untrainedtribble

joined 2 years ago
[–] untrainedtribble 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just had my 2 year sobriety birthday this month and I completely agree with you, however, I do think the culture in America is shifting. Millennials aren’t drinking AS much and Gen Z much much less. The social pressure to drink is waning somewhat and I live in a state that has the most drinking per capita in the country.

There’s a lot of N/A beers that have gotten much better to give people quitting an alternative (like nicotine gum or patches). Long way to go but I do think it’s trending in a positive direction for people struggling. I understand this isn’t something some people feel comfortable with - I was very hesitant to try one for the first time after quitting because I wasn’t sure if it would spark the urge to drink real beer more but it’s been great for me.

I don’t see a world where alcohol is restricted as much as public smoking but having alternatives is a big thing for me to feel less awkward in drinking social settings where i still feel like I’m participating in a healthy way for me.

[–] untrainedtribble 6 points 1 year ago

Surprised there aren’t more sex related comments here. My wife and I would love to have a large playroom - say 800sqft - just as a playroom. We’d have sex swings, St. Andrews cross, benches, fuck couches, huge beds with posts for fun activities, sex machine, all the toys could be organized on nice glass shelving.

I’d also want a huge bathroom attached with a hot tub, open showers with benches and for cleanup after play.

Just everything for a night of fun debauchery with friends in the lifestyle

[–] untrainedtribble 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Know if there is an iOS equivalent? Seems like a great thing to have but my search just pulled up paid or subscription based apps

[–] untrainedtribble 11 points 1 year ago

Over 7.25% for some loans today. Definitely making an impact on the market as a whole right now

[–] untrainedtribble 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love these summaries man, thanks for staying on top of this!

Valentine is going to be a steal of a pick if he plays this well out of the gate

[–] untrainedtribble -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve had the same thought. Can anyone make an instance and it’s automatically federated? It would make sense that to join the federation there would be an application process, gaining approval by receiving so many votes by already federated instances. But that doesn’t exist as far as I know and I’m sure would create a whole other set of issues and politics and skew the general idea here that this place is decentralized

[–] untrainedtribble 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean yeah but this is most likely a prank of some kind. I have some familiarity with four square churches and they don’t use terms like “go raw” haha

[–] untrainedtribble 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s a book called “chasing failure” by Ryan Leek that covers this really well. When you reframe what failure and success look like to you it opens up a lot of opportunities you’d never know were there!

[–] untrainedtribble 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ll have to rewatch that scene but I’ve watched the episode twice. It wasn’t my impression that he accidentally stabbed himself but that M’Benga was pushed to defend himself and stabbed him, thus finishing his mission on J’Gal.

I know some people feel that M’Benga killing Dak’Rah felt disingenuous to Trek but I actually liked seeing that even though these characters are diplomatic and controlled have their limits of humanity and right and wrong and that some atrocities truly are unforgivable. The characters aren’t perfect and make mistakes and I like that - I feel like it’s a more accurate representation of humanities struggle for peace.

[–] untrainedtribble 13 points 2 years ago

Had a bad spout of insomnia mainly due to extremely high stress levels. I was sleeping 1-3 hours max every night for months. I somehow still got the minimum amount of work done but I was a zombie and have basically no recollection of what I did during that time. I ended up having sleep depravation psychosis essentially and when I would sleep and have any thought or dream, I thought it was absolutely real.

Strangest thing I did during that time was probably dropping my kids off at school and leaving them (this was during summer break). That was eye opening for me.

I’m thankfully in a much better place now. Still high stress job and a lot of anxiety that I carry with me home but I’m working on it!

[–] untrainedtribble 9 points 2 years ago

I agree completely. I don’t want all TOS characters to take over, at least for another 2-3 seasons. I’m loving M’Benga’s character and would hate for a McCoy to come in to replace him. There’s a nice opening for Scotty to come into the picture without any character currently in that role but I also want this series to stand on its own. I love how the writers have gone back to an episodic series. It just works so well for trek

[–] untrainedtribble 2 points 2 years ago

Absolutely. I’ve been saying for years that Rodgers’ predictability on receives held him back. Loves unpredictability makes him dangerous for defenses

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