u/AbjectTelephone4801

I’d like to start out by not buying anything but food and necessities for two weeks and then stretch it out to a month.

What are your best tips for doing this? I just bought a blazer and skirt even though I work from home. Ugh.

Essentially I keep missing appointments with the sleep doctor because I can't sleep and that fucks up the rest of my life.

I can't sleep because I have a chest deformity that makes my breathing while sleeping very bad. My heart rate is also chronically at like 130bpm, I have to medicate with beta blockers to keep it down.

And for some reason the only appointments I can get with sleep doctors and the pulmonologist these days are at like 8 or 8:30am.

I also need to get an ultrasound of my liver which I missed because the appointment was too early.

If I don't sleep well then I can't wake up early, and plus I have to be online for work.

So I can't go to the doctor because I'm too sick. I really miss when doctors used to make house calls.

The term self-insertion is traditionally understood as a literary device where the author inserts themselves into their fictional story as a character.

But it's also used in discourse where the protagonist is relatable and enough of a blank slate (or aspirational) that audiences self-insert themselves into their shoes, and imagine themselves as the protagonist. Like Spider-man / Peter Parker. "Anyone can wear the mask."

I started watching SATC a bit after it came out, when I was around 14. I never really "judged" what Carrie was doing or ascribed a value judgment to it because she was presented as the omniscient self-insert protagonist and I never really questioned it. Of course she was flawed, she made mistakes (which made her relatable), but she was also aspirational in terms of the fact that she was beautiful, dated a different guy each episode, had a great apartment and lavish clothes. And she was funny (at least I thought so).

Do people not consume media this way anymore?

Or do you just find it insulting that a character as flawed as Carrie is someone that you're expected to self-insert as? Based on some of the things I've read on this sub, I think it might be this.

I'm just trying to figure it out because whenever I read or watch something, I'm looking for an entry point into the story and Carrie was that entry point for me as the protagonist. But it sounds like younger generations don't watch or read things this way.

I desperately desperately want to sleep but my body is not letting me. I am not even the least bit sleepy. I took 75mg of seroquel and it did nothing. I think I’ve developed a tolerance.

Someone please punch me hard in the face and knock me out. Preferably for a week or more.

As Pat sometimes says, my phone is charging from my computer. It's breastfeeding.

I am considering buying a home for the first time. I currently live in a rented single family home but there are mice here and I want to move out. We have tried to manage the mice but it hasn't worked. Landlord said they would let me out of my lease early if it was really important to me.

I also want to adopt a dog but my landlord won't let me. I have owned dogs throughout my life but never without a backyard to let them out into.

Realistically I can afford either a condo or, if I really stretch, a townhouse (but that is less realistic and I would have to put less money down). If I buy a townhouse I would want a small backyard.

I also want to adopt a dog, but am cautious about owning one in a condo where I can't let it out immediately every time it needs to go to the bathroom.

What are your experiences owning a dog in a condo? For the record I want a medium-sized dog.

Edit: I am also considering adopting a senior dog or a greyhound since I think their lifestyle matches mine. (Realistically I can manage 2-3 20 min walks a day with one shorter bathroom break. I have a breathing disorder and 20 mins is the max of my stamina for walks at a time. If I needed to bring in a dog walker, I would. And if I had a backyard I would obviously let them out more often). But I am willing to be proven wrong by greyhound owners.

I am considering buying a home for the first time. I currently live in a rented single family home but there are mice here and I want to move out. We have tried to manage the mice but it hasn't worked. Landlord said they would let me out of my lease early if it was really important to me.

I also want to adopt a dog but my landlord won't let me. I have owned dogs throughout my life but never without a backyard to let them out into.

Realistically I can afford either a condo or, if I really stretch, a townhouse (but that is less realistic and I would have to put less money down). If I buy a townhouse I would want a small backyard.

I also want to adopt a dog, but am cautious about owning one in a condo where I can't let it out immediately every time it needs to go to the bathroom.

What are your experiences owning a dog in a condo? For the record I want a medium to large sized dog.

Before developing this stupid condition I was extremely healthy. 90% vegan, my A1C was 4.8, my blood pressure was perfect, my cholesterol was perfect, my bloodwork was perfect.

In the past few years I've developed an addiction to sugary soda and juices because they give me a small hit of dopamine in response to the misery of intractable pain + shallow breathing/shortness of breath. And I can't tolerate the taste of diet soda.

I am on a GLP-1 because for some reason when the pain and shallow breathing started 6 years ago I gained an insane amount of weight (the trouble breathing started when I was slender). I've lost 67lbs so far but I am still around 30lbs away from being close to my the healthy/normal weight I had for my entire life. Losing weight made no difference in my breathing capacity.

I think the GLP-1 is the only thing preventing me from developing diabetes due to my intake of sugary beverages. It's a problem.

I don't know how to stop because the pain and problem with my breathing makes me inherently unhealthy, so I have this shitty attitude of -- why bother trying to eat healthy and develop better habits when I am already unhealthy from the shallow breathing and tachycardia and there is nothing I can do about it?

I don't know how to change my attitude and start caring about my health again. The sugary drinks are like the only comfort I have.

I don’t get why men are intimidated. If you started dating a woman who already owned a house you basically hit the jackpot.

Literally every single post is

"I went through my bf's phone and saw that he's addicted to porn"
"My bf cheated on me - should I stay with him?"
"My bf threw me across the room but but he's the best man I ever met and this is the best relationship I've ever had"
"My husband ignored me on my birthday"

I just cannot imagine being so desperate that you are willing to put up with this bullshit instead of being at peace.

For what? Sleeping in the same bed with someone? Bad sex? I just don't want it badly enough to put up with the bullshit.

For the past few years I have been unable to sleep at night. So I steel as many hours of sleep as I can late in the day after work and then I stay up all night.

Anyone else?

After seeing the 90s Doc Oc in episode 9, I'm dying for them to make an episode with Christopher Daniel Barnes, the voice of 90s Spider-Man. I know we've already seen him and and MJ in the season finale of season 1, but how cool would it be to bring the voice actors back? (Sidenote: the current voice of Jean was the voice of Black Cat/Felicia Hardy in the 90s)

The neogenic nightmare arc from the 90s Spider-Man cartoon and the crossover with X-Men was one of my favorites, not to mention it could be argued that it semi-influenced Spider-Man Brand New Day.

What are your ideas for how they could bring it in?

I personally think Apocalypse sucks as a villain in both the comics and the show. I hope the show doesn't keep revisiting him like they did back in the 90s. He is the epitome of "I AM EVIL BAD GUY WITH FAINT EVIL BRITISH ACCENT AND I HAVE NO REAL EXPLANATION FOR WHY I AM EVIL. LOOK AT THE A ON MY BELT!" Even with the En-Sabah Nur origin, he is boring to me.

I want villains with pathos and complex backstory. I am looking forward to Mystique next season, but I would also love a season focused on the Hellfire club.

Hell they could even bring in Cassandra Nova (minus the genocide). Also I'm kind of pissed that they killed off Exodus so fast, he would have been a great recurring villain.