u/ProfessionalLast4311

or am I just weird to be always craving it?

Finding it really difficult to call two of my friends as best friends now. When I previously thought that I already have one like only BFF I would call, be so in different and made me feel like my opinion don’t matter and got twisted when she shared it with her aunt then her aunt told it to her mom who changed the story and was taken out of context like extremely different stories…

I just hoped she just talked to me about it back then because now parents are involved in the story… when her mom confronted my dad out of nowhere and I only learned about if after 3 months since my Dad didn’t want to stress me out as we we’re roommates back then.

The most frustrating part of sciatica for me isn’t even just the pain. It’s how random the triggers feel.

I can sit in one chair for an hour and be mostly fine, then sit on a slightly lower couch for ten minutes and suddenly my leg starts buzzing. Sometimes bending forward to tie my shoes is fine. Other times, reaching for something on the floor feels like I just unlocked a new level of nerve pain.

Driving is another weird one. A short drive can set it off more than a long walk. Sleeping on one side might be okay for three nights, then randomly become impossible. Even shoes seem to matter sometimes, which sounds ridiculous until it happens.

It makes sciatica feel less like one obvious injury and more like a bunch of tiny mechanical triggers stacked on top of each other. Seat height, hip angle, posture, mattress, shoes, how long I’ve been sitting, whether I stretched too aggressively, all of it seems to matter.What’s the weirdest or most unexpected thing that triggers your sciatica? Something that made you think, “Seriously? THAT set it off?”

I feel like Disney+ and Hulu are entering one of those months where the temptation is weirdly strong again.

There’s The Testaments, Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, new Daredevil: Born Again episodes, and a bunch of other releases dropping around the same window. On paper, this is exactly the kind of lineup that makes me think, “Okay, maybe I should just subscribe for a month.”

But that’s also the part that makes me hesitate.

A few years ago, I wouldn't be too entangled in opening a subscription for a certain drama. After watching this drama, let's see if there is any other content on the platform. If there is enough content, maybe we will keep it. But now it feels different, because almost every platform has one or two so-called "must-see content" at the same time. Disney+ has one, Hulu has one, Max has one, Netflix has another, and the entertainment expenditure in the last month has become a bunch of small bills that look inexpensive and add up very expensive.

The most annoying thing is that I don't really hate these platforms. What I hate is this subscription logic. If I'm just chasing a Zhou Geng drama, am I paying for this platform or paying a temporary "viewing rent" for a drama?

I feel more and more that the only rational way may be to rotate subscriptions on a monthly basis instead of keeping all platforms open all year round. Wait for the whole season to be updated, open it for another month, read what you really want to see, and then cancel it before it becomes another forgotten automatic deduction.

For people who use Disney+ or Hulu regularly, do you still keep them year-round? Or do you only come back when there’s a specific show worth watching?