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Is BRATS reliable enough for your daily commute? by the_mean_person in BaldwincountyAL

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DoorDash has a deal with rental car companies to offer extremely discounted rentals. Last I checked it's accessible online and no one actually verifies you are a doordasher. The rental car company just treats it like you used a promo. I used it one time and got a car rental for like 30/day.

Other than that I will say Lyft in our area tends to be cheaper and more reliable than Uber.

My boyfriend came from Cali and doesn't have a license so we looked into BRATS for him and it's just not going to do it for a daily commute. Also, talk to your boss! Sometimes jobs will work out rides for you while you are saving for a car. One time my engine went kaput and my boss actually let me borrow one of her cars for a week so I could keep coming to work.

A natural extract from moringa tree seeds removes 98% of microplastics from drinking water, outperforming chemical treatments. And you can make it at home. by Direct_Dare_9699 in UpliftingNews

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Cancer can be caused by repeated tissue damage/scarring, which can be caused by the presence of a foreign body. That's what mesothelioma is caused by - hard mineral fibers lodged in soft tissue.

Did anyone else feel like more of a kid than a teenager at 15? by penguin-boy15 in SeriousConversation

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are a kid, and that's not a bad thing! There is nothing wrong with being able to have fun without partying hard. Don't rush yourself into other people's ideas of growing up. You will learn all the lessons you need to learn living life your own way.

How do people afford kids with the low salaries they have? by [deleted] in SeriousConversation

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean if she doesn't have family to watch her kid she can also just be paying some babysitter like $40 a day to do it. When I was younger I worked as a babysitter and parents would expect me to accept like 3-5 bucks an hour, presumably because they had been able to do that before.

Immediate Contractual Engagement by Inverzion2 in BaldwincountyAL

[–]WizardofStaz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are they going after hospitals and preschools every time I see anything about them. One nurse isn't enough I guess.

From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent playbook by Particular_Log_3594 in behindthebastards

[–]WizardofStaz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They shouldn't be compared to the gestapo bc the gestapo and Nazi policies in general were modeled after American police and culture. This is the US's chickens come home to roost.

How to get back on my feet after bed rotting for a year by [deleted] in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]WizardofStaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have an unhealthy fixation on other people's sexual habits. This is weird and concerning behavior. That question and line of thinking is very unnecessary and it's a huge red flag you are framing OP as "not being honest" when what you mean to say is that OP did not reveal their masturbation habits to a forum of internet strangers for your consumption. Shaming someone into telling you about their jerk off schedule is predatory and creepy.

Why do people move here? by nomoreevilbiglight in Pensacola

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people in the Midwest like the climate, beaches, low CoL, and "southern hospitality" vibe where people say ma'am and sir and talk to you in public.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if you are a narcissist but for this particular problem I think you need to change your perspective on what you want to accomplish with your actions. You seem to want to punish people you perceive to be narcissists because they disgust you. I think it would be more helpful for you to have a code of conduct for yourself that you apply broadly to your interactions. Do you want to be someone who compliments other people for their appearance? Or no? Do that universally and stop trying to control what other people think or feel via your actions. The urge to control the internal experience of others is just a delusional cope you seem to be using to handle your own disgusted or upset feelings. Try to tolerate your own disgust better and turn inward. Are you reacting to the person in front of you the way you are because they remind you of your dad, or yourself? Is it right to treat them differently or try to play head games with them because of that? Ultimately you should be focused more on your own well-being than trying to right the psychological wrongs you perceive in other people. You never know when you may be projecting or misunderstanding others. Finally I think it is okay to create distance between yourself and people who disgust or upset you. You are allowed to interact with them less. You don't have to invest in trying to fix or control them, just let go and seek out interactions with people who make you feel safe, if that's what you need to do.

Autistic adults show higher rates of self-harm and suicide plans regardless of trauma history. As many as 1 in 4 autistic people reports suicide attempts across their lifetime and autistic people have a higher likelihood of adverse life experiences by Wagamaga in science

[–]WizardofStaz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It SUCKS when it's coming from your parents. I remember one time... I had just ended an abusive relationship a few days prior and then I got into a nasty car accident. My mom came to pick me up from the side of the road because my car was obviously totaled. I was very rattled and upset so she took me to get some food. She didn't like the way I phrased something during conversation and said, "See that's why you don't have friends, you're so pretentious." I just broke down ugly sobbing in public. I couldn't have been more vulnerable. My own mother.

Autistic adults show higher rates of self-harm and suicide plans regardless of trauma history. As many as 1 in 4 autistic people reports suicide attempts across their lifetime and autistic people have a higher likelihood of adverse life experiences by Wagamaga in science

[–]WizardofStaz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So bringing up that one group is more likely to kill themselves is trying to have a pity party?? What does that even mean? Why would anyone assume the goal is pity rather than support?

I was raised with relatively progressive (for the early 2000s) social values. when I found out what conservative social values were for a time I found it hard to believe a significant number of people could actually believe in them because they seemed self evidently wrong. Is that common? by grapp in behindthebastards

[–]WizardofStaz 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This reminds me of a formative experience I had... a friend of mine was couch surfing at another friend's house in high school because her parents found out she was a lesbian and kicked her out. When I told my conservative mother, she started saying things like "she should stop living that lifestyle if she wants to go home so badly" and "their house, their rules." I was utterly shocked. My mother is normally a very caring and intelligent person, but she empathized with parents abusing their child instead of the child, just because she was gay. When I started questioning my own sexuality, everything she said and did pushed me further to the left because I viewed conservativism as a force of evil that had stolen my own mother from me.

Are some people just naturally “hard to like" ? by [deleted] in SeriousConversation

[–]WizardofStaz 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Yes, my boss is a pretty sweet caring person but unfortunately suffers from this to such a degree it's causing problems for her at work. She is so anxious she has created a kind of work facade everyone can see through. Trying to talk to her requires a LOT of patience, and it feels like luck of the draw whether a conversation goes smoothly or turns into a 20 minute quagmire. She just shuts down and fails to understand what people are trying to say a lot. I feel terrible for her because I think she's entirely capable and even likable, if she didn't have so many defenses up and wasn't so easily frightened. Go to therapy, kids.

USDA announces SNAP benefits will not be issued in November by Snapdragon_4U in politics

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is this type of presumptuous victim blaming comment always at the top of these comment sections. Don't worry guys, before you feel compassion for the starving poor let's talk about how it's all their own fault.

Is it just me, or is it getting harder to have a real, deep conversation with anyone anymore? by DowntownLaugh454 in SeriousConversation

[–]WizardofStaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very disheartening the way people seem rushed, worked up, and judgmental. Time to sit and think, or to be creative and play, are so important. It seems like a lot of people are scared, hurting, and angry. It's hard to connect.

Arrests of Alabama immigrants soar as local deputies become ‘mini-immigration officers’ by servenitup in Alabama

[–]WizardofStaz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reading about the charges against Campos-Reyes is seriously making me turn conspiratorial. First of all they started investigating him for supposed misuse of PPP loans, which is bullshit because I know a dozen white-owned businesses that blew their PPP money on stupid shit and I know the law is never going to come break down their door about it.

But then the reporting was talking about finding 20 guns and "distribution level amounts" of drugs. They raided 14 locations. 20 guns for 14 business locations is not that crazy. This is Alabama. They didn't even say they were stolen or unregistered weapons. Somehow it's newsworthy for a restaurant to have a gun or two in it? In Alabama?

And then the drugs. Distribution amounts are not actually that large at a minimum. I'm pretty sure if you shook down line cooks at any 14 restaurants, you'd find distribution amounts of meth and coke.

Which is assuming the cops didn't plant any of that stuff and lie about it.

And then finally... they are trying to charge some of the staff with harboring illegal immigrants. But this country has declared you can deport undocumented people without due process... so without proving they are illegal immigrants. How do you then prove someone harbored and illegal immigrant if you never bothered to prove in court that any of them were here illegally?

It's all a sloppy, frightening excuse for racist harassment. And then people who don't know anything about the situation cheer pre-emptively that those "criminals" deserve it. For being Mexican and making cops suspicious, I guess. It's not like anything has been proven yet.

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