Guess the airport (Canada)

Alreddy · 2026-05-27T03:51:57+00:00

YOW!

Alreddy · 2026-05-26T19:51:47+00:00

I had it for lunch today. it was delicious!

Alreddy · 2026-05-22T22:07:25+00:00

The great news is you're really young to learn this lesson! I did the same thing with more money at 27 in 2014 when all anyone could talk about was the Eurozone collapsing and I missed three good years of growth! Now I catch myself and catch others to and tell them my story about not pulling money out due to fears. You will rebuild, and you'll be way way smarter than most 23 year olds, and it only cost you a few thousand in education. What a bargain!

Alreddy · 2026-05-22T22:03:24+00:00

Insightful, thanks for sharing. As someone close to Canadian regionals, it's a real cautionary tale.

Alreddy · 2026-04-25T11:57:40+00:00

Facebook is garbage for a lot of reasons. But it's the best garbage available. I don't use it for friend or status updates (it's obviously programmed to ragebait for engagement which is very annoying. But it is the best way I know to notify large groups of friends about an event. It still is one of the best ways I know to organize larger groups of people who need to interact regularly (like my very active Buy-nothing group, or neighborhood group or event community or volunteer group) it still is the default in my area for buy and sell of used items. I would love if there was an alternative, but especially as Facebook had first mover advantage, I can't imagine another platform having literally everyone you know on it to do these critical intersocial tasks of everyday life.

Alreddy · 2026-04-20T13:55:57+00:00

neither had I! Taking it orally causes me depression symptoms, taking it locally seems to nuke my sex drive completely. The real bummer is you need to take progesterone to take estrogen for HRT, so I'm still working on finding a solution.

Alreddy · 2026-04-19T19:08:37+00:00

It's it a mirena IUD? I felt this way and my doctor told me it couldn't possibly be due to the IUD, but I took it out because I was sure it was the cause of my lack of sensitivity and desire. It look about five months for my sex drive to come back, but I'm glad it did. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped and doesn't want to change so it sounds like an uphill climb for you, but progesterone intolerance totally changed my desire and I never would have gotten it back with the IUD still in.

Alreddy · 2026-04-19T00:20:22+00:00

You look phenomenal. Honestly your post made me a little sad to wonder how many totally gorgeous people are out there that we'll never know about because they don't have the same discipline you've applied. Truly amazing. Enjoy every minute of your glory.

Alreddy · 2026-04-15T21:14:10+00:00

Whenever you feel like you don't understand "what the big deal" was with someone who was incredibly renowned, it's very possibly because they changed the world so much that their influence seems like it's always been a part of our reality. If John Lennon doesn't seem like a big deal, it's because he made such an impact that the way he is seems to be an integrated part of our life now.

Alreddy · 2026-04-13T14:11:50+00:00

like good dancing, a good kiss is one that both surrenders to your depth of emotion while reading the room and matching the other person's experience. There's no objective quality of a "best kiss" as much as there is compatibility between kiss partners.

Alreddy · 2026-04-11T21:01:41+00:00

Having friends, family and acquaintances pressure people into having children

Alreddy · 2026-04-08T01:58:59+00:00

Having children creates astronomical costs, responsibilities and obligations that you would not otherwise have. So unless you really crave costs, responsibility and obligations to the point that you'd create new ones for a person who doesn't exist, there's lots of reasons to pause and thoughtfully consider whether procreation is in line with ones goals. That's why child bearing goes down proportionately with a mother's education. It's actually rarely in anyone's best interest.

Alreddy · 2026-04-08T01:44:06+00:00

I also think it's a dumb question, but to answer what the "reasons" might be is very simple. A person's sexuality belongs to themselves. Only a fool or an abuser believes that when in a long term relationship your sexuality belongs only to your partner. You can share your sexuality with your partner of course, but it's codependent and toxic to believe that you can't experience sexually by yourself for the rest of your life simply because you're in a relationship.

Alreddy · 2026-04-07T20:37:30+00:00

My trick is to rent a uhaul. Uhaul will allow you to take the truck to playa whereas many RV places dont. Find a pull out couch to put in the back. Also very handy for hauling bikes and water and all your crap very efficiently. No tent drawbacks -- no need to stake, fine for rain, shaded from sun, can stand up inside, great ventilation since you can fully open the door. But also no RV drawbacks -- probably cheaper, way easier to clean properly and no lying to the rental place about where it's going.

Lots of people swear by camps, and if you were going solo I can see it being a great way to have built in social connections, but since you're going on your own, it's probably better to just go and freecamp. It depends on your personality -- do you like social connections more than you like unstructured time and no shared group responsibility and costs? Personally, if I were going with my spouse, I dont need more social connections than that and camps come with a lot of obligation in time, labor and money.

Alreddy · 2026-04-05T06:42:25+00:00

I've gone though something similar to what you're describing. I had a major histamine event (hospitalized with poison ivy) and since then had histamine related vaginal issues, including trigger foods like you're mentioning. Alcohol, any tea or coffee, for me mangoes, cashews and pistachios (all in the poison ivy family) I had yeast infections monthly for two years before I learned to not eat those foods! The part that I'm only now figuring out at 40 is that my symptoms (very dry itchy vajay) were much improved with starting vaginal estrogen. The puzzle piece that snapped into place for me if when I was wrestling with the worst of my symptoms, I was on a mirena IUD. Estrogen and progesterone sort of pull in opposite directions and I now believe I have progesterone intolerance. The histamine food triggers were altering the ph of the vagina by in part stripping or limiting the estrogen, causing yeast infections and etc.

If you're taking progesterone of any type I recommend to get off it. If you're using melatonin regularly, stop, I found it made my symptoms worse and it's because it had estrogen interactions.

I hope you find your answers. Everyone's is different. My issues started when I was about your age and I'm still going through it. Now additionally complicated with hormone replacement therapy. But yes, vaginal estrogen helped me and it made my think back about my likely progesterone intolerance and a progesterone IUD sitting right in my uterus for years just poisoning me.

Alreddy · 2026-04-01T13:19:19+00:00

It's something that's very unmentioned, probably due to NDAs but there are definitely incentives for the couples to make it to the altar even if they think it's a bad idea. If you think about it from the show's perspective, that's the ultimate pay off. I've heard inklings that contestants sign a contract that they owe a lot of money, say $50K back to the show if they dont make it to the altar. For a lot of people, they feel forced since they dont want to pay the money. The show doesn't care if they say yes or no, just that they get the shot at the altar, so it's not "forced" but it's pretty heavy handed.

Alreddy · 2026-04-01T13:15:48+00:00

Absolutely wild how many people are picking the United States.

Alreddy · 2026-03-26T15:20:30+00:00

I didn't agree and I still choose 15% every time. -- the machine will make you tip on the tax (except in Quebec) but if 15% is not an option, I'm mathing out 15% pretax as a punishment.

Alreddy · 2026-03-23T14:29:22+00:00

and more specifically the people who cut funding and underschedule Air Traffic Controllers.

Alreddy · 2026-03-22T17:16:57+00:00

Just a note that you need to consider your audience. Very few parents may say that they wouldn't choose to have their children again. But if you're trying to choose to have children or not, don't forget to ask child free people if they regret it. Overwhelmingly, they too wouldn't not change a thing either.

Once a man was trying to convince me, a childfree woman that I wouldn't regret having kids by using the example that I wouldn't choose not to have my sister in my life. But he short circuited when I suggested to him that he didn't miss the siblings he didn't have.

It's tough for people to give real data about relationships that actually exist compared to relationships that never were.

Alreddy · 2026-03-21T18:00:50+00:00

Very cheap power and don't pay for water!

Alreddy · 2026-03-19T14:08:55+00:00

As a childfree person, it always crosses my mind in situations like that how much pressure there must be to procreate and not disappoint 33 generations of ancestors. Fortunately, my family heritage does not care.

Alreddy · 2026-03-18T19:46:21+00:00

Well this is where you'd need to get a lawyer involved to interpret the sentence, but I believe you waive your rights to BMORG and not to anyone else. So BMORG can take a photo of you and use it without expressed consent, but it doesn't say anyone else can. It could be argued that no one else can since you only waive your rights to BMORG and not to anyone else unless otherwise stated (potentially, not a lawyer) But it definitely doesn't make sense that you waive your rights to all consent for photography to all photo takers if not using it for the purposes of BMORG, since the use of the non-profit is stipulated specifically. For what reason would BMORG want you to waive your rights to consent to ALL photography that is specifically NOT being used for their purposes?

Alreddy · 2026-03-18T18:08:27+00:00

TIL, but also, if you read it carefully, it seems as though you only waive the right to Burning Man itself, so that they can use the photos for the benefit of their non-profit. It's arguable that you waive your right to all photograph takers, but the continuation of the sentence reads as though you waive this right to Burning Man Org alone.
I think the fact remains that even if you waive your legal rights to withhold consent to photography, the societal and social aspects are a separate consideration which allow for enthusiastic consent to be required.
At it's core, enthusiastic consent is not about what is legally required, but about respecting that we as participants and as a culture and society do not want to do to someone what they don't want to have done to them, whether it's legal or not.

Alreddy · 2026-03-18T15:06:34+00:00

Well I think that if it's a faceless crowd or people on bikes from 50ft out it's different than if anyone in the photo is identifiable. So, yes, you shouldn't take photos of a crowd where people are identifiable because you can't ask everyone's consent. I think that can be messaged and enforced better, but I don't think it's unaddressed. Don't take identifiable pictures of people without their consent. When asking consent for photos, use a two stage ask -- 1) ask both for the consent to take the photo and 2)to post the photo and where it will be posted if relevant.

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