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Obvious the U.S. has a long history of racism that is a huge focus and its ramifications have a an impact today. It seems (from an American) that Europe, who facilitated this trade and could argue was even more brutal, look at the Congo and Namibia genocide, that it seems to be swept over?

Like...

They have a post, they are actively commenting on it, an account for years, yet they have no history when you click on their name and go to their page...

What gives?

I started doing the nofap but with not much interest

In many of the posts they emphasized that going for 90 days will improve your life

I was not an addict i used to casually masturbate once in a few weeks to a month

Then I saw this and thought lemme go for 90 days to get the benefits which people are saying online.

I was excited for first few days, I made a note and took a photo and then excitement drop

Everything just felt normal

I didn't consciously count days

Now in my google photos memory that photo of note came with date was 28 feb

Which is like a week less than 90 days till today

But I do not feel any change in me.

Things are as they were

What happened I don't know

Where did I go wrong?

What was supposed to happen realistically?

Is all that online just exagerration?

I have a black cased PC *But with RGB fans because of shortages in bare fans.* And I have acquired some "Suggestive" stickers. Should I put them on or leave them off?

My mom comes in my room and told me . She's hungry, and to tell my husband to get her pick her up some food.

I had said to her cant Leejong pick up some food for you.

She got upset and went into her room.

The i felt bad, bc hell shes my mom she probably is hungry so I told my husband, hey can u pick up some food for my mom .

He said sure. Then my husband said why isn't her husband ever making your mom food thats. Bit weird I said I dont no.

Then my husband said ok ask her what she wants

Then she came out the room. My mom and I said mom mom mom she walks past my room. Went into hers locks the door . I have no idea if she heard me so I texted her on WhatsApp and said

Mom he wants to no wht did u want to eat

Then my mom said its ok

Now I feel like shes upset wth me and thinking stuff?.

So i (19F) have been living with my grandma and cousin (22F) for about a year give or take. Since like week two of me moving in my cousin has been doing small things to get under my skin. For example, she'll be getting ready for work in the morning (530-6) and she'll load on perfume in the room we're sharing, turn off the fan (it stays hot in the room), rattling keys and stomping around all while I'm trying to rest because im usually working closing then open the next day or doubles then opening the next day. Some other are turning anything im doing into a horrible awful thing, like seeing my long distance bf (who ive seen maybe four times now and my family has met). She even went as far as to tattle on me to my mom rather than talking to me on multiple occasions (and I'm pretty sure i still have the screenshots of everything).

Thats not even the part that gets me though. She's one of those people who will doing something like what I said then be super kind and friendly and generous right after or she'll just pretend like nothing happened.

Ive talked to a few people about it and we've all kinda got the same idea? I think she's jealous but im not sure of what. It could be the relationship me and my grandma have. We are relatively close. If that's the case then I dont get why she can't js fix that relationship if thats what she wants? Maybe it's some sort of insecurity or something like that? Maybe she feels like shes better and im in her way or something? I dont know. If its not jealousy she's got some kind of mental disorder at this point.

I did see something similar on tiktok, like someone talking about a similar situation and I seen that what shes doing could be some kind of manipulation tactic that narcissists tend to use. From the little bit of research Ive done into narcissists as a whole she fits pretty well, but she also fits into a few other too so idk.

Has anyone else had this issue? Id love to hear your thoughts on it and maybe similar stories.

I am looking to start golf as a hobby but I don't really know where to start with it. Can someone tell me about there experience as a woman getting into golf. How did you start, where is best to get the equipment and lessons? And is it expensive as I don't want to spend a fortune if I turn out to be rubbish! Ha.

Calculus is so abstract. How can it be visualized? Are gears an example?

Like, if I have 2 apples and I split them into groups of 0, I can make infinite groups of 0 apples.

Everytime I get emotional, specially being upset or about to cry, my fingers start to hurt SO bad. Does anyone know why or also have this?

Is AI a bubble similar to the tech or housing bubble and if so, will it crash, like tech and housing did?

I say its same. She says its not. It's the same the way French fries and chips are the same. They're both fucking potato.

My parents are short(both 5'4) and have really short arms and small hands, they're Mediterranean, with brown hair and eyes. But I'm taller than them(5'7, it's short yet, but I'm still in puberty), I have long arms and I'm blonde and green eyes. Is that normal?

Obviously war is atrocious and it should never happen and to anyone. But I have this slight interest in the subject of war, mainly old historical wars such as ww2, Vietnam, Falklands war, Chechen war, Gulf war, Iraq war and etc. I interested in the buildup to the conflict the Battles, the uniforms, weapons and gear used by the soldiers of that certain war. But at the same time I feel guilty and being disrespectful to others for having an interest in something that has caused some to suffer and others to lose their lives because of it.

I saw a couple arguing at the Walmart and I had a couple points to make.

Asking because their behavior often seems way too intentional to be coincidental, and I've observed it at multiple places I've lived. At my last place, I asked them not to run the leaf blower in the parking lot around my car because they were kicking up rocks that were damaging the paint. Every time they came by after that they would stand outside the window to my bedroom and rev the leaf blower for a good five minutes, not really doing anything, just revving up the leaf blower right next to my window.

At another apartment I noticed that when I left the patio shade open and they could see me in my apartment working from home, they would spend an inordinate amount of time just hovering around my patio, blowing up what must have been the core of the earth by the time they were done.

Another example, this morning they were out running the leaf blowers around my unit. I went out to go to the laundry room to put in my laundry. The guy followed me to the laundry room and ran the leaf blower around the laundry room the entire time I was in there doing my laundry.

If this behavior is coincidental, and I'm just being paranoid, I must be exceedingly paranoid.

I don't mean this to be offensive to smokers, I just genuinely don't understand. I've never smoked, but I have smelled it, and it always made me cough, dizzy, and leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Let me add more context.

Someone I know said he and his partner hold feet in public, which means he slips off his shoes and curls his toes around his partners toes.

To me I find this so gross. I do not think feet are gross but I think that everyone should keep their shoes on in public.

If I was eating at a restaurant and looked over and saw this. Just no.

So what do you think? Weird? Gross? Acceptable PDA?

Could just flossing have caused that or its just tartar

Beyond the rudimentary answer of "go outside" how do I actually live a little? Im 19, my sister and cousins keep telling me to "get a life" "get a girlfriend" or whatever the fuck but haven't exactly been any help. My life is boring and I have no social life so any advice would be appreciated.