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I don't care if its uncalled for, I don't care if it doesn't fit the genre, I don't care if it was necessary to the plot. I will never not love an Akira slide.
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me, every single time i see people (especially women) talking about the divine feminine energy, or the sacredness of the womb or whatever it is now:
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context is this quote by her:
But I didn’t and still don’t like making a cult of women’s knowledge, preening ourselves on knowing things men don’t know, women’s deep irrational wisdom, women’s instinctive knowledge of Nature, and so on. All that all too often merely reinforces the masculinist idea of women as primitive and inferior – women’s knowledge as elementary, primitive, always down below at the dark roots, while men get to cultivate and own the flowers and crops that come up into the light. But why should women keep talking baby talk while men get to grow up? Why should women feel blindly while men get to think?
Guys I don’t think I want the body to keep the score anymore
WAS NO ONE GONNA TELL ME THAT THIS PHOTO EXISTED ON THE WIKI PAGE FOR GAR????? MY FAVORITE FISH?????
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If you have any guests at all inside your home, even for a short duration of time, always offer them a beverage such as water, tea, or coffee. If they're going to be inside your home for more than a few minutes, always offer for them to sit down. And, if they're going to be inside your home for more than an hour or two, offer them snacks or a bite to eat.
Basic rules of hospitality are that you should always offer a drink, such as water, tea, or coffee to guests in your home even if they won't be there for long. It's one of the quickest, easiest, and simplest ways to make someone feel welcome and at ease.
It can also be important to offer for someone to sit, especially if this is one of the first times this person is visiting your home. Many people can feel awkward or uncertain about sitting down and making themselves at ease in someone else's home, especially if they haven't been there many times before. Being offered to sit down by the host may be the only way for them to feel at ease enough to sit down and make themselves comfortable.
Of course some exceptions apply, such as if this is an unwanted guest who is making you uncomfortable. But otherwise, if this is someone whose company you enjoy in your home, or even if you just feel neutral about, your duty as host is to make them comfortable and at ease, such as by offering them a beverage and a seat.
Being a good host is how we can establish stronger ties to other people, and how you can create more of a sense of community with the people around you who visit your home.
Do you have any advice for when a worker enters your home? For example, a plumber or repair person.
I never know if I shoould offer drinks/snacks or if it's better to stay out of their way and let them do their job.
It's definitely polite to offer workers like plumbers and electricians beverages and snacks. You're definitely not getting in their way at all by offering them water or a snack. I've heard too many horror stories from plumbers that people will yell at them or scold them for wanting a glass of water or just refilling their own water bottle at someone's house. If they're going around from house to house all day how else are they supposed to stay hydrated? You're definitely doing the polite thing by making it clear to them that they're allowed to have water at your house.
Also with any sort of outdoor workers too, like roofers or landscapers, definitely at least ask if they want some water.
also offer them the bathroom
a non-weird way to offer them the bathroom is to tell them where it is.
When it was particularly hot, my mom would put chilled water bottles in a box on top of the trash cans with a big shiny sign on them saying "NOT TRASH -- WATER BOTTLES FOR SANITATION WORKERS". This doesn't work as well for people living in apartments, of course.
If someone is doing work inside my house, I put a clean cup for each person on the counter (it’s the only cup(s) out, so they don’t have to guess which is for them) and tell them it’s theirs to use and they’re welcome to ice and water from the dispenser on the fridge. Then I tell them the bathroom is next to the kitchen.
I didn’t used to do this because I assumed they would just use the bathroom if they needed, but then I learned that some people think workers should go elsewhere for the bathroom?? And once I started saying it, I’ve had people say things like, “If you’re sure- we can go down the street” But of course I’m sure! As long as they’re only doing bathroom stuff in there, why in earth shouldn’t they use the bathroom at my place?
The water hadn’t occurred to me before I read the suggestion somewhere, but it’s top notch.
We had a problem with this when we had electricians working at our house for a few weeks one time. I showed them all the bathrooms in the house and assumed we were okay... until 2 days later I saw one of them leaving the port-a-potty at the construction site next door. It turns out even though I'd shown them the bathroom, they weren't sure if I was actually okay with them using it because apparently some people are REAL unkind about stuff like that. I had to flat-out say "Please use the bathroom in the house, it's literally why we have them" and even then it was into the second week before one guy stopped popping his head into wherever I was working to ask if I was sure.
The bit I struggled with for a long time was not trying to over-host work crews. I didn't know how to balance making them feel comfortable and hovering. I had the most luck offering them a water after introductions, giving them a house tour on our way to whatever needs fixing and then clearly identifying where I plan to sit while we're touring. Now I end by saying "Please feel free to use the bathroom and if you change your mind on the water or need a snack or anything, come find me, I don't mind." Then I go sit on my hands until they need me - that way they can do their job without trying to entertain me. The trick with the cups on the counter is a brilliant one, I'll have to bank that one!
Pro (literally pro, I grew up around contractors) tip: If you are nasty, mean, micromanaging, or generally difficult to work with, you might get what’s known in the trades as The A-Hole Discount. This is when you get upcharged for being, well, an a-hole.
So if you hire a contractor and your bill is more than quoted and he’s vague about why…you don’t need to make a post to r/AITA. Chances are good you are in fact the a-hole.
From the Service Plumber Husband- the a-hole discount is legit, but the reverse can also be true. Do right by tradesmen, and they'll generally try to do right by you.
Also they always appreciate water and being able to use your bathroom
I really like the way my parents handle this. They have workers fixing their patio right now, and it's July in the US, so it's HOT. My mom immediately showed the guys where the downstairs bathroom is, and then right on the front porch, she stocked an entire cooler full of water and Gatorade bottles, then put a family-size box of granola bars next to it.
That's just...how I was trained to treat workers. Put out what they'll need and they'll grab it whenever. If they're there for multiple days, restock as needed. I know I appreciated that level of courtesy back when I cleaned houses professionally.
Also, the supervisor/owner/whoever ended up being wonderful and ended up saving them about $10k. I'm not saying that a discount should be your ONLY motivation, but it's certainly nice.
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A lot of younger people have no idea what aging actually looks and feels like, and the reasons behind it. That ignorance is so dangerous. If you don’t want to “be old,” you aren’t talking about a number of years. I have patients in their late 80s who could still handily beat me in a race—one couple still runs marathons together, in their late 80s—and I lost someone who was in her early 60s to COPD last year. What you want is not youth, it is health.
If you want to still be able to enjoy doing things in your 60s and 70s and 80s and even 90s, what you want to do, right now, is quit smoking, get some activity on a regular basis (a couple of walks a week is WAY better for you than nothing; increasing from 1 hour a day of cardio to 1.5 will buy you very little), and eat some plants. That’s it. No magic to it. No secret weird tricks. Don’t poison yourself, move around so your body doesn’t forget how, and eat plants.
If you have trouble moving around now because of mobility limitations, bad news: you still need to move around, not because it’s immoral not to, but because that’s still the best advice we have. I highly recommend looking up the Sit and Be Fit series; it is freely available and has exercises that can be done in a chair, which are suitable for people with limited mobility or poor balance. POTS sufferers, I’m looking at you.
If you have trouble eating plants because of dietary issues (they cause gas, etc.) or just because they’re bitter (super taster with texture issues here!), bad news. You still want to find a way to get some plants into your body on a regular basis. I know. It sucks. The only way I can do it is restaurants—they can make salads taste like food. I can also tolerate some bagged salads. On bad weeks, the OCD with contamination focus gets so bad I just can’t. However, canned beans always seem “safe,” and they taste a bit like candy, so they’re a good fallback.
If you smoke and you have tried quitting a million times and you’re just not ready to, bad news. You still need to quit. Your body needs you to try and keep trying. Your brain needs it, too. Damaging small blood vessels racks up cumulative damage over time that your body can start trying to reverse as soon as you quit. I know it’s insanely, absurdly addictive. You still need to.
You cannot rules lawyer your way past your body’s basic needs. It needs food, sleep, activity, and the absence of poison. Those are both small things and big asks. You cannot sustain a routine based on punishment, so don’t punish your body. Find ways to include these things that are enjoyable and rewarding instead. Experiment. There is no reason not to experiment—you don’t have to know instantly what’s going to work for you and what won’t, you just need to be willing to try things and make changes when things aren’t working for you.
You will still age. Your body will stop making collagen and elastin. Tissues you can see and tissues you can’t see will both sag. Cushioning tissues under your skin will get thinner. You’ll bruise more easily. Skin will tear more easily. Accumulated sun damage will start to show more and more. Joints will begin to show arthritis. Tendons and ligaments will get weaker and get injured more easily, as will muscles. Bones will lose mass and get easier to break. You’ll get tired more easily.
But you know what makes the difference between being dead, or as good as, in your 60s vs your 90s? Activity, plants, and quitting smoking. And don’t do meth. Saw a 58-year-old guy this week who is going to have a heart attack if he doesn’t quit whatever stimulant he’s on. I pretended to believe it was just the cigarettes, and maybe it is, but meth and cocaine will kill you quicker. Stop poisoning yourself.
Baby steps; take it one step at a time; you don’t need to have everything figured out right now. But you do need to be working on figuring things out.
platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine
edit: @saffronlesbian made a video description for this post!!
[vd: a screen recording of a tweet from the 20th of April 2024 with 2.5 million views, from Ruhi @/ruhi_hi. the caption reads, "This video of this little Palestinian angel celebrating his bday in a refugee camp" followed by three emoji of a smiling face with teary eyes. the video clip is 11 seconds long and shows a one-year-old baby seated on the sandy ground, smiling hugely and clapping his hands while people sing to him from offscreen and a large cake is placed in front of him. stuck into the top of the cake is a decoration that reads "happy birthday" in english. the video has the tiktok handle @/ibrahim.jamal99 visible in it. /end vd.]
[ID: A drawing of a red kite with white, black and green bows on its tail. The caption says "No amount of propaganda should convince you that some children don't deserve to grow up. End ID]