Graduate school, without a doubt.

“We just kind of struggle a little bit to see how allowing community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees is our best use of those finite education dollars we have in the state,” Obradovich said“

Idk dude maybe increase the dollars rather than try to funnel all the low income or cost conscious learners into 1-2 donor approved fields?

As student services this year: two broken pairs of glasses, one broken finger, laceration to my face from flying objects, sexual assault (breast bitten, fingers rammed into my junk) among the more memorable. I spent the holidays limping from being knocked into a wall. A typical day includes being hit with items, punched, and kicked. I barely notice being physically assaulted or death threats. The SA was mainly notable because it became a dcf call. To be clear, the teacher or peer is the first target and the onus is often on them to protect the peer so they get the worst of it while being paid less.

I wish them all the best, my last day is very soon.

Meh. I’m more into big juicy brains. Not in a zombie way. Outside appearance is not relevant other than hygiene.

My children know how to do their own laundry.

I sit at the bar and order my eggies. I want a front row seat.

I can’t believe this is a real show, lol.

Did this until I couldn’t get out of bed for 2 days, including on my birthday this year. Don’t do it. Reducing your effort in any way you can will help.

You are correct. So many people stay in relationships when they don’t need to. Or for the wrong reasons.

I get through it by pouring most of my energy into helping my clients, come home drained, and catch up with my kids, rot, pass out and sleep like a rock. I have many fears and worries and plans but I turn them off for the 3-4 hours in the afternoon of home time or I’d lose my mind. I commiserate with peers in our shared office during the day/between tasks.

Girl went on a mission, fell asleep but I can’t remember quite why, it was something about a cave. She wakes up 500 years later, kingdom conquered…it’s about her life among the people after. I need to read it again.

I cannot unless I substitute in :)

People seeking ai “help” is really troubling. They are already super vulnerable…it is not an easy task to establish rapport and build relationships of trust especially as providers, who will dig into these harmful issues. It’s hard stuff. The bot will do…whatever the user wants. There is no fiduciary duty to their well-being. There is no humanity nor could there be.

There is also a shortage of practitioners, combined with insurance gatekeeping care if you are in the US. This is yet another barrier to legitimate care that I fear will continue to push people to use bots.

Life was pretty peaceful when I only had a landline…

Probably easier to fantasize about if you don’t live with the fear that often comes with that sort of behavior. Stuff like being followed, even into stores…when they won’t accept no or being ignored so they become hostile…being filmed, upskirted, groped, etc.

All in the light of day. And most of the time it happens so fast.

Media exposure is really difficult to combat. I have behaviors remediated, then a few days of exposure due to parental neglect, and its back to being called slurs and being SA’d by a five year old. Building a case based on these things to help just one person….but there are so many growing up on media that is too mature, without context or collaboration from instructors….they are being filled with awful opinions they just uncritically accept as universally true. I know it going to get worse before it gets better. I know it took me so much work to get my on to explain his every opinion with supporting details, to make him stop parroting. And that was limited exposure from school and other boys.

I thought it was shopped because it was so damn tiny.

Towards the end my dad had a chosen family. I met a lot of them ant his funeral, and they were all better than the biological family. He was never alone even when I was thousands of miles away, and that comforts me. The real family? Couldn’t be bothered to leave work at a retail shop while he was dying. The friends? Gave him a home, cared for him, carried him in their arms to the truck/hospital. I think…what it comes down to in general is finding good souls we can surround ourselves with and not letting those other people ruin us. If possible.

I don’t feel very lonely. But I don’t spend as much time as I did on Reddit. Weekends and after work a bit feel enough. I would doomscrolling Reddit constantly.

I do hope many of them develop and grow up away from it. Otherwise I guess they’ll have to be lonely.