They can tell wonderful stories if you pick the right ones. Personally I find Disco Elysium to be particularly good at this.

all these PDFs

Smoke or read, sometimes both in the case of doom scrolling.

I also listen to podcasts and go for bikerides (with a destination in mind like food) currently one known as fall of civilizations has my attention

You aren’t a failure you are being failed

If I thought I could take it without breaking down too much

I have never not had one

I avoid ads religiously but when I can’t avoid them I mute and look away

Hotels are quite literally liminal

They aren’t the destination, they are the waiting room

Anxiety disorder?

Reading academic literature hopefully. This shit is such a drag

Nah, I love when people stack plates. Makes my life easier

I sometimes make decorations for christmas out of sticks, pinecone, and other stuff I find. For Halloween my partner and I will carve a pumpkin. I think for us it has less to do with the holidays and more about bringing the nature of a season inside

Jasmine is top tier imo but I also enjoy chai

Mandarain opens up communication with over a billion people

It scares me how much power it gives the ruling class

This sounds very different from the chili I am used to. Gonna make this and report back in a few days.

Any idea as what would work best as a meat substitute here?

Block them, it’s very easy and has made my experience much better

ChatGPT is awful for the environment and should not be used

Communism & Palestine

Tbh, I got a lot of work to do. I will probably just check the news that night or wait for someone to tell me.