Joyful
2yr ago
And Occam's Razor would suggest it was very simple, that between talking to you and texting on your phone, she preferred the latter.
Since plenty of people find themselves in this situation with even their own friends who are choosing to hang out with them, I'd go with this. No big explanation necessary.
Joyful
2yr ago
I've definitely discovered books nominated for the goodreads choice awards where they had more votes than they had actual goodreads readers (just the kinds of signaling books you would expect). So they are being pushed externally somehow, whether that is by publishers or authors or social media, I don't know.
I also find those awards problematic because Amazon pushes them the same year they are published, but many popular fiction titles that aren't by a major author take 2-3 years to peak, by which time they no longer show up on that list.
Total ratings is a good gauge of actual popularity of books though.
Joyful
2yr ago
Yes, but I feel like the male hosts are just annoying the contestants out of boredom these days. Mel and Sue were so warm and encouraging and Noel is weird and Matt Lucas is obnoxious. I had the realization last week that after six years of devotion I really don't care to watch week to week this year.
Joyful
2yr ago
People like jake gyllenhal and heath ledger. Not so much the annoying voiced sommelier from Parks and Rec.
Joyful
2yr ago
I hate that Lindsey Ellis gave up on her interesting public work (making youtube videos) because of stupidity on twitter. Just leave twitter!
Joyful
2yr ago
I agree with this and your other statements in the thread.
And I also want to note that Eichner (known as that guy with the obnoxious voice from Parks and Rec?) is not bringing the level of charisma that a typical romantic lead of either gender has to have for a typical rom-com. There is no movie he could star in that would do well. I think there could possibly be a gay rom-com that women would be willing to see, but it would have to be a traditional rom-com script (not preachy, not sexual) and cute, charismatic actors that we already like.
Joyful
2yr ago
Just wanted to say that I'm doing the potassium trial (conceived on the idea that potassium is why the potato diet works) and am around day 10. The first week was consistent losses (and I'm not a person who usually has a lot of spare glycogen) but I've now leveled out for three days and my appetite actually came back yesterday. My hangover from a non-enormous amount of wine was also brutal. I'm still stepping up the amount of potassium so hopefully I'll see a new low number in the next couple of days but I spent last week wondering if I'd finally found "that one weird trick" the internet is always promising us.
Joyful
2yr ago
I'd practice concentration by 1) mindfullness meditation and 2) reading things you enjoy. When you can read a book you enjoy for 3 or 4 hours at a stretch, you'll find it a lot easier to focus on work for an hour at a time.
Joyful
2yr ago
I prefer genderspecial. Probably because I've lost all patience with being expected to play along with the games of random people I don't know or barely know but who demand I agree to pretend I believe their version of reality on pain of social ostracism.
Joyful
2yr ago
Yes, despite monthly reminders that some employees are different and might be treated badly and should be on the lookout for jerks that secretly don't like them, they don't feel the same as everyone else. Shocking. Perhaps they need to join more "you look different from the majority" employee groups.
Joyful
2yr ago
Mods could simply have said “we will take a harsher line on discussion around trans issues because of the admins”.
But this is one of the most interesting areas where the reddit party line is clearly illogical to the point of psychosis. Not being able to deeply discuss it before the recent child and sports lines really brought it to the front of the culture war was bad, and not being able to discuss it now as the hottest culture war item would suck.
Joyful
2yr ago
https://qz.com/574693/americans-working-less-than-ever-before/ From 2016 but shows that the lowest income quartile works less than 30 hours a week and the highest three all more than 40.
Much more true of mtf than ftm. Gc feminists are very supportive of detransitioning women.
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