There’s a funny story here in the US about that. We were trying to pass the Equal Rights Act (ERA) - equal pay for equal work, and some Republican tried to tank it by putting in the bill that women would also be subject to the draft - apparently he figured that was so horrifying it would sink it. Supporters just said “yeah, that seems fair, good idea” and he had to scramble to take that wording out because he had so misjudged the situation. Still managed to sink the bill though:(

I think they would be fuzzy rather than sharp and a grayscale with a violet tinge, a purple-ish gray.

(Though since I’ve spent so many years with sight, correctable to near 20/20, and reasonably good color perception, if it was a place I’d been I think I would “see” it close to the colors I had seen it.)

I was just saying - as he’s a Christian and pretty much won that whole game, he probably isn’t worried about dying. And Christians, like other religions, think earthly suffering is unavoidable but human life is short and eternity is long. In their view, God gives you what you can handle, and it would make sense that he could handle more, right?

Earthly suffering, or earthly success, doesn’t prove or disprove God. God could also be a villain, right? Or just not be able to perceive us as individuals. Nothing that happens here can prove or disprove God, short of a God coming here and proving themselves.

I am not sure the question makes sense, but I’d like the daytime to feel “lighter” than the night. As though I still had some sort of visual perception.

I would also love to learn to echolocate.

We had a salesperson who came in every day with a Starbucks cup. I asked her once what was in it. “Eight shots of Espresso.”

Every day.

But melania is often stylish, not always but at least looks like someone looked at her body type and complexion and made reasonable choices based on them. And she has to be at least that much of a POS. And the Kardashian people and so many more.

Madam Dell really stands out, like there is not one good thing I can say about her look. I can’t see her shoes, maybe they were nice. I don’t understand how. I am not a professional and could have made her look so much better, so much of this uncanny awfulness is bad choices not fundamental to her look.

With darker hair and better makeup (top still not a great color for her, and she ought not darken her eyebrows so much with the blond hair, and still I don’t think good surgery but better)

Oxyclean powder does absolutely work as well as specific washer cleaner stuff (some of it is literally oxyclean with a different name and higher price) but not as well as cleaning the filter.

My kids say I am ADHD self medicating with coffee. But I have held a job for decades, and figure the line for medication is when you have distress. I am not really distressed, or wasn’t until I read that untreated ADHD was a risk factor for dementia, which was sort of distressing.

It’s hard to get diagnosed old though, and I can’t do Adderall, like my kids do, because I had restrictive eating disorder young and really like speed. Yes, probably because it “fixed” me but I am afraid I’d abuse it, and very certain that wrecking my appetite would be a mistake. Too easy to feel virtuous about not eating and unfortunately midlife eating disorder is pretty common, I have mixed feelings about the more womanly and bigger body I got at menopause. Everyone else tells me I am in great shape, but I miss tall skinny angular build.

Anyway, in short- I do have personal reasons to avoid the meds. So usually coffee at 10 and 2 (14). Strong coffee. But not strong enough I forget to eat.

ETA: Coffee and Niagen, actually, Nicotinamide Riboside, a B vitamin thing - the Niagen really clears my thinking. I started it because it was said to improve physical recovery time. I didn’t get that, but from the first dose, it was remarkable how much clearer my mind was, it felt sort of like putting on glasses. So I have also taken that at lunchtime for about a dozen years.

She’s a marathon runner, triathloner, I don’t think she’s anorexic just skinny.

Dysmorphia sure, I can buy that. She can’t be seeing herself objectively.

It’s not fair to compare a 20 year old picture to an older version but she sure does look like she would have aged well, and she is in phenomenal shape, distance triathlon athlete.

What I don’t understand is why these hyper-rich people can’t get good surgery. 2 ladies at my work got eye lifts (partly for medical reasons) and they look perfectly natural. Honestly, I don’t understand what is going on.

Her style choices at the white house were also perplexing. You have enough money to hire a stylist to help you find flattering clothes and a makeup artist. The red dress not a good red for her and the makeup that looks like she let an 8 year old do it. None of it makes sense.

That’s gene editing, not eugenics. Taking an already created embryo and messing with it would be gene editing.

Eugenics is a government deciding you have undesirable characteristics so they sterilize you, or deciding you have desirable characteristics so they breed you.

I wash mine in regular detergent, Tide, on cold in the washing machine. Not much detergent and not often, it has survived years this way. Like I don’t even hand wash them. But if you are worried, just use hair shampoo, you don’t need special detergent. I hand wash silk in diluted shampoo, the same one I use on my hair - Malibu C hard water wellness shampoo. Whatever you have is probably fine.

Unbound Merino is expensive here but is a Canadian company, maybe it’s better priced up there? That’s where my best ones came from.

Quince has men’s merino T shirts, that is likely the cheapest not discounted price but if you are really skinny you can likely find small sizes on sale sometimes on Icebreaker too.

I’ve heard a lot about intensive farming. Not a fan, but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Artificial fertilizer and intensive farms mean more people can be fed with less land, less deforestation.

Monocrops didn’t come from nowhere either, not everywhere can grow everything.

But wow we have fucked things up.

We’ve seen them live twice! They are STRFKR now but still say it the same way.

From database management to people management!

Yeah 2 or 3 days damp is long enough to mildew.

I am going to recommend wool. I wear merino wool t shirts & underwear and those don’t need to be washed often, can’t go in the dryer but dry so fast even here in the subtropics. Are not too warm either, a thin knit fabric. It’s naturally resistant to the mildew.

I remember my mom being amazed when she went to Egypt - she came back and told me " I could wash my underthings in the evening, hang them under the bed, and in the morning they were dry! " So in the literal desert I guess it’s possible to air dry quickly enough to avoid problems but not here and I guess not where you are. Once they are mildewed I think only a bleach soak will work, and that’s gonna, well, bleach them.

Can you dry them in an electric dryer? It’s humid here and air drying can be problematic. I haven’t noticed any stretching of the clothes as long as the washer spins adequately.

If you are washing at a Laundromat do they have an extractor? One of those centrifuge machines? Those leave the clothes more dry.

I like coffee, but my Starbucks order is generally a big big cup of unsweetened iced green tea. Never thought about it and wouldn’t think about it.

Yes. (I am a woman and pretty old so I guess it goes without saying but yes.)

It’s not less rewarding but I can agree, more exhausting.

Religion doesn’t make sense to me either really, but stepping on other people to gain material wealth would not feel rewarding.

Can you maybe be more specific about how you want to be good in the world and let a little bit of the other stuff slide? You can’t fix everything, and remember YOU are also a person you should be good to. Being selfless is hurting at least one person.

If you need medication to sleep and feel ok, there’s probably something going on with your mental health. Not anything to do with whether you are “good” or “bad” just something to tackle so you can function in your life.