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No, I cant sleep with anything with vocals in it. My brain strains too hard trying to interpret or ignore it. Non-vocal music can work very well at low volume as long as its repetitive and thus predictable enough that my brain doesn’t have to pay attention or react to a lot of changes in composition.

I didn’t know this, but it seems to be fine as long as you’re able to taste the bitterness and don’t keep eating it if it’s gone bad.

Pretty much any featuring a throughhike with a good enough camera and a mixture of long silent/un-narrated nature shots and calm voiceover listing both facts aboit the trail and the emotional aspect of the experience.

I can do other stuff with it in the background, and it calms me, without having the urge to rewind constant because I missed something like a regular documentary can.

Sunhat (wide brim that goes all the way around) with mosquito net atop it so the brim keeps the net away from the skin.

A bit of hair in a flat bun under it, so theres a cm of distance between scalp and hat to avoid getting bit through the top. Or find a hat with bite-proof material (fishing, hiking and hunting stores most likely). Remaining hair in a low braid to keep the net from your neck even when bending over, and getting the hair out of the way.

There are electric mosquito repellants I’ve been considering as a way to keep them away without putting anything on me, especially when as stationary as when weeding or with multiple people in a small area.

After gardening, you can rinse your hair out with just water, to remove dirt and sweat. It’ll get rid of debris without affecting your washing schedule.

What do you mean by pro-self preservation?

When people are angry about injustices, they usually need a space where they can vent that anger with people who understand the sentiment behind the outburst and won’t react back with stuff like “why so hateful” or “not all men” or “I actually love animals, especially with BBQ-sauce lololol” or “well schtatistically some races are just more prone to violence”. Ugh.

Within these communities people can ventilate their emotions, and then go into the world (and witness the injustices) better regulated and not bring that explosive energy to people who may not deserve it or may not be able to hear it without misunderstanding it.

If you’re not able to hear that type of rage without taking it personally or being upset or offended, I suggest those are not the communities for you. Not every community is. Let these groups have places for their rage, and be thankful they don’t have keep that energy with them when interacting with the rest of the world.

Welcome!

I start on my home feed, and when that ends I go to all feed. In all feed I recommend you subscribe whenever you see a post or community you like, and block communities even more liberally to make the all-feed less cluttered and more chance of actually seeing se niche communities.

I sort by new in all feeds and comments so I don’t miss anything due to not having as much interaction.

Having to go with me to the toilet for every damn visit.

I’ve started leaving it behind recently, but it’s got pretty decent memory, so it won’t forget…

Running across the street behind a bus so you’re invisible to oncoming traffic (or in front of it, if there are multiple lanes in the same direction).

Instead of sitting or standing, without knowing your particular type of pain/injury, I suggest gently moving.

Walking pad/treadmill is an option, but if so go reallly slow so you take smaller steps, as walking “incorrectly” can also strain your lower back.

Perhaps a better fit would be to look for vertical motion than forward or static… standing on pedals similar to on a bike or on a stair machine or even just with one foot on a stepping board and switching whichever leg is on it frequently. Still when peddalinf, stepping or climbing stair steps: go slowly, we’re not trying to break a sweat.

But probably the absolute best chioce is to ask a physician or physiotherapist that are knowledgeable about your specific kind of back issues how to sit, move, train and rest.

Good luck!

When suspicious messages arrive: Are they providing any links or telling you how to contact them? Don’t trust it.

I assume its been translated and the original language doesn’t have the written issues seen here, otherwise thats a red flag as well (bad grammar or spelling, or seeming to explain something but not making sense to you).

Hover over links (or long press on mobile until option pop up) to see the actual address behind the link. Look closely, small L and big I can look the same, a letter can be changed for a similar symbol, the font may be off, they may have extra letters in an address (@company.it.com), ysing N instead of M, etc… If it looks fine, it’s better but may still be false. Do the same with the senders email address and the reply-to address.

Use a search engine to find the company website and their contact information through there. It should be the top or in the top three results. Do not click on the websites in the ad/sponsored sections at top+middle+bottom+side of the results, they can be false and pay to be there above the correct site. Do not trust the information provided by the search engine, actually click into the website and look for contact info there.

Compare these numbers/emails with the ones in the email. If they look the same its a good sign - still, dont click links or reply directly to the email.

Only contact them through the numbers/emails provided by this website.

If any of the above steps raises red flags, assume its a scam and contact the company as written below.

Contact the company through email: Create a new email and type or copy in the address from the website. Type your message and your questions about the legitimacy of the email and then copy in the email you recieved below your own message.

Contact the company through phone (I prefer this option): Call the number on the website and tell them you got a suspicious email claiming yo be from them and that you want to verify.

If you have already clicked a link, shut down your systems and your router, and use your phones to search up and contact support.

If you haven’t clicked a link you I would still recommend you contact the company (through their website, not the email) and ask them if it’s legit, and look for the issue while you wait, look through logs and double check IPs etc as suggested in the thread.

The email seems directed at a company, not a private customer, so it’s quite sus. Is this actually from your ISP? Compare with your contract or payment invoices.

But the part you pasted here doesn’t seem to have much call to action (numbers to call, links to click, steps to take to fix the reported issue), or intense and worrying/stressful language to make you act impulsively - it’s rather calm, which is good.

If I understand correctly they claim to have blocked your access to the internet for 24 hours, is this true (in general or for any of your devices with direct network access)? If so, it seems legit (unless they then want you to pay to regain access, in which case you definitely have malware).

If you’re contacted again with them providing you steps you need to take to unblock your access or clean/protect your devices, again be wary of links and mounting pressure to act.

Magic doesn’t exist irl so all known forensic and investigative techniques would fail.

This is true regardless of if Death Note anime/manga/entertainment media exists.

If you dont want to bring/use your phone for its gps-functionality, there are gps-trackers for pets that only require a sim-card. Battery lasts for at least several hours to several days depending on how often you query it for position.

The one I bought recently doesn’t have great precision (at least not near and around my building which may be blocking the signal), and only the position at the moment of asking, it doesn’t have like a live-feed of movement. So it’s not close to as good as the phones gps, but it will show at least the general area and whether you’re traveling or not. I went with the smallest I could find because my cat is small, but for a hosre you can get a bigger and probably much better version.

It does require network signal so you need a sim-card that works for the area you’ll be riding in.

Both, for sure.

I like it here because my home feed actually ends, there are no ads and no suggested content, and no influencers getting paid to make others feel bad.

But I would like obligatory AI markings on all type of content that’s been generated on every kind of platform. Would make my youtube watchlist more comfortable to expand (even if it takes only 30 seconds to identify an AI video, it’ll still ruin your algorithm for the foreseeable future with only AI bullshit unless you also go and remove it from your watch history).

I’m very happy not being on other social media in general, so I wouldn’t go back to the big ones even if they scrubbed every scent of AI off the whole site - but do it for yourself if it’s something you want to have!

Blackmailing how? (If you can say in general without doxxing yourself)

Blackmailing is a crime, and it’s really wicked. Most people don’t follow through on their threats in general, but drug addicts aren’t particularly reliable or stable so I’ll not guarantee anything.

Can you consult with police first without making a report? They may not be able to do anything regardless if the victim doesn’t want to come forward, so a consultation can help you decide what to do. So if they aren’t able to do anything right now perhaps they can take the evidence and save it for if/when the victim wants to press charges themselves? That way they won’t know you did anything until they are okay with it themselves.

Semi-relevant: I think that pancakes (not crepes) and waffles should be considered dessert, but here people eat them as the main course or part of the main course. I don’t know if they were ever considered dessert though.

Also semi-relevant: fruit. Multiple kinds chopped in a bowl? Dessert. One whole singular item? A healthy snack/food item.

Personally I don’t get paranoid from it, but its also not my favourite genre. Feels kind of sensationalist.

It sounds like those type of shows aren’t healthy for you. It’s good to be aware of certain risks (don’t go wilderness hiking as a first date), but it’s not good to be afraid all the time and miss out on life and it’s experiences.

Perhaps switch to something neutral like movie commentary, or even better something positive like sort of good news-type of show instead.

I’m not sure I understand what you mean.

Is it that you want a short answer but the question takes too long to form? Or that you take too long to answer questions that should only need a short answer? Or a third option?

Personally I don’t mind long answers or long questions, as I very much ramble on when answering questions myself… Unless it’s instructions - then I want them as short and direct as possible, with as little “flavour” (descriptions of visual elements etc) as possible, and at most two steps or preferably written form so I can refer back to it when I inevitably forget the next step.

I’m not a beefy person, more like an emotional vegetarian tbh. Plenty of people have had beef with me, some for known reasons and some I can only speculate about. People are allowed to have their feelings, and even when it bothered me I never saw a reason to change myself to in response to others, so I’ve never returned the favour.

Except one person. This fucker tormented me for years until I finally accepted him as an enemy. I finally won (had him fired while I got to stay on), but I still don’t feel good. I think this beef fundamentally changed me. I’m so much more petty and on edge and unwilling to trust people and let them in now than before. I don’t know if I wish that I had pushed back years earlier or just left years ago without engaging, but I don’t like myself as much now as I did before.