It would have to sound like a jet engine. I have an induction burner and I cook most everything at 600 watts.

Does system 76 do a bad job? I’ve looked at their prices, which are high, but haven’t heard anything bad about them.

I want to go away for a while Away for a while Because the things that I have seen Are turning me into a shitty human being

Do you mean aplotinic with promising sexual partners (presumably women)? or, are you generally aplotinic, as in you lack interest in friendships with anyone?

Thanks for sharing. I definitely find people far more attractive once I get to know them than as strangers.

Yeah! It’s an intersectional, social issue. I’ve had just a couple woman adamantly insist to me that men could not be friends with women, in a completely platonic way.

I think they are wrong, in an absolute sense, but in popular Western society, they are right 8 times out of 10.

I very much agree. I had to be told this, myself, before I really understood that I’d allowed a toxic sort of personality trait to cultivate.

I hate that this is satire but also pretty much true. Men are not generally socialized to recognize uncomplicated, unsexual fondness for a woman.

Here is my face, sir.

Get a bidet, friend

I wonder which would win in a boxing match?

Sorry, I just woke up

calls out of work and books a ticket to Casseroya Lake.

Can confirm, “my lesbian experience with loneliness” is gold. I’d recommend it even to people who aren’t accustomed to reading comics or manga. Masterpiece autobiographical literature.

I’ve read most of these. Here are my unsolicited reviews:

“I’m in love with the villainous?” I read the first 2 books, and the flipped perspective companion series. It’s almost genius in the way it stops to directly address the reader and break down the lesbian experience directly in a meta sort of way, but ultimately it is a wish fulfillment lesbian fantasy that doesn’t take it’s fictional conciet to it’s natural endpoint, imo (the main character is a lovable psycho, and they don’t really reckon with the psycho part. I really wish they would.)

“The guy I was interested in wasn’t a guy at all” Best manga art I’ve seen in a long time. It oozes style and pretty, simple queerness. The format is not as long. It’s more like a weekly strip, sometimes, and my biggest fault with it is I wanted to see longer plot arcs play out uninterrupted. I could just flip through pages of this manga without reading and melt at all the pretty stars, interesting expressions, and stylish outfits. Maybe, if I could complain about one thing, everyone is so hot in this manga that it legit is a bit annoying.

“Yamada and Kase-san” is very, very cute. It’s wholesome, not overly dramatic, and very gay. The characters aren’t anything too new, but it manages to feel more authentic than most other slice of life Yuri manga. The art is great, too.

“Bloom into you.” I’ve tried so many times to read this one, because everyone recommends it constantly, but I think I’ve got too much dude energy or something because I don’t like it. Sorry!

Anyway, read them all, peeps.

Not gonna lie, that looks fun as hell to play on

This is not a service I personally use, but I’ve thought about it: services like mysudo let you select and create new phone numbers. https://anonyome.com/individuals/mysudo-plans/

In your situation I might research and select a service like this. Then create a few disposable numbers. Give one to your trusted friends and family, another to employers and banks, etc, and the third to anyone else you need to contact.

Once you’ve transitioned everything important to the new numbers, get yourself a new phone number, and don’t give it to anyone. Maybe just your parents, for emergencies.

This has 2 downsides and 2 big advantages I can see.

Cons:

1, it cost you monthly. I think 3 numbers from mysudo is like $5 a month

2, it’s a pain to transition folks to your new number.

Pros:

1, if your stalker finds one of your new numbers, it’s easier to change them.

2, you can narrow down who it might be. Like, if you have a number dedicated to work contacts and the stalker starts texting it, you know they either are a coworker or got it from a coworker.

I think Google voice can also give you some free numbers, so look into that. Good luck!

I got ratted out by the thumbnail 😢

I know right? It’s just a total waste of everyone’s time.

Omigosh Lois! The enlarging ray is hitting me right in my wiener! Oh no!

I mean no offense, but it sounds like you have poorly developed social skills. I used to as well.

You could try reframing it in your mind:

It’s not faking, it’s practice.

If you pick up an instrument for the first time to practice, you will sound terrible, and possibly be discouraged, but if you practice for hundreds of hours you’ll be able to play it for real.

Babies and children aren’t born knowing how to express interest or sympathize. You certainly weren’t. Children have to learn how to do this. It is possible that you need to practice if you want to build intimate relationships. There is no shortcut to this.