spankinspinach
@spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Thicc 3 weeks ago:
That’s just good planning
- Comment on For your consideration 5 weeks ago:
Sorry I don’t understand this new standard, can I please have a banana for scale?
- Comment on Can I still consider myself a “young woman” after I turn 24? I turn 24 in March (next month). 1 month ago:
So much of life is mindset. My momma is in her later senior years and still acts 25 in many ways (in a good way lol)
- Comment on Can I still consider myself a “young woman” after I turn 24? I turn 24 in March (next month). 1 month ago:
As you get older, ppl younger than you just seem youthful at ages you’ve already passed. You’re very young yet, don’t even be stressing it for a long time to come
- Comment on Sooo, where did the blatant Nazism suddenly come from? 1 month ago:
Bruh. Whether or not they are Nazi’s isn’t the crux of the issue. The fact that they are invoking Nazi symbolism and behaviours at all is the issue, and any self-respecting American should take issue with the invocation of something Americans claim they helped destroy (to be clear, fascism and Nazism in WW2).
- Comment on A daunting realization 1 month ago:
Pfft, next you’re going to be selling me on the idea that we’re all made of carbon
- Comment on Uniquely American 2 months ago:
Typical indicators of headlessness may include inability to think clearly, vertigo, deaf- or blindness, and in serious cases, death.
If you think you’re experiencing headlnessness, gesture wildly towards the doctor’s office to a friend. If you are also experiencing armlessness, please press #2.
- Comment on Do you need to adjust your speedometer if you change the size of your tires? 2 months ago:
Not OP, but I come from a place where this is the case. Can confirm, it is a valid observation
- Comment on People who live in hot climates, how do you deal with the heat? 2 months ago:
Ironically, I’m Canadian and am more likely to die in the humid heat than the brutal cold 😂 granted, wet cold like you’ll find in Chicago and Toronto are special kinds of hell, no thank you
- Comment on Not promoting violence or anything. But stupid quest since Iran has an 80 million bounty on Trumps head. If someone would follow thru do they just go to Iran and be like pay up? Why or why not? 3 months ago:
I think they’d set you up pretty nice - nice digs and lots of play money. Not 80 mil, but enough to not work and have some real fun. Taking out the leader of a sworn enemy is doing them a solid. Fully agreed you’d be their pet for life though
- Comment on I don't have a purpose in life and feel like a robot. This cannot be good for my mental health, but I don't know how or what to change. How do I change? 4 months ago:
I’ll piggy back on your comment, I was gonna say something similar.
With only the information you provided, it sounds like you’re potentially navigating some high functioning depression, maybe some meaninglessness. They can go hand in hand, and much of the joy of life is lost when/if you’re depressed with no personally meaningful direction.
Therapy is a good starting point, or even just some gentle self analysis of what may have led you to these feelings (as opposed to the symptoms of it, which it looks to me like what you described).
It’s a process, and it can take a very long time to learn how to be gentle enough to listen to yourself without judgement. So in addition to therapy, I’d add meditation to allow yourself space and journaling with personally directed questions (e.g., what do I feel, what may have led me to feel this way) that might grant you insights. Dig for what means something to you, and find a way to make it your reality.
One final thought - do try getting out there and connecting. It’s hard, irritating, and exhausting. But sometimes we spend so much time in our own space/heads that we ruminate ourselves into a quagmire. Ppl and activities corner that rumination to fewer hours of the day, and gives us a break from our own thoughts.
As poster above said, you’re not even 40 - lots of years of beauty, hope and meaning to be found and loved, though it can take time to really get there :)
All the best, OP
- Comment on Writing tip: just start brain dumping 4 months ago:
A good intro captivates the reader, drawing them in and leaving them wanting more. This is functionally a masterclass in good writing.
- Comment on how do you workout when you don't have much time? 4 months ago:
Yup, second on this one. Exact same change made, and the gf and I love it. We even walk when it’s minus 20 (though after that we’ll drive). Many days afterwards we’re both too beat for much more of a hard workout, so I’ll hammer out some pushups to failure or smtg
- Comment on why is my whisky evaporating? 4 months ago:
So it’s safe for my takeaway from this to be that I CAN get a modern crystal decanter? This conversation had me leaning away hard until your comment 😂
- Comment on Why isn't Putin receiving the same level of hate than people like Trump and Elon are? 4 months ago:
I think this is the most accurate answer. Trump and Musk have a direct impact on ppls’ day to day, and has the impact of the countries politics to be considered. Putin is just the big bad guy that’s always been there for Americans, so maybe a bit of a novelty affect for the other two too.
- Comment on Tiger Predators 5 months ago:
I didn’t know this was something I needed. Stolen!
- Comment on Nahh 5 months ago:
Must be fun winning evolution off the hop
- Comment on Rules 6 months ago:
This sounds like a rule 🤔
- Comment on Rules 6 months ago:
If anything, it makes us legal scholars - if it’s not a written rule, it’s a loophole in the making
- Comment on Never Thought 6 months ago:
Whoa. My mind only serves up “Elf”
- Comment on Rose Finch 6 months ago:
No no no no no. These guys don’t get a glow-up, they’re already too damn pretty
- Comment on Biodiversity 6 months ago:
Turtles: The Pinnacle of Evolution.
Waiting on the inevitable “wait til you hear about crabs” response 😁
- Comment on Biodiversity 6 months ago:
Unlike humans, who are notoriously limited in their housing choices by an evolutionary disadvantage known generally as, “the market.”
- Comment on MSc Mansplaining 7 months ago:
Or beat him to within an inch of his life, as the case may be
- Comment on Behavioural Science 7 months ago:
Duuuude the animorphs. Absolutely freaking wild story lol I completely forgot it existed. When transformers go human with some wild consequences haha
- Comment on How the fuck do you meet new people? 7 months ago:
I read a few and didn’t see this. I’m from a smallish town and ended up adopting the community gym. Best decision of my life, saved me from a really rough time. Gymrats are far friendly than their rep gets, most of them are just guys that just wanna bullshit and push shit. A community rec center is also a great option, or a beer league. Just stuff that forces you outside, even when you pull the “but I don’t wannaaaaaa”
- Comment on Crystals 7 months ago:
I think this is the perfect response haha. Ppl find comfort where they can in the world, even if it looks a little whacky. So long as it’s not hurting anyone, let them have their whacky
- Comment on what would happen if a rogue, earth-size planet ran straight into the sun? anything interesting? 8 months ago:
Okay so I forgot how big the sun is and had that absentminded mental picture moment of “oh it would make a big bang as something 3/4s the size of the sun would hit it”…
This picture was a very helpful reminder of just how out to lunch that thought was. Don’t trust your absent thoughts, folks 😅
- Comment on banana slugs 8 months ago:
This falls in the list of things I didn’t know I didn’t want to know, but now know, and know I don’t want to know. Oh no
- Comment on Hogs 8 months ago:
The Hoggening