Hopefully this isn’t unwanted advice, but I have also cut out a lot of meat from my diet and I started getting weird side effects. (Lost feeling in my hands and feet, got dizzy a lot, felt extra stupid.)

After seeing a doctor, I take vitamin B and D supplements and it helped a lot. If you can’t see a doctor, you might consider trying some vitamin B and seeing if that helps. Apparently lots of vegetarians and vegans take it too.

Fun fact… Folks can glow after chemotherapy.

I’m not sure, but I know that when a family member had to do a low FODMAP diet, they couldn’t eat things with onions in them. But onion infused oil was fine because the sugars in the onion were water soluble, but not fat soluble so the oil didn’t contain the component they were avoiding. https://www.monashfodmap.com/blog/all-about-onion-garlic-and-infused-oils-on-the-low-fodmap-diet/

Not sure it’s related but it’s the first thing I thought of.

I haven’t thought about this game in forever. My friend had this at her house. Thanks for sharing!

With your back to the water, barbecue. Messy as hell. But that doesn’t matter cause you’re in the shower.

I didn’t see any porn, but there were quite a few AI generated images. If that is something that you filter folks for as well, that is likely why they are filtered.

I can see this user’s comments. Do you perhaps have a filter on certain words, accounts, or instances in your Lemmy client?

My new head cannon is that people like ultrawide monitors so they can more easily follow a comment chain and get into more arguments with strangers.

What would have made you feel better? My guess is that you would have been happy if the other person wasn’t upset with what you said and didn’t disagree with you, right? Do you think if you were able to explain yourself, then the other person would have understood you and not disagreed with you?

It’s likely that would have not been the case. There is a very good chance that they still would have disagreed with you even after elaboration. And you know what? It’s not your fault.

You will have a large set of views about different facets of life. Even if they were all the most sane, rational views, many people will disagree with them. (And in different combinations. You may have Andy agree with you on X, Y, and Z but disagree on Q, R, and S. Brad may think you’re right with X, R, and S but disagree on the rest.)

It is inevitable. So, what is someone to do?

First, is it something that matters? If it’s something like an opinion of which celebrity has the best smile, remind yourself it doesn’t matter.

But if it’s something that does matter? Make sure you educate yourself. Accept evidence to the contrary to what you believe (from reliable sources). Keep an open mind. Accept input. Be aware of your own bias. If you need to update your own viewpoint because you found out you were wrong… Then do it! Yes, it sucks that you were wrong. But it’s better to have been wrong then correct yourself than to stay wrong. This is important… If you’re wrong, act the way you would want the other person to act if they were wrong. (You will make the world a better place doing this.)

Now, does this person still not agree with you (and you updated your own viewpoint based on facts)? Can you change their mind? Probably not. Is this a failing on your part? No. You can’t control other people, just like they can’t control you. But you can control yourself.

Being told we’re wrong sucks. But if you do not have sufficient evidence that you are wrong, then you should be confident in what you think. Instead of framing this scenario as “this person disagrees with me,” frame it as “I disagree with this person.” With time and practice, you will more easily move to “I disagree with this person, and I am ok with it.”

One last note. If it’s something that is very important to you, make sure to do what you can to make the change you want to see in the world. If you were very concerned about pollution for instance, do things like trash tag, buying less stuff, and advocating for your cause. This specific person may not help, but you can still live your life as a reflection of your own values to the best of your ability and maybe even collaborate with others as well.

I hope this helps.

The story behind this one makes me smile every time

https://www.arch2o.com/story-behind-college-architecture-planning-sign/

No. These are printed plastic advertisements delivered via the postal service. (Other companies might purchase small mini catalogs/coupon books, colorful envelopes, or eye-catching postcards for their mail-based advertisements.) These mailers are sent to many people. Most people refer to these mailers as “junk mail.”

Spectrum is very bad about sending lots of these, as OP has shared.

The fat, jolly, red-suit-wearing Santa as we know it today, created by Coca-Cola to sell more product, is a Marxist. TIL. 😂

Java version is the easiest to run on Linux. I have seen that people have gotten Bedrock to work but it looks a lot harder to get running and has more limitations.

I used to be homeless. (I am doing significantly better now though. Hard work and luck.)

I did actually have a job, it just didn’t pay enough to get me a place to live at the time. I was too ashamed to beg for money, but I did occasionally hang around restaurants and ask people for food. (So much shame because I had so many peers with family that helped them and they would look down on me for “failing to launch.”)

Why didn’t I go to a food bank? Because the bus system sucked and I couldn’t get everywhere I needed in the amount of time I had in the day. Additionally, I had no kitchen. No place to prepare food that isn’t ready made. The shelter did not allow me to store food.

Government help and charities were definitely not enough, but it did help. A lot of people in charity were good people, but there were quite a few that were just plain nasty. At the shelter, I would get yelled at for following their rules and asking for my phone that they held at the front desk so I could get to my job for instance.

It does not feel good when your family lets you down, your community lets you down, the government lets you down, and even the people that are supposed to fill in the gaps lets you down. Really makes you think that you are undeserving.

You are right that some homeless people have a hard time finding a job. A lot of places will discriminate against you if you do not have a permanent address (and some will even look for addresses of shelters). If you went to jail, a lot of places won’t consider hiring you. And if course wages are just really low compared to cost of living.

Yes, it is ok to feel bad for those people that don’t have what you have. That is human. Yes, some of them may have made some bad choices and some of them might not need the help. But a lot of those people are just victims of an uncaring system. If you do not help them (which is fine, it is not always possible), at least treat them with dignity. Being treated like a worthy person, rather than a second class citizen, means a lot to someone who society let down.

And with proper software support, the aux jack can do some limited pause/forward/back!

I do really like Android Auto, but the reliability of the Aux connection is something I very sorely miss.

If you can still remember that advice, are you even smoking enough for it to be a problem?

I do not use my phone while driving. My mom told me not to.

Once, I missed a call from her. She got mad. I told her I was driving so I did not look at my phone and let it ring.

“Well, I’m an exception. You should always answer my calls!”

Hm… Nah.

Rest in peace, sweet Baer.

I am sorry about your loss. Losing a pet is hard.

Typically, I brush and floss before bed. In the morning, I will rinse my mouth out to get a lot of the bacteria from overnight out of my mouth.

If I have the energy, I will brush about an hour after my morning snack and caffeine.

If I don’t have the energy, I will rinse my mouth out after breakfast.

I find rinsing my mouth out, while not as good as brushing, really helps freshen up my mouth.

No, management needs to hire more people. One cannot hire for only a skeleton crew and expect things to always go as planned. People get sick, life happens.

If the minimum number of people to run a department is 3 people, you cannot have just three people hired on at any time. What about sick time and vacations, something that is needed for happy, healthy, productive workers? I would far prefer 5-7 people. We can survive with three people and it will happen, but when we have more people in at the same time, we can catch up on other stuff too.

When I was in management and so many people had to call out, I did not turn the screws on them and blame them for the poor performance of the day due to understaffing. I blamed my manager for not allowing me to hire more people I had begged for, for quite some time. This is where the blame should go.

Taking care of yourself is not lazy or selfish, such as recovering from illness or needing some time off. Reaping the lion’s share of the output of someone while demanding even more from them is. Don’t let those in power distract you from their own greedy bad behavior.