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Doing this in the theater was awesome, but it was difficult getting a responsible sober person to shepherd a group of people tripping balls safely there and back. That’s a much harder job than many people realize.
I struggled with this but eventually figured how to communicate shared experience to show true understanding without hijacking the conversation.
I used to tell my similar story in detail, so we were basically story swapping. This is fine if you’re just chatting, but not if the other person wants support or validation. There the key is letting them steer the conversation where they need it to go.
Instead of a story dump, I’ll use a brief response, two sentences at most. For example, if someone is anxious because their dog ran away, it’s as simple as “I once had a pet go missing and I remember how hard that was for me. I’m so sorry.” Then I let them respond and will only expand on what they ask about.
I’ve been gambling before and it was fun when I won money. The thing is I know how, with few exceptions with games like poker and blackjack (and only then if you’re skilled), you will ALWAYS lose more money than you win over long enough of a time period.
I’m a big, walking math machine, though, so I’ve been the person getting a little too tipsy at the roulette table and telling everyone exactly how probability works and that numbers are never “hot”. The roulette dealer was surprisingly amused.
OMG this is great. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world•I started to organize my garage today.
21·8 days agoI use a name brand rust inhibitor spray and it’s fantastic.
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Comic Strips@lemmy.world•Go ahead and reward yourself with a very small cookie, or maybe a string cheese.
3·18 days agoYep, it’s all cumulative. I think the “weight loss is in the kitchen” advice helps those who don’t understand weight loss is a function of net calories, so start exercising and eat more because they think exercise somehow magically makes weight go away. If only I had a nickel for every time I heard “weight lifting converts fat into muscle” over the years…
My aunt is a great example. She started doing daily walks to lose weight but picked up a “healthy protein smoothie” from a local coffee shop on the way home. She slowly gained weight because they were more like milkshakes and easily had 500+ calories per serving.
It’s also a great game if you like solving complicated puzzles. Last I knew, there are some that are still unsolved.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750English
3·19 days agoThere is at least one TV application that doesn’t support local streaming without first logging into Plex’s servers. I have an LG tv and it’ll hang at the loading screen, then error out if I don’t have Internet connectivity. I love the TV but LG as a company sucks. I wouldn’t buy it again.
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politics @lemmy.world•Schiff Proposes Bill Requiring Data Centers to Pay for Own Power
36·21 days agoGiven we have the technology, any new construction should be required to be environmentally neutral at a minimum, ideally with ongoing improvement.
If they need to use millions of gallons of groundwater? Great, go fucking wild, but directly fund managed aquifer recharge projects to replace that groundwater at an equal or greater rate.
Increases in resource consumption should be covered entirely by the data center plus improvements to benefit the community.
No longer should big business be used as a means to siphon the value of labor and natural resources and concentrate it for selfish use by the worst of humanity.
If you genuinely want to change and find a therapist who can help you find the right resources to do it, it’s invaluable.
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Political Memes@lemmy.world•Tax the Billionaires, they'll be fine
50·21 days agoI don’t see it as ragging on her. I think she is being used as an example as she has given away more in proportion to her total wealth than most other billionaires yet is now worth more than ever. The point I believe this meme is making is billionaires will still continue to be obscenely rich even if they are heavily taxed.
If you average the cost range, you’re spending around $65,000 on nuggets monthly.
If 0.13% is equivalent to $1,400 in lost sales, then your store would sell $65K of nuggets for $1,076,923.
That’s ~16.6 times the original price. Considering most restaurants operate at around a 3-4x markup, that’s huge!
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Games@lemmy.world•60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast marketEnglish
7·22 days agoOne of my motherboard’s memory slots went bad, no idea why. Figuring out if it was RAM or, if the motherboard, exactly what was wrong, was a tense few hours because neither is getting replaced.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Plex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to JellyfinEnglish
1·27 days ago100% right on for me. It took me years, YEARS, to get my mother to where she would check if USB peripherals were plugged in before asking me to come over and find out why it was broken. Even the occasional slight complications with Plex get her to where she doesn’t use it for months unless I fix it for her. Jellyfin just ain’t happening with her.
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politics @lemmy.world•Pastor leads leads wild dedication ceremony for Trump’s giant gold statue
4·29 days agoI thought that was a golden calf, not a jackass.
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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•You choose where you go in the Federation
5·29 days agoBarclay is down to play too.
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*English
351·30 days agoTheir daughter is 16, the boyfriend 18.
Edit: it clicked after I posted. You mean it’s more than “mildly”. Agreed.
Brain no work today.
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politics @lemmy.world•AOC's answer on running for president leaves political world speechless
15·30 days agoPlus the article itself is primarily dramatic fluff writing, followed by something I loathe: quotations from social media reactions. I’d love for anyone that does like them to share why because I cannot see the utility.











It’s a CT (computerized tomography) scan. It still uses X-rays but the results are in 3D so one can view “slices” of the image from different perspectives.
The sternum is in the the same plane as the spine from this angle, so that’s why there’s only the slightest hint of a ribcage and only the sternum - this slice is well past rib bones.
Similarly the shoulder is much closer to the viewer’s perspective in the 3d model, so it’s not shown at all.
Edit: misinterpreted CT slice location.