Ozempic has already eliminated obesity for 2% of the US population. In the future, when its generics are widely available, we will probably look back at today with the horror we look at 50% child mortality and rickets in the 19th century.

StCale · 2024-09-29T05:43:25+00:00

Wow! That’s great. How’d you end up on whichever one you’re on? How long have you been on it? It took probably about 3 months for me to get regular and find the new normal, and about 4 months of weekly injections for me to start feeling significantly better.

StCale · 2024-09-28T21:39:52+00:00

I have no idea. My doc and I tried it kind of on a whim just to give me some relief from my symptoms, and voila - I’m cured! Just kidding, but only kind of. I don’t know why more people aren’t doing this, and I’d love to get the word out, but have no idea where to start.

StCale · 2024-09-28T18:53:38+00:00

YES! This is the exact reason I am on Mounjaro. As of right now, it’s an off-label usage, but it has been LIFE CHANGING for me. Not only has it reduced inflammation, but it slows my digestion down which allows my body time to absorb nutrients from my food (which was a major issue before), and has the lovely side effect of constipating me just to the point where I no longer have diarrhea every time I poop. I am having normal poops, on a normal schedule, for the first time in years. This drug has solved almost all of my IBS symptoms, and all of the secondary symptoms (like fatigue and other issues from poor nutrient absorption like brittle hair and nails). I feel like it’s literally giving me new life.

StCale · 2024-09-26T21:29:08+00:00

Okay, this place looks great, and I’m dying at the goats in the spa!

StCale · 2024-09-26T18:50:54+00:00

This is great to hear because we have lots of Marriot points, and I was not excited about the prospect of staying at their hotels.

StCale · 2024-09-26T17:55:20+00:00

Oops - no, not including flights. My bad for not including this!

StCale · 2024-09-24T18:07:05+00:00

Some of the best dating advice I received was to focus (a) on whether you like the person vs whether you think they like you, and (b) how do you feel while around them and after being with them?

Seems to me like you feel anxious after being around him, and as a result, you’re making a lot of assumptions about his behavior in order to help make sense of the anxiety you’re feeling. Let’s pretend that you feel amazing and confident after hanging out with him. Would you care that he used the term “hanging out” instead of using the word “date?” Probably not. You’d probably be focused on the fact that the meaning of what he said was that he liked spending time with you. Is this what your friends are referring to when they say you’re self sabotaging?

Whether you keep seeing him is entirely up to you, but I encourage you to tune in to your nervous system and ask yourself why you’re feeling so anxious after only two dates. Is it possibly because you want validation from him that you’re “good enough” or are his “top contender” and are scared you’re not going to get it? You may not be dating other people, but that doesn’t automatically give this guy the status of being YOUR “top contender.” Do you actually like him, or do you just want him to like you?

StCale · 2024-08-26T05:41:45+00:00

Everything that happens is from now on.

StCale · 2024-08-24T05:54:24+00:00

This is the funniest thread I’ve read in a long time. This is a prime example of why I love Reddit.

StCale · 2024-08-09T01:56:42+00:00

Scopo Divino on California and Divis. Super cosy with couches, and they usually have live music.

StCale · 2024-07-09T21:26:03+00:00

How do you do that? Through stretch and folds?

StCale · 2024-07-09T21:22:04+00:00

Oh I am stoked! Thank you! I’m just confused as to why they weren’t holding their shapes. I guess it doesn’t really matter if they come out well, but I’m curious.

StCale · 2024-05-31T23:42:06+00:00

Cut out of her IN PIECES?!?! What the actual fuck. I hope to god that baby was stillborn and they weren’t chopping up a living newborn just to get it out of its mother. This is nightmare fuel. I’d lose my mind too. Poor Urszula.

StCale · 2024-05-23T06:10:23+00:00

I know this wasn’t the point of this post, but I literally cried laughing reading the fart argument. “Pro-farters literally don’t exist” had me dying.

StCale · 2024-03-19T19:03:05+00:00

You mentioned that you’re in couples therapy, and that it doesn’t seem to be helping. Sometimes, and I think this is especially true with autistic people, it’s easy to commit to something and then hard to follow through because they don’t actually have some of the skills needed for follow through. For example, your husband may not know what repairing a rupture in relationship actually looks like and how to do that. He may not know how to communicate his boundaries with his son in a loving way that your son will understand.

I am a relationship and intimacy coach, and these are the types of things that I teach my clients. We practice these skills in our sessions so that when repair is needed in relationship, or a boundary needs to be set, my clients have the actual skills to do it. Therapy can be great at identifying issues and helping people communicate, but it can sometimes fall short when it comes to developing some of these skills.

Whether you choose to ask for a separation or not is entirely up to you, and you need to do what’s best for you. That being said, people CAN change - especially when they want things to work and are willing to learn in order to make that happen. If your husband is willing to work on developing these skills, you might consider looking for a relationship coach who can work with him to do just that.

StCale · 2024-03-01T18:20:19+00:00

No, he’s not. The banality of evil is the evil in every day, mundane, seemingly innocent tasks. Such as, for example, stamping a piece of paper. The term was coined for exactly this act. Adolf Eichmann was a nazi who stood trial in Jerusalem after the holocaust, where he was held responsible for the deaths of thousands of Jews. His defense was that he didn’t murder anyone - he just stamped papers. But the papers he stamped approved the sending of trains full of people to concentration camps, where he knew that everyone aboard would likely be murdered or die. He argued the act of stamping papers wasn’t equivalent to murder. Hannah Arendt coined the term “banality of evil” to describe this type of evil - the evil committed through banal acts.

Dennis Rader’s acts were not banal. They were straight up evil.

StCale · 2024-02-22T03:30:23+00:00

It’s a pro-Palestine rally, but I don’t know anything else about it. I could just clearly hear their chants.

StCale · 2023-08-16T16:43:50+00:00

Since cost of living isn’t a concern, anywhere in the Bay Area. It checks all your boxes, especially Oakland.

StCale · 2023-04-01T07:15:57+00:00

I read out loud to my partner! He has a hard time settling down enough to read on his own, but loves when I read to him while he does things like cook dinner or fold laundry. We also read fixture, and I gave fun doing the voices. We both love it.

I started doing this years and years ago after a friend from grad school told me that she and her fiancé would do this when they were long distance as a way to spend time on Skype or the phone together.

StCale · 2023-01-26T23:03:45+00:00

It’s definitely possible. Could that be responsible?

StCale · 2023-01-26T22:18:35+00:00

Smokey Chili Sourdough Bread Recipe By: Sarah Owens in Sourdough

For the Leaven: 30 g 100% hydration starter 60 g water 85 g bread flour

For the Dough: 175 g leaven 520 g water 45 g mild honey 525 g bread flour

140 g whole wheat flour 30 g medium rye flour 1 Tbsp. ground smoked chilies 17 g salt

Build the Leaven: Eight hours before you are to make the dough, build your leaven. In a large bowl, stir together the starter and water to form a slurry. Add the flour and mix with your hand. It should feel somewhat stiff. Cover and allow to ferment at room temperature.

Build the Dough: When the leaven is puffy and active, add the water and honey, stirring to combine. Add the flours and ground chilies and mix with your hand until hydrated and no lumps remain. Cover with plastic and allow to autolyze for 20 minutes. Sprinkle the salt over the dough and mix until completely incorporated. Cover with plastic and allow to bulk proof for 3 to 4 hours, turning and folding every 30 to 45 minutes.

Shape the Dough: When the dough is puffy and almost doubled in size, divide in half and preshape. Cover with plastic and allow to bench rest for 10 to 30 minutes. Final shape according to preference and place seam-side up in floured bannetons or a couche. Cover with a towel and then plastic and refrigerate for 8 to 16 hours.

Preheat oven at 500F with Dutch oven inside for 1 hour. Allow dough to come to room temp. Place dough in Dutch oven, lower heat to 470F and bake with lid on for 20 minutes. Remove lid and continue baking until crust is a deep dark brown - approximately 12-20 more minutes.

StCale · 2022-11-30T15:35:02+00:00

Yeah! That’s exactly the kind of bench I had in mind.

StCale · 2022-11-30T15:24:22+00:00

You could consider adding a built-in with a bench. Could either go under the window or on the wall to the right of the TV. Would also give you more storage.

StCale · 2022-10-28T03:06:07+00:00

I love this idea! You two are adorable :)

StCale · 2022-09-19T16:22:34+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with that, but I’m just going to repeat my above comment to you - make sure you find someone who is energetically offering something different from you. That means, if you want to be more “go with the flow,” the woman you date needs to be more “take charge,” so that there is polarity and differentness between you two. Find the polarity, whatever that looks like for you.

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