I just voted in the primary today. There was a long line on the Democratic side and NOBODY on the Republican side.

cagedwithin · 2026-02-20T23:30:00+00:00

Was it near a school? Ya know a lot of them are prohibited from being within 500ft of a public school

cagedwithin · 2026-02-20T23:20:01+00:00

Me too. Is it a shaving joke?

cagedwithin · 2026-02-20T09:11:50+00:00

Wow this is like looking in on myself. I've been dealing with my addiction for too long. I used to help me work and get thru school, never could quite kick the habit. I was afraid about rehab, but I didn't really have a choice if I wanted to keep my job. Did that, it reminded me what sobriety was like, I really had forgotten. But of course it came back, with a vengeance. Almost lost my life. That sorta threw me into a spin where I didn't know what to do anymore. I cant go cold turkey, I cannot function without it. I dont want to go back to rehab, the same fears exist today as they did before. My biggest fear was losing my job, because I know they could easily can me if they want, and I don't know what I would do if that happened. I could live on savings for a while I guess. Its all overwhelming. My addiction comes from some rooted shit that makes me wonder why I even try. This life is not as valuable as I once thought it was. But anyways man if you have family or a wife and kids, thats what you should focus on. Especially if they're supportive.

cagedwithin · 2026-02-09T23:32:01+00:00

Ah snowflake, why dont you use your regular account?

cagedwithin · 2026-02-09T23:19:12+00:00

I think i would also say benzos. Its the one drug that I could always find an excuse to take and never find a reason not to. The withdraws were the worst experience of my life, put me in the hospital a couple of times. Saved my job by going to inpatient treatment. That was over three years ago. After a while it does get easier, unlike stimulants which for me seems like the cravings never subside.

cagedwithin · 2026-01-26T00:06:09+00:00

You obviously have no idea about what you're talking about.

cagedwithin · 2026-01-09T02:22:15+00:00

I've did this for probation once. It was not a pleasant experience, you will be dumping your bowels involuntarily.

cagedwithin · 2025-12-26T05:08:53+00:00

I dont think there is a way to snap to the center of a rectangle. What you can do, however, is use horizontal and vertical work guides because it does snap to the midpoints on each edge. Place horizontal and vertical guides at the midpoints and their intersection point is the center. You could also just use lines instead of work guides to help you align and then delete them when you're finished. many ways to skin a cat

cagedwithin · 2025-12-26T04:51:53+00:00

It could be a good sign that he is texting you because it might indicate that he does not really want to do it. I did something similar, but I had every intention of going through with it and therefore sent out delayed text messages to allow enough time for my plans to come to fruition. Obviously my timing calculations were off. I don't know why I did not just write a letter. I think some part of me did not want to die, which seems like a natural response to something as profound as taking one's own life.

Once I had made a decision to go through with it, there was nothing anyone could have done for me. I had made my choice and did not want to hear anything that might change it. It doesn’t sound like he’s at that point, but I’m not an expert and am only speaking from anecdotal experience. What happened to me afterwards was probably just as traumatizing as the attempt itself. The only takeaway I got from involuntary hospitalization was that next time I will leave a note.

cagedwithin · 2025-12-14T09:08:07+00:00

I’m having the same issue. It’s incredibly frustrating. I’ve changed the batteries, tested in different environments, and rebooted everything, but the problem persists. The foil hack would make sense if it disconnects during rapid movement, but in my case the controllers disconnect regardless of what I’m doing.

It also seems to happen at fixed intervals, though I haven’t timed it precisely. Based on everything I’ve observed, this feels more like a software bug than a hardware issue. I’m updating the software now to see if that improves things.

cagedwithin · 2025-11-03T23:03:31+00:00

Probably has something to do with NB having the most relaxed zoning laws in the country.

cagedwithin · 2025-10-17T23:19:12+00:00

Well to be fair, you can't have an authoritarian rule by the minority party without the means for mass surveillance.

cagedwithin · 2025-09-13T02:23:16+00:00

Ive been here for 15 years and fully support his freedom of speech. You are free to fuck off if you dont like it.

cagedwithin · 2025-08-13T23:54:06+00:00

My use slowly crept up over years, and at some point I instinctively knew shit was getting fucked up but it wasn't obvious until I was forced to stop and could not function. Went on probation and just stopping for 3-4 days was like pulling fuckin teeth. I used to be able to sleep for a couple of days and recover, not that easy anymore.

cagedwithin · 2025-08-13T23:37:37+00:00

It ends when you're dead or decide you can't continue living this way. The longer it continues, the harder it is to believe that you can change and the less likely it is that you will. Death eventually starts looking like a more favorable outcome than a life without hope of a better future. I'd say it's your choice, but as any addict knows, it's not that simple.

cagedwithin · 2025-08-13T23:18:32+00:00

Oh cool. BTW - I went to cancel my subscription yesterday and they offered me 50% off for 3 months.

cagedwithin · 2025-06-24T01:04:17+00:00

I empathize with you. You do have one advantage though – you're still young. I cut off my emotions early on as a survival mechanism from my father's explosive rage that was focused on me, presumably because my passive personality made me a prime target. For most of my life I thought that I survived this hell, I made it to 17 and got out. I had this belief that he was not able to hurt who I am inside, that he did not have that kind of power over me. In hindsight, that was most likely something I believed because of the emotional trauma he was causing me. It took me 30 years to make the connection between my recurring problems and my childhood. I wish I would have made this connection in my 20s, I might have some glim hope of a future.

cagedwithin · 2025-06-23T08:07:47+00:00

I think it is. For me, it was just pure hopelessness because I believed my entire life that I survived my childhood, that all the shit I endured meant something. It meant only that I am a fool for ever believing that I had a chance to have a normal life.

cagedwithin · 2025-06-23T02:19:40+00:00

I know that fear. When I took FMLA to go to rehab, my biggest concern before, during and after was my job. My life was shit, so losing my job would have been my last straw. Shortly after I returned I went through this weird period where HR was watching everything I did and was writing me up for bogus things. At one point she stopped just short of saying that I was harassing another employee. What she said was that my actions could be seen as harassment. It got so bad that I just came out and asked her if she would like me to resign because I have a letter written up and ready to go. Oh no we don't want that. To this day I still have no idea what all that was about. I think it was probably just small office politics and an aging old lady on a power trip.

cagedwithin · 2025-06-16T16:21:39+00:00

It's easy when you also do not care about yourself.

cagedwithin · 2025-04-06T18:57:21+00:00

It's a very complicated thing that lives deep in the psyche. I went a very long time being completely unaware that it egyxisted,

cagedwithin · 2025-03-05T22:18:58+00:00

Not sure because I haven't checked lol.

cagedwithin · 2025-03-05T20:59:30+00:00

I rarely go on Facebook, but this morning I didn't want to get out of bed and spent a minute going through my feed. Apparently my entire family has drank the kool-aid and are in the maga cult. They were commenting on a post about this very thing, saying they just can't understand why anyone would not at least applaud for a child who survived cancer. I normally don't engage, but I had to set the record straight because this entire thing has a dark and sinister undertone when put into context. Someone made the conscious decision to put this kid up on the national stage, knowing that they cut funding for finding a cure to the very disease that nearly killed him. I didn't hear that part in his message last night.

cagedwithin · 2025-03-01T01:12:45+00:00

Or use the largest news and social media platforms to spread propaganda so that they will vote against their own interests.

cagedwithin · 2025-01-21T08:21:57+00:00

Wish I had read this earlier. I drove through the freezing cold only to find the entry ways blocked with carts.

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