I first heard about this reading “guns germs and steel” around 2006 so I’ma guess that’s the origin or at least a waypoint for that thought

While driving a train for the first time after getting familiarized, just taking it “around the block”. Pulling many tons of explosives. While we were both in the army, in uniform.

That’s perfect, sounds like how you set a scene for any kind of play, set agreements and expectations.

If they’re at all like cavies aka guinea pigs they are happy playing. The behavior is called popcorning in cavies.

Ok thanks for that! I think I may try out a firmer mattress sometime.

Can I ask why that mattress was especially good for sex? Like, more than a typical mattress? Asking cause I like sex and have FOMO.

Out of context "When I saw that WAP thing I thought “Why on earth someone will need this?” " Is like, yeah, no one is gonna want wet ass pussy.

In pole dancing terms that’s the gluteal crease or gluteal fold.

Medically the gluteal fold is the buttcrack.

I’m here laughing at it, so maybe not being a dick but being funny

I’ll also add that I hated the average hours of use thing cause whenever I would mail them in to get repaired it seemed like that time was being counted as well, so Id go in and get told I’m averaging something like 5 hours a day when I’m wearing them more like 16-18 hours a day.

Thanks for that! I never knew the back end, I kinda inferred some of it but it’s nice to hear the process

Neat!

In my other comment I address the specific issue that’s more common with hearing aids, which is overwhelming your brain with noice it’s not used to.

This. A good audiologist will usually start the gain pretty low, like 30% otherwise it overwhelms your brain in a way that’s hard to describe but will mean you don’t like it. After a few months you can have the gain turned up.

But if you can’t get the settings tweaked you can just turn volume down as soon as they are turned on.

Yo, compensation doesn’t matter.

Outcome per dollar matters.

Hiring people at starvation wages may work, or hiring more expensive cream of the crop may work. What I care about when I’m donating is “did my dollars accomplish what I wanted?” And “could my dollars have done more for the cause elsewhere?”

If people are making the world better and have nice office furniture I don’t really begrudge them that.

There are definitely plenty of women who have no trouble with producing enough lubrication. However “not making enough lubrication” becomes more common with menopause and perimenopause.

It’s fairly common, especially as women age, to make less lubrication to keep up with demand during sex. Especially with PIV the lubricant is drying out with each thrust.

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What kind of healthcare you working in with the kind of commute? I’m good at my job nursing but I can’t imagine that’s someething people get flown in for.

Yes. Easy patch.

I mean, public transport is a fucking ton of money to start up, and anywhere outside an urban center it is not just a loss but almost a total loss due to distances.

I remember being in a meeting in grad school to discuss the school bus system as part of the student review of finances. We had a bus route that went to another town a good distance away, and it was nearly always empty or with like 2 people on it, so they basically said once the grant money is gone we will shut down this route. We can’t afford to put good money into something expensive and isn’t getting used.

I realize there is a lot about car culture feeding that, but it remains a massive obstacle. Switching from existing structures like parking etc to public transport? How? How fast? What do we do with that space? Who pays for it? I’m frustrated by the system but we can’t just start from a blank slate, we have to work with it.

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