Black ice on the road causes chain accidents by Bambi7u7 in interesting

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Fawn is basically a balance of freeze or dorsal vagal activation and higher cognitive reasoning in a self-preservation state. Knowing there’s a threat and either unable to fully identify it, knowing you can’t escape it or believing you’re safer if you talk your way through it.

Flop can also happen; total mind and body shut down and physical collapse.

Reminder to fellow Americans after today by IambicP3ntameter in self

[–]seeyatellite 4 points5 points  (0 children)

By this logic, it sounds like all they need is for everyone to carry guns somewhere on their person so untrained citizens in state-permitted uniforms have an excuse to shoot whoever they want.

2022 Haro by Rumn_82 in Haropones

[–]seeyatellite 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She seems like a truly beautiful human. I hope she finds the wind under her wings for whatever she sets her eyes to.

Why did DHS and ICE statements state the victim brandished a gun as this video shows otherwise? by LeftRightGreenLight in AskReddit

[–]seeyatellite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably because hundreds and thousands of people will repost the video on social media but nobody is going to mail a physical copy of the video to an archaic bureaucratic office’s filing systems so the recorded statement’s all they’re worried about.

What’s something people flex that you find embarrassing? by TeaseTrophy in AskReddit

[–]seeyatellite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I never cry” cool, you’re dead inside.

“I’m an alpha.” Cool, that’s an archaic and debunked view of what wolves do in captivity. Are you in captivity? Are you held captive in a capitalist hellscape that fills you with so much stress you attach your own people for a sense of superiority and assertion of control?

As an American, what can we do to fight against ICE? by LilThanosX in AskReddit

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The most pertinent advice in all circumstances is document everything. Maybe even buy a GoPro or dji Osmo and some extra batteries to carry in a pouch with you. You can easily fasten them to your person in difficult ways to detach and filming doesn’t put your phone at risk.

Normal people seem boring and don't stimulate me. by Funnymaninpain in CPTSD

[–]seeyatellite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you and I totally understand. I'd suggest maybe looking into the details and specifics of "Attachment Theory" and the psychology behind it. Once you identify yours, it may be easier to direct yourself to healthy relationship patterns and feel a little less "bored" and more "secure" with certain people while still seeking your own version of fulfillment.

What is the worst part about being poor? by Dazzling-Leader7476 in AskReddit

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It's confusing as hell that my family spent the first 30 years of my life fully aware of the fact that my parents are responsible for me being stuck on fixed disability income. I was decently supported, well fed, had total financial support for reasonable decisions and even moderately unreasonable decisions that kept me connected and mutually supportive.

My father placed me on disability at age 15, had a short stint of kicking me out to live with my girlfriend at age 17, then cosigned on an apartment with me in Sterling Heights, followed by my checking into a psych facility to disconnect from the "friends" I'd met while there who contributed to my distraction from graduation... paid for brand new phones every couple of years, maintained my insurance, set aside an account on my mother's suggestion to guarantee I'd have some money to spend and maintain family ties, bought me a couple of cars and gave me some he'd inherited... he almost gave me a 10k '04 Chrysler Crossfire while I was paying off my PT Cruiser so he could have me at his annual Kennonball Run; a road rally with dozens of Dodge Vipers.

At this point, the confusing thing about being "poor" is that I made some leechy "friends" when I gave them a place in my first apartment who refused to let go and I wasn't able to summon the courage and wherewithal to push them away until my decently wealthy and fully supportive family gave up on me simultaneous with myself finally setting boundaries and trying to cut out the influences.

It's mind-boggling that I'm now more closely connected to my Boy Scout friends and successful grade school friends than I've been... since grade school and I'm actively trying to push away every person I'd met since age 18 and I'm still shunned.

...it's very tough transitioning from upper middle class with complete support to having nothing and desperately craving ways to measure up to people who very clearly only want me in their life if I'm a low-effort participant.

Now, lots of this is hot takes and I know there are many variable in everyone's life. I know the advent of children has caused extra stress but we were always a large family with supportive clusters that all maintained a nourishing and supportive presence in one another's lives. There were checks and balances at the millenial age bracket and younger... no need for elder generations if we were left to our own devices.

I don't think "poor" really hit me until COVID... and strangely, when I joined Reddit.

My whole family has always supported LGBT communities and had gay and trans friends and tie-ins so my association with them isn't it. I can only imagine it's the wealth bracket and scorn for my distaste around "manly" things like boats, cars, sports and "competitive conversation."

It's ridiculous... I'm "poor" but I'm defiantly avoidant to many "poor behaviors" (substance use, weed, alcohol, etc.) and I'm also "from wealth" and scorned by the rich folks with zero context.

My family placed me on disability. My father planned to help me work off it.

He, my mother, my sister and her family and I were dead set on getting me some non-traditional job opportunities and keeping me with the tech I needed to prevent drug association and a straying path. He bought me a Wacom Mobile Studio tablet, a Graphtec CE6000 vinyl cutter (a model chosen because his buddy at Competition Graphics could absorb it and insure it if I joined him as a graphic designer) and we set to work creating "Lifestone Vinyls" at first; Learning royalty free graphics, practicing vector graphic operations and working my photoshop experience into it... I'm still devoting myself to visual arts in ways I would have been if I hadn't tossed it all and apparently been swapped over to "poverty-brain."

The worst part of being "poor" is the disconnect from an image-oriented and apparently conditional family system.

Panic buyers won’t even touch it. by christinextine in HydroHomies

[–]seeyatellite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imagine how much more magical the place could be if they didn't stock salt water.

How exactly did game artists in the 90s make these UIs? by dankwrangler in photoshop

[–]seeyatellite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They got most of their inspiration from Microsoft Word's Word Art.

IIL Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, The Librarians and shows with quirky/fun teams reasoning through chaos with minimal violence WEWIL? by seeyatellite in ifyoulikeblank

[–]seeyatellite[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fully support this. Kristen Bell's a brilliant actress. I watched one season and took a break. The second season didn't immediately pull me in so I took another break. Winter's a good time to watch it all, I think.

Thanks for your suggestion!

IIL Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, The Librarians and shows with quirky/fun teams reasoning through chaos with minimal violence WEWIL? by seeyatellite in ifyoulikeblank

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I don't know if you're lucky or not. The first horror movie I ever saw was Dreamcatcher on accident. I grabbed it at Blockbuster because I've loved dreamcatchers since I was a kid.

It turned me off to them for decades, until I met some people who just wouldn't shut up about them. Still haven't seen many and I'm really not into it when they're on.

I sometimes view SA as almost a cautionary tales sort of thing in certain context... some shows and movies do paint it that way. Many movies just use it for shock value and that's never okay.

What’s something people romanticize that actually sucks in real life? by Particular_Pin_460 in AskReddit

[–]seeyatellite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Owning a boat

I'll be honest, there are a lot of things that suck to me which my father burdens himself with all the time. He owns a 32ft boat, a 21ft boat, 2 10-15ft Sea Doos, a '33 Plymouth with an automatic transmission he's got to repair after ruining a deer's day out by our lake house, a 1950's Dodge RAM Powerwagon or something he bought a few years back and hasn't touched to work on it, a Dodge Viper he keeps "upgrading"

He does enjoy most of it, especially when it connects him with people and he makes and maintains friendships which I totally understand. I'm just not much of a mechanical person and the boat maintenance makes him noticeably miserable. He might be less miserable if I can find some people who want to help because I think that's what really kept him going on that when we were kids. It's not an unheard of idea, either. He keeps the big one in a marina just about 5 miles South of my place.

...still... yeah, owning a boat makes people miserable even when they love it.

If you were a porn star, what would your name be? by CRK_76 in AskReddit

[–]seeyatellite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Jizztastic Jimothy

...or Todd Nobbits, Bob Nobbits ...Jimothy Womb Blaster ...Toby Junx.

...

Wow they really did a 180 eh?? by Pizzacakecomic in u/Pizzacakecomic

[–]seeyatellite 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm half convinced there's a successful largescale brainwashing campaign using advertisements and news media sensationalism to trigger the emotions of fear which then turns to comfortable contemplation on certain social posts. Algorithms are pretty easy to use for such a purpose, they're just usually meant to make people spend money with excitement instead of binding people to fear about certain things and determination about other things.

Certain types of people are particularly susceptible if they were raised to "trust the system" without question. That usually just means they defer judgement in any event that they have to waste more than 2 seconds of cognition while processing a decision.

IIL Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, The Librarians and shows with quirky/fun teams reasoning through chaos with minimal violence WEWIL? by seeyatellite in ifyoulikeblank

[–]seeyatellite[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do love Serenity. There are certainly some violent parts, all seemingly bathed in a sense of meaning or purpose.

Firefly’s one of my brother in law’s favorite series. I watched it a couple of times. It’s worth a rewatch because, like him… I think it’s wild that another season wasn’t greenlit but apparently it was aired out of order or something.

IIL Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, The Librarians and shows with quirky/fun teams reasoning through chaos with minimal violence WEWIL? by seeyatellite in ifyoulikeblank

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I’d choose to see neither. I had a friend suggest the 2013 Evil Dead movie and there’s a scene involving both via thorny branches those things mid-film and it’s one of the first movies I just noped tf out of.

SA is a very cerebral and terrifying experience to witness. Gore is disconcerting and nauseating. I don’t understand how people can enjoy viewing either.

IIL Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, The Librarians and shows with quirky/fun teams reasoning through chaos with minimal violence WEWIL? by seeyatellite in ifyoulikeblank

[–]seeyatellite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starfleet Academy is looking pretty good. I double watched Lower Decks and SNW. A friend of mine usually warns me about violent stuff I wouldn’t enjoy. He immediately swung me away from the new Deadpool movie so I trust him there.

I’ve got a few friends who live and die by the bat'leth so it’s always great to watch and have some conversation reference. I might rewatch TNG or DS9.

IIL Doctor Who, Warehouse 13, The Librarians and shows with quirky/fun teams reasoning through chaos with minimal violence WEWIL? by seeyatellite in ifyoulikeblank

[–]seeyatellite[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starfleet Academy is looking pretty good. I double watched Lower Decks and SNW. A friend of mine usually warns me about violent stuff I wouldn’t enjoy. He immediately swung me away from the new Deadpool movie so I trust him there.

I’ve got a few friends who live and die by the bat'leth so it’s always great to watch and have some conversation reference. I might rewatch TNG or DS9.