fodderoh

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[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know you are not looking for advice or affirmation or anything, but wanted to share my own experience all the same.

I've been married for 15 years to someone who deals with depression. I used to look at her depression and think If I could just eliminate the triggers, then she won't be depressed. I understand now that isn't how it works. My wife gets depressed because she has depression. If I eliminate this trigger or that trigger, her brain just finds something else. And there will always be something else. Because it's not really about the so-called triggers. It's about her depression.

Your sister isn't depressed because of anything you did. She is depressed because she has depression. The things you listed are just the things her depression latched on to this time. If those things hadn't happened, she would still be depressed, her brain just would have found different reasons. None of that helps with you feeling guilty about the things she said. But I wanted to say it anyway.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you don't connect the LG to the network it can be just a dumb monitor. Set the tv to always use the last active input when you turn it on and you will never see a menu or any prompts.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If the roads are truly highways, you will want to check the laws where you are to confirm if it is legal to ride your bike on those roads. Typically, bikes are not allowed on highways. Regardless, you may want to see if there is an alternate route available. Riding on high speed roads with moderate to heavy traffic is not something I like to do if there is a different option available.

As someone else suggested, a gravel bike may be a good option. Personally I would avoid an e-bike. Nothing wrong with them, but if the goal is to get exercise, then why get a bike that is designed to minimize the amount of work you have to do? It will be tougher in the beginning while you get used to it, but once you do, you'll be fine.

By far, the single most valuable resource available to new riders is a good local bike store. Find one and talk to them about what you're trying to do. They'll be able to make recommendations that are right for you. They'll also be familiar with the roads in your area and be able to offer good advice about potential routes.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

I would first have a conversation to find out if selling is something they'd be open to. If they aren't interested in selling, you might see if they'd be open to doing a deal where you pay them a fee for right of first refusal. That way if they ever do decide they want to sell, you will get first crack at it.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Maybe she's secretly hoping he'll use it to sexually blackmail her. That is a kink some people have.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As I understand it, SovCits think there is this magical pool of money the government is keeping for everyone (for some nefarious purpose I don't understand), so they think they can get out off paying any debt they owe by sending some combination of paperwork that, in effect, says bill the government and have them pay it from the magic money pool. He sent, what I'm guessing is supposed to be, a bill of exchange saying bill the government. And included language that said if you don't respond that you are doing this within 3 days, the debt will be discharged and I owe you nothing. Because SovCits think they can just write things like that and they are automatically legally binding. The company ignored his nonsense and said pay us our money, so he filed a bunch of complaints with different organizations (SEC, CFPB). And despite all his flawless paperwork, the company ultimately took the car back.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pretzel rods. Chunky salt. Good crunch. Rods are the best hard pretzel shape.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Seems like you should just create the new account and decide whether you want to delete the old account later. Nothing wrong with having accounts on multiple servers at the same time.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The protection detail would not arrest him. The agency with the warrant would coordinate with the secret service to either get access to Trump or, more likely, give Trump the opportunity to surrender.

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