a jobs program. If we add renewables and green spaces, it may rival the New Deal jobs program!

Because Standard Oil, Firestone and General Motors lobbied against public transportation, in the USA, so they could sell more cars.

Just so we’re clear, that’s Royal Dutch Shell industries, of very progressive, social democracy Netherlands, right?

What? Children have been wearing makeup since the seventies, at least.

Book smart doesn’t mean street smart.

Ziplock bag, white vinegar > toothbrush

“you cannot control your emotions, but you can control your reaction to them and allow that to shape you in the future”

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Then say so.

If you have to ask, that’s your answer. People prioritize and make time for whatever is important to them. It sounds like you were something to do if there was nothing better to do.

Ah, we can’t produce water, can we? Better we check consumption, especially corporate.

Maybe the less well off have more experience with managing health conditions on their own.

Or maybe this post is trolling. Not saying it is or isn’t. But it’s definitely raised my eyebrow.

Unfortunately, chemical imitation is horribly bad for us and people do have allergies to natural fragrance. A quick search suggests roses are “virtually allergen free.”

To OP’s question in general: being always assaulted by artificial stimuli isn’t healthy for anyone, but schismed, fragmented, jumpy, tired people are compliant employees and impulsivity buyers, from changing hairstyles and color dramatically to the tabloids, king-sized candy bars and tobacco products at checkout.

The world has had enough resources for post-scarcity for decades, if not centuries. Before, the problem was logistics, now it’s will.

And proper rest, diet, exercise and managing stressors…

Yep. That’s why I said integrative. Let me be clear: I mean doctors with medical degrees that would consider the diagnosis in relation to sleep, diet, physical and mental stressors, lack of/exercise etc.

Ahh, I forgot the common vernacular doesn’t match what it actually means. I used it in this way: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24103-holistic-doctor

since I often work in health care settings. My fault for failing to remember.

Ah, as in integrative medicine.*