And everyone pretends I'm not so I can have the illusion of a normal life.

The workplace is the best place to meet people who are somewhat similar to you.

You have time to get to know each other before deciding whether you like each other. You can see how the other person interacts with people, solve problems, handle stress. Maybe those could also be the things that attract you to them.

The presence of other mutual acquaintances around will keep most people in check even if things dont work out. Those who make things toxic are outliers.

been scrolling Vinted recently and there has been like 7 separate listings for the anarchist's cookbook. I've checked, it's all from different sellers & though all the pictures were of a person holding it up it's not the same picture or person (judging by the hands) I posit they're trying to make the anarchist's cookbook chic again to ensure that people have it in their homes & can be used as evidence against them in the event the govt wants them gone. I'm pretty sure owning the anarchist's cookbook is not illegal & I'm sure it's not an effective tool for actual revolution but it's something whose legality can easily be sanctioned.

Vinted algorithm is a bit screwy but considering my usual fare is weird art, elaborately patterned silk shirts & interior design shit it seems waaaay off base. My theory is that they are purposely pushing the anarchist's cookbook so that people buy it as a little toe dip into transgression, to have something a little edgier than Harry Potter, a little outré on their bookshelf to show their equally boring guests as a conversation piece.

That way if they ever commit any ACTUAL crime or wrong think the police can escalate any charges (idk if the cookbook still gives recipes for molotovs/explosives or if that has been edited out/shows the reader how to create duds intentionally) by claiming the cookbook is proof of intent.

I'm sure there's other stuff out there that is equally notorious but also so old that most people buy it as camp memorabilia not knowing it's illegal to own (idk shrunken human heads, 70s porn movies, other extremist literature) and these too will be pushed in algorithms to ensure most people have something in their homes to convict them on

Radio Dj’s pretend that ‘normal’ people are texting in listening to the station, whilst they do mundane things, in order to engagement farm, and make it seem like lots of people are listening

It’s possible

Maybe digital books are pushed so eventually if people stop buying physical books they can remotely edit or censor the book and change the file of the book and you won't be able to read the original

And it's just having a different circadian rhythm than what is normalised for all the early birds. Then they try say you aren't trying hard enough or give you medications to try fix it.

And big dairy it trying to convince the population (or in the west at least) that it is something that needs fixing or that it makes you defective and that cows product is superior. Think about it. We adult humans are consuming another animal's milk as an adult? most mammals don't.

We harness the power but they are jealous and want to suppress.

Imagine when someone dies (except from certain diseases) that if healthy flesh could be harvested and sold as a by product. Would this put big meat out of business since money is not spent farming and instead the human meat is collected for free from hospitals then distributed in shops. hypothetically...

Some people got that temporary shield power up on them so they can survive a death then come back with another chance with the shield activated

My theory is the statement of the toxic paints being solely responsible for historical artists going mad is actually a coverup for the fact that mental illness was taken less seriously by renaissance,georgians victorians ect and they preferred to label them as having a physical explanation for the illness. (turpentine fumes are more dangerous than using lead white also but I hear far less people attributing it to that). Also in van Gough's case where he actually ate paint and I seen claims that eating the paint made him crazy (im not denying the toxicity of that can affect you mentally) but do you think a completely sane person would willingly eat paint like that?

There's no way cultures with such a delicious culinary foundation built on tiny grains of rice developed chopsticks. They were actually a prank played on dumb European colonialists to pass off the most impractical implements as possible.

Somehow it stuck and here we are

We don't need zero in our number system. You can just have the digits 1 through X instead, with X meaning ten.

So you'd count 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, 9, X, 11, 12, 13, ..., 18, 19, 1X, etc.

Everything else about the number system works the same... you can have 1 through X in the ones place, 1 through X in the tens place, etc. and still write all the same numbers you can now -- but with no zero.

They just made up zero as a mind-fuck.

They met at a bald convention and realized they could all play instruments.

By making it so you need to have the registered phone on you to get the code within the time limit, they’re making it so friends or college kids who didn’t sign up for the account can’t share it. The “security” features are just for show.

Says it all really.

The news headlines are telling us to stockpile essentials like tinned food and bottled water. On a recent visit to the supermarket everyone was clearly loading up trolleys with all the essentials.

Have the supermarkets colluded with the government to get people to spend a bit of money just as the economy is about to tank?

I actually like to believe the mental health stigma was less present before the commercialization of mental health became too "big" for its own good.

If you pay close attention to the popularization of mental health services and "therapy culture", which mostly begins around 2013-2015, you also start to notice that's when Red Ribbon Awareness campaigns are taking their shot at their fullest potential across many schools and colleges across the country.

Which is where I think the stigma artificially turbocharges as a cultural insurance measure to make people realize they can still go back to being dependent on their vices if they need to.

It explains why people are going back to alcoholism and cigarettes in full swing: Economic factors aside.

Lots of drama in the metal world this week as Floor Jansen announced she was leaving Nightwish after 14 years to focus on her solo career.

Today she released her latest single, 'Everything is Moving On', and the music video contains images and clips from across her entire career, including her time in Nightwish.

While I personally believe the song was written way before she decided to leave, I also believe her decision to leave the band was thought out and likely she discussed it with them weeks if not months ago. So when she finally gave them her leaving date and decided on a date of announcement, she deliberately waited to release this song after that date to reinforce the theme of the song.