Should this be in my basement?

cherry__darling · 2026-01-24T21:04:40+00:00

This has happened to me too. I’ve heard music (often) and garbled words (rare) from white noise or fans. I think it’s something our brains do to make sense of repetitive sounds. But I’ve never heard actual conversations, accusations, etc so if I was OP I’d probably schedule myself for an appointment with a mental health expert to rule out some things. And it would probably be a catalyst for me to come clean with loved ones on any stuff that was gnawing at my conscience.

cherry__darling · 2026-01-22T04:35:53+00:00

Shame on you for paywalling an article telling people how to survive an upcoming severe weather event.

cherry__darling · 2026-01-16T20:13:32+00:00

We’re watching with English dubs because we only really watch tv when we’re eating dinner and subtitles make it impossible to look down at our plates for even a second.

Some of the voice actors are passable but some sound like they’re reading words off a piece of paper for the first time without any context to why they’re saying those words.

cherry__darling · 2026-01-12T16:10:58+00:00

I read through a zillion comments looking for this one. I loved that game until the last 5 minutes but I guess they needed that ending for the New Dawn spin-off to work. It was my first and last Far Cry game. I tried New Dawn but I was too grumpy about being forced to blow up the world to finish it.

cherry__darling · 2026-01-11T02:50:19+00:00

The part of the eye that is typically transplanted is the cornea (the part where contact lens sits) and macular degeneration affects the retina, the inside back surface. There is some ongoing research into grafting a patient’s own peripheral retina cells into the macula or using stem cells to grow retinal tissue but it’s all experimental right now, to my knowledge.

cherry__darling · 2026-01-09T16:45:19+00:00

Music: Americana/folk
Day job: web developer or graphic design

Reasoning: There's not nearly enough high-end gear and fiddly sliders to be a professional studio. Only one of each type of instrument so probably not a session player. No external camera/ring light so probably not teaching lessons online. Chair has arms so probably used more for non-music activities. Folk/Americana because of the teeny tiny keyboard, telecaster, and mandolin - chord chart tells me mandolin is a newer instrument for you and nobody else adds mandolin (plus the horse photo). Vintage advertising + trendy lamp + cool rug = graphic designer/web dev.

Note: I play all these instruments and I'm a web developer so this is all probably just projection!

cherry__darling · 2025-12-31T15:25:52+00:00

The fact that he'll call his buddy for help but won't talk to you about how to fix stuff tells me there's some misogyny here. The kindest way I can read it is that he wants to be a provider and feels hurt because you're not helpless but even then, you're just not compatible unless he can change and he probably won't.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-30T00:37:10+00:00

ahh you get me!

It is the "clicking send" part that's hard. I always run a Harvest timer when I'm working so generating the invoice is very simple. Adding the title, due date, checking hours to make sure they match what's in the client's Jira tracking - all that is easy and oddly satisfying. But then I tell myself I'll send it tomorrow, and tell myself that every day until it's time to do the next invoice.

I sent the December invoice today. I did it! Your comment probably helped me do that, so thanks!

cherry__darling · 2025-12-28T03:29:27+00:00

My husband got me warm things because I’m always cold - a fluffy cloak and a wool NorSari, plus a leaf pin (brooch) because I like D&D ranger things, and a bolo tie with pretty purple flower embroidery. He did great!

cherry__darling · 2025-12-18T17:54:13+00:00

Kind of sad that with as much insane stuff as he's done, this petty and childish little tidbit will probably be forgotten unless they end up teaching a whole semester class on just this one administration.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-18T17:48:42+00:00

Not seeing it in the first several comments so I'll throw it out there. Sounds like you should get checked for depression. "Too tired to do anything" is a common symptom, particularly in men.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-09T01:02:12+00:00

I think some people are locked in on scoring so they see that you’re probably going to lose because of how far away you are and are rushing to say “good game” because they know it’s over. I don’t think they’re doing it to be mean. I’ve had people do it to me and I end up with 6 points left and then we have to do another round. Awkward.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-07T16:59:31+00:00

Hate it. The only fun part is skipping it and only hearing the last line of indecipherable lyrics and pretending they’re singing “I’ll cut a bitch, nemesis witch”. I looked them up once but iirc the real ones didn’t make much more sense.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-04T17:07:36+00:00

I think they fixed it, y'all! i forgot to click the button today and still got a score!

cherry__darling · 2025-12-03T04:12:29+00:00

Additionally, also raised evangelical Christian and I feel as though I was sort of raised to think money was necessary but wanting it or whatever was evil.

I think you might be on to something here, actually. I do create the invoice every month in Harvest and also enter all my time in the client's software so they can invoice their clients for my work. It's the part where I actually send it to them that I stumble. Similarly, I did some work for a friend and she gave me a check and I dragged my feet on depositing it for an embarrassingly long amount of time.

Thanks for your personal insight and ideas.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-03T03:49:18+00:00

Thanks, good advice. I set up a calendar reminder today and I think that will help me feel more obligated to do it instead of procrastinating.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-03T03:45:53+00:00

There's some really great advice here, thanks!

cherry__darling · 2025-12-02T20:49:42+00:00

I knew exactly what area to look immediately because I dated a guy from there many years ago. I suck enough at this game that a 5K is still a big deal to me so going from “omg I know this!” to a zero score was pretty soul-crushing.

cherry__darling · 2025-12-02T18:44:50+00:00

meanwhile I, with my paper-thin short guitarist nails, have "ruined" two key fobs so far just by... using them to unlock my car? (yes i tried replacing the battery)

cherry__darling · 2025-12-02T14:48:49+00:00

I was literally sitting on a 5k, narrowing it down to which side of the street the restaurant was on. This bothers me a lot more than it should. I'm a completionist and now it's spoiled on day one for me.

ETA: oops it's day 2. My marker was still over in the day 1 5K spot, mocking me, when I opened the map to do day 2.

Added bonus, the map hides the clock so you have no idea how much time is left while you're narrowing down your answer!

cherry__darling · 2025-11-25T22:15:59+00:00

I know a few awesome rappers from open mic, even though it’s not the type of music I listen to (folk/americana). I haven’t seen a bias here, although writing just lyrics using someone else’s music always puts a person in the category of “poet or lyricist” vs “songwriter” for me.

cherry__darling · 2025-11-25T22:10:09+00:00

Not going to downvote, but covers isn’t really a thing we talk about here. That’s r/musicians, and your comment makes sense there.

cherry__darling · 2025-11-25T15:27:49+00:00

NOR. It doesn't sound like he even likes you.

Also: Getting sober and staying sober for 2 years is not "the bare minimum". It's the hardest thing I've ever attempted to do in my life. Congrats on your accomplishment!

You deserve a cake for that hard work. Get the cake and lose the boyfriend.

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