underreacting

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[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 2 points 4 months ago

Soap, particularly the one made for washing floors. It has a very discreet smell and doesn't linger too much. I also have quite a small bathroom so I hang laundry to dry in most other rooms.

I mostly prefer my home smelling "clean" rather than perfumed, but I have on occasion used those sticks in containers with perfumed oil, but with only one or two sticks (the fragrance can be really overpowering when using all the sticks, and the oil will last longer with fewer sticks in it) - maybe try that? It will last a few weeks at least.

Still...3-4 days sound very short for a plugin. It might be that you get used to the smell after a few days? Most of us become nose-blind to our own homes. Ask someone else to visit and tell you if they can smell it once you think the fragrance is gone.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 5 points 5 months ago

I start work way too early for me, so I only brush my teeth before leaving home. Do slow work (e-mails, go over today's schedule, routine/repetitive tasks) for the first part of the day, then meds and breakfast (a huel-shake from a bag I keep at work). My office has like a breakfast/post-breakfast meeting the same time every day so it's a great reminder to eat and medicate during it.

Same for lunch: shake and meds.

A generous helping of nuts and raisins for a snack about 1-1,5 hours before leaving work otherwise I'll crash the moment I get home and not manage a thing, not even a single positive thought, for the rest of the day. Then I'll eat the rest of my energy intake for dinner and supper, because I'm always at a deficit during work days.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 3 points 5 months ago

No, and I think I would've been too scared even if I had the capacity to keep up such a ruse. I've always hated lying, it just feels bad.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 2 points 5 months ago

I still dont see how that's relevant to the comment you replied to in the context of this thread.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I really don't know how to interpret this.. Grounding in the here-and-now is bad for people who dissociate? But that doesn't make sense, please explain: What do you mean?

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is indeed a hot take.

Why would people ever develop/improve (aside from maintenance/keeping living standards) on their land, build more, change zoning, generation house on the same lot, etc, when that would only result in their government rent (aka tax) going up?

Wouldn't rich people be able to rent a lot of land for higher prices than normal people, driving the prices up until they control most of the government rentals, then rent it out to the rest of us for insane prices (kinda like now, except their whole revenue has to come from tenants, without the security of being able to sell the land and recoup the losses that way)...?

You say the government makes no money from the transaction of the specific buildings on the lot so they have no reason to overvalue it, except that you said the lots value would depend ont he buildings on it, so the government would receive higher rent fron higher valued buildings in lita so they have incentives to value it higher to collect higher rent...

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 9 points 5 months ago

I have a local newspaper for my municipality every morning.

It mostly deals with local news that doesn't reach the big news outlets. It's slow to report world events (which I like to think is because they actually bother to confirm events before printing). It balances upsetting reports with feel-good and positive stories, and informs me of happenings (markets, small festivals, historical celebrations, crafting, classes and other events) locally that I would never hear about any other way.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 15 points 5 months ago

Its not forced or an concerted effort or a conspiracy to get content creators to use/promote AI.

It's laziness/simplicity.

They Google the question and screenshot the first result, which nowadays happens to be the AI-answer due to how the search engine presents the results.

Not everyone does it this way, but those that do show AI don't do it because they want to show AI specifically. It's more likely those that does differently does it because they specifically don't want to use that first option because it's AI.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 51 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's frugal.

... It's not. Yarn is expensive as hell, even more so if you want any type of durability or wearability or comfort.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 5 points 5 months ago

I think people would notice early (work would definitely be the first to know), but would take a while to actually report something.

I think it's pretty universal; people don't want to make a fuss or be a bother.. like it would be embarrassing or something to report someone missing for not showing up to work, or missing a gym session. Not to mention the not-so-missing will probably feel quite upset about getting reported missing because they took an unprompted nap or lost their phone.

It's not strange for adults to not answer their phone, and in NPF-circles it's even less strange for someone to go into social hibernation with very little warning.

Unfortunately this will lead to (single household) adults being missing for longer before people get worried enough to actually tell someone, and then they'll try to get in touch with other friends or family before the actual police.

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 6 points 5 months ago

Time, and patience. There's no rushing it, so might as well enjoy living slow and thinking slow. No need to finish every thought

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