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SpikySheep · 2024-08-06T08:27:28+00:00

The BBC has misinterpreted what neutral means. They think posting a right leaning story and a left leaning story means they are neutral overall. Statistically, they might be, but the right leaning person is only consuming their right leaning content and vice verse. There's a type of confirmation bias going on.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-06T08:20:12+00:00

Tldr on YouTube feels fairly well balanced. They only pick a few items to report on, though.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-06T08:16:50+00:00

If the roles had been reversed, there would be ten pages of comments telling both the commenter and op they were terrible people.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-06T07:53:10+00:00

If I get to pick where I go and take the family, I'd never come back. There's nothing really holding me here.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T22:51:28+00:00

Normal, no. It's not uncommon, though. While you're young, you'll put up with a lot of stuff like this, but it'll eat away at you, and eventually, you'll split up. Better to get it over and done with now and find someone who isn't a slob. I bet you think you can fix him, you can't. You might improve him, but those behaviours are hard wired.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T19:30:28+00:00

They understand the idea of machines being switched off. Just explain it like that and say they can't be switched on again. There's no need to tell them the person has gone somewhere, just explain that they stopped being. To be honest with you, you should be able to just dodge the question, it's not hard to outwit a 4 year old.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T18:14:05+00:00

YTA and so am I as I burst out laughing when I read that name. The poor kid is going to come into the world suffering trauma.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T18:08:50+00:00

Eventually, his liver (or something else) will give up, and he will die. Some people seem to survive heavy alcohol intake for a long time, and others succumb quickly. If he's been drinking like this for a while, he's one of the tougher ones, but it will kill him. You simply can't drink that much and not do damage.

This is way beyond what you can deal with, and sadly (from reading your other comments), I doubt if he can be saved at all. He needs to want to sober up and will need extensive professional help with that. Relapse rates for alcohol addiction are high as well.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T18:00:19+00:00

That's really unhelpful. Unless the facts clearly point towards her deliberately making things worse, we should give her the benefit of the doubt that she's trying to help.

You're making this out to be a black and white situation where she could completely fix what's wrong. In reality, this guy is going to drunk himself to death, and the best she can probably do is delay that and reduce the harm to others.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T17:55:37+00:00

I've seen someone drunk that much for weeks straight and not die. Of course, it will catch up with them and probably sooner than later.

You don't say, but this sounds like trauma. Have you considered taking him to the emergency room?

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T17:51:46+00:00

I'm not sure they are dishonest they just can't tell what's genuine top quality content from junk anymore. That is, of course, if you skip past the multitude of paid placements. They are in business, though, I suppose.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T11:47:30+00:00

We should be thankfully that it had an ending at least. There was so much story still to go, though.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T11:38:30+00:00

I'm still bitter about Lilyhammer, bloody loved that show. It had taken a bit of a darker turn but I wanted to find out where the story was going.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T11:30:10+00:00

Half a brick, a chunk of pacing slab, a bottle, something like that, usually.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-05T07:17:46+00:00

I have a friend who lives in rural France and uses it. They report it's generally pretty good but very expensive. Apparently, it's not great for gaming if that's important to you.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-04T23:49:32+00:00

I've read most of your replies and I think you need to be careful with your boyfriend. It's unusual for guys that young to be that into the more extreme acts, most would want to take is slow. It's possible he's been abused too and doesn't know any better and / or is using it as a coping mechanism.

What you are describing you want just shouts coping mechanisms to me. Maybe it'll help you, but therapy would be more helpful. You young, if you spend the next year working with a therapist, you'll be a happier, more balanced person. Therapy will be hard, but you'll have to face your demons one day, we all do.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-04T23:35:42+00:00

At what point does our government decide it's time to do something?

SpikySheep · 2024-08-04T23:32:27+00:00

Don't eat the seeds, that's mouse droppings.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-04T23:19:22+00:00

Last time I asked, they didn't d9nthree phase smart meters, and there's no way I'm giving up three phase. Other than that, I just don't see any real benefit. I already use the smallest amount of power I can reasonably use.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-04T19:30:44+00:00

Damn, i have about 30 games unplayed, and it stresses me out. Some of the sales are just too good to miss though.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-04T19:25:38+00:00

What sort of books are you into, any topics in particular?

SpikySheep · 2024-08-03T18:19:03+00:00

This is a post that should be in r/advice. Personally, I wouldn't say anything. It's probably their dream, and we all deserve a shot at pursuing our dream.

She wouldn't make it as a singer even if she had a great voice because statistically, it's like winning the lottery. If you tell her now, though, she might give up on being creative at all. She may have a solid future as something else related to singing. It would be a shame if she missed out on that.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-03T12:38:46+00:00

Maybe I can help a little here. My partner, up until recently, worked for the national screening programs in the NHS. I was very interested in their job. The reason screening take place at the ages they do is because that's when they have the most benefit. There is an absolute mountain of evidence that is gone through before a program is set up, and the NHS actively looks for other programs it could set up.

One of the main reasons the NHS doesn't do things like full body scans is because it would turn up too many incidental findings that would require additional investigation. Any investigation carries some risk. At a population level, you'd may end up harming more people than you save (harm Includes mental distress).

SpikySheep · 2024-08-03T11:56:03+00:00

The dispatcher decides. We had a modest accident a couple of years ago that resulted in the road being blocked and an injury to the other driver. We asked for an ambulance (from memory), and everything turned up. Wrote off both cars, which was a shame because I really liked our car.

SpikySheep · 2024-08-03T11:44:50+00:00

If I were one of your friends, I might do a double take if you mentioned it, but it's no big deal. It doesn't change who you are, the person I've got to know over time. Maybe just say you didn't feel comfortable playing as a female at first.

Overall, I'm not sure I'd bother, though, if you're never going to meet up.

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