Yikesaroni! Congrats on making it through.

I drive as little as I can these days, but I used to drive a lot in Chicago. Talk about aggression! It's like a game everyone is playing and you get points by being the biggest asshole who.

I live in Portland now and driving here for the first time was a real eye-opener. Still terrible in it's own ways! But at least the drivers seem to want to cooperate for safe trips all around, for the most part.

Fuck cars.

AROOOOOOO YOU KNOW ILL BE CRANKING HOGS AND THANKIN LOGS ALL WEEKEND LONG HELL YEAH TGIFF!

THE EXTRA F IS FOR FUCKING.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME MFERS.

Not everyone operates in typical ways. Isn’t it also possible that someone started the telegram in hopes like-minded folks would join?

If a fire alarm is pulled, assume there’s a fire.

I’m with you as far as “humans deserve food that won’t make ‘em sick, regardless of circumstances” but expired food can often still be fine - you just are outside of the manufacturer’s guarantee that it should still be good.

When I gotta choose between “expired food” and “nothing”, I choose to give expired food the visual + sniff + small taste test before consuming.

Tinnitus sucks!

But for anyone new to it - something helpful for me is to know that tinnitus/the ringing itself can’t physically harm you or anyone you care about.

Sup, Ganesh! I’m HandOfDumb :) This is a neat question you’ve asked and I’m stoked to see more answers.

I was raised in Catholicism, though my family has, largely, stopped following that specific religion so closely (though many are still religious). I don’t follow any specific religion and am unsure what I consider myself - atheist fits well enough!

Somethings that stick for me are many of the kindnesses that live within bible stories. There’s a lot of good stuff in there, of course! And most of (what I consider to be) the good stuff is along the lines of being a good person. But some of it is kinda off-beat.

Like, there’s a bit in there about a proclamation that people should forgive debts after some seemingly arbitrary amount of time (seven years?) and that really jibed with me. Not the time part, but just forgiving pals/family you might have loaned money to. If I spot a friend $5 for something, I’m not going to hold it against them and ask them to repay. If they do repay? Great! But I will never expect it and I will not be offended if they do not.

Similarly with larger sums. If I’m okay to loan it to someone, I’m okay to lose it.

Anyhoo, I think it’s awesome that you like cows :) they remind me of big ol’ dogs and I like them very much. They can teach us more than they can fill our bellies, I think!

I dunno my favorite, but my most used in daily conversation is…

“Careful, man - there’s a beverage here!”

There’s tons of good comments here. Mine will echo some! I just wanted to share my experience.

I have three hobbies that I’ve explored since moving to a new city in my 30s - axe throwing, pinball, and making music.

I found a local axe league and joined for a season. One season has become four :) The people I throw axes with are wonderful and varied. While we may not have crossed paths otherwise, they’re fine folks and I consider many my friends.

I went to a local pinball bar for a casual tournament and have been going every other week since. It a supportive community and I’ve had a great time learning about the games and learning about the folks on my various teams.

I answered a Craigslist ad for a band looking for another member. We’ve clicked quite well and have practices together, go out together, record together, and even play shows!

Exploring your own hobbies in some sort of structured way might be a good step in your own quest :) Good luck!

We've all been there.

My wife has a few things she tries - success varies from migraine to migraine....

• She has flexible ice pack hats she keeps in the freezer.
• She chugs water.
• She chugs caffeine.
• She smokes/eats weed.
• She takes a caffeine pill, l-theanine (for caffeine jitters), acetaminophen, and ibuprofen and tries to nap before they kick in.
• She does the usual dark room, no screens thing.

Good luck! I hope you find some relief soon :)

This might be rudimentary for some folks, but anyone like me: meet with counselors regularly to make sure you're on-track for graduation!

I was my own counselor. I used the course catalogs to determine what courses I needed to take to graduate. I thought I was doing well til I found (during what I assumed was my last semester) that I needed additional math credits and anothet credit in some other weird category to graduate. I took summer courses of Pre-Calc and Bowling to graduate a semester later than expected.

The idea of international travel with weed scares the hell outta me.

What happens if you get caught depends on the country, really! But you're likely to be in the shit since it's international.

This is all just my opinion. I'm not a lawyer.

Like, so many people travel with drugs - most successfully. I've known many folks who claim to have taken their vapes or shit internationally and been fine.

It's not like the authorities can catch everyone who has a cartridge or a few edibles or whatever. But what about the people that do get caught? Maybe most get a slap on the wrist, but I'd be super nervous to become someone who is made an example of.

I'm sure most countries you may get caught in can toss hefty international drug trafficking charges at ya if they wanted and, while it's not likey to stick...you're still getting charged internationally and that'll complicate things for as long as that whole process takes. Lawyers, courts, possible jail time....not worth it, to me. And shit, if it does stick? Big yikes. And that's gonna fuck everything up later if you ever wanna travel internationally again, what with a record and all. Not to mention the monetary expenses.

I know I sound like a Nervous Pervis but I'd definitely advise big-time caution with international travel and weed. I'm even scared to drive through all the states of my home country (looking at you, Idaho USA) because of the whacky shit cops can do to fuck up your life over some edibles.

I have heard of folks relying solely on edibles that look like other things. Mints come to mind. Anything that looks and smells like Altoids might as well be Altoids, right?

Anyhoo, flying domestically is another story. I live in a legal state, so it seems like it'd be fine to bring a few packs of edibles and a vape on domestic flights, lol. Figure if one gets caught in security going out, they make ya toss it. Flying back home out of an illegal state though, I'd make sure any weed is good and gone before security, as I hear they defer to local law enforcement and that could be bad.

Good luck to you on your travels!