I start work way too early for me, so I only brush my teeth before leaving home. Do slow work (e-mails, go over today’s schedule, routine/repetitive tasks) for the first part of the day, then meds and breakfast (a huel-shake from a bag I keep at work). My office has like a breakfast/post-breakfast meeting the same time every day so it’s a great reminder to eat and medicate during it.

Same for lunch: shake and meds.

A generous helping of nuts and raisins for a snack about 1-1,5 hours before leaving work otherwise I’ll crash the moment I get home and not manage a thing, not even a single positive thought, for the rest of the day. Then I’ll eat the rest of my energy intake for dinner and supper, because I’m always at a deficit during work days.

No, and I think I would’ve been too scared even if I had the capacity to keep up such a ruse. I’ve always hated lying, it just feels bad.

I still dont see how that’s relevant to the comment you replied to in the context of this thread.

I really don’t know how to interpret this… Grounding in the here-and-now is bad for people who dissociate? But that doesn’t make sense, please explain: What do you mean?

That is indeed a hot take.

Why would people ever develop/improve (aside from maintenance/keeping living standards) on their land, build more, change zoning, generation house on the same lot, etc, when that would only result in their government rent (aka tax) going up?

Wouldn’t rich people be able to rent a lot of land for higher prices than normal people, driving the prices up until they control most of the government rentals, then rent it out to the rest of us for insane prices (kinda like now, except their whole revenue has to come from tenants, without the security of being able to sell the land and recoup the losses that way)…?

You say the government makes no money from the transaction of the specific buildings on the lot so they have no reason to overvalue it, except that you said the lots value would depend ont he buildings on it, so the government would receive higher rent fron higher valued buildings in lita so they have incentives to value it higher to collect higher rent…

I have a local newspaper for my municipality every morning.

It mostly deals with local news that doesn’t reach the big news outlets. It’s slow to report world events (which I like to think is because they actually bother to confirm events before printing). It balances upsetting reports with feel-good and positive stories, and informs me of happenings (markets, small festivals, historical celebrations, crafting, classes and other events) locally that I would never hear about any other way.

Its not forced or an concerted effort or a conspiracy to get content creators to use/promote AI.

It’s laziness/simplicity.

They Google the question and screenshot the first result, which nowadays happens to be the AI-answer due to how the search engine presents the results.

Not everyone does it this way, but those that do show AI don’t do it because they want to show AI specifically. It’s more likely those that does differently does it because they specifically don’t want to use that first option because it’s AI.

Frame it

It’s frugal.

… It’s not. Yarn is expensive as hell, even more so if you want any type of durability or wearability or comfort.

I think people would notice early (work would definitely be the first to know), but would take a while to actually report something.

I think it’s pretty universal; people don’t want to make a fuss or be a bother… like it would be embarrassing or something to report someone missing for not showing up to work, or missing a gym session. Not to mention the not-so-missing will probably feel quite upset about getting reported missing because they took an unprompted nap or lost their phone.

It’s not strange for adults to not answer their phone, and in NPF-circles it’s even less strange for someone to go into social hibernation with very little warning.

Unfortunately this will lead to (single household) adults being missing for longer before people get worried enough to actually tell someone, and then they’ll try to get in touch with other friends or family before the actual police.

Ooh, I like this. I’m in!

Woke up in bed, turned off the alarm, went to bathroom, brushed teeth…

Then the damned alarm went off and I woke up in bed, but for real.

Happens way too often that I have to slog through multiple boring morning routines before actually getting to start my day.

I go to dental hygienists instead. It’s not a perfect replacement, but it’s a necessary step in my dental journey.

The ones I’ve had have been a lot more… nuanced, in their approach. I tell mine upfront that I have ADHD and it makes it incredibly hard to build and follow a routine, and that is what I need help and compassion around.

If one then reacts judgingly or without understanding I would probably find a different one for the next appointment, but so far I’ve been lucky.

The first times I went they used numbing salve to make is less painful to get the numbing syringe, and they only cleaned a quarter of my mouth each time.

Every time we go over what I’ve managed to do with praise, and what I’ve struggled with without judgement. We do a cleaning (full mouth, unless I have a really bad day, and no numbing necessary anymore!), then together figure out what I can do on the things I struggle with, or if it’s better to focus on keeping routine and doing the easier parts until next time.

They have demonstrated and had me demonstrate brushing and flossing techniques several times, given me extra soft brushes with extra tiny heads to make it easier to navigate without slamming into other mouth structures when I get inattentive or impatient, and picked out four different options for toothpaste for my teeths needs.

It’s been incredibly helpful to get my teeth healthier. And it makes it easier to visit the dentist knowing that I don’t have to do it a lot and that I have other dental professionals in my corner. It also helps me communicate clearly to the dentist when something hurts too much and that they don’t need to lecture me because I am already working with a hygienist on my habits thankyouverymuch.

Can’t recommend it enough. Provided you are upfront with your issues and they are accepting of them.

What’s the point of voting if one vote can completely invalidate the massive majoritys vote?