I have some friends that got married and decided to merge their two last names and create a brand new last name. I thought it was a cool idea

Because that is what churches are supposed to do - promote politicians 🙄

I identify as a doggy paddler

From what I’ve researched in the past ( I don’t have time to look it up) is that due to fact that women naturally hold more body fat than men that they then have more energy to use on endurance runs. That while they are not faster than men due to smaller muscles they can move for longer periods of time due to having more fat energy.

I could be wrong it happens often with me.

your are connecting two different pieces of data. The speed that a person can run a marathon vs. the ability to run a marathon.

What they are stating is that women are better able to run that distance not that they are faster at running that distance than men.

I do similar things when a task has two physically separate locations like taking out the trash.

While walking out with the trash I will repeat constantly “put in new bag” all the way to the garbage and all the way back, otherwise the task doesn’t get completed.

My opinion:

Humanity doesn’t evolve sociologically or technologically with out weird. If the world was all middle of the road beige “yes” men and women to what those in power say is correct way to live, laugh and love then the interesting things in this world die.

“Weird” people are the ones that challenge this middle of the road thinking. They are the brave ones. They are the ones that say fuck it to this middle of the road life and just do their thing. I envy the Weird, they have to fight against the easier/conformist way of living to be themselves, but by doing so they are happier and in a small way they make the world a better more interesting place.

In this context I talk of weird as in good weird, trump et. al. are not weird by my definition they are instead the ones fighting against the weird because to them it’s scary, different and it challenges their hold on reality and what is “right.”

Some people just don’t like silly videos I guess …

PBS Space Time explains it…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHiyQID7SBs

But I still don’t understand it

BTW use Piped for this link - just getting ahead of the Piped bot

Damn at just 5 ft most of southern Louisiana is completely submerged. And these are probably not the wealthiest people so where do they go? Do they live in FEMA trailers further in land? Do we as a country have a contingency plan for this ? I doubt it but I hope I’m wrong.

I mean there probably are enough homes to help these people but that may cut into Blackrock’s rental profit so that’s out of the question…

The more I look at this map the more overwhelmed I get at the number of people that will be displaced at just 5 ft.

Where does Florida Man ™️ go when his trailer is underwater? Is he now Georgia Man or Mississippi Man?

This is a migration that I don’t think people want

I remember that game. My dad got it from a very conservative/racist family member - with a note that read something like “too bad I’m white and have to work for my money.”

I don’t think my dad ever talked to him again.

This is the most capitalistic game on the market and you still get a $200 UBI

yes I’ve lost hours on that game

Mindustry

It’s a video of a guy that falls off the edge of the world. You can hear him saying “see I was right!” as he bounces off the shell of the turtle.

I really feel that nothing is changing because the people that have been in power for many decades set up a system the works really really well for them. Not you, not me but them.

So why would they change that?

What I think about is that you may have nothing to hide but that doesn’t mean your data can’t be manipulated in the future by bad actors.

I get it. I’ve had those thoughts that you are having. It’s frustrating as hell to see everyone around you succeed while it feels like you are spinning your wheels.

For me I came to the conclusion that I’m a late bloomer. It has taken me many many years to just start to do something I am proud of and I’m far from considering myself as a success. But the thing that I can’t do is take time looking around at everyone else’s success, it doesn’t help. Actually it pulls energy from what I need and want to do.

One thing I have learned along the way is make connections. If you want the network of people that others have you will need to go out and get it. The fact that you love to travel makes this easier for you. Like I said in my original post, meet people. Make it your goal to meet 4 new people in each country. Most relationships will go nowhere, some will become your friends, and a few may be able to give you a path to this success you are looking for. You said you didn’t have a goal - here is one. It’s not inventing plastic or traveling the solar system but it’s just as important. As a matter of fact the bigger your network of people is the bigger the chances are that you will succeed.

In fact you got one person (me) in your network now. I don’t know what I can do to help you but I rooting for you.

Funny I just was thinking if I could go a weekend without my phone. And if I did it how many people would I have to tell before I did it so I didn’t get a bunch of crap for not answering texts for 2 days!