The genre doesn't lend itself particularly to restfulness. It's too high energy. I like it for that, and fit it in accordingly.

Gothic and symphonic metal became and remain a huge part of my listening routine. It hit at just the right time in early adulthood. I listen to a moderately diverse set of genres but those fun, dark, and catchy styles have always brought me joy.

There was a particular easy listening station when I was a kid that played 60s, 70s, and 80s folk, soft rock, motown, and other singer-songwriter stuff that helped me deal with the anxiety of fighting parents and the deathly silence in between.

These days I listen to old episodes of MST3K or Rifftrax on YT, Best of the Worst, or one of the myriad of "oldies playing quietly in the next room and it's raining" that you can easily find.

My mind still races at night. I eventually made a playlist to recreate that old radio station vibe. It doesn't hit the same way it used to.

"Why are you preparing? You're always preparing! Just go!"

No, I don't have close friends. I prefer not to touch or be touched anyway, particularly by other men.

I don't mind if it became more socially acceptable, probably would be healthier overall. As long as it's also acceptable to be able to request no touching.

A vulnerable mind eager to please his hateful parents.

It was a Lisa. Those were good times.

If we're going to armchair this;

A much more reasonable response would be to apologize for whatever stupid, insulting, insensitive thing he said to cause her to throw something at him, if in fact she did so, rather than escalate violence.

Another response might be to walk away and use some of your investment money to buy a new jacket.

Or, if you wanna get all Biblical, eye for an eye, he could have thrown a drink right back. That seems reasonable to me.

But yeah, no, broken nose. Fair enough.

The guy who owns real estate and presumably got rich from doing so would like less competition and more rental customers. Wow. Such advice, very helpful.

Let's just tax rich assholes into extinction, abolish landlords, and raise people out of poverty.

No wonder we get so easily distracted from the main quest. It's just so vague and directionless. Lazy writing from the developer.

Bruce is just trying to cover up that weird CG upper lip

I wonder, what is the secret of its power?

This fuckin guy

Conservative minds have never been capable of imagining a fair and equitable society. Hierarchy, to them, is necessary as a function of human existence. Therefore, they will always fight to be, or to be perceived as part of, the ruling class.

"incunabulum"

Oh, my heart 🥰

I'm not a therapist, but my money's on hair not being the real issue in this situation.

What went we out into this Cosmos to find? Leaving our planet, kindred, our fathers' houses? We have travailed a vast galaxy. For what? For what?

“In terms of the sexual act, it will be just very basic. It’s not going to involve descriptions of genitalia or anything of that nature,” Hoffinger said.

Some people are gonna be disappointed.

Like how Daniels must have been.

Well now it seems they've become the dog with two bones

That Antelope Internet is very fast but you gotta watch out for predators.