You mean it's not normal to reach that point and then be paralyzed by the loop? 🙃

Just make sure you get back to it before another project disorganizes all your screws again

It's a skill you can learn. If you're into TTRPGs, I've found that can be a great way to practice, because the format is engaging, and the nature of the game benefits from equal contributions. I try to make characters that focus on setting up other members of the party in different ways. When we're in combat, I try to involve other characters in tactics, and in roleplay, I make an effort to involve everyone at the table. GMing is especially good for this, as you want your party to be doing most of the talking, and you want everyone to be having fun.

As I've played more, and interacted in other casual social situations, I've definitely gotten better at filling an appropriate role in a conversation. I'm the host! It's my job to make sure everyone is comfortable and engaged. Usually that means asking smart questions and getting people onto topics they naturally enjoy, usually to do with their own lives. Shared interests are a bonus (and often the roots of a friendship). And it's something that I can do anywhere, even if I'm not actually hosting the gathering, because it just comes off as being genuine

I met a person like this, and married her. It's great. I never have to worry about keeping the conversation going, and can just enjoy being with her and contributing when it's natural for me

But someone did mention another bit of information, which I fell down a wikipedia rabbit hole on for about 2 hours! So maybe now I can read the article

Edit: I did it! I also watched two and a half YouTube videos about homesteading.

This third type describes my wife perfectly. She's had lots of other tentative diagnoses like bpd and autism, but has still been struggling to work through it all, and find an effective combination of medications. She actually takes antipsychotics, as well as a high dose of hydroxyzine as needed in emergencies

This is what my wife does as well. She has a really hard time getting up in the morning otherwise

"We"

I can't believe this is the one thing this congress has actually managed to do. We just want healthcare

Same energy

Wish I was there! Just another day working in the sewers here...

I think the implication of the last panel is supposed to be that the apple seller can't stop everyone, but if this was really an accurate satire, he'd chop down every tree, sue everyone that picked the apples, and then go back to selling his giant flavorless GMO apples for $5 a piece

Bob Ross really said it was a skill issue

One of these things is not like the others

Next, they say that all ballots that were already submitted have to be counted as-is. Then later, it's revealed that there were Kamala Harris write-ins submitted during this time, but rather than being counted, they were discarded as invalid

There are two kinds of Republicans—billionaires and suckers

He proves he's a sucker, because a real fascist would know never to ask to be proven wrong

Google is probably the last company I would pay for a VPN from

Surely they're his blocks

Presumably, he also has secret service protection, so they knew he was coming. Hilarious they decided not to just tell him she wasn't there

I was already born, so my chances of being born elsewhere are actually much lower, I think

The one time Harris tried the same thing she was shut down by the moderators.

And she didn't even put up with that. She just waited until her next turn, went back, said her part, and then answered the new question. Trump was basically incoherent by comparison