Sticky rice with braised pork belly, Chinese roasted pork, pork liver pate and a fried egg. Hanoi, Vietnam
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“I want my boyfriend to go back to how he was”
I am overweight. I am not extremely insecure, but I do not love my body either. My boyfriend has always been thin. Earlier in our relationship, I made some comments I regret, like saying he was not really “hot,” just cute, and that in different circumstances I might not have dated him. I apologized, but he clearly took it to heart.
A few months later, he became very focused on the gym and eating healthy. When we go out, he always orders the healthiest option or sometimes will not eat at all if there is nothing that fits his plan. He says he is still close enough to his calorie goal and that missing some days is not a big deal.
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How I Escaped the Conspiracy Theory Rabbit Hole
I didn’t make plans for my life after 2012 because I genuinely wasn’t sure the world as I knew it would still exist.
I didn’t necessarily believe everyone would die on December 21. My expectations were more nebulous than that. Maybe a hidden planet called Nibiru would pass through the solar system and cause a catastrophic pole shift. Maybe aliens would reveal themselves. Maybe humanity would experience a metaphysical transformation and enter a higher state of consciousness.
Whatever happened, I was convinced it would permanently change everything. College, careers, retirement plans—all of it seemed irrelevant when the existing world was about to be replaced by something else.
I had been falling down conspiracy-theory rabbit holes for years.
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Poll of the Day
Linkage
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose – NYTimes
27 People Reveal the Economic Warning Signs They’re Seeing at Work – Ned Hardy
Great shampoo if your hair is thinning and you want it to look fuller and give your scalp a really clean feel, – Amazon
Nearly $200 Billion Worth of Data Center Projects Have Been Blocked or Delayed This Year – Gizmodo
The reason your face looks wrong in photos – PopSci
Adopt This Data Center Plushie and Hear Its Piercing Scream – Archive.ph
Toyota Recalls 1993 Camry Due To Fact That Owners Really Should Have Bought Something New By Now – The Onion
25 Memes to Pair With Your Free-Floating Dread – Ned Hardy
An easy, thoughtful read about how to spend your money in ways that actually make your life richer, not just your bank account bigger. – Amazon
We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose – Archive.ph
The IRS Is Cracking Down on a Favorite Way the Ultrawealthy Pass On Money – WSJ
The unsettling rise of grandmAIslop – Archive.ph
AI ‘Actress’ Tilly Norwood Glitches and Abruptly Starts Speaking Cantonese During Piers Morgan Interview – People
iPhone 18 Scammer in Japan Exposed by Shop Owner’s Simple Magnetic Paper Trick – Reddit
The Dumping Grounds
“My wife has been mad about the feather in Forrest Gump for nine years”
My wife and I have had a small debate going for about nine years, and she finally asked me to post it here so Reddit can settle it.
When I was about seven, I watched Forrest Gump on VHS at home and loved it. After that, I watched it pretty much every year whenever it was on free TV here in Germany. I still love it today, and I cannot wait to show it to my son someday. Hopefully he does not hate it.
Like with most of my favorite movies and shows that my wife had never seen, I eventually watched it with her.
There was just one problem.
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The Private Shame of Being a Virgin at 40
I’m approaching 40, and I’ve never had sex.
More difficult to admit is that I’ve never really experienced intimacy of any kind. I don’t know what it feels like to have someone reach for my hand because she wants to. I’ve never fallen asleep next to a woman, kissed someone goodnight, or felt another person’s body relax against mine. I’ve never had anyone look at me in that unmistakable way that says, I choose you.
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Poll of the Day
Which would you rather have happen?
“I lost my savings, my fiancée’s money. How do I come back from this?”
I’m 28 and make $57,000 a year working support at a software company. I’m at a point where I genuinely don’t know what to do next, and I need perspectives from outside my own head.
Three years ago, I was $60,000 in debt and working two jobs. I lived cheaply, worked constantly, traded gold on the side, and eventually paid off everything. At the beginning of this year, I had no debt and $20,000 to $30,000 saved. I felt like I had finally turned a corner.
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