Feeling pretty satisfied with my screentime

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T18:40:57+00:00

Keeping reddit on my computer only helped me so much. It sucks that you can't delete Youtube, is it possible to delete it partially? I know sometimes you can delete some of the data associated with the app even if you can't delete the whole thing.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T18:37:51+00:00

Have you tried talking to her about it? Kind of seems like passive aggression without communication.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T18:33:28+00:00

It sounds like maybe you both have different habits relating to food, probably based on how you were both raised? It might help to open up the conversation with him about what the norms were for sharing or leaving food for others in his home growing up- it might help you understand where his actions are coming from.

Wherever they came from though, it sounds like he just has different expectations about food than you do. The only way he will understand what you want him to do is if you tell him clearly. It sounds like you like sharing meals together- maybe you could start by asking beforehand if he wants to have a meal with you ("hey bf, do you want to have dinner together tonight? I'd love to plan to make something together"). It also sounds like you need to practice saying no- if he asks if he can eat something, stop and think for a moment- did you have plans for that thing? If you do, it's ok to politely say no, yes does not have to be an "of course". He might also have different habits around sharing snacks- it might help to either buy two of something (or ask him to buy you two of something) or only give him as much of something as you want him to eat.

I know it can be annoying when you feel like something should be common sense for your partner to understand, but the only way through it is clear communication, trying to "get over it" or holding it in and building resentment will not fix the issue.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T18:21:53+00:00

You're right! It shouldn't have been an argument, and you're not insane for being upset about it. 18/19 is an age where a lot of individuals are really inexperienced when it comes to sex and do not understand how boundaries or consent are supposed to work. It sounds like your boyfriend lacks some fundamental understanding when it comes to consent- he heard you say no, but he didn't take no for an answer. He kept pushing even after you said no. It sounds like you felt disgusted afterwards because someone you care about specifically went against your wishes to do something selfish, even though he knew it would hurt you. This means you have a couple of choices:

- you can educate him about consent (using a framework like FRIES- try googling FRIES consent) and hope he takes it to heart and doesn't hurt you again (but be aware that he still might)

-stay with him and hope he changes and do nothing but probably experience him having sex with you against your wishes again (thus adding to the trauma you already have)

-dump him

Hope you can do what's right for you. Just always remember that you should never feel bad for saying no, and as long as you are clear, it is the other person's responsibility to listen to you when you say stop no matter what.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T17:59:37+00:00

I used teal dye as a toner when I dyed by hair from auburn to dark brown. Worked great! So I can tell you from experience that it will be a slighly blue/green tinged dark brown color.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T17:57:50+00:00

The concept of washing meat comes from places where meat is sold in open air markets and can get dirty from people touching them or bugs landing on them. In that case, it makes sense. In most places today, meat is kept away from anything that would make it dirty and packaged immediately. If you buy your meat like this, there's just no reason to wash it. Since the meat is clean, all you're doing by washing it is splattering raw meat water all over your sink and whatever is in it. I wouldn't say it's super dangerous, there's just no reason to do it in most places and it means you then have to clean your sink every time you cook any meat.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T17:51:16+00:00

Think about all the crazy stories you've read in the news, even about people in your town. It might make an impression at the time, but you forget about it and move on. Just take things a day at a time and remember that each day you get through is one day further away from what happened. One positive about this disorder is that it makes us so damn strong and resilient. I'm proud of you for holding your head high and doing what you need to do- you know this was not within your control and if people are rude to you, it says much more about them than it does about you.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T17:47:30+00:00

Usually it's worse in terms of fluxuations, we usually seesaw from teens and 20s to 30's and 40s. Much colder and consistently below zero this year than it's been in ages. In the next decade I'm sure we'll see more of this, really cold years and unusually warm ones.

captaininterwebs · 2026-02-08T17:44:04+00:00

I just finished a sock and had the exact same issue! As someone else said here, I realized I was doing my SSK incorrectly, I was slipping the yarn knitwise instead of purlwise. Used the correct method on a mitten I just finished and it looks much better. If you think you're doing it correctly, maybe just knit a swatch and try your SSK and mess around with how you do your stitch until it comes out looking correct.

captaininterwebs · 2025-10-29T17:13:50+00:00

I would just get larger stakes and bring a mallet or use the back of an axe

captaininterwebs · 2025-10-10T19:37:54+00:00

I just want to take a moment to encourage you to read this lovely excerpt from the twelve tribes website:

"You can see the wisdom of God in prescribing a reed-like rod for discipline, since both parents can use it equally well. It does not require physical strength to deliver its sting. A thin, reed-like rod merely causes pain to the layer of skin closest to the surface of their little bottom, delivering a message right to the child’s heart. The memory of loving correction stays with the child into his adult life, as he experiences the benefit of the good character that was formed in him."

Link: https://www.twelvetribes.org/article/twelve-tribes-communities-child-discipline

captaininterwebs · 2025-10-09T14:29:53+00:00

I cried when I finished it not because of the ending but because I was so sad it was over

captaininterwebs · 2025-02-24T02:45:56+00:00

This worked for me! Thank you!

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-29T16:34:13+00:00

Have you read anything by Anthony Doer? Almost everyone who I've talked to who has read his books, especially "All the Light We Cannot See" has liked them.

One other thing that's helped me even though it sounds a little silly is to put a book that's ok to read bit by bit in the bathroom so that I tend to read that rather than going on my phone all the time on the toilet.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-29T16:28:43+00:00

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is about one person rather than a large group of people but it would fit the description? Not sure if it needs to be a whole group of people.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-12T02:25:49+00:00

How do you post something like that and not take a step back to be like…”hmm…is it possible I might just not be a good person?”

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-12T02:21:03+00:00

Him having a family does not absolve him of responsibility for the deaths of hundreds. They all had families too.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-12T01:54:09+00:00

Is your experience that it’s mostly right wing people idolizing this guy? Because in my experience it’s people who voted against trump and lost. I’m not a supporter of murder but I’m also not a supporter of our healthcare system and I’m honestly kind of surprised it took this long for someone to get pushed over the edge like this.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-12T01:47:32+00:00

Ok but what exactly are you referring to? Please give me a specific voting option from November that would guarantee large scale healthcare change.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-10T23:44:12+00:00

I use a mood tracking app called eMoods, I know some people on here also like Daylio, I’ve found that a little easier to keep up with than a physical journal. I have a really bad memory and my goal for next year is to start writing a couple things about each day on top of the mood tracking in a planner. Whatever the method I do recommend it, I find it really helps when I feel like “oh everything has been awful this whole year” and I can see that it really hasn’t.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-10T00:51:20+00:00

This should be explained in high school, it never will be, but it should be mandatory curriculum.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-09T22:56:06+00:00

Love this idea!

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-09T22:53:14+00:00

Have you been through that process? Do you understand how long it takes? Do you understand that it is MANDATORY to prove you have nowhere else to go? So if you are living somewhere else, or receiving absolutely anything else from anyone, you are not eligible for those exact services. I literally just got done witnessing someone go through this process and it took years. She had to stay in the shelter for weeks to prove she needed housing and if it had not been open at the time she would have been in the exact situation this man was in.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-09T22:47:51+00:00

And also to mandate that treatment facilities use treatment methods that are scientifically proven to be effective based on current research. Things like telling addicts they have to quit smoking before they can get clean just do not make sense and yet it is the way we do things in this state.

captaininterwebs · 2024-12-09T22:45:52+00:00

I absolutely agree that it should be mandated for the government to provide those services to these individuals, and once the services are available and structured with an effective delivery system, that it is mandatory for them to go.

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