You tell them it’ll take a miracle to pull off so they see you as a miracle worker when you do it

Ah yes one of the rants from the design of everyday things

Yesterday, and only because I didn’t feel so good today

You should go outside for a walk or something

Yes, I believe it’s nearly always immoral, and the exception is public figures directly involved in crimes against humanity.

If you have to have a trial to figure out if you got the right person, that’s too much doubt. It’s just Nuremberg, Saddam, the radio guy from Rwanda, and folks like them. Everything else regardless of how monstrous the state should only kill if they are absolutely incapable of keeping that person from taking more lives.

Also governments should be held accountable when one prisoner kills another in a situation that could have been predicted. And yes this includes pedos being stabbed in prison.

That’s the most espirantist thing I’ve ever heard

Yeah this question really was “have you traveled to a different hemisphere”. Ok ok, there’s also central America and the Caribbean, but most American trips to either of those places are to resorts in impoverished nations unless it’s to Costa Rica, which i hear is gorgeous, but is also the equivalent of Aussies going to southeast Asia, but more culturally similar.

Why don’t we go to other hemispheres? Because they’re very far away. I’d be shocked if Canadians were significantly more likely to go to other countries (us excluded), and they’re quite a bit closer being further north. And a lot of Americans live between two mountain ranges in the middle of north America, where it’s a flight to either coast before flying to a different continent.

Yeah I went to Japan for work.

I was supposed to go to Europe when I graduated high school, but my mom got cancer instead. And by the time my sister graduated I was disowned so our father and her went without me.

I still want to go to Europe, but unfortunately it’s very far away. And I’d love to go back to Japan and see more than just factories in small cities. Tokyo was gorgeous but I only saw the airports and trains.

If the middle east were to stabilize and get really cool about a lot of things really fast I really want to see Iraq and Iran. I’d love to see Babylon and other early cities.

Hoosiers?

You are the only person who is fully stuck with you and vice versa. You have to live with your choices and behaviors, and I’ve never met someone who genuinely both should and does have no regrets.

You will fail to be a good person, you will disappoint people you respect, you will fuck up on the job and in your relationships, and you will be the asshole sometimes. Treat each of these instances as a chance for growth and humility. A sincere apology and putting effort towards being better in the future will go very far. And when others do the same show them the grace and kindness you wanted when you fucked up.

That said, some people are in destructive places and will keep fucking up and hurting people, understand when you can’t help and when it will hurt you to stay in their life.

Yeah, very few people can do opiates recreationally without addiction. Same goes for tobacco. Meth will fuck you one way or another (if you have adhd it may help while being a rough version of the treatment and basically guaranteeing you can’t get the helpful stuff if a doctor finds out).

Stimulants don’t make you smarter, but they do make you more confident, this is a dangerous combination.

Research every drug before you put it in your body, know the risks and be comfortable with them. And check drug interactions online with every recreational drug you’re taking with each other and with your prescriptions. Lots of drugs have interactions both positive and negative with each other and while sometimes that’s a uniquely good time or a particular perspective, more often than you think there’s a risk of serotonin sickness

Yeah in college I experienced both extremes. I spent about a year and a half completely isolated, just traveling between classes and my dorm. It was self destructive and my grades and mental health suffered. Then I made some life changes and started going to clubs and events and made friends and suddenly it was easier to study even though I had less time. I became extremely social and found myself spending nights doing everything from deep discussions of big ideas to long nights drinking with friends to lots of casual sex to long nights working on projects.

Because of all this I left college far more well rounded and prepared for my career and my marriage. To this day the skill of how to make friends and positive acquaintances has stuck with me and been a majorly useful skill.

Your social life as an adult is very much what you make it. Go do things that seem interesting even if you feel you’d rather stay home. Chat with people when you’re there. A huge component of modern loneliness is that we’re able to stay entertained and with a crude social life without seeing others irl, but it’s often not actually sufficient. So go get involved in something hobbies, activism, whatever events look interesting at the time. And remember that the things you do now are the memories and stories you’ll have when you’re old.

May he experience sudden hypothyroidism.

Like honestly I think struggling with his weight is something he is less capable of handling than even prison

Where’d you get that picture of me

I wish I got that out of bondage. It just bores me if not combined with mind games or pain

Well they didn’t have banana pants, but the town was in fact crazy

Full on clown shoes.

Oh they’re one of those people who started at hating that stimulants help

I’ve never been Muslim or spoken Arabic, but I’ve adopted inshallah. It means hopefully or with any luck

Considering thst schadenfreude is a commonish word in English now… I just assumed it was the inspiration for this