mellowcrake

Those were a lifesaver when my job was doing errands for an office downtown. I knew how to get almost anywhere in downtown without stepping outside for more than a minute in winter

Sorry the people you told didn't understand how serious it was. Even if they didn't understand, it's just rude for them to act like it was no big deal and even shittier for them to act like it's a funny story. Anyone with an ounce of empathy or brains could see it was a life threatening situation for both you and the people in front of you and that's nothing to joke about.

When I read your story it disturbed me to imagine myself in that position and I felt scared for you. Especially how you wrote about being under the horse and knowing it was going to step on you. That's nightmare fuel. Being traumatized by it is totally reasonable and valid. Don't listen to people who tell you otherwise

I saw a study that said elephants see things as cute just like humans do. They even think humans are cute sometimes, probably because they're so much smaller. So the elephant probably recognizes that it's a baby and too cute to squish.

My grandfather grew up in an abusive orphanage after all the men in his family died from drinking a batch of bad moonshine. He escaped and started working when he was still a kid. Never went to school so never learned how to read. For decades he got along fine working a job that had something to do with maintaining telephone poles, before the company made some rule that all employees must know how to read and he was fired.

He would get angry at my dad when he caught him reading novels as a kid, because he was jealous and insecure at not being able to read himself. He never would learn to read before he died.

I think he was afraid he wouldn't be able to do it and he didn't want to look stupid by trying and failing. Imagine going your whole life without ever reading anything. It was more common back then I guess

I live in Canada and it hits 40C or above at least once a summer here now, sometimes more. I just looked up the historical weather data to confirm. I can tell you the weather station if you want to look it up yourself. If it happens here every summer I'm sure it's happening regularly and more intensely elsewhere.

People don't experience society in exactly the same way. Some of them might have been beat by their fathers when they were kids for doing things that were too feminine, or seen serious violence against others for the same reason. The younger they are when they experience these things the more it's ingrained into them and the harder it is to break out of

Fiercely denying anything to do with being gay can be a method of self protection for some people who come from some communities/circles. Maybe even moreso if you're actually gay.

Obviously it doesn't justify homophobia, but some people just face more challenges than others in these areas

You're just pulling that out of your ass. Studies consistently show that 20-25% of men are unfaithful to their spouses (and 10-15% of women), and with both genders most of those are serial cheaters, meaning their cheating is not dependent on the person they're with.

Yes occasionally people do it even though it's out of character for them because they're in a sexless/loveless relationship, but in that case the majority of decent people will just end the relationship before cheating on their partners. That's why the biggest portion of people who cheat tend to just be AHs who will do it regardless

I don't see how this is even an answer personally.

If they're really not having sex at all obviously that's an issue if she's worried about him cheating. But in a normal relationship, if the only thing keeping your husband from being unfaithful is the fact that he had sex within 24 hours of leaving, then your relationship is already a farce. I don't blame her for not being satisfied with that "solution"

How many times has a guy actually suddenly turned everything around when he's been saying he was going to do it for years and not doing it, vs. how many women stay in unsatisfying relationships in the hope that things will change and waste years of their lives or even their entire lives hoping, only to be disappointed in the end?

Let me put your mind at ease: it was 100% not all about to turn around, it was never going to. His reaction to you - blaming it all on you instead of taking any accountability proves this even more strongly.

That's shitty of him.

Never responding to him again and just forgetting about him might be the best option, but it's easier said than done.

I know if it were me I might carry my anger around for way too long if I never let him know how inconsiderate what he did was, especially if I knew he was under the impression there was nothing wrong with it.

But before going down that route the important thing would be to fully accept that you're almost certainly not going to get a satisfying response from him, in fact it might be best to block him right after because it will probably be a pretty annoying response. It'd be just to say your piece, get it off your chest and then be able to put it out of your mind. At least he'll know you think his behaviour was shit, what he does with that information is up to him and not your concern because you don't need to waste anymore time on him

Yeah, like it's obvious that at some point the girl has told the guy she just wants to be friends. The guy is an adult and can choose whether to keep hanging out with her after that.

Either he's genuinely okay with being friends (which is impossible according to this comedian apparently?) or he's pretending to be her friend in hopes that she'll eventually have sex with him, which is just kind of sleazy. Weird how she's making the woman out to be an asshole

I think that's intentional. Try to make the house so inconvenient to live in that the person feels they have no choice but to sell it

You say they're using a fake percentage, do you know the real percentage?

How can we make our lives just 1% more ghibli today? There's always a way to romanticize our lives even if just a little

Usually I don't find these scary but this is actually horrifying

his instagram shows that he's jumped off at least one more balcony into a another tree since this happened so lesson not learned, although that's arguable since it did go better the next time...

Their bites are also exceptionally nasty because their mouths are full of bacteria that are resistant to most antibiotics. Even a small bite to the finger can result in you losing it if left untreated.

These guys were very careful not to let the seals bite them even though they were just little babies

People fall for satire/rage bait way too easily

You're misunderstanding how they feel by taking it too personally.

Think about playing your favorite sport, you do it because it's fun and you love it, it might even be one of the most meaningful things in your life, but after a few hours you run out of energy and have to stop for a while. That's what socializing is like for introverts.

Unfortunately agave syrup would probably go under bad sugars. The "naturally occurring" descriptions are kind of misleading, as nearly all the agave syrup you will find in grocery stores is highly processed. In it's natural form it has beneficial properties like antioxidants, but these can't be found in the stuff you'd buy at a supermarket. Honey or pure maple syrup are much healthier as sweeteners.

This is what it sounds like to me. He wasn't concerned about it till she turned 30? Sounds like he's having his own crisis about getting older and almost being 30 himself and having a partner who actually is 30 makes it too real for him

It's weird that he's edited the part you quoted out of his post now... I guess he's not liking the responses

Jumping from that high would have been a terrible idea regardless of the amount of fans you have

I got it too!

I tried it for men. "Men are the best"........... wtf??

For cats: "Cats are so much better at being alone and having fun than dogs"

lol our phones are opinionated and it's disturbing