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PaperclipPerfector  9hr ago (text post)   322 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for November 8, 2024

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I had my second therapy session and I now have to use alarms and a strict af schedule where my sleep times are fixed and I have no social media accounts. Apart from that I really enjoyed using twitter as I am a neo-reactionary and seeing trump win was fun. I am not even American lol but the memes were worth it. I remember 2016 a little bit, I was 2016 and not as online but 2024 is not bad in terms of internet content. Again I have severe severe adhd and no sense of time so i can spend all day on it but it was really funny.

I was reading some blogs for fun since I have started thinking more about religion and how that relates to cooperation but that is not something the people or the mods would want on a fun thread. There are fights on this week, I am jaded with combat sports though, Prates and Ridder should beat their older gatekeeper opponents to pulp.

Here is a weekly ritual my family enjoys, my ma, dad and younger brother sip on some masala chai (spiced tea quite literally) every Sunday morning. It is getting cooler here in Rajasthan so tea consumption is up. It is real simple to make too, just boil tea leaves with some fresh grated ginger, pinch of black pepper and later add some milk, adding it before can cause curdling.

This belongs to the WW thread, I think.

And yeah, social media is a great timesink good for.. very little.

Kinda, I did not wanna post more but I do think the tea stuff is fun. I cant use social media like a normal person.

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