u/SkaianFox

So Im trying to download a playlist, and I turned on the "Use the Last Modified Time" setting in order to have the date on the files match the upload date on youtube.

The problem is, the dates being used aren't correct. For SOME of the videos the date matches the original upload date shown in youtube, and then for others it will use a completely different, seemingly random date. For example, video 1 in the playlist shows 10/01/2018, video 2 shows 11/11/2025, and video 3 shows 10/15/2018 - videos 1 and 3 are the correct original upload date, but video 2 should be 10/08/2018, i have no idea where the 2025 date is coming from

Usually I would just download the playlist in order and use the current date/time and that would work fine for sorting, its only an issue here because there are a couple videos from this creator that had to be removed from yt and I downloaded those separately from another site, and I want to be able to slot them into the folder with all the others but keep them sorted in chronological order

Anyone know what the other date might be, and if there's a way to use the original upload date?

I feel like recently every time i get an initial burst of motivation to start getting in shape, i quickly get frustrated by just how far i have to go and i give up. Im not sure how to get out of this, because in the past every time ive started exercising regularly ive had to stop for one reason or another and then i fall out of the habit entirely, which only makes me more discouraged in the present. Seems like theres always an illness, a mental health episode, a long stretch of working overtime, or some other disruption to pull me out of any good habits i try to form, so why bother?

Long term i want to gain muscle, particularly in my arms/torso but i figure working out my whole body is probably better to start. The problem im running into now is that I get so discouraged just trying to do simple bodyweight and dumbbell exercises at my home, because it feels like i can barely do ANYTHING.
There was a period of time a while back when i had started exercising more regularly and i had slowly progressed from using 5lb weights to 20lb, from wall pushups to doing 10-15 actual pushups, and progress felt great even though i knew it was small! But then i fell out of it because i stopped having any energy (more on that in a sec) and now trying to get back to it i just notice how much progress i lost, how much time it took before, how that earlier progress really wasnt much to begin with (i was still just trying to get back to where i was in college), and i feel hopeless. I can barely do one regular pushup now, and going back to wall or even knee pushups just makes me angry at myself. I can at least tell myself going through motions using the smaller weights will help with my joint stability since ive always had joint issues, but it's still distracting sometimes thinking how i CANT use the larger ones anymore.

As to why i stopped in the first place - i am prone to disordered eating and fell into a long period of barely being able to eat at all, which made it so i basically didn't have energy to do ANYTHING. I actually lost about 30lb because i just could not eat, and felt awful the whole time (constant brain fog, exacerbated mental health issues, could barely leave my bed let alone my house). This was a bit over a year and a half ago, not the first time something like this has happened nor the last but definitely the most severe.

Ive since regained the weight i lost. I want to lose it again intentionally this time because im only 5'3 and im 185lb, i figure total i need to lose around 50lb but it doesnt need to be all at once. I know the best way to lose weight is generally through diet, but i worry that trying to count calories or stick to a specific diet will just make me stop eating entirely again. Ive just recently started eating again following yet another few months of barely being able to eat at all after starting a new stimulant medication (ADHD) (annoying that i didnt even lose weight this time, just felt terrible with no upside), i actually had to start taking appetite stimulants just to eat every day, and even with those its pretty difficult, so it feels like now is probably the wrong time to try to cut down at all... BUT it adds to my frustration looking in the mirror and seeing all fat and no muscle, thinking that being so overweight is probably bad for my health, plus i figure any body weight exercises will naturally be more difficult when i weigh more.
For reference my current eating habits im trying to stick to are:
> i try to have a greek yogurt first thing in the morning
> i snack on some trail mix (mainly nuts+berries) throughout the day
> mid-late afternoon ill have a bowl (~2 cups) of something like carbs+protein (rice+egg, rice+chicken curry, spaghetti+meatballs, etc), not always able to finish it in one sitting
> if i can stomach it ill have something for dinner, usually a smaller helping of leftovers from lunch
> primarily drinking water, maybe a can or two of soda but ive been trying to avoid it for the sake of my teeth 😅

Now that im finally at least eating every day again, i really want to try getting into shape. I am tired of feeling like im not physically capable of anything, i get exhausted so easily, i always need my partners help with heavy things, and i hate it. But its hard to stay motivated at all.
The one thing i have been able to get myself to do regularly is small bursts of cardio - basically just trying to go as long as i physically can doing something like jumping jacks, squat-jumps, running up and down stairs, etc. I dont usually do multiple sets of this at a time but ill try to do it a few times throughout the day, more "i need to get out of my chair/couch for even a couple minutes" than it is a proper routine, BUT given how sendentary i usually am i have at least seen quick progress - at first 30 jumping jacks was a struggle, now 60 is a breeze. Im not out of breath just going up and down the stairs of my apartment, and walking a few blocks and back isnt AS much of an ordeal (lifelong joint issues have always made long walks particularly difficult so not sure thatll ever be easy, but still used to be better). However, this is still just building back up to the bare-minimum, I havent been able to stay motivated enough to stick to a real routine, and as i said before i keep getting discouraged when i try to do exercises to actually build muscle/strength. Plus, i worry that even if i do start getting into shape now, ill fall out of the habit again and have to start all over.

Grateful to anyone who reads all that, much more long-winded than i intended to be 😅 but does anyone have any tips for building back the habit of exercising without getting so discouraged along the way? How to make progress faster to at least get back to where i used to be? General advice for the situation? Anything is appreciated 🙏

Labeling not as in when you came out to anyone else, but when you first started thinking of yourself as trans. I know for many people (myself included) it is a gradual realization, so it doesnt need to be when you were SURE, just when you started connecting your internal experiences with being transgender.

I was inspired by this other poll asking about ages https://www.reddit.com/r/ftm/s/WGfARkil6f
i was curious about the specific time periods in which people may have realized, like if people realzing at age 15 and people realizing at age 40 are actually still having that realization around the same time.

I know the ranges are a bit skewed, but i figured most answers will probably be within the last 25 years.

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I’m wondering if any other trans guys, particularly any pre-T guys, have trouble humming (or making other similar closed-mouth noises) without having to *force* it?

The reason I’m asking is that I have always found it very difficult to hum and have any noise come out at all, and it seems to be because the baseline pitch i naturally try to make is lower than I am actually capable of, and I have to consciously shift the pitch up much higher voice to get any sound out at all - my natural inclination is to hum from the throat, but the only way I can and sound is to hum from the nose/head. I have always found the voice i *think* I have if I imagine talking is much deeper than my actual vocal chords can produce, and I think that’s part of why my hum starts too low, so I was just curious if other guys have had this problem?