If you want to see how hard people want to believe they read on the internet... Watch some cop bodycam videos with sovereign citizens 'traveling'
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I believe it depends on the severity of the trauma. And of course our mental strength and if we are on the spectrum or not, have any abnormalities and so on... So many components.
If you had a single Mom and you only met your dad every weekend that could affect you.
If you were starved, beaten sold into sexual servitude and then failed by the legal system... I don't think you can get over that.
But the first step is to understand how messed up it was and you didn't deserve it. No child deserves any trauma.
You could make handmade artisan popcorn clusters with chocolate, peppermint candy, caramel, and maybe chilli powder sprinkled - poured - melted on them.
Hmm, sounds great! Then it should work with hazelnut spread also. I'm still partial to Nutella > PBJ. But any fiber is good fiber! :)
That's such a good idea!
I do recommend chia seeds soked overnight also. For better "turning to shit" power you can use a coffe grinder before soaking.
Great topping for cereals.
Not smooth but Guild Wars 2 can run on those specs, obviously on very low settings.
Path of Exile should work also.
These specs af not that bad. Most 10+ year old games should run easily. I would just check steam for older F2P games, there are a lot more. I think swtor and eso should run also. Those had F2P tiers.
It was a thing in Hungary, but I don't think many still do it nowadays.
Smartphone as an answer would be cheating?
Water isn't free any more?
(I was told it was in the past. No water bill, how?)
Simply put: luck, consistency and saying no to expenses.
Basically do not live outside of your means. Tho those means can be very very bad.
If your means are bad - think of how you can change it better.
Maybe looking for a job where you can learn a new trade? Pluming, Ac repair, bug exterminator, general handyman, mechanic - those people will always be needed.
Tally up all your expenses, and get rid of those you can live without. All those premium streaming bs adds up fast.
Start cooking your coffe and meals.
If you are struggling then you have to live like a person who don't have money. Get cheap phone plan, do not get the newest gadgets.
There is free entertainment out there, do not spend money that you don't have.
Look for government options: food stamps etc. Look for other charities: food bank and so on.
It sucks. Luck plays a big part but if you keep following the rules you set up things could improve over time.
Not All SF is optimistic. I could start bringing up huge names - but it doesn't matter. That wasn't really your question.
Fiction - be SF or Fantasy - is mostly* about escapism at the end.
People who read them don't want reality. They want to forget stuff that bothers them, that they can't do anything about.
*Mostly, because some books are using fantasy/sf to introduce higher concepts, but usually that goes over most reader's head.