The karma-to-post system was horrid on reddit and made it nearly impossible to get into reddit as a new user. I really hope it doesn’t come to the fediverse…

Impossible meat is close enough to meat that I genuinely wouldn’t be able to tell the difference without a side-by-side comparison, and it would be virtually impossible for me to tell if it were mixed in with other flavors (eg in a burrito). I’ve heard it’s got high sodium though, so you’ll still have to beware that it’s not much healthier (if at all) than normal meat. I don’t get Impossible often, though I get regular meat even less. I’d say I like Impossible more than normal meat, I just wish it’s a bit cheaper.

Beyond meat simply doesn’t taste quite right, like soy trying to imitate meat. It hits an awkward uncanny valley, so I don’t like it.

IMO lab grown meat feels a bit like a waste of time. With how incredibly uncanny Impossible is to actual meat, I don’t really see the need to grow meat in the lab. And it’ll probably be more expensive than Impossible meat too, if my lab experience is any indication

Surprised that people haven’t mentioned Yoru ni Kakeru (Racing into the Night) by Yoasobi. It’s a Japanese song about depression and commiting suicide.

Specifically, it follows a guy who falls in love with a depressed and suicidal girl. Over time, the guy himself becomes depressed and tired of life and they both decide to commit suicide together.

Find a cup that is similarly shaped and sized, fill it with hazelnuts and then count it manually

Headaches and extreme drowsiness suggests caffeine addiction. You may want to consider decreasing your caffeine intake slowly over time. As for working without caffeine, unfortunately, that’s a bit more complicated. I assume that you have difficulties with getting up in the morning, hence the need for caffeine. That might then imply that you are simply a night owl. These things are biologically hardwired into your DNA, and while night-owl-ness is known to change as you age, there’s genuinely nothing that you can do to make yourself into a morning bird.

You can try dimming the lights after sunset, that might help at least a bit with going to sleep/waking up earlier, which might help lower your need for caffeine

This used to be a pretty common practice. It’s called a forever soup

If this is how you treat men, then the OP appears to be one of the smaller problems that you may have

The best thing to do is to not see gender. Treat women the same way that you treat men. I mean that in the most literal sense, not in an “equal rights” sense (though you definitely should make sure that’s true as well).

Do you know the uncanny valley? It’s the idea that things that appear close-but-not-quite human are offputting. Something similar happens in social conversations as well. People are very good at subconsciously detecting subtle signs of incongruity between your tone, body language, and spoken words. For instance, if you are nervous but act blasé. There will be subtle signs, like in how you phrase sentences or your tone, that will be noticeable, and people will think that you are hiding something. And people may find it strange and offputting.

It’s the same reason why pick up artists appear creepy - people can detect that their intentions and worldview don’t match with their exterior façade.

Lots in biology research, since biologists tend not to be good coders. That being said, the requirements for biology are rather interdisciplinary and a serious position will likely require you to also have advanced biological knowledge. Based on my impressions, you’ll basically be playing biologist for 50% of the time and programmer for the other 50%.

Hence, the qualification that I’m referring specifically to his pattern of behavior, not beliefs. More specifically, I’m referring to his obsessive, rigid hyperfixations. The abuse is entirely on him.

Interestingly, I have a family member who is almost certainly undiagnosed autistic, and he acts very similarly to what is described in the OP, even down to the “I know better than the experts” rhetoric. The vast majority of autistic people aren’t like that, but it is interesting for me to note the similarities between these 2 people.

Autism has a genetic component, and what you describe (specifically his pattern of behavior, not his beliefs) makes it sound like he may be undiagnosed autistic. Not a doctor or psychologist, but it’s an amusing thought nonetheless that he may be responsible for his children’s autism

1. You need to voice your concerns when they actually come up. The idea that showing emotions is objectively bad is completely false.
2. You need to learn how to phrase negative comments with a neutral tone. You should not be describing anyone as mean, rude, bitch. Especially not your coworkers. Do you mean straightforward? Concerned? Talkative? Direct? Extroverted? Confident?

Are you confusing fahrenheit and Celsius? Body temp can’t cook food

I don’t think you seem to have any problems, but it sounds like your partner may have some things that they’ll need to work out.

People are creatures of habit - while it is true that your partner is being an asshole, I currently don’t have any reason to believe that they’re doing it out of malice rather than habit.

It sounds like your partner may need to seek professional help, because it is their responsibility to manage their ADD/depression, and it sounds like they may be struggling to do that. It is not your responsibility to manage it for them

Because it is really, really difficult to get pure water. Even distilled water isn’t pure. I’m not even sure you can get pure water outside of an industrial or laboratory setting

There’s a lot of speculation here that the moderation and appeals on Reddit have been transitioned into being primarily AI-driven. Basically, I have no idea what to expect as a response and I don’t think anyone could say either.

I used to be fairly active on Reddit, now I just lurk once a week or two. Not only because of philosophical differences, but because Reddit moderation has become such a black box that I genuinely don’t know what could be perceived as breaking the rules

Seems likely that it’s dropshipped. So I would wager there is no real source

You seem to be confusing what you want with gender roles. Nobody said that men must make the first move. Many satisfying relationships start because women make the first move. But by consequence of the fact that you want a relationship, it naturally then follows that you’d have to make the first move.

IMO using props is a poor move. Might get your foot in the door, but it’ll be obvious that your interest/commitment to the prop is not genuine. People can tell if you’re acting, so I would ignore any comment that tells you to imagine and act out a scenario - doubly so if you’re using a prop.

The trick is to realize that a cold call almost never works. There is a very low chance that any one person you run into on the street is looking for a relationship, and an even lower chance that they’d be willing to bet on a stranger for that relationship. So you’re facing 2 filters that are lowering your chances that any one person you meet would want to get into a relationship with you.

You can’t affect the first filter, but you can at least change the second filter - just don’t be a stranger. It’s easier said than done, but it’s possible with concerted effort. To put it bluntly: be amicable and be social. Put yourself in situations where you meet people, and befriend them. And you are by far more likely to run into a potential partner from the people you already know than in a public park. I don’t even mean to pretend to be friends - I mean actually be friends. Socializing has a compounding effect where the more you socialize, the more people you get introduced to. That’s also important because of the fact that you can’t affect the first filter. Clearing the first filter is really a numbers game, to simply know a lot of people.

You’ll need to learn to maintain a social circle. Based on what I can tell, you seem to either be an introvert or have social anxiety. And honestly, I understand. I can’t say that the process will be easy or that it’s fair that extroverts have a leg up in the process, but the unfortunate reality is that society is built upon the assumption that people are social, and you have to play by those rules. The upshot is that more people are willing to be in a relationship than you’d think, and you don’t really have to expand your social circle that much or maintain it that well before you come across someone who agrees to be in a relationship with you.

OnlyOffice. Newer and somewhat less features, but the UI is so much better than LibreOffice. I’ve been on a quest to find the best Office alternative and OnlyOffice is what I’ve settled on

Man, I’m not even old, but reading this post makes me feel old. And I’m certainly on the younger side of the spectrum for those who use Lemmy

There’s a lot of things to unpack here, so it makes sense for me to just list them out:

• your boyfriend seems to have some manosphere-esque tendencies. To me, it seems like it’ll be important for you to talk about this with him. The manosphere teaches young men about false truths and causes them to interpret the world in unusual, misogynistic ways. I don’t currently see any indication that he’s solidly in the manosphere, but it sounds like he may be influenced by it. It will be important for him to acknowledge and refute those influences if he plans to have any form of satisfactory long-term relationship.
• it’s not your fault for receiving unsolicited sexual messages. Both you and your boyfriend will need to acknowledge that fact.
• building on the previous point, getting sent an unsolicited sexual message does not and should not damage your relationship with your boyfriend. It’s not like you cheated or broke his trust. It sounds like he may have some unclear expectations for you that are impossible to meet. I would guess that it ties back to the first point about him being influenced by the manosphere. In any case, this seems important to bring up to him.
• it is definitely your fault for sending false nudes to other people. If/when you are approached with an offer that you don’t like, the appropriate response is to say no, not to scam the other person.
• it may not be your fault for getting unsolicited messages, but from a purely practical perspective, there are certain things that you can do that either encourage or discourage that sort of behavior. It sounds like you perform some sort of gig that tends to encourage this behavior. If you do not wish to get these sorts of messages, it would be a good idea to reconsider whether you should continue doing this gig
• it’s important to learn, truly learn, that a relationship partner is someone who adds on to your life, not someone who completes your life. If you believe that your boyfriend is the only good thing in your life, I would recommend that you consider that this opens you up for exploitation or abuse, either intentionally or unintentionally. It sounds like you are affirming his manosphere-esque tendencies instead of calling him out on it. This will lead to greater strife and friction in the future