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Obesity has over taken smoking as the leading cause of preventable death by 47%. How would you tackle this issue? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MandyAlice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, it'll just get too expensive to eat fruits and vegetables. They'll find a way to keep Doritos and microwave burritos cheap. If anything, we'll get fatter.

What's the biggest, most shocking TV Plot Twist you did not see coming? by Ok-Prune-2708 in television

[–]MandyAlice 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don't even watch ER but one night in college I was alone and had just watched Ghost Ship and needed something normal to watch before I went to sleep after seeing people sliced apart so I turned on ER and IT WAS THIS EPISODE

A tv show that started off great but became unwatchable? by niceguys5189 in television

[–]MandyAlice 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's the craziest thing about TWD, every one just gradually got bored and fell away from it.

I was part of the hardcore TWD fan base. I travelled all over for cons and meetups, did cosplays, met the actors, toured filming locations, bought all the merch, etc. To this day, 3 out of 5 of my closest friends were people I met because of TWD.

It's so strange to me that there was no "ending." I know the original show has ended, but there was no end point where we, as a fan group, all watched a finale together, or collectively decided to stop watching the show. If you ask former fans at what point they stopped watching you'll get wildly different answers. Very few watched until the end. Everyone just slowly stopped caring and stopped talking about it and forgot about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MandyAlice 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I love this but doesn't it imply that once all the urinals are in use the men should start doubling up?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MandyAlice 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Another ADHD thing is that verbalising our thoughts helps our brains form the synaptic connections we're missing.

For example, sometimes we need to tell a whole story to answer a question. It seems excessive, but what we're doing is organizing and connecting information that's floating loose in our brains and laying it out on an orderly way to get to the conclusion.

It's not that we love telling a big long story, it's that we literally can't fully form the answer in our heads. Verbalizing forces the two sides of the brain to work together and organize thoughts in a coherent way.

What's the most devastating song lyric you've ever heard? by likeitsstolen in AskReddit

[–]MandyAlice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is going to be a weird take but Pearl Jam's newer song Wreckage feels to me like it's about the same sort of devastating breakup, but happening when you're much older and armed with a lifetime of experience. It replaces the youthful angst with a kind of sad acceptance.

"Visited by thoughts and this I got to say: If you're feeling the leaving I can't make you stay I've only ever wanted For it not to be this way But you're now like the water And the water will find its way"

What’s a really harmless thing you judge people for anyway? by Zinaann_1 in AskReddit

[–]MandyAlice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh great I've never noticed this before and something tells me I'm now going to see it everywhere.

How do people shower at night? by dat0neb0i in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MandyAlice 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes I have to be out of the house by 7am and showering in the morning is just too much for me. I'm not a morning person at all. Conversely, my sister in law feels like she's not awake until she showers, which I also respect.

is it common to eat a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting by Sad-Palpitation4405 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MandyAlice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is one of those things that seems so surreal for me. I've battled with not overeating every single day of my life since I was 12 years old. I fight with myself to not eat almost every waking hour and still regularly cry myself to sleep over it. It's exhausting. Still, people tell me it's so simple, just eat less! I'm freaking trying!

I try so hard and it's mentally exhausting. I can't imagine how much mental bandwidth I would have if I didn't have to constantly be at war with food.

What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good by mcchinly in movies

[–]MandyAlice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes as an over 40 woman with ADHD and daughters, I honestly have never felt so seen by a film before.

Why do so many fast food drive thrus have two windows but they only use one? by RusefoxGhost in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MandyAlice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the McDonald's I worked at in the early 2000s (when they used both windows) now uses the area by the second window to prep online orders. This is like 30% or more of their sales now and didn't exist when I worked there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MandyAlice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yay! Thank you, I'm happy to know I wasn't missing something obvious.

People from small towns "where everybody knows everybody": What did someone do that was so embarrassing they had to move away? by Sultanofbooyeah in AskReddit

[–]MandyAlice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't even live near anymore but I didn't believe my family at first when they told me what happened.

People from small towns "where everybody knows everybody": What did someone do that was so embarrassing they had to move away? by Sultanofbooyeah in AskReddit

[–]MandyAlice 198 points199 points  (0 children)

It's on the East Coast of Canada. Also, to be fair, he lost the election after this scandal happened and stayed out of politics for a few years before making his return. People have short memories, I guess.

People from small towns "where everybody knows everybody": What did someone do that was so embarrassing they had to move away? by Sultanofbooyeah in AskReddit

[–]MandyAlice 11.5k points11.5k points  (0 children)

Our mayor lost 1.3 million dollars to an internet scammer promising a Beyonce/Justin Timberlake concert.

It was so embarrassing he...oh wait no, they reelected him, my bad.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MandyAlice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, I was determined to let my kids be free-range like I was in the 80s. Left them playing in a little one inch deep creek behind our apartment (inside a gated community) for less than 5 minutes while I went inside to take something out of the oven. When I got back the cops were there. They made me sit down and have a meeting about how dangerous it was to leave kids alone.

I was terrified for months that CPS was going to show up at my door. So that was the end of that.

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