I've actually said, "interesting if true," to stories I've gotten second-hand, and it works great because the person repeating the story will then hypothesize on the trustworthiness of the original storyteller.
My favorite reaction was, "Well, I heard it from (name), who we both know is a liar, but it was too funny not to share."
I once said to an employee, "Have a peaceful rest of your shift!" And he said, "You, too," and I didn't turn away fast enough and I watched his soul leave his body.
I didn't really mean it to imply that you get respect, so much as it's more obvious that you're a real, authentic person. People will give more weight to someone they know is a real person, versus a bot. Or a shill.
I actually suspected that this was part of all this.
Real humans with lots of karma, some of it perhaps built up from before they started fucking with karma? Who might say something other than what the paid sponsors want?
I think this is an intentional move to try and get rid of anyone with any authenticity who isn't a bot or a shill.
It's just my little conspiracy. People with accounts like my old one would be very undesirable (lots of karma, ancient account age, not a capitalist stooge.)
I hope that you're not feeling genuinely suicidal currently. I've had to explain to people in the past that having a "way out" can be comforting enough to keep depressed folks from being suicidal, but if it ever gets to be too much, I'm here for you. You can shoot me a DM.
Please keep in mind that medication does have negative side effects you'll need to manage. It's not a golden bullet. But it's very, very, very helpful to those of us it helps (I'm one)! I hope you get the results you're looking for!
Treatment for ADHD is (not always, but often) stimulant medication. There's no herb you can grow at home to treat that, and that's a good thing, because the stuff we use to treat ADHD apparently turns neurotypicals into addicts.
That's the problem with racist bullshit. They scrape the racism off and peddle it everywhere until it's widely accepted and not tied to it's roots anymore.
In November, the boyfriend and I went ahead and pulled the trigger on replacing both of our aging laptops (even though it was a bit earlier than I'd like- I just play a lot of Stardew Valley, I don't really need anything fancy).
Thank goodness for that. I'm sad other people won't have been as fortunate.
flicker @ flicker @lemmy.dbzer0.com Posts 3Comments 457Joined 7 mo. ago
The zipper in th3 back also helps if you have a big chest and don't want it bifurcated by a zipper.
And you can't put that same zipper (if it goes all the way up the back) on the side... if you have wide hips.
So at least that still has reason to exist.
Source: my own body and never wearing a front-faced zipper after seeing why we don't do that.