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Sure sex is great but have you ever read a fanfic by an incredible author and then realized they have 30+ other fics in the tag?

#actually sex is a lot like fanfic #you try it and scratches the itch #it's good but not life changing #BUT THEN #you find a holy grail and realize it can be sooo much better #but it's limited and then you realize what you've lost #honestly the success rate on AO3 is much higher

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Falling asleep is a lot like having an orgasm in that both are a lot easier when you're not thinking about them.

#sleep tips #sleeping on the couch #just let it happen

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The Ides of March overlapping with Buzzard Day is no coincidence.

Happy day of stabbing and carrion!

#ides of march #buzzard day

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I'm sorry I'm an awkward female engineer and I don't know how to socialize normally.

'Technical stuff' is my primary social language.

I SWEAR I'M NOT HITTING ON YOUR PARTNER I JUST FEEL WILDLY UNCOMFORTABLE TRYING TO SOCIALIZE and I don't know how to to talk to you but I just wanna be friends.

#i am so bad with people #me awkward yes #socializing #small talk #engineering problems #socially anxious

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I think one thing we need to address in the US if we want to de-stigmatize multi-generational households that include ADULTS from multiple generations, is that parents need to learn how to have adult relationships with their offspring.

Should my daughter deign to live with me when she's an adult she will not be my some vassal that has to obey my household rules. She graduates into being a peer in setting and managing the boundaries, cleanliness and appearance of our home.

Too many parents want to have relationships with grown ass adults in which the parents maintain control and authority, and in which they leverage money and history to get their way from an adult who, very reasonably, wants to be able to make choices and have influence. And then those parents wonder why their kids keep their distance!

But then people act like I've lost it because I let my 5 year old pick the color of paint in her room- a room I seldom spend time in except to take care of her, and a room in which I want her to be comfortable and happy.

I'm not gonna let her choose a paint color for the kitchen right now, because she's capricious and bad at negotiating so we can pick a color we all like. But when she's an adult, if she's still living here? Why shouldn't she get to influence her environment?

People like to have agency. We limit the agency of children because they make choices without the full ability to understand the results (sorry baby, you are gonna get vaccinated for pollio even if you don't like it. You don't understand pollio).

But limiting an adults choices in their own home, just because you don't think that home should be a real home for them because it's just for you, is kind of an asshole move, to me.

No need to argue with me if you disagree. You can have your own opinion.

But I couldn't treat my kid that way, and I have seen enough to know that not every parent treats their adult children like permanently incompetent interlopers.

I didn't just buy this house for ME. I bought it for MY FAMILY. My baby is my family.

#boomerang kid concurs #when you adult more than a parent and it oscillates out of control #i'll survive being a live in maid #but like....help me out. take the trash out or something

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Every time I see another ibuprofen post on this site I'm like STOP

STOP

Stop.

Take that after a meal. Take it with a big glass of water. Don't take it on an empty stomach EVER. Don't take it with alcohol. You will destroy your stomach. You will end up with an ulcer. You will vomit blood. I'm not exaggerating.

Yes, you. Yes, it will happen to cute little you. With your cute little bottle of miracles. Ibuprofen really does that to your body.

Love, an adult person over 35 who can't take NSAIDs anymore

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Shout out to my amoebic people pleasing homies who know that vampires are hotter because you can't reflect them.

#is there anything hotter than being allowed to chill? #vampires #people pleasing #reflection

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It's not the phone call that's scary, it's the call amnesia.

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Exhibit A:

Me: "Hi X, how's it going?"

X: "Good, good - you?"

Me: "Good. How are you?"

*crickets*

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Exhibit B:

Person: "Hi I'm *ssszztt* from *!&$@* and [major thing]. Can you let X know?"

Me: "Hey, X, someone called and said there's a thing."

X: "Who called?"

Me: "Um."

X: "Did they say which department?"

Me: "Uh...🤷‍♀️"

#adhd #phone call #amnesia #neurodivergent problems #first hand embarassment #adhd stuff

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Buying menstruation products...

At 15: *cowering in mortification* m-mom will you go to the store for me?

At 30: *struts into the pharmacy for a pack of tampons like I'm an outlaw on a dusty afternoon in the wild west, stopping into a saloon for a drink before I ride out with the tumbleweeds on my half tamed stallion*

#i wish my pubertal self could see me now #buying period products #the difference age makes #period problems #menstruation #no shame

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Genuine question, because I am losing my mind:

From a psychology standpoint, how do you handle Miettes?

I'm talking about the people who genuinely feel oppressed or offended by others reasserting boundaries.

It's still how they feel (which is neither right nor wrong?) but when we say all feelings are valid, and those feelings are never challenged, how do you make a positive/mutual change?

[Scenario: ongoing conflicts between my bro and I, like asking him to stay out of a room if I've moved to get away from his pacing. He has stated he feels rejected and unwelcome. I don't think I'm being excessive, but isn't that how it always works?]

#mental health support #psychology #therapy #mental health #all feelings are valid #conflict resolution

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Wait a second.

Is this why I never managed to retain anything after a hardcore cram session?

#i have been forsaken #no more menial distractions after studying

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You work for the United States Department of Paranormal Phenomena, where you deal with stuff ranging from a harmless talking toaster to world ending eldritch abominations. Today you have been tasked with giving an orientation class to the new recruits.

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“So, your patron is the God of Death?” Yeah. “So, are you a necromancer? A great Warrior?” …Nah, I’m a Doctor.

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Started getting three day periods which is probably bad but I'm not sure I care.

#short and sweet #pcos #obgyn #period problems

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In case you were having any thoughts along these lines...

#i'm sorry #but shouldn't we be more concerned about the mushrooms??? #the ones people eat regularly?

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you need to live to be a weird funny old person whos weirdness was not broken by a rigidly formal world and to do that you must be a weird you now and not be broken despite it all

#dduane is sage af

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Options on the page to cancel your subscription to Shudder, which I'm pointing out because you can observe this same phenomenon on basically any subscription-based website:

Doing the opposite of what you came here for - Written in bold on a red button, 18 pt font, 700 weight

Doing what you came here for - Hidden beneath the red button, 12 pt font, 400 weight

Make this illegal