UrsineApathy

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[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I never had good luck with an electric razor, but a standard 5 blade replaceable razor head has been effective for me because it contours to my legs better. You still need to replace the blades every other week or so depending on how often you shave though so it can be a bit expensive.

I have moderately thick and curly hair and I used to get horrible irritation and ingrown hairs on my thighs after shaving. The most life-changing thing for me in terms of relieving this was to pick up a glycolic acid chemical exfoliator. I use it once a night before bed and I get almost no irritation or ingrowns any more. This was the brand that came highly recommended. If you're NA you can pick it up at any ULTA for like $10.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

It sticks out so much too because the entire arc is like three times longer than any other storyline in the series. Then like 80% of it is just waiting patiently for Bug-Cell to be born so they can beat him up. Then the series just ends a few episodes after.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Definitely not just you. I did men's track/cross-country and the shorts were always so awkward to wear because they were basically sexy booty shorts.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

and of course the loans at the subsidized rate are not enough to cover costs at an in-state school, so you also have to take out "unsubsidized" loans from the federal government, which are like double the interest rate of the subsidized loans.

Thank you for saying this because people always conveniently forget this part. I went to a "budget" state school and subsidized loans only covered maybe half of any given semesters tuition and nothing else. If you needed to make rent, eat food or pay for the rest of tuition you needed to find money elsewhere. I worked full-time through school and still barely was able to to survive and had to take additional loans.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I started my undergraduate just after the worst of the '08 market crash when rates were also at this level. Saddling a teenager with paying off tens of thousands of dollars at 7.5% interest literally crippled me. These rate increases are just kicking the can down to road to a future generation so that they can espouse headlines that they've done something beneficial while doing nothing to help fix the problem. All of the "forgiveness" pieces we've been seeing are just them fixing the broken promises through the 10 year repayment forgiveness and PLSF programs anyway.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is the correct non-meme answer. It contains the IT infrastructure for an entire floor or two of the building.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just to be clear, I didn't interpret your advice as anything other than a normal, healthy, and loving affirmation to your partner. I've been in numerous relationships with a partner with an ED (including my current partner for well over a decade now) though and my perspective is colored very differently.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Most people want to feel desirable in their romantic relationship.

While there is truth to this and you should absolutely do it, for a lot of people(especially those in healthy relationships) no amount of reassurance can assuage deep seeded insecurities. Attraction is almost the expectation rather because it's a basic requirement for a relationship to function.

Hearing constant reassurance about attractiveness from a partner can feel like your mom telling you you're the most handsome person in the world. It's nice, but it doesn't feel like it carries a lot of weight compared to an organic comment from a stranger.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really, no.

I was the prime age range for the books as a kid. The first book was decent as YA books go in the sense that it crafted an easily digestible, yet whimsical world with interesting enough characters. It was clear though that JKR had no long term story plan beyond Voldemort Bad as she had to pump the books out to keep up with the movie production schedules. After the fourth book the story is basically nonsensical.

If there were no movies made in which the world literally watched three cute white kids grow up from preteens to full fledged adults it would have died after the first book if it had to survive only on its own merit. Even with the movies, only the first three are any good.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Oh shit, thanks for letting me know. Funny enough, I even tried to download the pdf, but mistook that "download without registration" as a heading for their marketing section!

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I could only get the abstract for the article, but the linked brief is likely more than enough. You're right that intense pressure could have been out on the agencies to expedite the process, specifically, the Attorney General, FDA, and DEA heads are all appointed positions and can be removed from office with relative ease, but that move would come at a heavy cost.

The subtext though is that it's not a priority for him besides being a campaign bullet point, which you've already touched on plenty and I agree with. Rescheduling doesn't redeem anything in my eyes, but I'm not going to look down on positive progress when it happens. So make sure to 420blazeit and celebrate.

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I get the frustration, but in this case I think it's a little unfair. Our archaic drugs laws are dictated by the Controlled Substances Act and the only two avenues to update the schedule status are a formal DEA review or an act of Congress. The latter clearly has no legitimate interest beyond political grandstanding so the other possible path to change was used. He took the most effective route in this case.

The vast majority of our legislators are not there because they want to make the world a better place. They're there to further their own self interests and most political dealings work on a quid pro quo arrangement. Forcing a DEA review cost almost nothing politically. The real problem is that this extremely popular action that was unnecessarily harming a lot of fucking people even required executive action at all instead of being addressed 30 years ago by actual legislation.

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