greedytacothief

I have a couple of friends in law enforcement (NYPD & state Police). They tend to be best cops around, one of them is being sent to be a trainer so he can get some bigger promotions.

You got to ask yourself and maybe them if they are a good person. All cops are bad because of what the system does to them. But who they are in spite of what that system is doing says more about who they are as a person.

Chances are they'll have edgy jokes, but you've been on the Internet long enough to end up here, so I'm sure you can navigate that.

Remember conservatives hate liberal arts colleges because people who are exposed to diversity are more tolerant of it.

Assuming it's the US

• set up a fund to provide free school lunches until the government provides them
• give grants for people to set up housing co-ops
• hire my own army of Russian trolls (they do not need to be Russian, I am inclusive to all trolls) to fracture conservative unity/support progressive
• buy up some social media companies. (YouTube would be best, but I don't the 300 billion is enough) make the algorithm progressive
• whatever is left over goes to renewables and conservation efforts

A dovetail is a type of joint that doesn't require fasteners and only uses the material (usually glue for wood).

There was a lot more I missed when I switched, can't think of anything now. I was going to joke that I miss being 19. But eh, I'm doing better now than I was then.

It's really annoying actually. Sometimes you're asking something completely benign, and it's likes sorry I'm an AI and I can't do anything.

Example: I asked it what a commonplace book was. Apparently language models don't have the capacity to help with that!

I think they're implying that legitimate things are immediate, sad, and personal. But I think all of these options are legitimate reasons to cry.

What's an illegitimate reason? To manipulate someone

So the question is how do I build confidence?

I think you build confidence the same way that you build skills. You build skills by trying something new and then working on it until it's easy. You build confidence by doing something scary and succeeding.

So maybe riding by the cliffside isn't where you need to build confidence right now. We need to build up somewhere analogous. Can you make turns on a narrow trail? Can you use the whole trail width? Try skidding so that you splash snow on the trees. Try making small turns so that you only take up a little bit of the trail.

Maybe you can then try something more difficult to build confidence. Can you go off a little jump or side hit? Learn how to manual or nose roll?

Since you have a goal you can break it down into smaller pieces. Every little piece is a success, it's evidence that you're good.

City folks are definitely a thing, and suburban folks ain't much different. The US is big and has a lot of rural communities. Even the most populated states (California, Texas, New York) all have large areas of agriculture or otherwise sparse population

I mean, I guess, it depends, that being said I did work as a roofer for a while. Do you feel confident that you can stop yourself before you get to the cliff? Matching your fear to the actual danger of the situation means there may actually be very little danger in the situation if you're good enough not to get near the edges. Like Alex honnold (free climber) is retired now and only does easy safe free climbs. But it's relative to him, they would all be suicidal for me.

Am I making sense?

safety meeting over here

Yeah, I get you on the tiny mountains, been snowboarding in buffalo region. Pro tip to annoy your friends from buffalo, tell them it's the Midwest.

I still believe fear is a major blocker for people to improve. Snowboarding is a sport that benefits from being relaxed and in control, being tense instead of loose makes progress much slower. Finding out how you can build your confidence is where to start. How scary are falls? Wear knee pads so you have a safe thing to fall on, and to save your knees(I'm a big fan of knee pads, I recommend g-form.) Learn how to slide and roll out of falls, I hurt myself less on the super steep trails because when I fall I slide instead of bounce off the ground.

Lots of beginners are afraid of their toe edge, this is because usually they try to balance on their toes. We shouldn't be relying on our calf muscles for that, since they are fast and twitchy. Instead, if we let our shins rest against the tongue of the boot, our slow strong thigh muscles are much easier to balance with.

Get a lesson. Youtube videos are amazing, I learn things from them all the time. But having someone good watch you ride can solve so many issues because they can see stuff your eyes can't.

Lastly, workout. Get in shape. You will be less likely to hurt yourself falling or getting up. You will also be able to preform snowboarding skills much easier with a well-developed body and will have a better understanding of how to feel your body position and move your body.

Sorry for that wall of text

I know a few trans or nonbinary folks. They either go by he, she, or they. I have yet to meet someone who doesn't. Then again I live in a weird progressive rural community.

But if someone asks me to refer to them a particular way, sure what not? It means more to them than it means to me.