Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
ADHD and depression are super, super comorbid though.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 94%
Drinking can be a big part of socializing in the US, but you'll be able to get by without it. Neighbors don't come over uninvited here, and it's unusual to have the type of friendships where people come by unannounced all the time (at least, after college).
I might try a few things:
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If you haven't already, find a local mosque to attend; that's a good way to widen your social circle with American Muslims, who may be able to introduce you to more people, broaden it further, etc. It'll be folks who are more culturally familiar, but many will likely be a bit more integrated already and have a wider group of American friends as well.
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Hobby based clubs are great, but they do tend to be a little transactional -- think about hobbies you want to be doing anyway (so you're not JUST there to meet people).
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If you have the time, I'd be on the lookout for volunteering and community service type activities -- it's a great way to meet good people, more committed than a hobby group, and much less awkward to socialize in than a workplace.
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Depending where you live, try and strike up conversations a bit more openly / frequently, and be willing to mention that you just moved here and don't know many folks. At the barbershop, out to breakfast, in a long line, at the coffee shop, etc. Make conversation, a lot of people will be happy to chat and some will invite you to things. Just gotta be ok with lots of chats.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
I have been on Concerta for around 6 years. As I understand it, Concerta does not have a cross tolerance with Adderall or Vyvanse, but both do with Concerta... so if I need to switch from Concerta it should be an open option.
With that being said, I try and maintain a roughly stable dosage, I try and eat right and sleep right, and I don't take my medication on the weekend or on vacation.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
Take the time to give that information, briefly but politely. It won't burn bridges and it's helpful for leadership to know.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
Sometimes, sadly, giving up is the right thing to do.
I get it, but if you are just trying to make the point that, if a country thinks they'll eventually lose, it's better for everyone if they give up quickly ... then this historical example doesn't seem relevant.
Given that Ukraine already gave up quickly once (in Crimea) and that Russia simply waited until it was convenient to invade them again, I'm sure you can understand why Ukrainians think it's necessary to fight this one out.
Now, the war of the Triple Alliance is often held up as an example of how a minority of belligerents can create massive devastation by continuing a guerilla war after losing the conventional war; if Ukraine seems in danger of losing the conventional war, I'll admit it's a relevant parallel, otherwise it isn't terribly relevant.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 78%
Thank goodness that they caught that dangerous criminal
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
Well, they're separated by the Panama canal, so by the same token that Africa and Asia aren't the same land mass, neither are the Americas.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
Not the way their business works... I think that franchising is an innately predatory business model and in need of severe legal reform. Let's not ask McD to do it, let's make them
Badass_panda 1y ago • 97%
In this case, the franchisees (small business owners) are saying the big business (McDonalds, which makes its money off of real estate and franchise fees) is going to be fine but they (the people that make money from owning a restaurant) are in trouble.
For many of them, it's true; they didn't consider whether they could open this business if they had to pay a living wage. Unfortunately, that's not our problem, but it won't be a problem for McDonalds either.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 70%
No... generally, it is the salary of the lowest paid worker
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
Bro I've been on roundabouts less circular than your logic
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
Sorry I am finding it very difficult to follow your argument.
Can you explain what "international law" you believe US sanctions to have broken?
Badass_panda 1y ago • 94%
I'm OK with that, the housing market is in a giant bubble and it needs to crash. I say that as someone who bought a house at the lowest price point right at the start of the pandemic, combined with an incredibly low interest rate. Theoretically my home is worth almost 50% more now, 4 years later.
Thaaaaat's a bubble.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 66%
Ok. Go ahead and show they're not. Give me a single circumstance where "shit" is unacceptable and "crap" is totally fine.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 66%
My dude, re-read the comment for a sec. A doctor saying they need a "shit sample" or a "cup of your crap" would both be much more shocking than a stool sample.
... that's the point.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 66%
The third one isn't really off-putting because of the word to me and is more about the attitude, even if they said something like "I don't take flak from anyone" I'd have the same reaction.
Indeed, you'd have the same reaction if they said they don't take "shit" from anyone.
You are making my point on all three examples: the direct reference to making a bowel movement is vulgar, there's no situation where "crap" is totally fine and "shit" is not... because crap is only very mildly less vulgar than shit, they are both vulgar references to feces.
I can keep on coming up with examples. The doctor says, "I need a stool sample," vs. the doctor saying, "I need a sample of your crap, please." Substitute shit and it is not particularly more shocking; neither works.
Give it a try: what's an example where "shit" would be shocking, and "crap" would be totally acceptable?
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
That they can issue court orders to companies that do business in their territory?
They ... they know...
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
That's it in a nutshell. If I'm in a hurry I melt the butter, whisk the egg, add the cold lemon juice to butter just as it finishes melting and now it's room temp, pour the egg in and whisk. Uses only one pan, one bowl and the whisk, takes about 90 seconds. Just gotta be paying attention.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 100%
Once you crack the code, it is easy peasy -- but it's very non intuitive until then. Either use a double boiler (I don't recommend this approach, it makes it harder to tell whats going on, reduces your control and makes setup feel like a chorae) ... or buy a few dozen eggs, a couple pounds of butter and a dozen lemons and just practice the sequence until it clicks.
The key is to control the temperature carefully, and keep that temperature homogenous and even... that means knowing how warm and cold your ingredients are, and steady whisking.
Two ways to do it:
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Whisk together eggs, water and lemon juice until the mixture thickens, and then add melted butter slowly (your slowest and most foolproof method)
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Whisk your eggs to aerate them, set them aside. Melt your butter, remove it from the heat and add your (cold) lemon juice and water. Should be about room temp now. Whisk it together and drizzle in the eggs, whisking constantly. Then put it back on the heat and whisk it steadily till it thickens, which will be quite soon.
The first path is the correct way, in that it minimizes the risk of putting the eggs into a hot pan (and curdling them), but it's also slower and more involved. Basically, any way that ensures the eggs are about the same temperature as whatever gets mixed into them, and heated up gradually from there, works.
Badass_panda 1y ago • 75%
No, not really... there are very few environments where it would not be appropriate to say "shit", but "crap" would be acceptable. Try it out:
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You are at a job interview and you say, "Excuse me, where is the bathroom? I need to take a crap."
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You are expressing your condolences about the passing of a friend to their family, and you say, "I have some of their crap I think you might want to keep in their memory."
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A politician is giving a speech, and wants to emphasize that they're a man of the people. They emphasize that they "don't take crap from anyone."
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He tears them to pieces and then thinks I'll throw every single piece. He'll fetch that little fragment of a ball endlessly
Sharing my first table from years ago... Looking at it now there's a ton of issues with it, but about ten years later it's still going strong. I don't have any fully finished pics of it, but it folds out one direction to form an 8' table, or closes and opens in the other direction to form a lit display case for my sister's artwork. ![](https://Lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fb8a20e2-a7d2-4fd0-bc74-6e7cffee2e39.jpeg) ![](https://Lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7d52ce5a-0982-4229-8bd4-a1b5354120d3.jpeg) ![](https://Lemmy.world/pictrs/image/004b7075-e51c-4b39-a280-8427d6393aa4.jpeg) ![](https://Lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a1e47b8f-b882-4f96-b529-49a36cf09252.jpeg)
Best part about woodworking is getting furniture exactly the size and shape you want. Holds all my long glasses! ![](https://Lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1fb83dd9-323b-4fe7-9343-b07abf887bb2.jpeg) ![](https://Lemmy.world/pictrs/image/96480531-477d-4248-881c-ce0a14f2b94d.jpeg)
Took this at a winery in Crete... I just think it looks neat
I'm sure better pics will show up as more users join the sub, but I wanna post some content and I think this flower is nice!
Second post! Lookit my dog, ain't he a cute boy