Spyke
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sopuli.xyz

To be fair I always wanted more than one cat, just had to start with one.

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I've always felt that owners of dogs and/or cats should have more than one, so they have one another to interact with when you're not home. They're meant to be social creatures and, assuming they don't happen to incompatibly hate each other (which can happen), it's a lot nicer and healthier for them than just leaving a single pet home alone all day.

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lemmy.world

A döner in Germany. Everything about it is so good, I ended up eating every other day the next week I was there.

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memfreereply
piefed.social

My German 'must have more' was the sauerkraut. It is sooo much better there than in the states, and it was slightly different in each town I tried it. My staple meal was whatever the local version was of: sausage, sauerkraut, and wheat beer.

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Beaconreply
fedia.io

The food in Germany is completely meh imo, EXCEPT for the restaurant sour kraut - holy shit it is sooooo much better than what we get in the states. Someone told me it's because they cook it up in some kind of animal lard

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We had different experiences then. I've had some meals that I enjoyed quite a bit and still try to replicate. Can't go wrong with a good schnitzel, kraut, or pommes. I also had a dish with potatoes and bacon, i think was called bratkartoffeln that I would fly back tomorrow for.

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paraplureply
piefed.social

I had a similar experience with broodje haring in the Netherlands.

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Thats pretty cool. Not too many are into raw fish that instantly.

It's good, certainly when paired with a good korenwijn jenever.

Try the smoked paling (eel) too next time, if you haven't. It's a whole other side of fish.

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I think that sounds like meth not coke. Vyvanse and Adderall are already pretty close to meth in chemical structure anyway.

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Cocaine is connected to so much pain and suffering in this world, it's one thing one should really abstain from in my opinion

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lemmy.world

A baby. As soon as my son was born I knew we'd have another. And we did. Then I had a vasectomy because I knew we'd never stop. Babies are cool.

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lemmy.world

One day I was cleaning out my second child's too small clothes and legitimately thought "If we have another I won't have to do this right now." Babies are cool indeed!

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P00ptartreply
lemmy.world

I only have one and getting rid of his stuff he grows out of is one of the hardest things in life.

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My mom wanted to make a quilt out of his old shirts from when he was little, but ~7 years on hasn't attempted anything more than collecting shirts.

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I always wished for a third or fourth but we effective an out of time. First was I don’t care if it’s boy or girl as long as it’s healthy. Second I wanted boy because two of the same is easier. But another opportunity for a little girl would have been nice. Babies are cool, kids are cool, teens are cool and college kids are cool. I can’t wait to meet the young adults they are becoming

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SkaraBraereply
lemmy.world

I like all babies. I do prefer my own, and I only moon over babies if I know the parents and have approval...

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al_Kaholicreply
lemmynsfw.com

What is it that you like about them? This is a genuine question I'm not a baby kinda person.

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SkaraBraereply
lemmy.world

When I was young I was a bit of an arse. Raised by narcissists, I definitely had narcissistic tendencies. It was all I knew. When my first son was born it was a profound moment. I saw the potential in that tiny, helpless baby and his possible futures... Based on what I was and what I had to teach, I realised that those futures weren't great. So I changed. I have tried every day since to be the parent that I wish I had. I have embraced empathy and kindness. I have shed the anger and vanity... And I have forgiven myself for not doing it sooner. I'm not perfect. I make mistakes. When I see a baby I see the potential. It reminds me of how much I've changed, how proud of my kids I am, how much I love my family, how much joy I have in my life.

More or less...

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al_Kaholicreply
lemmynsfw.com

Do you think you wouldn't care about babies if you were born with empathy and a drive to be a kind gentle teaching human?

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SkaraBraereply
lemmy.world

"Born with...?" We are born with nothing but potential. We are a product of our environment, right up until we realise that we are a product of our environment. Then we have a choice; continue as we are, or choose to be something different. It doesn't matter which we choose, though... We can no longer blame our parents, our society, our environment, for who we are.

That is a strange question, though. If I was born with empathy and a drive to be a kind, gentle, teaching human then I think babies would be high on the list of people I would want to spend time with. Kindness begets kindness and we know the world could use more kindness!

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People like you are so strange to me it's like watching the birth of a child is some traumatic brain injury that changes you forever.

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lemmy.world

Sports cars. It sucks knowing you are contributing to climate change AND not even having fun doing it. Family sedans, SUVs and big trucks suck shit. So I drive my little MX-5 as much as I can now. And get to smile that I'm making double the gas mileage of my jeep and having 10X more fun while doing it.

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No argument here. It's by far my favorite car I've ever driven, and I've owned a couple corvettes, a GTO (second favorite), a firebird, WRX. I've driven cars of friends with everything from M3s to 911s and honestly everything in between. Nothing has put a smile on my face like the MX-5.

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I feel similarly about my compact. It's easy to park, it has plenty of space for everything I need, it's adorable, and I fill it like once a month maybe? Honestly sometimes less?

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I’ve driven everything due to work, from compact cars to SUVs and even small trucks. I can parallel park with all of them, even with a trailer added.

I have once driven a Smart Fortwo. I could not park. I could touch the rear window from the drivers seat, but I could not park.

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Scrubblesreply
poptalk.scrubbles.tech

I still have friends who she'll put like 20 bucks for a 4 pack of AAs regularly. Dude just get the rechargeables

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lemmy.world

Depends on the device, some really don't like rechargeable ones. And for device that get changed so infrequently, like tv remote, use alkaline.

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pythonreply
lemmy.world

The brand of rechargeable batteries matters a surprising amount, if your device doesn't play nice maybe try a better brand? My Quest 1 basically only accepts Panasonic Eneloop Pros, I get quite a bit of input lag when using random offbrand rechargeable batteries

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If I had to take a guess, it’s probably from the voltage of the battery, if you have a volt meter/multimeter you can test out how the batteries work before putting them in

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Scrubblesreply
poptalk.scrubbles.tech

I disagree. Very few devices don't work anymore, and for things like remotes rechargeables are a no brainer. One time cost and then charging them even once and you've made your money back. The only device I always choose alkaline is smoke detectors.

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lemmy.world

Well I have the enelope batteries the someone else suggested, and Amazon basic rechargeable. And devices like my Lazer thermometer, certain mice, certain flashlights tend to not operate fully or as long. Thought the device was just on it's last leg until I popped a generic alkaline in it.

I don't have any super fancy high end rechargeable AA batteries, I've just noticed over the years they're not 100% equal in every device. I use rechargeable when I can, but have disposable alkaline if the device sees limited functionality with rechargeable.

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Flukereply
feddit.uk

It's the voltage.

An "Alkaline" AA cell is 1.5v at new and it slowly tapers off as it discharges.

A "rechargeable" AA is 1.2v fully charged, and stays there until about 30% charge (IIRC, it's been decades since I used them) then the voltage falls off a cliff.

From that you can see that a device that uses two AAs is designed to run at 3v, but when you use rechargeables, they only kick out 2.4v.

(They'll do that 2.4v for a lot more AmpHours than the alkaline can do their 3v, and can be stuffed full of electrons to do it over and over again though)

Like everything in engineering it's about the right tool for the job. 💛

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I thought I remembered reading something like this, but couldn't find it and then had to do other stuff.

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I've switched to lithium batteries. People bulk when they see the price but they're actually cheaper in the long run because they last for ages.

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That’s me. The problem is I need longevity. Most of my devices no longer use enough power to use up batteries but I want them To last as long as possible before I have to deal t with them again ….. and that’s disposables

At least we’re no longer doing that with game controllers: no battery lasted in those but my kids were unwilling or unable to manage rechargeable . We all went back to wired controllers so there are no longer batteries to die

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snoonsreply
lemmy.ca

Breathing, the deadliest addiction.

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Man that smell never did anything for me until I smelled my own, then I understood.

Before that it was nasty AF!

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Oka
sopuli.xyz

I bought a vibrating sex toy. The battery lasts ~45 minutes. You're intended to stroke with it, but honestly I enjoy just resting it and laying back for a hands-free experience. 45 minutes isn't long enough, so i bought another one to keep it going. Turns out 90 minutes still isn't long enough sometimes, but at that point I have to get it over with and continue my day.

::: spoiler Side-note Taking recommendations for hands-free masturbators. :::

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programming.dev

At that point, it sounds like you should give yourself some days before masturbating, see if the time drops. Anything that sticks to a surface can be considered hands-free, too

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Okareply
sopuli.xyz

Thanks for the advice, but I do :D varying the vibration modes helps to maintain the stimulation, sticking to 1 mode feels great for a long time, but I think it numbs the sensation as well.

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If that type of play is your jam I would highly suggest getting into TENS. It's a little pricy up front for a good made for pleasure unit but you can can edge for as long as you'd like and turn a knob when you're ready. I use an ET232.

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A cookie.

::: spoiler Pro tip: Grab a cookie, close the packaging or container, go somewhere else, then eat the cookie. You will want another cookie but not enough to actually go back and re-open the packaging.

Alternatively, eat something more nutritious first, then set a specific amount of cookies you're allowed to eat. Also, brush your teeth after eating sweet food, such as cookies. :::

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That's how i lost 10 lbs.

  1. Buy less snacks. Say no once at the grocer instead of every day.
  2. If you do have some then they stay in the kitchen. You serve yourself the serving size. Leave the kitchen and eat the cookie. Easier to say no to getting another.
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Excellent ideas ….. but what should we try when we finish the first sleeve?

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I've also found less-overly-sweet cookies help, both in terms of not craving them as badly and actually somewhat filling you up compared to the amount of calories you consume.

Unfortunately, it's quite tricky to find such cookies in the shops.

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flubba86reply
lemmy.world

Yep. This is why I don't touch alcohol anymore. I don't have an addiction or dependency, but when I drink a beer it makes me want another, and that one makes we want another. Then I'm hungover and filled with regret the next day. No point to it, so I just don't do that anymore.

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Woodworking tools! Just one more item would make up for my poor design and lack of skill!

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You're not gonna believe this but ... I fucking knew it. That is exactly the one that first came to mind, and I am ashamed that I didn't just blurt it out before.

I've had a whole lot of different scotches and whiskies, and Balvenie is hands down the best. Dalwhinnie is another good one along those lines, if you're looking to compare.

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lemmy.world

I am like this with

Deviled eggs

French Fries

And actually the electric bike, though I didn't get another. It is just so freaking convenient and we have a few people in the house.

Oddly enough, not with most drugs, nor drink. But speed, yeah. My kid gets Adderall for ADHD and I told her just keep it in her room I don't want to see it. Unless I can have it every day for the rest of my life. I really like speed.

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Flukereply
feddit.uk

Urgh, no. I have ADHD, I get prescribed methylphenidate hydrochloride. I take it because it makes my brain work a little better.

At a recreational dose though? No. Urgh, fuck no. The comedown was fucking awful. Zero appetite, can't sleep, can't think properly, just why? 💛

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Yeah I've only taken a few doses of Adderall and it really comes in "can think to varying degrees" and "call poison control to see if I need to go to fhe hospital". Pill organizers hsve stopped the latter.

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That Adderall is pretty literally speed like you would get as recreational, dextroamphetamine, not sure I would abuse it like taking a high dose, just absolutely confident I would want to stay up.

I remember being able to sleep on speed as a teenager and that felt so good, it just felt so good as a high, a little or a lot. Really bad for your heart, but apparently Adderall at the regular dose is good for your brain, protective vs. dementia. As is coffee, and exercise which are what I use to medicate.

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Deviled eggs are not allowed near me or I hoover them up with frightening speed!

So delicious!

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A couple of mentions for cocaine here, but for me it was MDMA. I never understood how you could get addicted to anything until I was at the club and I really really really wanted another line of that love powder and immediately decided to never do it again. Then I did it again.

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Mine was, oddly enough, LSD. It’s not even physically addictive. I didn’t even particularly enjoyed tripping, but in my day-to-day life I have aphantasia; I can’t visualize anything.

If I asked you to close your eyes and picture an apple, then rate 1-5 how realistic you could make it look, most people would probably land somewhere around a 3 or a 4. Not photorealistic, but it would at least be recognizable as an apple and convey the important parts. A few artists or particularly visual people may land on a photorealistic 5. The people who are more biased towards speech (like an internal monologue) may land closer to a 2, like a rushed sketch, or even a 1 where it’s just a coarse outline and some color.

I land on a 0. I just see the backs of my eyelids. I can describe an apple to you. I can tell you what it smells like, what it tastes like, what color I would want it to be, how big it is, how heavy it is, what it feels like to crunch into it and get a little bit of the peel stuck between your teeth, et cetera… But I can’t visualize it.

I always thought the “picture yourself doing/going/working/etc {x}” types of things were just a figure of speech. Like if I was in elementary school and an art teacher said to picture a thing then draw it, I would just skip the first part. I’d still use my imagination before putting anything on paper, but it wouldn’t be visual.

But with LSD, that’s different. I can actually visualize things. Not particularly well, because everything is wobbling around like it’s made of tiny ocean waves… But I can do it. I quickly found that creative outlets were much easier when I could actually plan things out visually before putting them on paper. It was like I had been stuck using black and white paints my entire life, and then someone handed me some red, green, and blue for the first time. I also quickly realized how boring life was when I couldn’t just conjure images out of the ether at will.

Sadly, shrooms (which is commonly compared to “like doing LSD then smoking a blunt” in terms of feeling) doesn’t do it for me. I guess it doesn’t activate the same parts of my brain. But for whatever reason, LSD specifically allows me to overcome my aphantasia. I haven’t done it in years now, but I occasionally get the whim to try it again. Not enough to actually bother tracking down a new plug, but enough to muse about it while I type out shit like this.

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I feel you. I took a very low dose of MDMA at a festival and I was euphoric or hight or anything. But for the first time in ever I had no filter issues. All the noises that drive me crazy all the time, just didn't bother me. Same with touch. It just cured it. For one evening.

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very interesting! thx for sharing. never thought of it like that.

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sopuli.xyz

Clay teapot.
Aged sheng pu'erh tea cake.
A good steep of a dan cong tea (so rare).
Live opera experience.
Vegetable patch.
Slushie.
My favourite pair of shoes (I did).
Alpaca/silk dress (yup).
Orgasm.

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Eerily enough, I would have checked six of these off the list in the past day alone… I banged my wife, cut some fresh chives from our balcony garden for our omelettes, made some pu’erh tea with breakfast, then got a slushie on my way into work at the opera, where I wore my favorite shoes.

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pythonreply
lemmy.world

Really? Mine helps quite a bit with focus, but sometimes there are weeks where I forget it exists and just go "huh, aren't I forgetting something?" while walking past the med pile.

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That was probably because it was prescribed to you. For people without ADHD, it’s like capsulized motivation, combined with the best caffeine buzz they’ve ever had.

It’s a scheduled drug specifically because the neurotypicals treat it like cocaine’s little brother. People with ADHD go through hell to get their meds because the neurotypicals just can’t fucking help themselves.

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Cocaine definitely. Downside of the stripper salt is its a fairly short lived high and the comedown always results in a headache for me so gotta keep doing it to go the night.

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calliopereply
retrolemmy.com

It’s both! Though Lay’s came first. I looked it up because I couldn’t remember.

Pringles is “once you pop, you can’t stop,” in the mid 1990s.

Lay’s is “betcha can’t eat just one,” starting in the early 1960s!

Now I want chips.

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ani.social

Energy drinks, I could drink em all day if I let myself.

After experiencing a pretty good scare when I was a kid. I've avoided repeating that and limit myself to a couple at most.

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Tattoos, coke, mushrooms, alcohol, camera batteries, camera lenses, tiramisu, sex, kink stuff, time.

I try not to be super consumerist, so it’s hard to think of things as opposed to experiences and addictive substances.

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In the mid-90's I went with a friend to make a tandem jump, just to say I had done it.

Ended up with over 4500 jumps over the next many years.

You gotta watch that first jump.

I'm retired from skydiving now. Got married, had kids and now have a bad back.

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slrpnk.net

Uuuhhh... Cameras... Computers... Having sex... Uh... A fidget cube... Swiss army knives... I'm not good at this.

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MeThisGuyreply
feddit.nl

is a fidget cube just a Rubik's cube or am I missing something?

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Toffifee. After eating the first layer, I immediately want to eat the second set underneath.

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Straight matcha tea. I love the bitter taste.

If I have one little amount, I always want more.

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