^ this. There is so much chronic pain in my family at all ages. Not to mention rampant diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and severe mental illness. Most of the men on my moms side didn't live much past 60 that we're aware of. And that's just the stuff i know of!
I have no doubt there's plenty more that people took to the grave without disclosing, or never knew about for themselves because they never saw a doctor in their lives.
I very much spent a few years "developing the Death Star" as it were. And I don't at all regret it. It was some of the most fulfilling research of my life and it taught me a lot of useful skills and has informed my life view. But I'll also always remember what one of my mentors explained to me before putting me in for certain paperwork: Anyone with a soul turns to either activism or alcoholism. And... I am definitely a bit of column A and a bit of column B if you catch my drift.
As someone actively working on getting out from "developing the death star", you hit the nail on the head. I don't regret having done the work, and i learned a lot, but I'm burnt out (mentally and emotionally) and its past time for me to leave.
I wont begrudge someone taking the opportunity. Its a fantastic way to start in IT; get a SEC+ or NET+ cert, more or less guaranteed contractor job if you can get clearance. But it is absolutely still a deal with the devil, and you will get burned if you stick around too long.
Imma be real, peas in gravy are delicious in the same way corn is in mashed potatoes. Adds a sort of poppable texture that just goes well with the flavor
All animated, very much not cutesy little kid stuff. War, trauma, death, PTSD for soldiers, all of it. Its also something special to watch a sith lord murder their way out of a ship using nothing but the force.
Edit: oh, movies, my bad. Hmm, thats a little trickier for me.
Some lifestyle, with a lot of family history of chronic pain (and a lot of other stuff) that i am about 10 years overdue to actually see a doctor to be on the lookout for.
^ this. There is so much chronic pain in my family at all ages. Not to mention rampant diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and severe mental illness. Most of the men on my moms side didn't live much past 60 that we're aware of. And that's just the stuff i know of!
I have no doubt there's plenty more that people took to the grave without disclosing, or never knew about for themselves because they never saw a doctor in their lives.