Every single time. I walk into a Barnes & Noble perfectly fine, and within 10 minutes I’m speed-walking to the bathroom.

It doesn’t happen at the grocery store. It doesn’t happen at Target. Only around books. I’ve tested this. I went in last week specifically to see if it would happen, and it did. I didn’t even buy anything.

Is it the smell of the paper? Is it because I’m relaxed? Does my colon just really respect literature?

I’m one of those people that basically just want to go and take a shower first thing after having sex. Part of the reason why is because I’ve always been pretty adamant about hygiene, after I finish inside my gf I do have an urge to just relax and cuddle with her but my instinct tells me “dude go and clean yourself you just had sex” and so thats the first thing I do. My gf thinks it’s weird but I just can’t feel satisfied until I have my shower.

Is this a common reaction?

I (25f) slept with a guy a while ago, and I think it was a nice experience. But after going home and sitting with my thoughts, all the questions and insecurities started flooding... i felt i did everything wrong or weird... like why did it take so long for him to come? did he even come? Did i make stupid noises? Did he have sex with me because he felt bad for me? BLAH BLAH, ALL THAT........

Anyways, my question is for the boys, mostly...

So i went down on him and i think i know how do do it and i think he enjoyed it. But i was also sucking on his balls because i think guys like that, but i actually don't know... so afterwards i felt really stupid, imagine i was laying there, sucking his balls and he hated it....

Do guys like that?? Or is it weird??

Thats all

I dont know where my mom is. Nobody has heard from her in years. Shes unstable and frankly my life has been a lot easier without her.

She will eventually die, one way or the other. What Im wondering is, will someone like the police inform me when it happens? Assuming shes identifiable.

I do a google search every once in a while and theres no online presence or announcement of her death.

Even when you’re exhausted, going to bed feels like ending your free time too early. I swear I end up sacrificing sleep just to feel like I had a little time for myself. Is this a real thing or am I just weird? I have to wake up tired just to feel like I got enough time to relax the night before. Make it make sense 😭 Does anyone else do this?

Whenever I go and buy donuts from a local shop (which isn’t often), I’m always amazed that not only are they still in business, but that everything is so cheap. And it seems like there’s a donut shop every other street too! I understand it’s volume-based but when donuts are like 2 or 3 bucks, how is it even possible to keep their bills paid??

Been scrolling through a list of providers covered by my insurance since mine is retiring, it's all NP's and PA's now. Someone made a post in one of my local subs earlier looking for a psychiatrist and they mentioned having a preference for MD/DO. Plenty of comments agreeing that there's not many in the area anymore.

Growing up I always heard being a doctor is like the #1 way to success. I figured there'd be more of them, doesn't seem like an oversaturated market.

Where'd they all go? Covid burnout get them maybe?

In primary school, we would sometimes have classes where we would go to the school library and just... do school work. Usually reading a book and doing activities based on that book, or just a period where we were allowed to read whatever we wanted. I think we were also allowed to borrow books during these classes? During high school, we would sometimes have regular classes (biology, math, etc.) except in the library for some reason.

something that happened just an hour ago. i was getting some cold sore patches and motor oil (latter because my dad forgot his wallet) at Walgreens, and the clerk up front asked for an ID or birth day. the dude was pretty chill, but did mention that the kids up here were using the cold sore stuff for something other than cold sores. i never really got a specific answer, and never pressed any further because i was in a rush.

granted, it could've been the motor oil that he was talking about, but still. google is of no help here, so....what the hell are kids getting up to?

I’m white. Is is racist if I’m describing someone to someone and I say they are black, or Asian, or Mexican etc. Especially in a corporate setting.

Another example is pointing someone out in a crowded room. I always feel weird saying “that black guy over there” but saying “that guy in the red shirt and black hat” feels like I’m avoiding a key characteristic that would make finding the person much easier.

I’m probably over thinking it but I always want to be sensitive and professional depending on the circumstances.

Just now I parked my own car and an electrical car drove by making these wooshy sounds as if it was hovering. I’ve heard it before, what is that?
Can they turn it off? It sounds like an unnecessary function.

I’ve honestly wondered what happens to the people that lose their job and can’t find another job in their field or some other job outside of their field until they can find a job in their field again. I don’t know how it is everywhere in the world, but where I live in Sweden finding any job is extremely difficult nowadays.

This isn’t the 1980s where you can fall back on working in a supermarket or a fast food restaurant. Those jobs are extremely difficult to get and very competitive, so you need to have the right connections to get those jobs, which not everyone has.

There are no guarantees that studying and getting a degree will lead to anything. I know so many people who did their bachelors and masters for 5 years who were not able to get jobs in their field, and are now stuck with a bunch of student loan debt.

If you can’t get a job in your field, or any job at all to be able to pay your bills and survive, are you just supposed to live in poverty or die? Or start a business and try to become profitable despite having no up front investment?

I mean even the countries that are suffering even though it is not their fault are not doing anything about it to try to stop it other than praying that it will go away on its own?

Dogs are pretty smart. Some could open doors. I'm not saying turnable doorknobs but the ones where you just press down and pull. If a dog were to do that. Would it be legal for the police to come in and search your home?

Not sure how being overpriced helps their business model back then it was affordable and quick. What is going on?

I've noticed this pattern in a lot of countries, both Christian and Muslim. In wealthier, upper class neighborhoods, women are more likely to ditch their headscarves or dress more freely, relationships before marriage are more common, and people tend to be more accepting of other religious beliefs and atheism.

They aren't become full-time atheists ofcourse but they do care much less.

Why does this happen?

To preface this, I’m aromantic so my view of romance is very different than someone who isn’t. I’ve done character role play since I was a teenager so I’m very experienced with it. The very few partners that I’ve been with were also role players themselves, so them doing non-nsfw rp and nsfw rp with others has never been a problem for me.

I ask this question because I’ve seen a spike in couples joining group role play servers and only rping romance and nsfw plots with their partner. That itself isn’t a problem, but I have seen people get jealous if their partner’s character deviates from theirs and have even witnessed a few breakups due to that. I’ve also had role play partners suddenly drop out of plots because their partners found out that they were doing nsfw role play with me.

I personally don’t see why it needs to affect your irl relationships because we are just creating a story using fictional characters. However, I do acknowledge that being aromantic, coupled with the fact that I’ve been roleplaying for so long, has undoubtedly influenced my perception of the matter, which is why I’m asking.

From what I gather the 2008 crash was effectively a real estate crash, right ? At least that’s what everyone talks about regarding it.

But if you weren’t in the market for real estate, did it even have an impact?

For example… you own a house, but you’re not selling, so who cares if the price drops? It’s not for sale anyway

It sounds kind of like having a bad stock market run, but if you’re not buying or selling stocks and it’s all just unrealized gains or losses, it doesn’t actually affect your everyday life ?

You can go to the store and see prices on jackets are up 10,000% but if your not there to buy a jacket then who cares

like what about it in particular?

i heard even saudi princes with billions of dollars will fly to minnesota to get the healthcare there.

Like, is a hospital in europe really not as good? what makes it so exceptional?

I commissioned this artist, because she was young and having issues with living expenses.

Pay up front, tip 50%, because I’ve been young and broke before too

She sends me this really cute banner, honestly adorable. Giant watermark that takes up 1/3rd of the banner.

I ask her to remove it, because I already paid in full. It’s 75% extra to ask her to remove the watermark, and she rounded up the total from the decimal point and wouldn’t accept anything else.

She also sent my FINISHED commision in jpeg and not png so I wouldn’t be able to edit it.

Man I’m so torn. It is really cute but I’m kind of just mad on principle. She’s young and her full artist name is in the watermark so I won’t post the art here, but if anyone wants to see it I will show it privately.

EDIT: enough people asked, here’s the banner (pink is her name/signature) (https://postimg.cc/8fPwM3mv)

Is this standard? Am I getting scammed?

Heres the link to her TOS

And here’s a link confirming that the DO NOT USE COMMISION is part of her watermark, not a signature or something. Sigh. https://postimg.cc/w7b674Kc

It just seems like a total loss in every way... plus, they won’t be able to avoid public humiliation if they turn out to be wrong.

I've been seeing recently on Instagram that as people get older (talking like 40s here not 80s) they can no longer jump and that retaining your ability to jump is an important health marker/measure (like doing dead hangs or walking x amount).

I'm completely baffled by the idea that some people (thinking of otherwise healthy people here, not those with disabilities or health complications) wouldn't be able to jump. I'm trying to find out if there's some qualifier like being able to jump a certain height or distance. Does jumping just refer to both feet leaving the ground at the same time? Are there people who can't do this?

Maybe I'm just totally oblivious/ignorant of all the people around me who can't jump because it's not like it comes up in ordinary life as an adult.