Fuuuuuck, why did I look it up?

Wait a minute… Are you suggesting someone on the internet lied for attention?! I don’t believe it!

For me, I have two concerns (like it matters, I’m never winning). The organization running the lottery could fold and I can likely make more investing the lump sum myself. Plus I really want to start a nonprofit grocery chain.

As an American, I don’t get it at all. I don’t WANT to talk about him unless it’s pertinent. My average blood pressure has literally gone up about 10mmHg in one month, I don’t need more stress.

Isopods have terrible penmanship.

I’m assuming they’re looking to buy after this condo sale. If that’s the case, they may not have much choice as their next place will be similarly insanely inflated, so they need that money to get the monthly payment to something affordable.

That’s the position my partner and I are in. We have equity in our house, but it’s mostly because it has “appreciated” to a level that we could never afford, despite making a combined over quarter million dollars a year (due to living in a high cost of living area). Even if we sold our house at full inflated market price and used it all as a down payment, we’d be hard pressed to afford a place with the same price.

It’s not that I’m complaining about the equity, it just doesn’t get me much when everything else is insanely inflated. We barely squeaked into the place we’re in because COVID tanked interest rates and prices in our area.

I think it’s because they’re raised from birth having only heard these absurd notions and many never consider if they are truly absurd or not. It’s kinda sad.

Ok, but like, is there something wrong with me?

I can’t see anything wrong here so, if there’s a problem, we both have it.

You bet!

Artur Sadlos’s “Wooden Giant”.

At long last, we’re down to a few entries: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Peru, and Canadia. Sorry for the delay, getting two adults with ADHD to decide on anything is difficult.

What do you think they’re burning? Wood?

Not too personal at all. My partner and I are actually narrowing down a list tonight, so I’ll get back with you about that. Right now, it includes some silly places, like Tuvalu, which probably aren’t very helpful and would make me look like a maniac if I put them out as serious suggestions.

Joint mobility refers to joint range of motion. People with EDS are those “stretchy people” whose joints just keep going and going instead of stopping like regular people.

…Corndog?

Hi! I’m SoleInvictus (he/him), also one of the new mods. I’m ND and genderfluid, but tend to lean toward “male” more. It’s like a 60/40 mix, though that can change. I also have a disability, a relatively common “rare” disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Ask me about my joint mobility!

I’m currently living in the freshest of dumpster fires, the United States, and am looking to GTFO, so hopefully that’ll change soonish. My hobbies include hanging with my dog and cat children (two and four of each, respectively), cooking and baking, endless physical therapy (EDS4LYFE yo), some gaming, reading, and naps (goddammit, EDS again!).

I’ve worked as a microbiologist in research and public health but have done some time in private industry in related fields. If anyone ever needs help making sense of research papers, feel free to hit me up.

I have modding experience (and the accompanying PTSD) from Reddit, but this comm has been a breath of fresh air. Truly, I love you all SO much.

I’m pretty open about anything, so feel free to ask any questions!

Yeah, I just saw the big 196 post, thought to myself “fuck that shit, I’ll make a backup comm just in case this goes badly”, and now here we are.

You helped me out with excellent mod suggestions thanks to that other post (which I still need to find, for posterity). I expected this to be a dusty, unused little comm that lost people would aneurysm post in like once or twice a year, so I really needed the help when I was proven very wrong.

Thank you, I was so confused.

My hero!

The only thing this is missing is another 59.5 minutes of it.

All commercial AIs are filled with censorship. What’s interesting about it is learning what different societies think is worth censoring and how they censor it.