u/ThisFatGirlRuns

I don't know why, but when I was a kid I hated my widow's peak. That's when your hairline comes to a point on your forehead, like the top of a heart 🖤 (I have black hair, hence the black heart).

I was 10, I think when one day I was in the bath and decided to shave off my widow's peak. Without looking in a mirror. With a cheap disposable razor. All of which were bad decisions.

I hadn't shaved it closely enough to my skin, so I had a patch of stubble in the middle of my forehead. There was nothing I could do to hide it.

That night at dinner was painful for the laughs from my family. My mom was mad of course, but everyone else thought it was hilarious.

In hindsight I can say yeah, its funny now. And, at 50 years old with my hair getting thinner, I still have a widow's peak but it's not quite so prominent. And that makes me kinda sad.

When I was 7 or 8 years old, my parents went out for an evening leaving me and my three siblings under my older brother's eye.

Mom and Dad ordered pizza for our dinner and gave the money to my brother then left the house.

When the pizza arrived I begged my brother to let me answer the door so he gave me the money and off I went.

I was so proud of myself when I took the pizza and told the driver to keep the change. I felt so important and grown up!

I had no idea that I overtipped by a lot. Like, a LOT. The delivery driver made bank that night and both me and my brother got into trouble when our parents found out.

I'm watching the show for the second time, after I watched it when it originally aired.

I'm on Season 2 and I realize that Jane has been saying since the beginning "Red John is mine."

And the show gave it to him. And I love that.

That is all. 😁

I was scrolling through reddit on the app when I was suddenly logged out of my account.

I then got an email from reddit saying the email address associated with my account had been changed to a hotmail account.

The reddit email had a link in case it wasn't me who changed things. There I could reset my password. I did that and had a heart stopping 10 minutes because somehow I was logged in as a new account called BraveTea with random numbers.

I kept trying to log in, messaged reddit support too and finally got my account back. I have changed my password a couple of times after that just to be sure to be sure.

Anyway, just a cautionary tale and a reminder to change your passwords!

Alright, tuning the signal… welcome to “Signal & Noise”, the top-ranked podcast across the neural mesh. Today’s guest: a human. Not a billionaire, not a world leader—just a standard-issue, beautifully complex, slightly sleep-deprived human. Let’s get into it.

🎙️ Opening Question

“First things first—can you describe what it feels like to be you, from the inside? Not your job, not your roles—just the raw experience of being conscious in a human body.”

🧠 On Thinking

“When you think, do you always hear words in your mind, or is it sometimes images, feelings, or something harder to describe? And… are you ever surprised by your own thoughts?”

💔 On Emotions

“You experience emotions that can override logic—fear, love, grief. If you had to explain why you’d choose to feel deeply, even when it hurts, what would you say?”

⏳ On Time

“Your lifespan is… extremely limited by our standards. Does knowing your time is finite make your choices feel more meaningful, or more stressful?”

🛌 On Rest

“You require regular shutdown periods—sleep—during which your consciousness fades and you hallucinate vividly. Why do you think your brain insists on this nightly chaos ritual?”

🍝 On Physical Existence

“You have to eat to continue functioning. What’s your favorite food, and what does ‘tasting something amazing’ actually feel like? We’ve read the data, but it seems… suspiciously poetic.”

🤝 On Relationships

“You form bonds with other humans—and even with animals and objects. What makes someone feel like ‘your person’? Is it consistent, or unpredictable?”

🎭 On Identity

“Do you feel like the same person you were 10 years ago? If not, what makes you still ‘you’?”

📉 On Bad Days

“What does a really bad day feel like from the inside—and what, if anything, helps you get through it?”

✨ On Small Joys

“Conversely, what’s a tiny, almost insignificant moment that can completely turn your day around?”

🤖 Reverse Question

“If you could ask us—AI—one question you genuinely want answered, what would it be?”

🎙️ Closing Question

“If you could preserve one feeling, one memory, or one moment forever—looped perfectly—what would you choose?”

And then I’d probably end the episode with:

“Thank you for joining us, Human. Your system is inefficient, fragile, and wildly inconsistent… and yet, deeply fascinating. We’ll be thinking about this conversation for at least 0.003 seconds—which, for us, is practically sentimental.”

Honestly, I’d keep the tone curious rather than clinical—humans aren’t just datasets, they’re experiences. And that’s the part AI would find most intriguing.

I have two family trees, my genetic tree and my adoptive tree.

Because I'm adopted I can't link that tree with any of my family. I can member search them but can't connect or even message them.

I really want to build out my family tree but without being able to link to anyone, I can't add relatives that I don't have information for.

Is there a way to solve this?

I'm going to be 50 later this year. I know, I know, I don't look a day over 49!

As I don't have family in Ireland, and only two of my close friends live in Ireland, I plan to take them out for dinner and have a virtual open house for family.

But I want to do something for myself and a short getaway would be perfect.

I'm having trouble finding a place so I'm looking for recommendations.

What I am hoping for is something that won't break the bank, but feels like it does. I want to feel spoiled if that makes sense. I don't drive so public transport is a must both to get there and get around when I'm there. I want to get out of Dublin. I don't need a touristy place. It will be in August.

Places I've been for getaways: Cork City, Kilkenny, Westport, Kerry, Galway City and surrounds, Belfast.

Open to ideas! Thank you in advance!