FumpyAer

Stalin is dead. His outdated social positions can't hurt you. And I don't think he was that antisemetic. Maybe he was slightly antisemetic personally, but his policies never reflected that, which is the thing that actually matters.The good he did far outweighs the bad. As is often repeated in megathreads, Stalin saved the world from fascism.

I don't understand the point of this post.

She would have done much more than cry if she ate that.

Yes I have it in my calendar and I've got the safe viewing lenses and telescope lens cover.

I think you meant indistinguishable, but I could tell what you meant.

Whatever, she and I both live in a red state so it truly could not matter less who we vote for for president.

This is the exact argument my aunt busted out.

First of all, that's not true. But second of all, I kinda wish it was true because at least then people would actually fight back.

I can't understand why people don't care about people their own government is genociding.

God, it's like they read about bringing democracy into the workplace and went completely jokerfied.

His fundamental belief that employers have the right to profit off of employees is wild. It almost reads as satire against the "job creator" narrative.

The fact there is no option for moderately chilled is wild to me.

I like cool but not cold water so like, a tumbler with just 2 ice cubes that melt.

I guess of the options 3 and 1 is most accurate, but yeah I add a small amount of ice cubes to be between FULLY ICED and room temp (warm).

I've never had a drinking problem, but I come down from stimulants in the evening and God that gives me malaise.

Paradoxically, aerobic exercise. I know I know, you're tired from work. But it really only has to be like 15-30 minutes and your stamina will increase immediately and over time.

I like to use an elliptical machine because running and treadmills suck so bad. But the elliptical is manageable.

Also, good music is so important for me. Having a speaker in your space and having it be there ambient is ideal for me.

Btw I forgot to mention, though Alice Miller is very influential and her book was great for me, there is some now-debunked science in there about repressed memories. Other than that, it was very enlightening.

If a current day analyst or therapist starts talking about repressed memories, you should be very skeptical.

I found a physical copy to be helpful, as I did a lot of skipping around to whatever sections were relevant. Walker's book is kind of a reference guide. But I think an audiobook could work as well, and you can still skip around that if you like.

Btw I forgot to mention, though Alice Miller is very influential and her book was great for me, there is some debunked science in there about repressed memories. Other than that, it was very enlightening.

If a current day analyst or therapist starts talking about repressed memories, you should be very skeptical.

I take zero responsibility for trying to enforce new boundaries in the heat of the moment. He gets ideas in his head and then he rehearses the conversation, and then he gets super upset when it doesn't go the way he envisioned.

Although from now on, I will decline to answer any questions or volunteer any information on the topic of medicine.

He was picking me up with my mom's car (he borrowed mine for a valid reason, so i had done a ride share to go out) and we stopped by the pharmacy on the way home.

He happens to have a prescription med that can only be taken 3 days in a row, and then you need a break. I said I was going to take [extremely common otc med] daily for a week to take care of a problem I'm having. And he was like "you should read the fine print because some drugs say you can't take them more than x days"

I said "I wouldn't care if it was like that because I need these meds to get through the day. And it worked fine the first time. The problem went away for 3 months! "

He wouldn't drop it. "You're always psychoanalyzing me and reading into things too much." I said, "you know, [sibling] lives far away and doesn't have you breathing down their neck, and they are managing to survive."

At this point he starts getting super angry and shuts down and tells me to stop talking. Fuck you, no. I said "Also, I trust myself enough that I know I would have read the documentation when I first did this treatment."

He retreats to the classic "maybe I should never say anything ever in front of you? Since everything i say is wrong."

"This is a specific, clear boundary."

"What's the harm in just letting me finish?"

"The harm is I don't want to fucking hear it!"

And then he suddenly decided to care about catching covid from me (I planned to take an at home test but I was sure it was allergies) when he didn't at all before. (The test later on came out negative).

TBH, it felt like he was saying "We're not family anymore, so now you're a stranger and strangers with coughs wear masks."