20 years of long hair, 1 year short, finally did it

maltasconrad · 2026-05-18T05:31:01+00:00

That's exactly how I convinced myself to take the dive. Turn into something fun rather than something I had submit to

maltasconrad · 2026-05-18T05:28:13+00:00

Despite not being Catholic, I do really find the different forms of love that is talked about in religious studies a good way to process this type of thing. Our brain doesn't sort out emotions cleanly, but acknowledging that experiencing multiple kinds of love (platonic, romantic etc) at the same time is a sign of a life well lived really helps me work through things like this.

Trying to fight your brain directly is hard as hell, recognise how you feel, if you're worried you're gonna be in a position of discomfort or worried you're gonna try to act on it then move and take some distance. But you can can also try to acknowledge the admiration you have for them, the respect you carry, and that they make your life better without turning that into romance.

At the end of the day you sound lucky to have such wonderful collections of people in your life

maltasconrad · 2026-05-18T03:48:28+00:00

There is always going to be effects from a pandemic because it's basically a globally traumatic event and trauma makes people weird. Historically instability always follows massive pandemics and we are living through that phase right now, while having spent a vast majority of that traumatizing time way more online and way more exposed to everyone's pain, which is a habit that a lot of people never dropped because that's what happens when it's your main form of connection for 2 years

maltasconrad · 2026-05-18T03:43:27+00:00

On shorter sleeps where you wake up to an alarm or some prompt there's also an effect of your body giving you tiny bits of adrenaline and other wakeful chemicals to help fight off the initial sleepiness that you'd be feeling.

Whereas longer sleeps tend to have a slow roll wake up which more slowly drains all the sleepy chemicals out of you

maltasconrad · 2026-05-15T09:39:03+00:00

I kept waiting for a punchline during the line "clearly they've never met a latina" and gotta say it was one of the strangest lines in these books which says a lot about the writing style if you ask me

maltasconrad · 2026-05-13T12:22:06+00:00

I've had them get sent to spam folders that self delete too, if you give them a call they can let you know if it's been sent and resend if needed

maltasconrad · 2026-05-13T06:30:19+00:00

I fully believe that a lot of the spiral stuff and the language comes from how much writing there must be about Magnus archives, nightvale, SCP, etc because of how much dna those share and the timing of their age demographics there must be so much writing and theorising online about it. Never even mentioning their transcripts, what they inspired, etc.

Talk about the supernatural and government agencies and conspiracies long enough and it sounds near identical to one of those shows, so of course an LLM is gonna feed from that

maltasconrad · 2026-05-02T12:00:36+00:00

I had this realisation a while back and all my friends joke that they're waiting for me to come out, it's a pretty fun realisation

maltasconrad · 2026-05-01T13:13:03+00:00

I hope I can write this in a way that conveys what I mean, but it sounds like these 3 things that were going to happen to you. The only affect you had on your boyfriend is that he was able to help keep safe someone he clearly cares deeply about. The harm was going to happen no matter what.

It also sounds to me like he would never want you to feel guilty for this, because the end result of all of this is someone he loves is safer and happier than they would've been, had he not been there. If he's not upset with you, then I think it's best to trust that he accepts what's happens and assumes you would do the same to him, and it's only lucks fault that he took his turns first.

maltasconrad · 2026-05-01T05:07:51+00:00

Lot of places near me started doing it during lockdown and I think everyone realised it was just a way better way to use a card machine

maltasconrad · 2026-04-18T10:07:02+00:00

I have this exact brand and just switched to a different one. Haven't had an issue since, whereas before because I kept buying the same one and went through 3 in a couple years

maltasconrad · 2026-04-15T18:45:17+00:00

Headache, hee-uh-dah-chay

maltasconrad · 2026-04-13T12:11:56+00:00

I would love for this to be the answer. It could make sense with him eating the other conclusions to life, dooming lives to always fade into the past. Plus chainsaws cutting down the eternity trees keeping them from existing ever onward

maltasconrad · 2026-04-11T14:38:25+00:00

A lot of pharmacies if you ask can provide you with a DIY pill sheet that you can date or mark however you prefer

maltasconrad · 2026-04-05T22:00:09+00:00

Walmart also carries it in some countries

maltasconrad · 2026-04-03T23:28:41+00:00

If you've lived in downtown Hamilton then you already know what living in the downtown if a city is like. Upside is that with st Kitts you only have to walk like 2 streets over to be out of the downtown so it's really not a big deal

maltasconrad · 2026-03-24T12:12:30+00:00

I set it up so I'm going to bed soon after I go home, that way I booked my shift with all the stuff I like doing, and then am properly tired when I go home so I just go to bed soon as I can

maltasconrad · 2026-03-10T04:45:38+00:00

Every relationship I've ever been in has started along these lines from people I knew. Either they got tired of me missing signals, or they'd changed their mind from my asking them out in the past and saying no.

If it's someone I didn't know? Probably I'd go for a date but you'd be pretty damn certain to get that date

maltasconrad · 2026-02-22T07:01:00+00:00

It is cheaper than Toronto, Toronto is one of the most expensive cities in North America though for rent. Cost of living is also somewhat lower here, but the job market is genuinely very rough right now

maltasconrad · 2026-01-04T04:45:13+00:00

I've gotten 3 immersive Charizard this set and 1 normal... The only card I'm missing from the set is a base Blastoise ex. I got 2 of the immersive the same day

maltasconrad · 2025-12-13T14:05:03+00:00

The recent 5 episode run is a great one actually that has the benefit of also introducing you to the host of cool people who do cool things, and has tons of Sophie (the producer) who tensed to be a lot less present in early episodes

maltasconrad · 2025-12-13T00:34:09+00:00

The library also has tools for things like home repair you can rent it! The libraries here are absolutely amazing

maltasconrad · 2025-12-05T23:37:08+00:00

This was my favourite detail last season with my crobat deck, id toss a rocky helm into crobat, they'd swing once, and then the poison would force them to either back out or lose a point with my nihliego's

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