It’s all a simulation 
https://mobile.twitter.com/fred035schultz/status/1358178430722965513
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Recycling animations has been a common practice because it saves a lot of money.
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No, he’s not even close to being right. There are literal reams of information to be reviewed. Normal reviews of new drugs take thousands of person-hours.
still wondering what nate is wrong about. Not re: vaccines, but “his job” which is what the tweet-dunker was dunking on him about and what riverman (along with half of twitter any time nate tweets anything) complains about like 2x/week.
This is not a normal drug review. We can dispense with that argument right away.
Massive amounts of resources are available and the data didn’t suddenly become available yesterday or whatever. This same kind of analysis has been done twice before even.
It may be as quick as the government is able to, but it’s by no means as fast as possible.
No, goddammit, I’m not. I recently listened to Politics is Power by Eitan Hersch, and while he is at times infuriatingly both-sidesy, he is 100% correct about political hobbyism. It’s bullshit, and it describes what a large part of this forum does: focus on juicy national issues that we can do nothing about, post and tweet about it, keep on scrolling, for hours a day.
That time and attention can be better used working locally to help people and causes that need it. I’ve had a lot of spare time lately, so I’ve been paying attention to both national issues and local politics. I’m hoping that when I’m back at work, I can focus more on the local side. I’ve reached out to a couple of activist friends (retired engineers) to gather ideas for where I can help, and joined a few groups. It’s inspiring to see that there are lots of dedicated people working on local issues, and instead of checking out, I will be joining them.
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I hate my Nextdoor and don’t want to mix with my city on politics. If I worked on local politics, I’d interlope somewhere else.
For me, the state and local Democratic Party organizations, as well as the state legislature are so stale and corrupt that I want to work with groups that are pressuring them to reform. I’m moving to a more urban neighborhood, but it’s still got a lot of wealthy white people, so I may have to go looking for opportunities outside my immediate neighborhood.
I don’t go on Nextdoor much, but I’ve very rarely seen anything political in their emails. Mostly just videos of coyotes, eagles, and fishers lately. But asking my friends what they’re up to has been eye-opening and fruitful just in a couple of weeks.
Most serious urban violence is concentrated among less than 1 percent of a city’s population. So why are we still criminalizing whole areas?
what could it be??? it’s a mystery, we’ll never know.
I’m on 300. Can you describe how it changed your life? I’m curious what I’m looking for.
When I thought it was just removing those random moments of sadness, I figured, “well that doesn’t seem like much, but those things do take the wind out of your sails - so maybe that’s is actually a big deal”.
But yesterday I was in a pissy mood for no reason and like wtf Wellbutrin. But then I went for a long walk and wrote a tough passage in my book I’d been avoiding (which I think may have been the source of annoyance at myself) - and feel much better today.
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Wonder what they stole. That Prius with the girl driving doesn’t seem like it would have a killer subwoofer. Computer maybe?
https://mobile.twitter.com/vistaprint11/status/1358148620759953408
If this is true I guess it makes sense. But how would they know so much expensive stuff was in the backpack?
https://mobile.twitter.com/aaronbrickley/status/1358189882280013828
Ok looks like this is confirmed.
But also the plate is registered to a Honda Accord - the type of car used. So these either the car is stolen or these guys are gonna get busted.
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I don’t want to be accused of trying to cast myself as some sort of guru, but, basically I have had treatment-resistant major depression since I was 16 or so. I also have ADHD (which wellbutrin is a treatment for) but only discovered that fairly recently.
The wellbutrin, at first, got rid of all my “symptoms” like lack of motivation, not caring about appearance or keeping things clean, excessive sleepiness and fatigue (that was my major one). Wellbutrin gives this weird energy burst that just immediately let me take care of stuff.
Later on I lost that energy burst from the med itself, but my depression definitely lessened to where it is tolerable even on the worst days. However I was also having anger problems and extreme irritability at times when on the drug - so about a year and a half ago they supplemented it with a mood stabilizer called abilify.
This combo has just been the absolute nuts for me. I feel very zen and not as easily riled up as I used to be. It’s quite hard to get a rise out of me now. I’m sure almost everyone can remember a time when I have lost my temper - but, these incidents are much rarer these days. I used to get in arguments and fights constantly.
Not saying you need something like that, but in the first 6 weeks of taking wellbutrin my depression always worsens. It takes about 2 months to get full effects I think. I’d give it 3 to make any judgments about it, but that’s just me. It can take a long time to find the right medication combination, everyone’s different.
ETA: I have been on wellbutrin since 2013. One time a doctor took me off of it and my depression spiraled. It’s the only thing that works on me. I’ve taken all of them.
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Thanks this helps me understand.
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I highly recommend The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
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no problem, good luck, and if you ever pop in the mental health thread, it has a lot of people with a lot of experience with this stuff.
I’m convinced everyone’s issues are treatable, and everyone deserves that. It’s a real shame it’s so expensive getting good care.
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https://twitter.com/MsDivaOfficial/status/1357997808851316736
Wtf - how is this a thing? Also lol at the champagne cannabis guy. Gonna guess that’s not the only thing that paid for that house.
It kills me to see people with that much money living in shitty McMansions.
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I could swear I remember some of those sequences from Tom and Jerry cartoons but way too lazy to confirm.
Kills you tragic or kills you ha-ha?
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