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I am gonna start checking out these Issakai animes. I’m a never-watched-anime gal, but I’m interested based on comments here!
Not sure if you saw this, but my daughter just got into K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix and I gotta admit… it slaps. I’m rocking out to Soda Pop now, this was my gateway into K-pop I guess!
Emotional support podcast! The “Politics till We Get Mad” segment works so much because you really do not normalize a very abnormal climate we are in. You’re not making the rise of fascism “business as usual” like CNN and other political outlets and podcasts seem to be doing. You have the outrage one would expect.
I’m with Karen, I’m never not going to be mad they forced Biden out of the race. I keep getting text messages to donate to the Dems. I’m liberal democrat through and through, but nah. Fuck all the way off with that. Go ask your rich ass puppet masters like Clooney for that money, cuz I ain’t got it! Go ask Clooney for the coin since his little comments can make or break a candidate apparently. Get the fuck out of here begging me for my hard earned dollars already when you’re just gonna do whatever you want, and not act in a way that is truly what the constituency has in mind.
Shout-out to the BEST PODCAST IN THE WORLD, I’m back in NYC and goddaaaaaaaaam it’s hot in American streets. I lost weight trying to walk within a day of coming back. The Paravai-Kaaran might just run for office and invest in natural cooling of our streets (fresh off the plane idea). Oh on my last night in Deutschland, I was treated to drinks at a harbor and all I kept thinking about was how a great TV show would have crimes happening at that beautiful harbor. Ya’ll inspired me!
To piggy back on what you said Rod about people used to listening to low information shows in reference to the person writing in to tell you to stop correcting Karen, nothing against them but I also think people are so caught up in real life gender wars that they see couples asking for clarification as toxic. They’re not used to seeing a healthy discourse between a man and a woman who actively listen and respect each other when they’re having a conversation. I’ve been listening to this show for years now and I’ve heard Karen correct or ask for clarification from you as well and that’s why the show is so good, neither of you gets defensive if that happens. Even when listeners write in to clarify you’re also open to that as well. The only thing Rod continues to be wrong about is the misinformation he spreads about Arby’s. They have the meats.
I second everything you said on clarifying, preach Sis. Now if Arby’s PayPal me that “meat” money I’ll stand by you 100% until then, I can’t support money laundering businesses.
I must comment again about anti depressants and suicidal thoughts.
This is how it works.
Your motivation unter SSRI improves before your mood. So before you have been to depressed to do anything, but in the first two weeks of taking them you get your drive back, unfortunately the outlook on live can be still very dark. It will get better in the next 2 weeks. It’s important to know it before starting them, to understand your thoughts. I know someone personally very well ( a friend) who experienced this.
I thought a lot about what the right amount of news consumption is, what’s morally right.
As a child, I thought someone who sits a breakfast and reads multiple newspapers was an intellectual and informed person, and I wanted to be this way! ( maybe it was better without the internet here, no social media debates on politics, but this is not my point) The act to consume less news felt in the beginning as if I betray the vision of smart me.
Now I’m over it, because I know that reading news non stop and being on social media is directly linked to my mood dropping extremely and my anxiety rising, and I really don’t want that. Especially seeing there isn’t really anything for me to do and conflicts the media reports on never get a resolution. Even if a situation improves, they don’t want to admit it, they say, “ it’s unsure if the newfound resolution will remain, because of xy”
While I’m still thinking about a catastrophe from two weeks ago, ( my brain gets stuck on things , it’s her favorite. ) catastrophes everyone seems to have moved on to new awful things. This approach doesn’t work for my brain.
Now I don’t consume news, go always to vote in an election and have downloaded the brilliant app ( an app ( it teaches math, science, computer science, and data analysis) My brain can get stuck on that. And it does, Great side effect: I learn things and get smarter.