Wait, it seems like we don’t want to follow the rule of 3.

Nah, the face plant years are where you just skip the hand and directly slam your face into the nearest surface because of the off-the-charts level of absurdity you’re hearing. More fitting for the current state of things.

I’m sure you didn’t think so at the time, but that’s hilarious

I see what you’re getting at - if we’re gonna allow our citizens freedom of speech, this is part of what it looks like. For the record, these dumb ass takes on my LGBTQ+ peeps do NOT align with my own personal feelings. However, freedom of speech is objectively a good thing.

Problem is that entities like Meta and X are suppressing the voices of people that are making comments against the status quo and challenging the uber rich, and elevating the voices of the bigots.

All that to say I think that’s why people are downvoting you, but I agree with you.

I want the intelligence, but could I settle for my current level of attractiveness?

Which VR game is this? Just got a headset and I love space games!

I see you’ve never had the misfortune of being entangled with a narcissist.

The comment left by johannes is spot on. I can relate to a lot of how you describe your mom, but I very much share their mentality on the matter. At some point, you have to own that you are who you are because of your choices. Just because someone/something may have influenced or caused your flaws doesn’t mean you have to lay down and take it forever. If you do, that’s your choice and the blame shifts to you, whether you want to accept it or not.

It’s hard, but you’ve gotta realize that you have 2 “good” options. Either cut her out of your life and figure out how to be self-sufficient, or keep her in your life, but set boundaries. You cannot expect her to just change on her own, because thats not going to happen. It’s really difficult to set boundaries, but it worked for me and my mom. Granted, I needed to not be living with her or dependent on her to be strong enough to do it. If she is housing you, feeding you, cleaning for you, etc., she has a lot of power over you, and will continue to use that as leverage to get her way. And when she doesn’t have that power over you anymore, she’ll likely focus hard on the emotional power she has over you. You need to focus on getting out of her house so you can stand a chance at successfully setting boundaries.

Also helped a lot that my brothers helped pave the way. Maybe talk to your brother about starting the practice of setting his own boundaries since he’s more independent. Lean on each other. I would’ve struggled so much more without my brothers, and they are the only ones that truly knew what I was going through since they grew up with the same mom.

Good luck. It’s going to be a really difficult road, but don’t give up. Once you make it through, I promise life will be so much better, and you’ll be a stronger person for it.

Not what I said, or what I meant… Just typed out the first thing that comes to my head when I see large crowds nowadays. Apparently, I’m the only one lol

I can smell the covid from here

I agree, but i can’t help but wonder if the internet changes this.

That’s such a weird way to execute that… like if you’re gonna steal someone’s style, just go buy copies or something very similar. Still weird, but way less weird than what this chick did.

Maybe she was trying to be you or some shit.

Your what now

I clicked the wrong comment section and thought you were replying to this post

Brooklyn woman sues Subway, claims Steak & Cheese sandwich in ad has ‘200% more meat’.

My condolences on losing your sibling. Wonderful of you to take her in.

What’s the source of the regret? I just turned 30, and am still undecided.

Huh, I kinda feel the opposite. You need (or at least SHOULD) be very attentive to a pup. Dogs, in general, tend to crave/require more attention. Cats are more hands-off, so they often attract the kinda people who want a pet for the sake of having a pet - which tend to be narcissistic types.*

*not true of all cat people

Outer Wilds.

If you like space games and puzzle games (in the sense that you need to piece together the situation you’re in), this is a great choice.

Highly recommend not looking anything up before you play.

Your partner must not be very good at wrestling if you were browsing lemmy during a sesh.

As a Texan who has no pride in their state at all and is actively making plans to move to a different state, I strongly disagree.