The avocados I was used to in South America were really flavorful and I ate them raw. Now I'm in Europe and they're tiny and bland, though I still eat them raw.

Fight swastikas with loss

I wanted to try that in my home town in the tropics but I observed that anything underground fills with water immediately and even overground structures end up suffering water damage that's very resistant to most measures I've seen.

Still wondering what's best for those kind of climates.

Wait, I'm not "young people"? (37)

Mom did this to me also. On the same day of her radical mastectomy. I had no idea she had breast cancer.

The surgery went ok at least.

The theory is about millenials having wallets. You're not a millenial and you don't have a wallet. No contradictions here.

I don't like it, haven't really needed it, prefer public transport and have terrible motor skills.

I really enjoyed reading your story. It's honest about your faults and kind to yourself at the same time. I hope I can find a way to see my own life in a similar way.

I get it, most of my life I've had episodes that are more like yours, and my brain just found this and it doesn't want to let go for a reason. The first couple of months I thought it was the best escape, but once I realized I couldn't stop, I've been despairing. I feel like I'm going mad but more quietly rather than explosively.

Daydreaming. I'm sick of it, but I keep going there.

I like that Cory Doctorow is pretty open about having been scammed despite being quite well informed, because it really can happen to anyone. It just takes the right convergence of factors.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/

I managed to eradicate them from my garden but it was a pain. I still have nightmares where I'd keep pulling them out and they'd grow bigger and bigger roots until there was nothing else left.

So after all that, I don't even perceive them as pretty anymore.