[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

You come from Evil Toast. You were born for hope, not despair!

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

I wish you good things too.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

It's hard to ask for help, but it's worth it. Life's a mess, but it's worth the struggle to get through the bad days. The right refime medication and (NON-CBT for me) therapy were farging hard to find and keep attending/following.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Good ideas, all around. I'm glad you didn't walk into the sea. I have walked through that dark place myself and it led me to get a therapist who knew exactly what that was like. I learned how to help myself. It's been ten years since then.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Not too much hot 'shine, or the asparagus will not be happy.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago

Our people shall not fall, boy.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

No, no, let's let this play out.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 months ago

Dang, that Mountain's grandfather is one dapper scoundrel. He should be in the Riviera, convincing oil heiresses that he is a prince or something.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 46 points 3 months ago

I got some chickens.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 60 points 3 months ago

It depends on what you want out of it. Consider being more specific with your questions. If you love hosting dinner parties or playing ping pong, then no. Source: about 5 years full time RVer 🤨

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 80 points 6 months ago

Because Trek fans were the first to organize conventions. They started out small in the late 60s. Now every single weekend, somewhere on this planet, there's a Trek convention being held. The conventions also raise massive money for charity. They are the nerds other nerds want to be, in terms of organization. I'm here for the memes.

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In Robert Heinlein's novel "Farnham's Freehold", the protagonists accidentally end up in a very technologically advanced feudal society that depends on a drug called "Happiness" to control things and keep social classes rigidly separated. The hypothesis of this question: the drug is a pleasant tasting drink you take daily. It has no known negative side effects. It rapidly induces a feeling of deep contentment, peace, clarity of mind and general satisfaction with your life. You will not become physically dependent on it. You don't have to pay anything to get it. A small, unchanging dose must be taken every day to maintain this effect, but you don't control its distribution. It is distributed by the ruling class of your society, but no one is coerced to take it, as they are psychologically dependent on it. After many centuries of Happiness distribution, no one has shown desensitization or needed a higher dose. The protagonists in the book rejected their doses, escaped briefly and were recaptured. Would you take Happiness? Why or why not?

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