“Guy with a brain implant cut me off in traffic, so I used a hacking device to make him feel uncomfortable with his gender.”

I’m sure someone will cherry pick the semantics, but that’s the gist of it.

Just call 'em out. They’ll argue against it, and you should cut them off then. But it will leave them with a clear answer as to why, and hopefully lead to revelation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_using_PhysX

Alcohol. I never drank until I got an IT internship and the boss was big into craft beers. I started drinking craft beer every night just to have something to bond with him through to try to turn the internship into a full-time job. I did get the job, but then struggled for years with alcohol dependence.

After my dad died I nearly drank myself to death and managed to quit for an entire year. Then I got cheated on, and home was no longer a safe space, so I hung out at the bar every day instead. It’s been 6 months and I’ve gone from ~75 beers / week to ~24. Just tapering myself off slowly. Wegovy helps - I can’t have more than a few drinks without feeling super bloated now.

This sounds like BS but is completely true. My mother once locked me in the attic for several months while my father was out of town. I was around 15 years old. There was a bedroom and bathroom, but no food. I survived on an unusually large container of Chichis Hot Salsa that my dad had gotten me for my birthday (it was my favorite snack) and a bottle of cranberry juice. I refilled the juice bottle with water from the sink. I went from ~160 lbs to under 100bs. Near the end I began experiencing seizures.

I will never forget the first meal I had when my dad got back into town. It was a sandwich from a pizza place, and I can still taste it clearly. It was heavenly.

I’m the creator of the “still waiting on OP” meme with Jack Nicholson in The Shining. My life peaked when I created that in 2010.

Not sure how to embed images from mobile, but it’s this one: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/159/324/flash11752_Still-Waiting-on-OP.jpg

Thank God I wasn’t the only one.

It might take a long time to fix, but someday we will recover.

How long have you had that in your meme collection just waiting for the right time?

It would be wild if we could use this to make animals talk.

What’s the context of the questionnaire?

Kindles are easy to come across 2nd hand for free or a few bucks

Just search for “Microsoft 365 Admin” jobs. Glassdoor lists the range as 88k-131k. I’m in a low cost of living area, so I assume bigger cities would pay even better.

I don’t do any personal browsing on my work computer except checking the weather before driving home. I do check Lemmy on my phone throughout the day, though.

I’m trans and I support therapy before HRT, but I disagree with the sentiment that it’s because of possibilities of regret. I believe that gender-focused therapy helps one prepare for the changes and challenges they will endure on HRT - it’s a big step, afterall. Approaching medical transition with strong mental health is essential to wellbeing while undergoing difficult and impactful changes.

For context, when I started on HRT in the early 2010s it was normal to be required to have a panel interview with your therapist, another mental health professional, and a medical doctor (with whom you had had a physical exam and blood tests) to present your case and ensure that HRT was the best treatment option before starting. It was a rite of passage for trans people who pursued HRT. I’m glad that things have gotten easier now, but at the time it helped me feel certain that I was ready and fully prepared.

And you can configure certain apps or contacts to be excluded, at least on Android. I assume iOS can do the same.

Lmao Oops, fixed

It can be tough to get an invite to a private tracker, but that’s all I’ve been using in my 20 years of torrenting and I’ve never received an ISP letter. I don’t use a VPN. Just keep an eye out for open sign-ups. Once you’re in, it’s essential to keep a good ratio.

Were you using a public or private tracker?

Sounds like it would be worthwhile to have a diagnosis again now that you’re an adult, and attend therapy to discuss the anger issues