I did. I smoked from 1988 until 2010’ish and also chewed tobacco from '01 - '10 as well.

A friend had Strawberry Rhubarb vape so I tried it, loved it, then converted to vape. I slowly decreased the nicotine amount until it was 0-nic and then from there I started becoming more strict like no vaping at work, no vaping while driving until it got to the point where I just didn’t vape. Then I got bronchitis.

I got better and then began exercising more. I plateaued and saw a doctor. COPD.

Now I’m just depressed all the time because I apparently have Anhedonia to boot.

So I’m gambling with 20% of my take home in hopes one of these strategies has a huge payout so my wife and kid can be taken care of when I’m gone, which will likely be under a decade.

One step closer to requiring smart phones to track an individual for their alibi

I wasn’t raised with cable so TV isn’t my thing, but I was fortunate enough to live by a $1 theatre and watch all kind of movies in a theatre, I’m just gonna go back to that. Once I find a dollar theatre.

I miss the old Netflix, where discs would come to my house.

First they came for our Lead based fuel Then they came for our Lead based paint They’re not touching Lead based ammo, because Lead based ammo isn’t killing people. People are killing people.

No, the Israeli’s are very familiar with the territory.

Please don’t take my arrogance as taking a side. Most Israeli’s do not support this and are doing what they can to remove Netanyahu from power.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/11/middleeast/why-only-a-trickle-of-aid-is-getting-into-gaza-mime-intl/index.html

World politics are in a really fucked up place right now, there around a handful of additional genocides as we speak/type (Uyghers, Manipur, Syria, Armenians, and Ukraine) all while the Nazi party has fully established in Italy to further the pursuit of Mussolini’s goals???

World powers are demonstrating how much they really don’t care about any of us - but what options are available to us when we’ve empowered governments with a massive supply of bodies to fulfill their game of chess?

Instead of watching the kids fight on the playground, read the political room.

Nope, just watching this happed the past 44 years.

The most recent reporting is from NBC. Don’t assume I support this insanity, saying it’s not getting past the border already shows me you’re unfamiliar with the geography.

I don’t disagree, but others have tried to assist with aid and it has just been kept in stockpiles, not even making it to the people.

It’s just so exhausting.

We’ve seen this before… literally 4 months ago.

Just so it can be hoarded by organizations?

Meat, nobody tastes good anymore.

Flagfox is actually really helpful to me. So many websites have authentication in different countries, it gives me a heads up when unblocking pages on a firewall.

I had always been a fan of smoking and chewing. One day, a friend showed me his Strawberry Shortcake vape. I never looked back. Lemon Pound cake vape for days.

Eventually I got into making large bottles of ejuice. Then I just gradually lowered the quantity of nicotine.

Once I hit that 0 nicotine, I just worked on decreasing my frequency. Then one day I bronchitis and I was like: okay I’m done.

I’m gonna go with the Romans?

Punky Eufster

too expensive for my cheap self

I really want to say yes because I love weed.

I take a prescribed medication for my anxiety, along with the support of talking to strangers about what my stresses are and that definitely helps.

I’ve used CBD for a 6mo period of time and I feel that it didn’t help the situation, but masked it during times when I would be exposed to my stressors. So if I used something throughout the week, that meant I’d have a breakdown/meltdown over the weekend where I could just eat a tub of junk food and binge watch a show. I really thought it was helping ke, but like any substance you develop a tolerance.

So I just stuck with weed, but eventually the same problem would come up where I was just masking it, but I was high and smiling all the time. Productivity kinda dropped but boy did reading become fun again.

I really hate pumping my body full of pills, and I’m not going to lie and say it’s not masking it either, but I feel like the mask is a constant while I work out my issues it a healthier way vs. just kinda sitting around in a fog.

What’s comical is that I’m finding out my cause for anxiety seems to be coming from what I think ADHD is? My inability to focus on projects and see them to completion is a HUGE stressor to me, making me anxious all the time. I think once I’m in a better headspace I’ll transition to looking into that deeper in hopes that my assumption is correct.

Oof, that will have to be a very busy day. But if it’s just for one day then I guess just sleep it off.

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