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  • Made it in for a bit but was too much got out straight away:

    Wasn't the size of the waves but the power in them was impressive. Zero people walking their doggos heh.

  • I could wear make-up and curl my hair,
    \ Commence my glow-up and start to care,
    \ I'd colour myself amongst the rainbow,
    \ But what for and why? I don't know.

    I want to be pretty like the girls on the net,
    \ But I feel quite petty when my eyes set
    \ Upon my face and the way it exists.
    \ But what for and why? It just is.

    Is it the web that makes me feel so bad?
    \ All the cute girls on the street, I feel so sad.
    \ I'm sure if I tried, I'd look like a queen,
    \ But what for and why, so I could be seen?

    I don't crave attention, I'll promise you that,
    \ I like staying home with my coffee and cat,
    \ Should I do it for me, and try to be pretty?
    \ But what for and why? Now I sound petty.

  • Woke up to 6, got ready for work only to realise it's Monday and not Tuesday (my in office day). About to have a serious midday nap

  • I just accidentally replied to a work text message in all caps. Realised just as I hit send. oops. Maybe I can blame the cat.

  • I'm gonna go find some lamb shanks and if I don't find them Ima gonna chuck a mini tantrum in the meat department of Coles.

  • My daily rant as an old person.

    Using the words Processing and Unpacking when speaking or writing of thoughts.

    I truly dislike these words because it turns people into machines, into objects. It's how a psychopath wants you to think about yourself and events. They want to define how you think and feel.

    People reflect on events and feel emotions, they don't process. When you use the wrong word/idea you distance yourself from who you are.

    People think about their lives and events, they may or may not think in an analytical way, they don't unpack. I unpack my groceries and when I do I'm not analysing what they are, how and why I bought them, the origin of the groceries, I'm not trying to make a narrative that makes sense, I'm not relating my groceries to other groceries. I'm just picking them up and putting them away.

    • When unpacking I usually circle back, touch base and re-process, re-pack then if the synergistic ducks are in a row it'll be all blue skies.

    • The only time I use process is when someone tells me some really big news and immediately wants an answer. I'll reply with "um give me some time to process that".

    • Agreed! So much more is involved in reflection than just "unpack/process". I'm not "putting away" my thoughts, nor am I "processing" them like a warehouse. Sure, one can make a metaphor for how the brain stores memories (short and long-term, and how that can be disrupted, the effects of such disruption, etc) to how a warehouse stores stock or moves it. But as with all metaphors, they are lacking in a fundamental way: they discount the humanness of thinking and memories. The process of remembering and mindfulness is less a straight line of "A follows B follows C follows D...", and more akin to "A reminds me of F, and I feel X about that, but maybe I should think about D and how it relates to L and I can use that if I encounter G...".

      Thinking of us as machines, well, dehumanises us lol.

      • I might do a little rummaging around to find out when that terminology first arose and who is responsible and why.

        I admit manipulation of language and beliefs bother me.

    • I unfortunately use these kinds of words as a result of working at a community organisation that was run by an interlinking system of committees. There used to be a lot of meetings, and people padded out their conshy sounding contributions with the sort of language that adds absolutely no meaning. Honestly the joint was a bit like a cult and it took me a long time to deprogram myself.

    • @Seagoon @briongloid

      Using the words Processing and
      Unpacking when speaking or
      writing of thoughts

      I truly dislike these words
      because it turns people into
      machines

      I feel the same. Same thing also with the word "content". If I write something, like an article or whatever, I did not "produce" anything, and certainly not "content". Even this little mastodon comment here, silly as it may be, is not "content". It's something I've written where I (a human!) expressed some thoughts.

    • @Seagoon it's possible that you're unaware that "unpack" came into this kind of discourse as a term from the 1988 essay "Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack," which is about deconstructing white privilege

      https://admin.artsci.washington.edu/sites/adming/files/unpacking-invisible-knapsack.pdf

  • Anyone got tips for dealing with a dry, itchy, back-of-the-throat cough? Other than a salt gargle. Yesterday's headache and lethargy are mostly gone but replaced by this insidious annoyance. Feels like it's been years since I've had a throat problem

    • You get honey and you put some on a teaspoon and flip it over onto your tongue (so it's trapped between your tongue and the spoon) and suck it like a lollipop.

      • Not gonna complain about this remedy. I've got some very thick honey that's hard to use as a spread so perfect for this very use.

    • Strepsils or other hard candy. I got a pack of Coles Butterscotch which have been great for the intubation throat.

      Vitamin C for general immune system power.

      • I'll definitely look into this if the honey thing doesn't work. I remember strepsils from childhood...

    • Second the honey advice. Honey + lemon + ginger in a bit of hot water is my go to.

      • I've got jars and jars of honey that I can't get through so this sounds like the perfect excuse. Will go shopping for lemons and ginger tomorrow!

    • Can agree with the honey-lemon-ginger drink, but also liquorice can work, as can a tea made of dried thyme leaves. I think the ancient Romans used thyme for sore throats. Gargle or sip.

    • solvin lozenges

  • They had a replay of the world cup final, but with men's teams (it was only the Euros). England lost to Spain again and I am very happy!

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