What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)

[fohat.digs]

Now what is up with posting pictures?

For quite a while it has been 505 but after multiple "Resend" and "Refresh" they would go through.

Now it seems to be straight-up 403 "Forbidden"

Any new news on this?

[phinix]

I keep having those errors recently, like for last few weeks.

[noisyturtle]

You ever think you see your phone screen lighting up in the corner of your eye but instead it is just the reflection off a ceramic drink coaster, or worse yet, a blank white index card laying flat on the table.

[tp4tissue]

When the fone screen lights up, it's always work, nothing good has ever happened.

[phinix]

When the fone screen lights up, it's always work, nothing good has ever happened.

I get that when a phone rings - never a good thing. Nobody calls me, my phone rings maybe once a month, but never someone I know.

[fohat.digs]

There were only dial telephones in my life until I was an adult.
Before there were little screens displaying the caller's number (~1980s?) you never knew who was calling you until you picked up.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID

[tp4tissue]

I was halfway along with my life before I could see who was on the other end of the phone when it rang.

Tp4 wants to say, it was because of Capitalism, but Fohat might want to expand on what he means.

[phinix]

There were only dial telephones in my life until I was an adult.
Before there were little screens displaying the caller's number (~1980s?) you never knew who was calling you until you picked up.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID

I miss those days...
When you were out, you were out and nobody could hunt you down on a phone. You were available under a phone from home, or work. Life was easier, now everyone expects you to pick up your mobile phone anywhere you are.

[tp4tissue]

Is lifting ~75-100lbs overhead commonly possible for women?

Not a bar, rather a, flat rectangular object.

[iri]

There were only dial telephones in my life until I was an adult.
Before there were little screens displaying the caller's number (~1980s?) you never knew who was calling you until you picked up.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID

I miss those days...
When you were out, you were out and nobody could hunt you down on a phone. You were available under a phone from home, or work. Life was easier, now everyone expects you to pick up your mobile phone anywhere you are.

To each their own, I just don't pick up a call if I don't want to.

[fohat.digs]

Four tech executives have been sworn into the US Army.

As Lieutenant Colonels. No boot Camp. No training. Nothing to reinforce that the oath they just took is, you know, AN OATH. As if anyone in this admin cared anyway.

Instead, they'll be ushered in through express training that Army leaders are still hashing out, Col. Dave Butler, a spokesman for the chief of staff of the Army, said in a phone interview with Business Insider.

So the Army is still working out what training they will get, but meanwhile they have rank and presumably pay? And are in the chain of command? They will serve two weeks a year like reservists?

The execs — Shyam Sankar, the chief technology officer of Palantir; Andrew Bosworth, the chief technology officer of Meta; Kevin Weil, the chief product officer at OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, an advisor at Thinking Machines Lab who was formerly the chief research officer for OpenAI — are joining the Army as lieutenant colonels as part of an effort to turbocharge tech innovation and adoption, according to an Army press statement.

[tp4tissue]

That's what Tp4 has been saying all along,  this is an INTERNAL decision to go full on fascist. This is not some fluke.

Democrats = Republicans.

The more you focus on dump, the more you fail to see that the POISON was already systemic. dump is just the fall guy, a shield for the internal imperialist regime.

Doesn't matter who you vote for.

Democrat = War
Republican = War
Bernie Sanders = Probably war, but "best of the bunch"
AOC = 100% war, she has 0 credibility/cachet among washington elites, they'll bend her to say, do it or we kill you, and she's got nothing, exactly the same position as Obama.

Beware the military industrialist influence, Eisenhower.

[fohat.digs]

Beware the military industrialist influence, Eisenhower.

In my opinion, Eisenhower was the last great Republican president, in spite of his toleration of CIA policies in the 3rd world. But he did know to keep us out of French Indochina.

[tp4tissue]

In my opinion, Eisenhower was the last great Republican president, in spite of his toleration of CIA policies in the 3rd world. But he did know to keep us out of French Indochina.

Pretty much all American presidents are war mongers, short of the few founding fathers. Even then, debatable.

It doesn't really come down to their personality or core belief, our system is set up to be imperialist. That's all it's ever been.

The president SERVES corporations.

[noisyturtle]

I already have sever sleeping issues, and now I'm on this anxiety medication that enhances all of them. I've averaged about 2-3hrs of sleep a night for the past 5 days and my entire body is, like, buzzing and tingling and I'm slurring speech a tad. Insomnia. Fun stuff. 

[phinix]

I already have sever sleeping issues, and now I'm on this anxiety medication that enhances all of them. I've averaged about 2-3hrs of sleep a night for the past 5 days and my entire body is, like, buzzing and tingling and I'm slurring speech a tad. Insomnia. Fun stuff. 

I feel sorry for you dude, sleep deprivation is very exhausting and painful at some level.

[tp4tissue]

I already have sever sleeping issues, and now I'm on this anxiety medication that enhances all of them. I've averaged about 2-3hrs of sleep a night for the past 5 days and my entire body is, like, buzzing and tingling and I'm slurring speech a tad. Insomnia. Fun stuff. 

I feel sorry for you dude, sleep deprivation is very exhausting and painful at some level.

Can also often trigger suicidal ideation.

Root cause isn't ne1 thing. It's the totality of the system we live in which create these maladies. There is no way out unless you actively / intelligently educate oneself and disconnect.

[fohat.digs]

I already have sever sleeping issues,

Are you still exercising? I find that I sleep much better after significant physical exertion during the day.
 

[noisyturtle]

I already have sever sleeping issues,

Are you still exercising? I find that I sleep much better after significant physical exertion during the day.
 

I'm maintaining my 3x a week, but due to fatigue the time I spend each go has been reduced by about 20 mins. So I'm losing an hour a week of gym due to fatigue. The medication has also caused me to gain back some significant weight in a short time, about 15lbs in 2 months.

[Findecanor]

In my opinion, Eisenhower was the last great Republican president, in spite of his toleration of CIA policies in the 3rd world. But he did know to keep us out of French Indochina.

I enjoyed this tipsy bartender's account of US best and worst presidents and what they liked to drink:

Not his ranking. He got it from a research institute who made it from compiling multiple rankings and sources.

More

Eisenhower: #6 best.
Trump, based on his first term only: #3 worst, beaten only by the presidents who campaigned for slavery and got USA into its civil war, or fouled up after Lincoln.

[tp4tissue]

75 is too cold, 78 is perfect.

[noisyturtle]

I already have sever sleeping issues,

Are you still exercising? I find that I sleep much better after significant physical exertion during the day.
 

I'm maintaining my 3x a week, but due to fatigue the time I spend each go has been reduced by about 20 mins. So I'm losing an hour a week of gym due to fatigue. The medication has also caused me to gain back some significant weight in a short time, about 15lbs in 2 months.

hmm, my downsized clothes I got fit looser. On the tightest belt loop, and lrg shirts fit loose around the waist. Perhaps it is muscle weight? Then why the hell did I drop down so much weight in 6 months then all the muscle built up in 2 months when I started slacking off on my routine? That doesn't make sense. Less gym time, but heavier lifts = 15lbs of muscle in 2 months? Can that math be correcvt?

[tp4tissue]

Less gym time, but heavier lifts = 15lbs of muscle in 2 months? Can that math be correcvt?

Muscle absent special circumstances, steroids, etc,  only builds at around 5-7 lb per year

Not counting bone, you're mostly water. If you see large fluctuations in a short time, it's mostly water, influenced by many things, medications, etc.