Birth control messes up hormonal functions and IUDs can have side effects too. Condoms exist but they can break, plus most of them are full of toxic chemicals.
How can you have care-free recreational sex without disturbing your biology?
If you have a credit card and always pay the balance off in full every month, but then decide to stop using that card because you got a better one, and the bank closes it, how much will it make your credit score drop? Is it a small dent or something to worry about? Is it something you can quickly recover from?
I really don't like the idea of having to keep an old credit card open just to avoid hurting your score. You should just be able to cancel something you don't use anymore and be done.
Here's mine: I'll sing to myself at work, in the grocery store, and other places and I don't care if someone passing by hears me.
I understand that this is a bit of a complicated question, especially when you consider how long it takes for a word to be considered "Armenian," like in the case of many Parthian and Persian words that have been in our language for so long that we don't even think of them as Iranian words anymore.
But, for the sake of this question, let's think of it like this: we'll consider words "purely Armenian" if they come from proto-indo-European, or from Hurrian and Urartian. What are the percentages for each of these three languages? How much of our language is made up of foreign vocabulary?
What do you say when you don't know what to say? Do you say ააამმმ or ეეემმმ? I feel like I've heard some Georgians say "uuummm" with the schwa sound but I'm not sure. Even if that is the case, how would you write it when there's no letter for that sound?
At the same time though, I've heard some Georgians struggle to pronounce schwa, which would imply that it's not actually used at all in speech. I don't know. That's why I'm asking here haha.
The first time I used coconut oil to make popcorn, it kind of tasted like the movie theater stuff. I then reasoned that if I add butter, it'll get even closer to that taste. Of course butter is not good for making popcorn because the milk proteins burn easily. So I reasoned further and thought of using a combination of ghee and coconut oil.
It was... heavenly. Gave such a wonderful flavor that was really close to the microwaveable kind, just without all the bad stuff.
One tip though: use a lot. I can't give an amount but make sure it's slightly covering the kernels in the pot and not just coating them. It'll make the popcorn really fluffy and flavorful.
I have my CompTIA trifecta and have been working in an easy T1 help desk role for 5 months now. I'm trying to get out of here though, and my goal is something fully remote.
I recently started studying for my CCNA, and when I'm done with that I'll be doing some projects and home labs, as well as exploring further skill advancement so I can hopefully get a job as a T3 helpdesk, system admin, network engineer, cloud engineer, etc.
I'm fully aware of the fact that remote roles are not easy to come by, especially at the more junior levels, but I'm just trying to ask what the best track is for maximizing the probability of landing a fully remote job in IT (I need it for personal reasons, not just a preference). What skills should I prioritize learning after my CCNA? So far I've considered script automation with python, IaC, and getting AWS cloud practitioner and solutions architect.
Any advice? Thank you!
Georgian doesn't have infinitives the way many languages do, so the "standard" form of a verb is a verbal noun, also known as a "masdar." Think of it like saying "running" or "eating" in English. Some of them are predictable and obvious, for example many of the ებ verb will be გააკეთებს-გაკეთება, or შეასრულებს-შესრულება, etc. But some of them you really can't apply any pattern to and just have to memorize, like სირბილი, ნდომა, სიმღერა, etc. Yes they might have common formations, but there's no way to know which one it might be.
I once read somewhere that sometimes natives won't know the masdar of a verb, and I'm assuming that means you use the second person optative instead? Like saying იმღერო instead of სიმღერა? Obviously this is just an example and every native knows სიმღერა, but I'm asking for more uncommon or obscure verbs, is this true? Do natives sometimes not know the official noun form of a verb?
Thanks!
I feel like there's too many facts in this story to just assume that Azerbaijan randomly decided to attack Karabakh and Armenia had to react by surprise. First, it happened right during Covid when the world's eyes were turned away and everyone was busy worrying about the pandemic. Secondly, the fact that the ceasefire was brokered by Russian really makes you wonder what Russia's gain in all of this was. Thirdly, Nikol and Aliyev are rather friendly... not what you would expect from recent war opponents...
I really do think this whole thing was planned, and I think Ukraine was planned too. The question is when all the secrets about this 2020 Karabakh war are going to bardzranal jri eres because it's going to happen sooner or later and I want to know all the behind-the-scenes qaq that went on in the process...
Some people naturally question and doubt everything they believe in and are open to having their minds changed about anything. Others are more firm in their beliefs and feel more discomfort at the thought of being wrong.
To what degree can people be taught to value skepticism and truth seeking? Not everyone is naturally going to doubt everything, so what is the limit to how much you can foster such a way of thinking?
I've been workin 2 jobs for almost 2 years now and I'm just over it. It's not that I'm physically tired so much, it just kills me that I can never have a free moment to relax and be present. Even my weekends are booked because I have to do laundry and meal prep, plus work on upskilling in my career so I can get a better-paying job and hopefully quit the 2 job life.
Rationally I know I'm going to be fine because I invest 80% of my income and I'm gonna have over 100K a year from now, but it's still daunting to think that I'm gonna be working 2 jobs for another year, plus there's no guarantee that I'll get a new job, even with more skills (this market sucks in case you didn't know).
I'm looking for noise canceling headphones that give you options to turn off the ANC feature completely and just use PNC. I'll most likely be using it on planes and also while taking walks outside, which is why I want to have the flexibility of using both kind of noise cancellation to see how they affect sound in different environments. Wired is also a must since I don't like Bluetooth.
Anyone have any recommendations? My budget is 150-300 dollars. Ideally I'd like to try them somewhere first before buying, but I'm also willing to just take a gamble and find out. Thanks!!
Some words that start with Ե will informally be pronounced as Է in casual speech. Examples include erku, eres, ernel, erexa, etc.
When writing (texting) I would always write a word like "erexeq" as երեխեք, even if mentally I'm pronouncing it as "erexeq" and expect the reader to do the same. I just thought it was more proper and correct.
But lately when I'm texting I've just started writing էրեխեք, էրես, whatever, because I realized that if the word itself is already informal and "not pure," then it should be spelled the way it's pronounced and it doesn't matter how the real word is actually written.
Thoughts anyone?
There's lots of colleges like this in the U.S. where they'll be in the middle of rural New York for example and there's really nothing except the college there.
From what I understand, the older universities in America and universities elsewhere in the world are built in urban locations where there's always been trade and traffic. It sort of makes more sense. So then why does the U.S. have places like SUNY Binghamton and Oneonta that are far from major civilization?
There's been times before where someone has tried to invite me to some event where I don't know anyone and sort of assumes that I'm completely okay hanging out with any kind of people under the sun. An acquaintance of mine once said "Let's rent a cabin in the woods with a bunch of friends." And I'm like... "Who are these 'friends' you speak of? I certainly don't know them."
This isn't about being rude or intolerant, but we all have our values and preferences, and it's mildly annoying for someone to assume that I'm going to have a good time hanging out with just any random crowd. Respectfully, there's some things I'd rather not be around. Don't invite me a stoner party. Don't assume that your friends are automatically my friends.
I feel like there's almost no places online where people speak Armenian. In the 2010s there were some forums that were rather active, like akumb.am, but those have mostly died out. Sometimes I'll find telegram channels, but then I'll go on and see that the last message was from 3 years ago. There aren't many discord channels either. Facebook exists, but you can't be anonymous on there.
I feel like there's almost no places online where people speak Armenian. In the 2010s there were some forums that were rather active, like akumb.am, but those have mostly died out. Sometimes I'll find telegram channels, but then I'll go on and see that the last message was from 3 years ago. There aren't many discord channels either. Facebook exists, but you can't be anonymous on there.
My meal every single day is 2 pounds of 70/30 pasture raised ground beef which I form into thick hamburger patties and either pan sear or convection bake in the oven (and yes I eat all the rendered fat with it).
The reason I do this is because it's affordable and easy. I don't eat steak because grass-fed steaks are lean and dry and I just haven't mastered the art of cooking tender grass fed steaks yet. Mind you, they're not cheap either. I do mix in some low-PUFA chicken, pork, and eggs as well as some raw dairy here and there for some change and a more diverse nutrient profile, but those are expensive so I view them as treats. Hence, my diet is 90% ground beef and I wanted to know if anyone else is in the same boat...