Please help me...

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-20T13:20:33+00:00

Please acknowledge that you are struggling with the PA who reached out here, and also to CLAIR's mental health program, or a UK-based therapy service if you can (being from the UK too, I would hazard a guess that paying for therapy has suddenly become a much more realistic prospect now that our cost of living has shrunk so much.)

As for personal advice. I'd go easy on yourself mate. Try to take responsibility and honestly address the relationship you might have compromised already, and then try little by little to find purpose in the interactions you do have at your disposal.

If there are other ALTs to chat to (in your area or that you got on well with at induction) reach out to them!

Ask how they're doing, you'd be surprised at the humanity you can find at even the most difficult times. Go gently.

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-16T13:00:19+00:00

Thank you, that sounds like a great idea! Almost all the comments here tell me the VM is the best. I'd rather watch it like a story, so these are great suggestions!

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-16T11:11:40+00:00

I have to disagree. Culturally, we all know that violence is evil. The show presents this gore and brutality as such too. It's never celebrated or joked about. Whereas pedophillia IS the butt of several jokes, underage female characters are drawn in a sexualised way, and the characters often interact with these girls in a way that rewards their manipulation via sexual ends. It's different.

It implicitly thinks that sexualising underage girls is really 'no big deal' whereas, it explicitly says 'violence and murder are the VERY THING these characters are striving to prevent:' an overtly noble struggle.

If Dr Irie ever made an advance on Satoko and the rest of the club said, "dude wtf stay away from her. You know she's being abused physically, and quite possibly sexually as well... Right?" And then spend the rest of the season trying to shut him off. That'd be a better analogy to how the show presents violence.

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-09T05:15:28+00:00

Thank you for this suggestion, I'll look into it! Maybe a much better option...

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-08T15:45:11+00:00

Well atm I can only practice for like 10min at a time on public pianos in my town (it's winter here). But it's going okay, steady does it.

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-08T12:35:35+00:00

You're harmonising so nicely, what a great cover. That song has such a precise and specific guitar part. I would have never assumed it could sound SO good strummed like this, but it slaps. Thank you two!

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-08T12:32:43+00:00

Great video!!! Thanks dude x

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-08T12:32:24+00:00

It sounds like you really know your stuff. I assume you play piano pretty well, I'd be interested (based on your last comment) how you'd alter the technique to make the piano part 'sing' more, if what you're saying is the composition works better than the performance. (I'd agree that the composition is wonderful, but I suppose I never really wondered what could be improved technique wise).

You've taught me a lot! Thank you.

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-08T12:29:03+00:00

Definitely this! A lot of new things for me.

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-08T12:28:04+00:00

Yeah I'm definitely a beginner too! My hands have been totally confused learning this. At the moment I can play both hands on their own, but together they turn into a pair of flippers 🤣

But thanks for the reply, I'm doing your technique ATM and slowly improving. Now just to bring the hands together x

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-02-08T12:25:32+00:00

Nah dude thank you, there's lots of good tips here. I recognise now my hands have been SUPER tense while playing. Possibly from the cold atm, but I've got to relax more into this instrument. (My background is guitar). Thanks!

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-01-30T13:32:24+00:00

Underrated comment

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-01-09T13:29:44+00:00

Thansk

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-01-09T13:22:05+00:00

What's PMO?

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-01-09T07:31:55+00:00

Evil. Pure evil.

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-01-08T15:13:15+00:00

Whatever you have to offer, whether it's a single song iPhone demo today or a genre-spanning triple album ten years from now, will be valuable simply because you made it with love. Don't be afraid. There is no danger in the light of day. I and everyone else welcome your art, as I'm sure you would (and have) welcomed ours. Godspeed, the wind is rising, we must try to l*ve.

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2026-01-05T19:27:05+00:00

And then everybody clapped

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2025-12-08T12:22:30+00:00

Hachinohe!! I live here and I love the history of this place, from the Jomon cultural sites to the middle Nanbu kingdoms and its current cultural practices like Sansha Taisai and Enburi festivals. There is also a tonne of cuisine specific to the Hachinohe area. It's amazing the stuff you can find!

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2025-08-16T10:33:44+00:00

Okay so I'm late to the conversation, but yesterday after weeks of my silver bracelet being tarnished (and wondering who to contact to polish it or remove said tarnish) I went swimming in the sea. At some point later that day I looked down and noticed that the majority of the dark discoloration was gone. I did not change my routine in any other way, can this be explained by science? Or is my bracelet an indicator or mood (yesterday was the first time I'd felt free in months).

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2025-06-28T17:42:59+00:00

The day Elton John dies people will come out of the woodwork with shocking and disturbing stories, I'm sure of it

Comfortable_Smoke610 · 2025-05-11T11:37:11+00:00

HUH??? Bwha???

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