First of all.
Life has no inherent meaning; there is no grand plan or objective purpose to your life or any other persons.
Thus; what you choose has meaning is objectively meaningful (to you).

On a grander scale. As far as we know currently, we are the only example of advanced intelligence in the universe. We are almost certainly not; but we have no evidence at this stage. This is objectively meaningful; for humanity as a whole, if you choose to participate in ensuring the continuation of the only example of intelligence is totally up to you. As long as some people choose to continue the species intelligence continues in the universe.

Caution: Mermaids with strapons, waiting on subsurface rocks.

Interesting; I was in hospital last year, opioid pain relief doesn’t work for me. They tried a few times at increasing dosages and it just does nothing.

Paracetamol works well, they tried ketamine and I told them to stop because it made me feel terrible.

Pretty sure it is…

I have multi-sensory aphantasia. No pictures/sounds/tastes/touch/smell. My inner voice is soundless but constant.

I discovered aphantasia at 40; it is not a lack or detriment merely a difference. I talked with my Mum about it, she is has aphantasia and didn’t realise and she is 66.

Aphantasia doesn’t hold you back or make life harder; especially since you can go decades without realising that you have it.

You may have other stuff, ASD or ADHD etc…but aphantaisa isn’t in the same realm.

The existential dread of not knowing; gnaws at my psyche in uncomfortable ways that I cannot adequately put into words.

I only use Reddit when it comes up in a search result. Otherwise it is Lemmy all the way

Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.

If it makes you feel better.

I know nothing about you, but that is enough to make me hate everything about you and what you stand for.

Unless of course we can find a common enemy.

We tried a lot of techniques…

Rigid schedules, no schedules , big feeds, lots of little feeds…nothing seemed to work. For one kid, he wouldn’t sleep unless he was next to one of us; one of the others wanted to be in the same room but not the same bed…

But once they hit ~3 it was like a switch flipped, and now they all sleep with no issues.

You sound like my brother after his first, who was a saint of a child…the second however…great kid but “not a sleeper” as they say.

None of my kids slept through until they were 3…10 years of broken sleep

It depends on the distance to object. Also the distance between the object and something to compare it to.

I cracked my ribs mountain biking. Two months later, I got food poisoning and re-cracked them, whilst throwing up.

I don’t want to sound judgmental. I’ve never been in your position.

One potential way to approach this would be to “bring the shelter staff on the juorney”.

• Tell them as soon as you confirm the job.
• Thank them for their support.
• Explain that you will be getting some equipment, and that you will need to connect it to Ethernet.
• Give them the great news, that you have organised housing for yourself, once that first paycheck comes in.
• Let them feel yes excitement, at the prospect of getting some momentum in your life.
• If they express concern, invite them to sit with you while you work, show them you are trustworthy.

This is a people problem, not a technical one. People that run shelters, especially volunteers, a good people. But they likely have been burned in the past; they will not blindly trust.

This is the way.

Getting a toddler to sit quietly for an extended period is hard. You are either listening to them, or entertaining them; a lot of parents, these days, use a smartphone for this.

“The bright side of genocide”

A little, but not too much.

Flat taxes annoy me more than proportional taxes.

😆

BMI is kinda like IQ, certainly useful, but it doesn’t tell the full story.

If it is high, you may be fat, if it is really low, you are definitely underweight.

Quite the opposite