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hi, so i (23f) am interested in the national guard (lots of emails to my uni abt it ofc and ive had it recommended to me) but according to the quiz thing on the website i don’t weigh enough. im 5’8.5 and 104 lbs. i am super poor tbh* *and interested in benefits and such.

im naturally underweight so gaining would be hard enough already, but i dont think i could literally afford the amount of food that would take lol bc of the um poor thing ahaha. im very active and in shape though. i walked 8+ miles everyday the whole summer. if i gain a bit and find a way to meet the fitness requirements could it work?

there are admin/supply/logistics and other roles id b interested in, but ik i have to get through basic for everything. im an extremely disciplined person but ik its likely i should forget the idea. if anyone has any advice on the weight/fitness thing let me know :) ty, i hope its not a dumb question

hiii i started selling recently and i love it!!!! i’ve needed to sell my clothes for ages. i have sold 17 things in like 10 days! :-) i love clothes so it’s very fun for me. the problem is, i spend a lot of time on the app listing things and sending offers…. and i have bought sm stuff 😭 it’s not even funny. i don’t want to cancel out my sales w impulse buys haha. has anyone solved this? >_<

sorry for the obligatory AI-related question lol. i’m in college and have taken several programming classes (mostly python). unfortunately, this lined up after LLMs showed up everywhere. i love learning to program as a hobby, and i want to learn learn, but i am too young/inexperienced to know how to balance using LLMs.

they are a tool and very helpful and convenient obviously (with some major downsides) but i don’t want to be… useless. so many people seem like they wouldn’t know what to do if they couldn’t use their LLM for a day. should i just avoid it as much as possible? or use it in small ways as a learning tool? tysm

okie hi so i (23f) am a uni student and have taken a small handful of programming classes including two semesters of python. i have tons to learn but i’m not a beginner beginner. i’d love to take thirty thousand more CS classes but i’m not going into CS i’m going into fashion and need to start sticking to my course map, so i don’t have the structure of a class now.

self-guided people, how do you figure out what you want to do? do you pick concepts you think you should learn and pick projects or exercises that incorporate them? do you think up an idea that sounds fun to you and figure out how to do it? maybe these are dumb questions but i literally don’t know what to do next haha. there are countless things you can do with python and i have no clue where to start. pls advise :’)

hi, i have an old macbook air from 2015 that i wiped macOS off of and installed linux mint and i absolutely love it. it was super easy too (im not the most knowledgeable). my mom has always wanted a linux machine and i got the same model secondhand in great condition and am doing the same as a gift for her.

i downloaded ubuntu iso file, put it through balena etcher onto the usb drive, etc., etc., etc. but when i go to boot menu and select efi boot the screen goes black for a bit and then it shows the ubuntu logo and loading symbol for…. eternity. i’m not sure what i am doing wrong? i verified integrity of iso file. when i did it before it was so fast, straightforward, etc. this laptop should b compatible. pls advise ty :-)

hi, i’m not rly familiar with birth control but my gynecologist recently put me on Slynd for heavy periods/terrible cramps (i might have endo) and also i am hoping it helps my skin. i have been on it for like 12 days and my last period ended 2ish weeks ago.

in the last few days (TMI) i have had dark brown discharge, which i never have, and then today my period is starting. i don’t know if i’m supposed to call it spotting, but i’m starting to bleed and i have period cramps and rly bad bloating.

i am reading through the info sheet and see it talk about spotting but i am confused bc this legit seems like another period, even though i just had one two weeks ago. let me know if u guys have had a similar experience

hiiii i love this game and have been playing for months now. i am broke college student so i don’t spend any real money lol but work hard to still get the cool limited outfits when i can. it is definitely a creative outlet for me, a form of outfit inspo, and getting out online shopping urges haha.

i am so bad at spending money on the mens clothes. i (girl) always prioritize the womens clothes, which is fun and i rly like where my wardrobe is rn, but my mens items are nonexistenttttttttt. does anyone have this problem? and new/temp sets cost sooo many gems i rly have to like prioritize things its hard haha. i love the idea in theory of having more mens stuff bc there is rly cool stuff, but yea

i have an old macbook air 2015 that i bought refurbished in 2020 or so. as you can imagine, it is so slow and pretty much unusable. apple hates poor ppl >_< it’s been collecting dust and i randomly wanted to do something with it the other day, maybe harvest it’s organs for fun. love upcycling and sustainability. realistically i was probably gonna end up just giving it to electronics recycling.

then i realized the best thing i could do with it is wipe the whole thing and install linux. i did that, got rid of macOS, and installed linux mint. idk anything about computers, except for the few python classes i’ve taken, but it was pretty simple. and like magic i have a brand new computer!!!! for the cost of a usb drive lol. it functions perfectly and is fast. i’m very happy.

learning linux is very interesting and satisfying for me too. i’ve mostly used windows. idk how useful this skill will be for me in the future as i’m studying fashion haha but it’s a very fun hobby. if u guys have any ideas of like beginner projects or things to try let me know :-)

hi, i’m very new to this and slightly clueless i apologize in advance lol, though i am trying to watch videos on it. i’m really into sustainability and i like cyberpunk novels and tech a lot (i’ve taken a good amount of cs/programming classes in uni) but i don’t know much abt hardware.

i remembered i have a very very old macbook air that i bought refurbished like.. 6 years ago lol so has not been reliable for a long time. it technically works but i’ve had no reason to use it at it’s current state. i want to do something with it, should i harvest it’s organs in some way? can i do surgery and make this macbook an organ donor? which organs do i retrieve? or i should i just give it to an electronic recycling facility? thank u sm haha

i am a full time student and have been super busy and neglected proper studying for a while, but my russian improved a lot just from little things, mostly listening to music. i listen to sm russian music and on train/bus commutes i will read along w the lyrics, pronounce them in my head (it’s made me read faster bc some songs are very fast), and try to translate the lyrics. i don’t know a lot so i will look up some words, but pattern recognition helps. i even have accidentally picked up some bosnian/serbian just from music i like haha.

additionally i have some social media app’s settings in russian and watch lots of russian videos. i watched a tarkovsky film in theaters the other day (it was incredible) and felt proud that i understood so much of it. i will find more movies and shows to watch in russian. do you guys have any little habits like this that help? tysm :-)

hi, obnoxious backstory for context, so i (22f) started fully committing to a strictly low fodmap/elimination diet in spring of last year, so it’s been a while now. i am still trying to sort out my mysterious health/digestive issues but overall i never got a ton of relief from it, so i never really started to properly reintroduce things. my doctors have all recommended that bc of this experience i continue eating completely low fodmap, esp bc it helps to diagnostically sort things out. my gastroenterologist mentioned that i must genuinely have a bad sensitivity to pretty much all of it, so these are likely the cards i’ve been dealt. only tiny amounts of some fruits seem okay.

i have arfid and lots of mental health issues, so i have always struggled with taking care of myself and eating well. it’s very embarrassing to admit but for a few months this year i ate mostly mashed potatoes. like every meal. and vanilla frosting. i kid you not ahahaha i am dodging an autism dx. i usually don’t let it get that bad. but generally i am also too fatigued/depressed to rly cook for myself and prepare proper meals. but ofc low fodmap packaged food is limited. i was living with my then-fiancé last spring and summer and he helped me so much and i ate really healthy, clean, and strictly low-fodmap. i still felt not great, so now on my own and w the depression i don’t feel motivated enough to eat better and stricter even though ik i should. i think i will try to see a dietician soon if possible and i rly want to start cooking and eating healthier and more strictly low fodmap.

a few questions for you guys: how strict are you? do you never pick up anything with onion even if it’s the last/smallest ingredient? do you ever eat out and order something you know has fodmaps or do you make modifications and only eat things that seem safest? do you have times where you eat “normally” for social reasons or a vacation? or just bc it’s easier or you rly want to eat something that has fodmaps? has depression or fatigue made it difficult and did you find a way around it? do you cook rly regularly?

packaged food generally makes me feel terrible, even a few that are entirely/mainly low fodmap i have noticed, like protein or nutrition bars. so avoiding processed stuff would be good. in theory i have lots of time to prepare food bc i am a full time student now but only online classes. but this diet is brutal (i am pescatarian also) and i have a rly low weight naturally and technically am in the severely underweight bmi category. i am quite healthy actually in terms of labs and vitals and all that so my doctors aren’t too worried, but it’s hard to not lose weight as is. anyways, tysm for reading!! advice would be amazing. i hope it wasn’t too depressing. ty 🩵

hi, i’ve been drawing w copics for a while but still feel like a beginner bc i have only gotten consistent recently. (it has brought me sm joy lately 🥹)

i am studying fashion, and most ppl i see use either colored pencils, a blend of pencils/alcohol markers, or watercolor paints. at least at my level, i feel a bit limited using just markers, esp for different effects and details, but don’t rly know how to start incorporating colored pencils. ty for reading :-)

long story short i [22f] was diagnosed several years back. i’ve changed psychiatrists a lot bc of moving. one psychiatrist didn’t seem to dx me or explain, but casually mentioned avoiding meds that would increase my “mania.” the next one officially dxed me, i don’t remember well but she said smth like i have a mix between bipolar 1 and 2. when i have looked this up i find nothing, so my understanding is she meant i mostly have severe depression + hypomania, but i have also had a manic episode before. my current psychiatrist is great, when i started seeing him a few years ago he didn’t think these episodes were severe enough to be considered mania. so he dxed me as bipolar 2. i don’t want this to b too long but i’ve been to a bipolar support group lately and am suspicious abt my experiences maybe being mania

summary: i have a lot of other mental illnesses and was shocked by bipolar dx, so im still figuring out how it affects me, so here r examples: i’ll refer to them as hypomanic episodes. they last months, i impulsively move (states) all the time. start uni, drop classes, start a new job, quit months later. hypersexuality, having so much energy but not being able to focus it on productivity or anything good. spending every dime, impulsively asking for money (like for necessities) to spend on smth else, driving over 100mph WHILE online shopping lmao and feeling like i can’t get hurt.

rly unsafe relationships w men way older than me who give me dr*gs, but don’t feel worried bc its thrilling even though ik they r manipulating me. zero concern for my physical health/emotionalsafety, if it ends and i get hypomanic i crave the same thing. got engaged and moved in super quickly. when i was younger i had periods of where i would st*rve and exercise a ton/chug energy drinks bc i felt untouchable, etc. lmk what u think. i will not be offended at all if this isn’t mania, i just want to understand + try to heal. ty for reading:)