Ha, I was doing a similar calculation recently. I think the only subscription I ever paid for was Netflix, and for the others I used family and friends’ accounts. Only replacing Netflix, I haven’t broken even, but considering I pirate content from 5-6 different services, it’s absolutely cheaper.

The solution to social phobia isn’t to design your life around avoiding people. It’s fine if you prefer to spend time alone, but it’s important to be able to tolerate even the experiences you dislike the most. I might feel great suffering when I have to do math, but it’s important that I’m able to do some basic calculations when I have to.

It sounds like your aversion to being around people is causing some serious disruptions in important parts of your life, like eating meals. I promise that continuing to avoid people will not make the problem go away. I’m a big advocate for therapy. It might sound impossible to you since it involves talking to someone for extended periods of time, but therapists are there to listen without judgement, and to help you have an easier time in life.

International responses were swift. The United Kingdom expressed hope that Israel would reconsider its decision

Incredible bravery.

Unfortunately, due to the past several years of Zionist propaganda, I’ll assume this is a false flag until proven otherwise.

I’ll go out on a limb and say that working out your sexual needs, communication, abilities, expectations, etc. is an uncomfortable process for everyone. No amount of preemptive mental work can substitute for the actual experience of having sex and figuring it out that way. It’s a bumpy road, but if you’re doing your best to be respectful and embrace the process, you WILL figure it out.

Right. They’re only interested in catching liberal pedophiles, and they’ll do any gymnastics necessary to absolve conservatives. Even if they’re on the same list, they’ll just say half the list is fake news.

Therapist here. The concept of a “real depressed person” is brought to you by insurance companies (so they can deny coverage), the APA (so they can sell the DSM) and big pharma (so they can sell you drugs). The criteria are arbitrary and often discourage people from seeking help when they don’t think their suffering is “real enough.” Most therapists I know hate the diagnostic process, but we’re forced to do it so your insurance will pay for treatment.

Anyone who’s feeling depression that disrupts their lives is welcome to see a psychiatrist, or a therapist, or both. Both types of providers are here to help, and we’ll refer you to any additional providers if it’s appropriate.

Edit: for a deeper dive into the over-pathologizing of human experiences, I recommend Allen Frances’ Saving Normal and Ethan Watters’ Crazy Like Us. The latter has a chapter on GlaxoSmithKline’s crusade to change Japan’s cultural understanding of depression from a natural response to external events, to a pervasive disease that needs treatment (like Paxil!)

Damn. Yeah.

No known motive and no known connection to the victims. I cannot wrap my head around it.

Rushkoff: You could try being nice to them.

Billionaires: But where does that end? How many people do I have to be nice to?

Rushkoff: Well, ideally you’d be nice to everyone.

But what’s their long-term plan, really? They don’t realize how utterly dependent they are on other people, and when shit hits the fan, other people aren’t going to feel so motivated to defend them. There’s a great video of Douglas Rushkoff talking about a billionaires convention he attended. They really think they’re going to chill in their bunkers and eat gourmet food indefinitely.

https://www.youtube.com/live/2XOrvxZRyVI

+1 for WTFJHT. Bless that man for sifting through unfiltered news to protect the rest of us from MSM brain rot.

Might be more efficient for them to publish a daily count. “Today IDF has killed ___ civilians waiting for food and water.” Just disgusting.

But techbro 10 years ago was an undercut and a leather jacket. I’m hoping there’s a label for this iteration.

Looks like he and Zuck have the same stylist. Anyone know what this look is called, with the oversized tee and chain around his neck?

Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care. When the elderly drain their savings on a nursing home that’s when Medicaid kicks in.

I know someone who just got hired at an unfinished Meta data center, ostensibly to do some low-level hardware monitoring and maintenance. His boss admitted that he accidentally hired people a couple months too early, so the first couple weeks have consisted of sitting around, eating free food and playing mobile games. Next week they’re being flown to an active data center out of state, but they won’t have much of their own work to do for another 4-6 weeks.

So these guys are being paid $25/hr, 40hrs a week, with a free lunch, and making no money for the company. I would expect any other company to find this unacceptable, but it’s just a drop in the bucket for Meta.

Damn dude, these are legendary “this guy knows his shit” comments.

Most (all?) fees that are a percentage of the total are straight up criminal. Specifically credit card fees and restaurant tips.

He’s pleading with people to fund the DNC, when DNC-backed candidates are often the most useless losers on the ticket.