these fish plushies are unironically the ideal cat toy: they’re the perfect size for the cat to latch onto and bunny kick to their heart’s content, there’s nothing on them that would harm the cat, and i bet they absolutely soak up scents like a sponge (which cats love).

the thing about this is that those places have already doomed themselves to getting fucked, it’s just a question of when. Might as well pray it comes early so it’s less of a fall.

have you looked at simplex? at a glance it seems robust and it actually works without much fiddling which is nice.

“HUMAN, BRING ME THE SECOND BRAIN CELL”

and this is why i’ll never be able to work more than 50%

cats have 2 modes:
i don’t know you and if you don’t go away now i’m going to slaughter you
hello friend please rub my belly i love you i love you i love you purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

if you look closer you’ll note that it’s very much related to whether a company is publicly trader or not, as soon as people are trading stocks you end up with a bunch of people who don’t actually care about the company and those involved in it, they only care about making money.

a company that isn’t having stocks traded around is able to focus on things other than growth, such as making sustainable revenue or being a public good (or a personal good, like a small café that barely makes any profit and just exists because the owners want to run a café).

i don’t get why people use web services for rss, it can be done completely clientside, that’s… kind of the whole point of rss…

because capitalism

huh? any serious marketplace has cheap or free basic insurance for purchases.

i keep my favourite music on my phone and use newpipe for everything else, absolutely fucking baffles me that most people keep paying for streaming services

i for one actually don’t think it’s AI, i think it might just be a bag of cat toys with a handkercheif on it. The cats and the bed look much too sensible to be AI imo.

if you want more sourness maybe try adding some powdered citric acid or malic acid, whatever you can find at a grocery store. It’ll be in the spice aisle.

i mean the whole point of energy drinks is that they have a stupid amount of caffeine

you seem to be talking about supplements, not vitamins. Fruit is decidedly not expensive unless you live on the mcmurdo antarctic research station.

OP is definitely hilariously exaggerating it, but it certainly can’t hurt to make sure your body has all the nutrients it needs, and placebo shouldn’t be discounted.

In my experience and from my good but not professional knowledge, the most objectively beneficial thing is just to stay well hydrated and eat something. You need that to feel good even if you’re not sick, and when you’re fighting an infection your body is going to be diverting energy to things like fever rather than the stomach, so easy to digest is very important.

And what’s something that has lots of vitamins and minerals and easy to digest calories while also being filled with water? Fruit! (noodles are also a good option, easy to digest plus there’s broth so you get more water)
Then add on the fact that e.g. citrus just viscerally feels fresh and like it should help with illness, and you have a very convincing reason to get a bag of mandarins to snack on while you’re sick.

It won’t cure a cold overnight, but it might well bring enough relief that it’s not a full week of wanting to die, and if it has absolutely no effect then oh no you ate a bunch of healthy stuff how terrible.

One thing i haven’t really seen brought up is that all of these symptoms are severe symptoms that the body has to resort to when less extreme measures aren’t enough.

I’ve noticed many times where i only got slightly sick, like a slight fever for not even an entire day, or i just suddenly feel lethargic and the next day i’m back to normal.
And when i do get severely sick, i make sure to take it extremely easy and keep myself hydrated and fed with something easily digestible along with just doing very very gentle exercise (like, stuff an old person would do at rehab). Since i started being this careful when i get sick it’s gotten WAY less miserable.
Like, instead of a week of just sleeping as much as possible because i have 0 energy and everything is pain; it’s 1-2 weeks that starts with the symptoms ramping up over a day or two, being uncomfortable but able to do things, then needing a few painkillers to be functional for 1-2 days, and then it goes in reverse until the sickness has petered back out.

where the fuck do you think most people here came from

holy fuck dude, the cat would be out of that thing in half a second if it didn’t like wearing it

why is that sad?