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- Comment on How am I supposed to decide who to vote for in local elections? 4 weeks ago:
Have you tried contacting them with questions about issues that concern you?
- Comment on Oddly specific question 2 months ago:
One side is fearful while the other is merely worried. Does that feel like loaded language to anybody else or am I being paranoid about subconscious manipulation by the media?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Panhandling is just asking for money. Every celebrity, politician, school, charity, church, library, little league sports team, etc I can think of has done that at one point or another. I have worked in office environments where people have come around looking for donations for this thing or that.
How are you defining panhandling and why would it be any different than other forms of soliciting for donations? Because it sounds like your question is about policing a group of people and not an action.
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- Comment on Is this it? Is there anything more to life, am I missing something? 10 months ago:
It sounds like you are describing depression. Here are some things that help me when I get to feeling like this. It’s not easy to do when battling with low energy and a lack of motivation, but they help.
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Do more outdoor activities. Normally in the form of walks, or biking to nearby locations instead of driving.
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Drink more water. Basically, I just have a glass of water before drinking anything else.
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Eat better. Nothing too extreme, I make an effort to prepare more foods at home and include more vegetables.
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Change things. I’m not talking about a life change. Rearrange furniture, put up some different wall art, change your lighting, swap out the background images on your computers and / or mobile devices, etc.
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Spend time with your thoughts. I would try to spend about 15 minutes to an hour each day sitting in silence, with no distractions. I don’t force any thoughts. I just wait to see what bubbles to the surface. It usually helps me identify problem areas that I need to focus on.
It is also possible that you have started down a life path that you feel you are “supposed” to pursue and not necessarily a path that you want to pursue.
It could also be that you are burned out between school, work, and social obligations. Making more time for yourself or taking some time off, if that is an option, might help.
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- Comment on Why actors are smoking in movies and tv shows? 10 months ago:
Here’s my theory that is based on no research whatsoever:
Cigarette companies used to pay to have characters smoke in movies and TV shows. This would cultivate a social acceptance and “cool factor” around smoking. During the 80s and 90s, this practice came under fire and smoking in movies and TV dramatically dropped to the point of almost being non-existent.
Then time passed, vaping became popular, and people stopped caring about the impact of normalizing or even glorifying smoking. So the practice of paying studios to have characters smoke started to return. Nobody said anything, so it is becoming common place again.
It doesn’t matter if it is unhealthy, it is profitable.