Yes, it’s called demography. The point of calculating predictions is so we can react to them now. For example, in the 1960s, we predicted population growth would outpace our ability to produce enough food, and massive amounts of people would starve to death. In response, societies invested millions of dollars into agricultural development to be able to grow food more efficiently. By responding to the issue, we avoided having it. The claim wasn’t “wrong”, it did what it was supposed to do.

I don’t mind it on social media, but just to obtain basic info, ie. on google or .gov websites, it’s totally obnoxious.

Yes, that’s called “growing up.” You have to teach yourself. It’s a frustrating process, because you don’t understand how to select recipes that suit your needs. 1/2 the recipes I found online usually resulted in a fail, because I couldn’t tell the difference between a good recipe and a bad one. I love the first cookbook I bought now, but at the time, what was I going to do with buckwheat blinis or tea-poached pears in chocolate sauce? I needed a basic pancake and chocolate cookies recipe. That book was basically useless for the first 5 years I owned it.

If I could go back, I would start with:

budgetbytes.com

noracooks.com

“I can cook vegan” by Isa Chandler

Chef John on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@foodwishes

Cooking is a skill. You learn it one meal at a time. What you want to start with is building a repertoire of simple, 15 minute meals that you love and that you can crank out with your eyes closed. Once you have like 3-5 of those, then you have a separation between “I need to eat” and “I want to learn to cook.” That separation is what lets you not feel frustrated and focus on your skills.

I don’t size down, and it fits snugly like a second skin. It is not constrictive. It’s stretchy. That’s just what size you are. In women’s clothing, sizes aren’t correlated to a particular measurement. What any manufacturer designates as a small or medium changes from store to store and item to item. I don’t buy clothes online, only try them on in-store. Maybe like a size 0 who looks good in anything could buy online.

yes

I made my co-intern dislike me, and it’s reminding me of my last coworker I made dislike me.

Mid 2000s, when the games we played at the boys and girls club were on floppy disk. Plus, my mom gave me her old floppy disks from college rather than buy me CDs for school.

Wear underwear. Also, if the leggings are in a package, you can’t try them on first. Like socks.

In 2028, Millennials + Gen-Z combined will outnumber Boomers+Gen X. We’ve known the liberal majority has been coming for decades. Destroying democracy is the only way they can stop the country from getting better.

I think it’d go 7-2 no. The midrange Republicans aren’t going to go for something so obviously unfounded in history that would just lead to lawlessness.

I like to do hummus wraps with a bag of veggie slaw and hummus. You can add like roasted red peppers, pickled onions, or tomatoes if you have them. You could also do a salad dressing instead of hummus, but I’d suggest adding smashed chickpeas in that case.

It would probably be cheaper for you to pickle the onions yourself. I’d also recommend pickling carrots, if you never have. Absolutely delicious.

Nothing is getting passed unless Republicans agree with it.

The only thing I am hoping for is that the budget is passed on time. I don’t expect it. I expect the latest budget we’ve ever seen.

When it comes to doctors, they generally only know their own specialty, and even then within specialties you will have disagreement or poorly trained professionals. And also, this is just a personal bias, I wouldn’t expect any doctor to hold any modern opinion about psychological conditions. You need to see a psychologist for that.

Pay Day; I wish it was more than at the end of the week!

In the US, you need a majority to win a vote, but you need 60 seats to pass a filibuster. We didn’t get 60 seats, so nothing is getting passed unless Republicans agreed with it.

That means we can stop Republicans from passing disgusting bills, but we won’t be able to eg. abolish ICE or fix the department of education. The next 2 years are going to be a lot of obstrutionism of the Trump regime but not a lot o progress otherwise.

music consumption. what music you should listen to, how you find music, how much variety you should incorporate, what order to listen to music in, in what format, etc. for me, music is more of an auditory stim. I play the same song over and over. it’s not really like, an art form that I am heavily invested in or relate to.

They’re collecting fake data to make up complaints that the machines weren’t right. We’ll see how bad it gets after results come out.

we get the day off today. so chill. so needed. If I was smart, I’d use this time to get started on end-of-term papers.

In the US, we don’t have the negative stereotypes about the Eastern European immigrants that the English do. It’s rare for Eastern Europeans to come here, but when they do they are generally kind and considerate neighbors.

Your guilt is what is causing you to feel bad, not the masturbating. It is the guilt that is the problem, and it is the guilt that you have to let go.