The fuel epidemic around the world has put a major hole in our pocket. I'm just waiting to know your personal experience

I keep seeing zombie prep videos and operation fortress on my socials media and was wondering if we are all about to die. I’m a very anxious person and scared of zombies so i can’t tell if it’s just my nerves or if i should start prepping as well.

Sounds stupid but i just want to cover my bases, if i work a remote at home job can It be a job that is anywhere in the world

So my girlfriend is 10.5 years older than me, I’m 32 and she’s about to turn 43.

Some guys online want to attack me about it for some reason, and even some women seem to not approve of the idea which is odd to me. Sure it breaks the mold, but why do other men want to shame me for it?

I love her and am considering proposing at some point. We’ve been together about 4 years now. She’s divorced and that’s another thing chuds get triggered by for some reason.

It feels like being into older women (not as a fetish but I’m happy to date them) is really taboo and I don’t get it. My girl doesn’t even look much different than my age imo and even if she looked more aged, why would that matter if I’m happy?

Oh and btw I like a more mature look too I’m not saying aged is bad but she genuinely has “aged well” and used sunscreen/stayed out of the sun.

NOTE TO READER: I work on a farm with a guy that slacks off quite often. I'm not trying to spread any hate, misinformation, or any negative views targeting him. I just want some input on how I should go about this situation.

So my coworker (let's just call him Joe) is constantly slacking on the job. We work on a farm with agricultural machinery and a short time ago one of the machines wasn't working properly. My best guess was a faulty sensor or something else. His guess? His retrograde. He started telling me how so much shit is happening around the world because of some retrograde thing with planets aligning. I'm not into astrology so I nodded, not in agreement (agreed to disagree) and he walked off for a smoke break.

Sometimes I'll be working and if he sees a window of opportunity for a smoke break, he just walks off, on the clock. Don't get me wrong, I don't think any less of him for smoking, and I don't really hold any opposing views against it. But he purposely takes as long as he can. Phone out, doomscrolling Facebook reels, texting, you name it, for about 10-15 minutes per smoke break. He takes an average (going off of what I've seen personally) of five smoke breaks a day. So on a not-so-busy day, he would typically spend around 45min-1hr just smoking or on his phone while on the clock.

He talks about conspiracy theories every day, and said some questionable things, like how Elon Musks manager messaged him for a business opportunity, and how Dolly Parton invited him to help run an orphanage? Then he went on about crypto talking about how XRP will be worth millions per share, and how bitcoin had a "hidden" all-time high of $1.7M? Some things just don't add up, but hey, facebook boomer conspiracy theorists aren't necessarily the best people to believe imo.

I didn't really think anything of it at first. But it's becoming a pattern that, for the majority of the time, leaves me with most of the heavy labor. And it's not that I can't handle that - I'm 20M, he's 50+M (not specifying age). So I can understand if his back is a bit sore or he's not able to lift heavier loads, but here's the thing: I've went out of my way multiple times to give him suggestions on what he could do to stay productive. But a lot of the time he just doesn't do them OR doesn't want to. Because of this, he tries to micromanage me with stuff HE wants done, not always what our boss wants.

I'm not trying to act like the bossman or be controlling.

I'm simply trying to find the best way to set boundaries, keep accountability between us and our higher-ups, and encourage him to be more productive so I'm not the only one pulling his workload.

Any input and suggestions about this situation is appreciated.

Ty

I would do the 70’s

You can’t ask a simple question without someone being sarcastic, irritated or taking offense to it or just saying the most out of pocket response over a relatively simple question.

It drives me crazy and it makes me so hesitant to ask any question on this app. Everyone acts like the smartest person ever and in such a rude/condescending way. Why is it?

I took it for my allergies but i had also seen many videos
Saying this tablet will make you feel so sleepy and you’ll sleep for hours and hours

I don't know if this is the right place to go, but I don't know where else to turn. I ordered a Kendra Scott Dolly Parton necklace from Dolly Parton's official shop but received a ring instead, which was super disappointing. I contacted support and didn't hear back for a week, so I reached out again and still haven't heard anything back. This was a really expensive purchase for me and the return window is 30 days, so I'm getting stressed out. I tried to start a return but the site wouldn't let me. I'm not sure why.

Does anyone have any experience with Dolly Parton shop support? If so, how long until I hear back from them? How long should I wait in general when contacting customer support?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Growing in the 70s and 80s my late mom and late grandmom were obsessed with the WGBH Auction every June which lasted a week. I believe other PBS stations did something similar. . There was one main daytime Quickie Board host who was very pretty in the 80s but no idea her name. Did your folks also watch?

I still see new movies, new seasons for shows like SpongeBob, Blu-Ray and/or 4K remasters of older shows and movies and reprints (Whenever it's a collection or steelbook release) for movies and shows release on DVD, Blu-Ray and/or 4K. Sure you'll see Disney making steelbooks of 4K movies like Toy Story 5 that will be sold out quickly and scalped to shit, stores shrinking or getting rid of selections for physical movies and there's a considerable amount of stuff that are either long OOP or only watchable in a streaming service or digital storefront (Or you can pirate them). But I still think it's still reasonably thriving somewhat mostly due to streaming fatigue.

Video games are a different story. A number of games (Usually indies or niche retro collections) get physical releases from companies such as Limited Run Games, have smaller print runs (Can't for the life of me find copies for Indiana Jones or Oblivion on Switch 2. Giving up and will wait for eShop sales.), get physical releases sometime after the initial digital releases, Sony ending production on physical games and Switch 2 Game Key Cards are divisive things. I don't mind Game Key Cards or digital games, but I still find the state really concerning. Not all is doom and gloom since Nintendo will still support physical games and Xbox at the very least let you digitize most of your physical Xbox One and Series games before Project Helix arrives. But still...

If you could instantly learn any skill without trying, what would it be?

I don't want to offend the OP by saying "have you actually seen the films /read the book/just googled it" but this is really so often the case.

There was someone asking about the "dark

side" motivations of Kylo Ren in Star Wars. Normally I don't mind explaining a film and I love talking about Star Wars, but this person had only read about the character and hadn't seen a single Star Wars film.

Should I just ignore and even downvote the question? What if OP is from a sheltered background or isn't allowed to watch Disney+? Am I giving stupid reasons to not answer a stupid question?

It's the same when people clearly don't have sufficient grasp of politics/economics/history to be given either a straight answer or one which , due to OP lack of knowledge,they would even understand.

I appreciate this is as much a rant as a question but it definitely applies: certain questions would get different answers based on what the OP would understand

When that happens I refuse to continue.

Im curiou

I have seen people I know on TV before, but thankfully not during a life destroying event like these losers.

How about you?

I would like to start this off by saying i am not trying to be an edgelord or anything, im being fully genuine. i also do not have access to a therapist for the time being.

Basically, ive never really... Cared? When, like, celebrities or anyone dies. I have friends who cry over popular children dying, and, i dont really find myself caring. I dont mean it in an inconsiderate way, obviously its bad that they died so young, but i didnt know them personally, so i dont grieve them at all. I never even grieved my grandparents dying, i loved my grandpa a lot but i kinda feel glad hes dead because he was definitely suffering.

I also have a life-ruining fear of death, oddly enough. Im terrified of the thought that one day i will die, but that doesnt really carry over to others at all. honestly i think the only person id grieve if they died is my mom, and maybe one or two friends, but for everyone else im just apathetic to it.

I have been asking this question for YEARS

Does anyone actually like AI? If so why?

Yesterday was My Mom's birthday We got some pizza I got two slices there was one slice left for 3 of us me my mother and my brother I was looking forward to eating that slice but then I woke up to find out she ate it without asking me

and now she said I'm bad for saying she shouldn't have eaten it cause she's my mother

this has happened multiple times before also happened with my dad too and now she says she will only buy and share things with my sister instead of me

I don't know how to feel right now

So I’m currently in Thailand and want to bring one of those lava cakes from 7-Eleven (the ones kept in the refrigerated section) back home to Germany as a little gift for my girlfriend because she wanted to try them.

The total journey would take around 16 hours, and I’d have to keep it in my carry-on luggage the entire time.

Has anyone tried bringing one of these cakes on a long-haul flight? Would it still be okay to eat after 16 hours without refrigeration, or would it spoil? I would keep it in my refrigerator for another week too.

So I have a housemate who is older and just sits there on the couch all night watching videos about robots, AI, UFOs, the apocalypse, NASA faking astronauts in space, etc. and I hate that shit so much. He has no critical thinking skills. But this post isn't about him but what he watches. He used to watch videos where it was some Mormon hick farmer who was clearly AI talking to the camera about how the Mormon Church is the largest food producer in the U.S. but that stopped. Now he watches video about robots and AI. The videos he watches are supposedly from China and last night it was some creepo shit about female robots with one video's title having the sentence "Would YOU date them?" He watches stuff glazing Elmo Musk and how "TESLA JUST BLEW EVERYONE AWAY" in the video titles.

So is all that shit he watches real? Or is it AI generated? Or is it AI voiced but real footage?

Here are some of the video titles of the stuff he watches:
"Boston Dynamics wins the robot competition."
"Rosetta Stone reanalyzed by AI- it's over."
"US company shocks the world with a new fuel-free generator- available for purchase in 2026!"

I’m 25M and have never kissed, dated, flirted or approached anyone and I don’t dare to use the apps. 🤞😭

How do an average Swedish guy lookswise, but below average in height (172cm so 5’7-5’8) even get kissed in these day and age? When there are men out there super handsome like Timothee Chalamet ❣️

At what age is it weird to be unkissed as a guy and is it ok just to wait until women (of the exact same age ofc, or max 1 year older, not younger) approaches me?

This has genuinely been driving me mad and I cant find a way to stop the influx of posts on my fyp