“I am terrible with just knowing things.” Has anyone tried to help you with this? School or a friend maybe? And do you think it’s a problem with memory or that you just can’t grasp the concept? Sometimes it takes a teacher that you just click with or says just the right things in the right way. Or it takes persistence. Just don’t give up. I guarantee one day something will hit you and you’ll go "oh, I get it "

Have a link to anything?

Something else no one seems to be talking about. Nvidia’s chips are made in Taiwan by TSMC. What happens if China invades in the next year or two? Which is probably very high on the minds of Chinese leadership because they’ll never have another opportunity, hopefully, where our military has been degraded by the incompetence of Pete Hegseth and a president who can be talked into anything by saying “Sir, you’re a great and strong leader chosen by God. And here’s some really delicious chocolate cake”.

Addiction has nothing to do with withdrawals if you’re talking about something like, for example, the physical symptoms of getting off heroin, which I’ve been through. Addiction is a behavior you continue to engage in despite the real world harm it causes.

That’s helpful. Thank you. I have a very similar issue that I’ve been dealing with for some time. Mine specifically relates to pornography but overall it’s called sex addiction. It’s been very bad for me too. I’d spend hours doing it and usually used drugs and/or alcohol as an “enhancer”. It’s had some devastating consequences including depression, attempted suicide and problems in my marriage. But I’ve found something that’s helped quite a bit called Smart Recovery. It’s a science and evidence based approach to addiction; any addiction, including drugs and alcohol. It’s much different than AA where they believe that no one can recover on their own without believing that god is the only one that can help and you have to give yourself over to “his will”. I don’t believe in god and find their approach bullshit. But I know it helps some people and that’s what really counts. It’s just not for me. Smart has daily meetings online and you’ll find occasional ones in person in your area if they’re available. Search for Smart Recovery meetings and you’ll find a page listing all the meetings they have for that day. You can filter different things like language, adults or family, and location (which obviously doesn’t matter online). They also have a workbook with their principals and exercises you can do. When you join an online meeting you don’t have to give your real name or be on camera or even say anything. You can use a fake name, not be on camera, and still ask questions. And some of the moderators are fantastic, some even with clinical backgrounds. You’re free to attend as many different meetings as you want to find a group that works for you. It’s all free, though the workbook costs about $14. You should try it out. I’ll be glad to answer any more questions if you have them. And one last thing, I’ve had plenty of great sex and yet still found the pull of this to be overwhelming. So keep in mind you can still have a hot partner willing to do anything and still suffer from this. Hope you have a good day. And another last thing, lol, is that this is a complicated issue where you obviously can’t abstain from jerking off and having sex. It allows you to engage with those things in a much more healthy way.

You don’t have to worry about a damn thing for a few years. Enjoy yourself.

You should notice in his apology letter he said he accepts the criticism for his actions but not the consequences. He, and his legal team, went over this letter a hundred times before it was released.

I’m waiting for the picture of him without sunglasses and his hair shaved off.

Have you heard of ethics?

Did you spit out the cum between dicks?

One thing to remember is that HR is never there for you, they’re there to protect the company. Another good thing to do is treat looking for a new job as an actual job. Get up in the morning at your usual time, get dressed, have some breakfast and start looking. Networking is great too. But first, take a week or two to relax. Sleep late, take a walk during the day, read books, go see a movie you want to see. Enjoy the time off. I’ll give an example. Years ago my wife and I had planned a somewhat lavish trip to London. Planned it for months and saved money. The week before I got laid off. I was crushed and completely depressed. I was thinking we should cancel the trip. But my wife said “don’t worry about it, let’s take the trip and enjoy ourselves. You’ll get another job”. The trip was amazing and one of the highlights of our lives that we’ll both probably remember for the rest of our lives. I don’t even remember the job I got laid off from.

Lol.

Black is pretty awesome. Especially Vantablack.

It’s like any other addiction. You can’t do anything to stop them until they want to do it themselves. Maybe the best course is to show them by example.

I know. And that pisses me off even more.

What does NNN and HP mean?

Trapped upside down in a very tight vertical passage deep inside a cave with no way to get out.

I was wondering about what Wittgenstein means by symbols in his ideas about language.

I’m a little concerned about his comment “Also, I fucking love it”. But I’m also confused about the next sentence where he talks about watching squirrels play.

Cell phones, AI, and religion.