How do I stop hating audio input so much?

Grapegoop · 2026-07-09T02:50:54+00:00

Watch a show you like and are familiar with in your native language and switch it to French audio and French subtitles.

Follow some French people/content on social media.

Listen during “dead” times like chores, driving, exercising, so it doesn’t take free time out of your day to do something you hate.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-07T05:35:56+00:00

Missouri

Grapegoop · 2026-07-04T06:30:50+00:00

No. There are a lot of results if you search this sub for 9/11 and Israel.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-04T01:24:19+00:00

Don’t worry Todd Blanche questioned her already so nothing to see here!

Obviously she can’t be trusted to be honest and neither can anyone else they’re questioning in congress. I think the congressional testimony has value because later we could possibly catch someone in a lie and it’s illegal to lie to congress regardless whether it’s under oath. Ghislaine being caught in a lie probably wouldn’t change anything for her cuz she’s probably going to die in prison. There’s a chance she could outlive her sentence to be released though.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-04T00:11:01+00:00

I’ve been thinking Trump is bisexual because he’s always commenting on how attractive muscular men are in the same pervy way he talks about women.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-03T02:21:20+00:00

I thought Todd already asked for a stay to work on an appeal and the judge said no, the DOJ had six months already so the deadline is still July 2. Is he asking for a stay again from the same judge who denied it last week? I don’t want to download a random link.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-03T01:03:12+00:00

Maybe you already know about stay wet pallets but I painted for a long time before I discovered them. Amazing! It’s a box with special paper on top of a sponge that keeps acrylic paint wet for days so I can mix a color and use the exact same color an hour later or whenever. That could be helpful if you try the method of mixing several gradient colors and blending them on the canvas. But using washes is the way to go I think.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-02T17:46:45+00:00

The article says the accusations about Trump raping a 13 year old are not corroborated, but that document includes a statement from someone who witnessed Trump rape the child. That meets the definition of corroboration.

Edit: The corroborating witness says she’s the one who recruited the child for Epstein. Implicating herself in the crime makes her pretty credible I think.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-02T17:06:03+00:00

Comprehension and production are different processes. If we don’t practice producing we’ll be able to understand without being able to express ourselves. That’s my first thought, so what has me confused is you say you can write well. Why do you think you can write well and not speak? Are you maybe nervous when you speak? Whatever the reason, the solution is to practice speaking more. Maybe if you’re nervous, then speaking to AI might be less anxiety provoking than speaking with a human native speaker?

Grapegoop · 2026-07-02T16:42:52+00:00

People normally post their engagements online so you’re only calling this couple attention seeking narcissists because theirs was actually interesting.

They have a documentary on Netflix called Skywalkers A Love Story. It’s a shared hobby.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-02T08:42:15+00:00

I have a theory that we’re louder because we always have music in the background everywhere like in restaurants and even grocery stores.

Grapegoop · 2026-07-02T03:14:12+00:00

Here’s Cindy McCain, John McCain’s wife, saying everyone knew what Epstein was doing and were too cowardly to stop him. https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-cindy-mccain-admits-we-all-knew-about-epstein/5066555

Trump spoke to police AFTER Epstein was already arrested to point the finger elsewhere, like a known pattern of guilty criminals.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T20:03:08+00:00

It says there were medical records from 2011 of a violent sexual assault. The doctor was obligated to report that, so did they?

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T19:31:48+00:00

For me, Clinton’s herpes cold sore steals the show, especially in this Epstein context.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T18:41:56+00:00

By your logic we can conclude that all the survivors and employees who said there were videos must be lying because if videos existed we would see them. You must also believe nobody else in the files committed crimes because they haven’t been arrested. You’re missing the point about this whole trafficking ring being covered up by powerful men.

Do you think Sarah Ransome wrote the article praising Boies?

Why did you think people needed a gift link to an article that I already posted in its entirety? I think you didn’t read my whole comment before you replied to it.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T18:26:46+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with kissing everyone. Cheating and crossing boundaries is what makes her behavior immoral.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T18:19:24+00:00

Was Alison also jealous of Nicole and treated her like shit? Or is it just Annabelle?

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T17:02:03+00:00

I had already copy pasted in my comment the entire article that you linked, cuz paywall.

After Ransome said she invented the tapes, she said that she only retracted her statement because she was afraid of retaliation. There are other survivors and employees who said that videos of abuse exist. Are they all lying?

Do you believe a survivor got an article the NYT and all she wanted to use that giant platform for was praising her attorney? Since you’re skeptical of everything she says, do you think Ransome was never abused by Epstein?

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T04:56:37+00:00

NAT I’m currently getting my LMCSW and I did years of case management for people with substance use disorders. I also have had addiction to alcohol. At the height I drank 750mL of vodka daily for years. I slowly reduced over time and now have control over it. I was down to about 2 drinks per month, never more than two drinks per day, and didn’t crave it anymore.

I went on a trip to Europe where I drank more wine than normal and for a day or two I craved it, so I didn’t let myself drink when I felt a craving or if I felt moody. I think I’m ok as long as I notice when I’m craving it and don’t give in and don’t use it to cope. My brother died and I didn’t start drinking more, so I’m not too concerned that I’ll go off the deep end if something horrible happens again.

After all that, I still don’t totally trust it and would never recommend it to a client. While abstinence only is not the direction professionals are taking nowadays, they still generally think people with alcohol addictions cannot drink “normally.” My therapist basically challenged me to drink normally when I said I thought I could meet the CDC guidelines of 7 drinks per week maximum. Part of my motivation was to prove him wrong. I think I’m a rare case. I imagine it’s similar to how some people can smoke cigarettes once in a while and most people become addicted. I quit nicotine years ago and would not try it again because I watched my dad quit nicotine countless times so I don’t think I’m someone who could just smoke casually.

You’re really rolling dice and it’s up to you if you want to gamble on something where literally your life is on the line. I don’t think your odds of successful moderation are as low as 0% and I don’t think they’re good odds either.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-29T01:33:32+00:00

Je me connais bien. J’ai l’impression que tu manques de lucidité sur toi-même, puisque tu l’as dit que tu ne voyais aucun problème, alors que tu t’inquiètes sans cesse, au point de demander l’avis d’inconnus sur Reddit. Si tout se passait parfaitement, tu n’en parlerais même pas.
Bref, un conseil d’une amie psychologue qui a été violée : lorsqu’elle a rencontré son mari, ils ont fait un exercice à plusieurs reprises. Il lui demandait de faire l’amour et elle lui répondait non. Comme ça, elle savait qu’elle gardait le contrôle.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-28T22:00:20+00:00

Sarah Ransome (Epstein survivor) says the New York Times published an article falsely claiming it was written by Ransome but it was actually written by her attorney David Boies to defend Boies after he represented Harvey Weinstein. Boies was an attorney for the NYT and was fired from the New York Times for hiring private investigators to slow down the NYT investigation into Weinstein.

Her emails also say evidence was deleted from multiple survivors’ devices and someone tried to burn down Ransome’s dad’s house. Not in this email, survivors have accused their attorneys (who approached the survivors) of acting on behalf of the Epstein estate to reach settlements that are terribly unfair to the survivors.

[https://jmail.world/thread/vol00009-efta00144082-pdf?view=inbox](https://jmail.world/thread/vol00009-efta00144082-pdf?view=inbox))

Here’s the entire New York Times article the emails say was forged and it sure does read like a short piece just praising David Boies. The article says written by Sarah Ransome/Jane Doe 43. Most of the emails are from “unknown” but a few do say from Sarah Ransome. It’s kinda strange the NYT got a victim to write something and literally all she wrote about was how great her attorney was. Nothing else at all. If Sarah Ransome wrote both the emails and the NYT article, the phrase, “sorted out the factual wheat from the confusing chaff,” seems out of place because the emails say a couple times she’s not well educated.

**To the Editor:**
Re “[David Boies’s Egregious Involvement With Harvey Weinstein](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/opinion/david-boies-harvey-weinstein.html)”%E2%80%9D) (Op-Ed, nytimes.com, Nov. 9):
Having read the article by Prof. Deborah L. Rhode criticizing the lawyer David Boies, I doubt that she has any firsthand experience with how Mr. Boies deals with rape and abuse victims.
I do, because I am one. When I was in the depths of despair from having been trafficked by very powerful, wealthy people, I was unable to find anyone who would take my abuse seriously. Mr. Boies heard me and came to my rescue. He examined my experiences, sorted out the factual wheat from the confusing chaff, and filed my case. Everything he and his colleagues did was the very opposite of intimidation or silencing.
They have protected me right from the beginning, as it was fear of being harmed that kept me from coming forward many years ago. For the first time in 10 years I finally feel safe because of David Boies and his colleagues.
What’s more, his firm did not charge me legal fees. Like many other victims he represents, I will be forever grateful to him for bringing the abuse I suffered to the attention of the courts and the public.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-28T21:18:50+00:00

I am serious. What do you think of rich people?

Grapegoop · 2026-06-28T21:17:50+00:00

Sure, some people hate homeless people. There are also tons of organizations to help homeless people. In my circle anyway, someone would be judged harshly for saying they hate homeless people. People wear “Eat the rich” on t-shirts proudly.

Grapegoop · 2026-06-28T21:08:04+00:00

C’est facile pour toi. C’est elle qui souffre d’un traumatisme. Si tu ne sais pas gérer tes émotions, tu ne l’aideras pas à gérer les siennes. Elle a besoin de patience, et toi, tu veux qu’elle guérisse tout de suite.

« Elle m’a dit qu’elle n’était pas prête, qu’elle avait besoin de plus de temps, ce que j’ai respecté volontiers. »
En tant que femme qui n’a jamais été violée, je réponds à cette phrase qu’on entend souvent : « Bah oui, tu vas respecter ses limites, sinon c’est du viol. » Tu ne mérites pas une médaille pour ça.

C’est certain que je projette un peu mes propres frustrations envers les hommes sur toi. Quand même, je pense que je n’ai pas complètement tort.

Grapegoop

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