Here you are describing the US-American culture to some extent. My generation was particularly targeted by the message that things other than being a wife and mother are more desirable for women. And it permeates my culture enough still that even just saying this could draw ire from people who see that as an attack on women. I believe this shift in a culture was part of a revolution that is still being attempted that is kind of like the "four olds" from China. Do away with the old ways. Women can work. They don't need to have children. And this benefits the state. In the US, it's no longer a choice, really. Without two incomes, life becomes very difficult for a family. Some of the women of my generation gave away the most amazing thing humanity can do to be able to be a slave to the system. And it was called freedom liberation.

So I did have a bad day. It's just that I didn't have to, so it's my fault as well. Thanks, Frog. 🤪😁🐸

Oh no! I will see if I can describe it. It compares three words Horror, Horrible, and Horrific. And then a similar construction Terror, Terrible, and TERRIFIC! ;) The last work in the second set is a HAPPY word. The point being English does not always make sense! But you are still learning it!

This joke made me think of you! You are learning English so well even though, as this picture shows, it can be confusing sometimes! 😄

Lol.

I do not appreciate your criticism. You know little about me, tonta.

It looks both delicious but also pointy.

Its good to remember.

Needs water!

I have dealt with crippling perfectionism for my whole life. But it's interesting. I couldn't see it for the longest time. Because when I am in isolation I am not a perfectionist. I like to do a job well, but I am the connoisseur of "good enough". My perfectionism comes from a fear that what I consider to be good enough won't be for others. And this specter is impossible to defeat because no matter what I do or don't do, it can find fault. I have been working through a Jungian framework for my earliest memories and discovering what drives me and has set the tone for my life. And I discovered my perfectionism, which has been hiding all along. My father was a perfectionist. Perhaps even a little OCPD. There was a right way to do everything. And some of my earliest experiences instilled a tremendous fear that I would not pick the right answer or do the right action. So my perfectionism is a means to avoid the judgment of others. When I am alone, it almost completely goes away. So for most of my life, I haven't considered myself a perfectionist. And I certainly do not project these standards on others. I have come to a point in life where I can no longer carry this burden. And though this seems like good news, the most frightening part of it all is I don't know who I am without it. Having been raised in a culture of 20 minute television dramas and quick easy fortune cookie type "morals to the story". We all know that dropping something bad and learning to live without it would be the point. But what do you do when you realize you've lived the vast majority of a life playing a part on the stage of life that isn't who you really are. Obviously, the answer to that question is simple, at least to say... I must be my authentic self. But the pain lies in the fact I have no idea who that is and haven't been able to find him. It's an imperfect process, I suppose.

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I never watered my fish, which totally explains why it always stayed the same size. 🫎

As someone who lives here, I agree with you, however, nothing is black and white, and as bad as my country has been in many ways for the world... We have brought good things as well, and the people who live here, just like the people who live in a place like Iran, for instance are good people.

Of COURSE you will remember to take it out of the freezer RIGHT after you walk the dog!

I'm really sorry to do this, but I can't help myself. It's a beautiful, beautiful sentiment you've shared.

I love that at 3:50, you see that he's using a rice cooker lid as he coats one of his layers. (honestly, "coats one of his layers" is about as far as I can follow him.)

Shouldn't the mentalist have predicted the shooting attempt?

It is inevitable that calls for halting things on the Bitcoin blockchain rise up. And it could get dramatic, but remember, even if there was a fork. Bitcoin just shrugs those off.

So certainly everybody's heard the sound bites or read about the American admiral, the one who was talking about how the military is now running a node and talking a lot of the Jason Lowery type thesis when it comes to "power projection". While acknowledging Bitcoin's financial aspects, the admiral suggests the military's interest lies elsewhere... in how this technology could benefit a nation strategically. What on earth could that be? Well, I think we can compare it to something that's not on Earth, and that is GPS. Like the internet itself, GPS was designed and deployed by the US military. And the entire world "benefits" from it. (and, well, there are certainly surveillance and privacy implications, and this topic could go on for hours on multiple tangents.) The Admiral keeps rattling off: Cryptography, Blockchain (as a immutable ledger) and Reusable Proof of Work. He recognizes that the Bitcoin network provides an unforgeable verification method for communications. Being nearly impossible to change, the data in the blockchain can be reliably shown to solve an ancient Math(s) Problem! The Byzantine generals’ problem. Remember that one? While modern technology has reduced some validation needs in communications, it has simultaneously created tools that compromise security. The problem still exists... well it DID. GPS illustrates this dual-use pattern: civilians use it to navigate to restaurants, while the military uses its more precise version to guide weapons. Similarly, Bitcoin allows society to securely transfer value, while the military can use it to transmit and verify any message through transaction hashes or other methods. I suppose they would be FOR the larger OP_RETURN? Lol. Securing this network requires participants to dedicate substantial computing power... either to maintain its integrity or potentially compromise it (though game theory makes the latter extremely costly and low benefit). This creates incentives for abundant, clean energy production while delivering an unhackable communications system and immutable value storage. Downstream of this, I have some serious questions. For example... Are we TRULY to believe this was NOT developed by the CIA/NSA? Internet... Bang. Location... Bang. Truth... oh shoot... we forgot that one. Lucky some fella with the initials N.S.(a) handled it for us. But my friends here in 2026 (and those of you reading this in the future), Nothing stops THIS *train! Not clear about all the destinations. CCMF * hatip