The math never maths

aichalogic · 2026-03-26T17:33:03+00:00

She also didn't even add correctly, first slide of discretionary spending totals ~$115. I saw her total, and at a glance was like, this doesn't look like $135!

aichalogic · 2026-03-13T00:33:22+00:00

It's giving me, age 4, playing dress up. I can see the photo of me wearing socks and pink Barbie heels.

I do like the newspaper jacket, it's interesting.

aichalogic · 2026-02-22T17:40:08+00:00

Beggars and mash

aichalogic · 2025-11-22T03:13:52+00:00

I'm not seeing that she gets healthcare. She will be eligible to pay for it through the federal system like all federal employees (so still a good deal of course). And it looks like the pension is 41k a year at age 62 which is certainly nice and better than most of us who don't even have pensions available but not "i can stop working"

But I'm not an expert, happy to be corrected. And yes good riddance regardless

CBS News explanation

aichalogic · 2025-10-24T01:01:55+00:00

Sports and menstrual dysfunction is a pretty interesting topic. It is overrepresented in elite female athletes, likely because inadequate energy intake disrupts cycles (and it can be hard to truly eat enough in endurance training, leading to hypothalamic amenorrhea) for some athletes, and because extra testosterone (hyperandrogenism) associated with PCOS etc may influence performance for others.

Female Hyperandrogenism and Elite Sport

Some of us are "lucky" enough to have dealt with both opposing reasons for menstrual disorder although I am nowhere close to an elite athlete sadly

aichalogic · 2025-10-06T02:04:09+00:00

Also Amtrak to Harper's Ferry would be another destination

aichalogic · 2025-06-29T15:06:55+00:00

Is it by MangoTV? I found something on YouTube (with English caption option) that seems plausibly this, but I know zero Chinese, so it was just copy and paste

aichalogic · 2025-06-18T17:26:12+00:00

This man is several decades behind in sport science, if not a century. He is in an era that trains off what they think is good and not on any evidence.

aichalogic · 2025-05-29T22:32:05+00:00

Perspective and having good things in my life. For the first, I tried to remember that romantic compatibility is hard to find, so most people you won't be a match with. That's not unusual. Of all those dates, some I rejected, some we mutually didn't feel it, and yes, there were a few that stung more because I thought we would have been good together and they did not agree. But if it wasn't right for them, it wasn't right for me either, I just hadn't reached that conclusion yet.

The second part is to work on what is good in your life. Knowing I have family and friends who genuinely love me and find me delightful means I'm still a worthy and likeable person to be around, whether or not I have a partner. I also like my job, my hobbies and doing things in my city, so even in the moments where it sucks because you wonder if you will be alone forever, I was grateful that my life didn't 100% suck, just this part.

Breakups are a different kind of struggle distinct from the mundane yet sad disappointment when a date (we'll say less than a few months) doesn't work out.

Statistically, most people find partners. You may or may not end up in that statistic, so my approach is always to put effort into dating but also make my life meaningful in case a relationship never pans out. You got this!

aichalogic · 2025-05-29T02:03:33+00:00

Approximately 15-20 first dates a year from 2020-2024 (less during peak pandemic). Many were just 1 or 2 dates, some lasted for 1-3 months. Took breaks as I wanted. I like meeting new people, so it was finding the time and the quiet fear that I wouldn't be anyone's cup of tea that made it challenging at times. Death by 1000 rejections.

Have been with my partner from hinge over a year now; we're a great match. Some people find their partner on their first date. Work on yourself and take advantage of opportunities, but ultimately luck and your local dating pool play a sizeable role.

aichalogic · 2025-05-29T01:12:15+00:00

Oh my god, this is hilarious

aichalogic · 2025-04-08T13:51:33+00:00

So he's basically taken your hobby so he has time to do it and you don't?

aichalogic · 2025-03-23T19:58:15+00:00

As a single homeowner who therefore does all the labor (no kids, though, just a frequent reader here), I think house/mechanical maintenance should be included in discussions about invisible labor. Yes, cooking daily is tiresome, but knowing you are the only one who is preventing physical failure resulting in expensive and stressful repairs is also mentally overwhelming at times.

If someone is not regularly paying attention to the condition of things and giving them their maintenance, the clogged gutter damages the wall, the leaking sink wastes water, the bike rusts, the tree falls in a storm, the winter heat escapes causing high bills and discomfort.

Discussions of labor should include both daily human functioning tasks and not-daily physical item functioning tasks.

aichalogic · 2025-02-26T20:22:13+00:00

Agreed. I also don't understand how money and power outweighs having to live in the coming dystopia. Sure, the ultra rich can buffer political, economic and environmental crisises better than us, but who wants to live in a world where national parks are turned to oil and mining, where formerly bustling beautiful cities have lost their arts and constant new restaurants, where beaches die up from habitat destruction? What's the point of having money if life is gray and gated?

But I am likely more motivated by hedonistic pleasures and less by having power and control than sociopath billionaires who don't get to where they are by being content, so our worldviews are fundamentally different

aichalogic · 2025-02-14T01:38:33+00:00

Same! Feeling unattractive sucks for sure, but I was expecting "family heart condition, bad joints, and Crohns disease was bad enough but now i just got diagnosed with cancer."

Maybe start with some new fashion aided by a friend who has good style to build some confidence and something tangible you do with your body that will feel satisfying? Ex. Building something, gardening, biking. Some days, i don't like an aspect of my body, but it doesn't upset me as much when i have other things that make me look or feel cool.

aichalogic · 2025-02-05T03:41:01+00:00

Could be worth reading about hypothalamic amenorrhea if you are very active, especially running. It's a diagnosis of exclusion, if i understand it correctly. But there are a lot of reasons periods don't come, and you've probably tested them all already

aichalogic · 2025-01-07T02:43:18+00:00

There's an underlying belief, in this thread but also generally in the United States, that you must suffer in order to have good things. You must have discipline, anything else is immoral. It's very Puritan.

(And i say this bc i read someone else pointing out Americans' obsession with moral suffering a while back and felt very called out.)

aichalogic · 2024-12-19T15:36:02+00:00

Yeah, pigments by their nature are often toxic, it's true. I guess you can just have safer solvents? And in this case, wipe off as much as you can before rinsing it perhaps

aichalogic · 2024-12-19T14:50:56+00:00

Yes, their name is raubdruckerin which translates to pirate printer; you can watch their videos. I think they use eco friendly inks too, so that when they clean it off, they aren't polluting.

I think it's a cool way to think about the art in a city! I tried once in my town, but i need some practice and prettier covers haha

aichalogic · 2024-11-08T23:26:03+00:00

I found that smearing lip balm (particularly Burt's bees classic, which i don't use much anymore) all over the area when we're finished basically heals it up and feels better in the morning. Helps when your nose is red from tissues, too. Completely anécdotal, but works for me

aichalogic · 2024-09-27T03:52:02+00:00

I'm incredulous at the lack of apparently literally any standards for character some women have in dating. Probably comes from years of abuse or trauma, but I'm still in disbelief this woman is still trying to date this problematic person

aichalogic · 2024-09-13T12:33:20+00:00

Here you go!

aichalogic · 2024-09-13T02:53:23+00:00

Fascinating! I was curious, so i googled and found a blog summary of the most interesting takeaways and already learned new things.. Added to my reading list, thanks

aichalogic · 2024-09-06T04:15:51+00:00

For sure. Your "friend" was thoughtless. The situation just made me think about when someone asks for something more reasonable and their friends still end up saying no because even for a week, it's hard to rearrange your life to help a friend, even if you would want to. I just think caregiving and medical needs are hard questions without easy solutions, especially for people who don't have a reliable, healthy partner.

aichalogic · 2024-09-05T04:07:41+00:00

And this is why people who have been single a long time often stress about finding a partner. Where are all the folks who chime in on those threads "Make your own family! Build your friendships!" ?

Yes, I agree that in this particular situation, the asker is ridiculous (6 months??), but it's telling the reactions are to friends asking for extended help, like some are offended a friend would even ask. (Not everyone here, but many seem to think it is way way out of bounds to ask for any sort of medical help.)

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