TheDag
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TheDag
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1mo ago
I don't think that you're anywhere near that point my friend, although I do agree that people can get there. Trust me though you're nowhere near rock bottom. I've seen a lot of people at or near rock bottom.
Don't trust your memories. I've struggled with depression. It tricks your brain into thinking you were never happy, which is a lie. Go on anti-depressants if you haven't tried them already. They get a lot of shit but they can help quite a bit if you're motivated to work through your issues.
Good luck, and godspeed.
TheDag
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1mo ago
I like chamomile tea, and decaf green tea.
I also like anise, black tea for caffeine, etc. I'd recommend going to an indian or middle eastern grocery store as teas there are usually way cheaper than at the standard supermarket. And yeah, teabags are fine. Don't believe the snobs.
TheDag
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1mo ago
Supplements are fun dummy. I don't care about health I just want to explore!!!
TheDag
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1mo ago
Anybody here take supplemental mushrooms? Not the trippy kind, but like lion's mane and such that are supposed to help with general functioning?
TheDag
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1mo ago
The zero carbon agenda is the road to national self destruction. Deindustrialization and shutting down energy sources are a terrible idea. Green parties that have such an agenda must be investigated to see if they are funded by foreign powers which includes things like oikophobic ideology which is also disloyalty to your people's future well being. European countries should not agree that they should subsidize the developing world's adjustment, or that Europe should sacrifice its own energy needs for the sake of climate change goals.
Yeah Europe is really shooting itself in the foot, when it's already stumbling economically. I really do worry for the future of the EU.
I think another reason you don't mention that makes a lot of sense is the time to build, and the political polarization. If another party can get elected and just shut the whole thing down it makes it highly unfeasible.
TheDag
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1mo ago
Ahh interesting, didn't realize this was a gendered issue. Another unfortunate result of the 19th amendment, I suppose.
Not that it's a total wash, but still. The gendered breakdown of politics is always fascinating to me.
TheDag
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1mo ago
When downside risk is a single major event, and not lots of spread out minor events than it becomes a lot more important in people's minds. Even when the costs of the minor events adds up to more than the costs of the major event.
Yeah I can see this. It's similar to the idea of optics in environmental stuff. If an animal is cute they get orders of magnitude more attention and funding to help preserve them even if they aren't nearly as important to the environment as some ugly bug.
When emotions come into play over large numbers of people things can get pretty wonky.
TheDag
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1mo ago
Ahh true I didn't think to mention that other countries are discussing it, although the lift seems bigger in Europe than the U.S. Maybe not since they can actually build stuff though.
Alright I want to talk about nuclear.
Ever since I studied it in high school I've been into nuclear, and shocked as to why we don't build more of it. Trump and Elon discussed nuclear energy in their discussion, and JD Vance apparently endorsed it during the VP debate.
Let's say Trump wins the election - what are the odds his administration actually gets some new reactors built, or at least started? I'd like to say I'm optimistic, but given the US track record for building things it's hard to believe it could actually happen.
People who are more familiar with the process of building these things, please let me know - what chances do we have?
Everyone else - how do you feel about nuclear energy? Are you surprised it's finally a CW topic?
EDIT: as a commenter mentioned, this discussion is happening in Europe as well.
TheDag
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1mo ago
Just finished Lord of Light by Zelanzy which was great. About to start The Forever War.
TheDag
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1mo ago
Not as well rounded. Also way too short and the storyline doesn't really make sense b/c it was cut early.
Still a great show.
TheDag
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1mo ago
It's literally a kids show hah. But it dives into much more mature themes and handles them better than almost any other show I've seen.
TheDag
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1mo ago
That show is too long. That's a fault in itself.
Problem I have with most anime tbh. I'm not gonna sign up to watch like 300 episodes or w/e the fuck.
TheDag
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1mo ago
Well thanks for the reminder, pointed as it ever is lol.
Yeah the Jewish lobby is super powerful. Not surprised, seems like most well funded and well connected lobbying groups are able to just raid the budget indiscriminately at this point.
TheDag
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1mo ago
what do you think is off about the tone in the first ep?
hmmm I'd like to try some of those.
Where do you buy them?
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