My mother passive aggressively bullied me regarding potential love interests to the point I was absolutely terrified of even mentioning boys from my class as dealing with her unfounded teasing was unbearable. This didn’t help at all with my romantic relationships, I was always lacking in support in the area as I turned the topic into a taboo during my adolescent years, at home in particular.

As for my father it’s not much what he did but what he didn’t do. He’s one of the smartest men I’ve ever met, he is good at managing his finances and networking yet he never gave me much support or pushed me to achieve anything in these areas - when he did it was briefly in the form of criticism. Again, this also snowballed into an adulthood problem I’m still grappling with.

Citrus, in particular grapefruit, would be also a good option to freak out people

They meant hot, but didn’t dare say it.

People say I look like Carrie Ann Moss (Trinity) but as a child I had more Lucy Lawless resemblances. So I don’t know, but either case they’ll have to get a tan cause I’m more of a Penelope Cruz skin tone.

I tried Aikido for a while and did some Qui Gong as well. I see your point about the BS floating around, but the physical and also mental benefits are undeniable. It may vary from person to person, the same way some people can’t meditate, some won’t get anything from these types of activities.

Some people here saying the same age you work and pay taxes and I absolutely agree, but with the caveat that it shouldn’t be compulsory before age 25.

And I pick 25 as it’s the average age iirc the brain is considered to be fully matured.

I personally had no clue of what I was doing and regret my first few rounds voting. I was aware at the time that I lacked the information and the big picture view of the political situation to make an informed decision though, and wished I could avoid voting entirely but in my country it was compulsory.

The 5th element

Die Hard 1

Back to the Future, any

Jurassic Park 1

The Lion King

Road to El Dorado

Surely I’m forgetting a few but these come to mind now

You’d think Citizen Sade came up with the story but no, it’s an article. Things like these always reinforce my belief that his stories were wild for sure but not that detached from reality.

A black knitted beanie

He taught those pesky mortals how to use fire, can you believe it? And the gods didn’t create those mortals to begin with. Add insult to injury I guess.

I’ll +1 this on behalf of my sister

I like how working in the film industry has made you shutter instead of shudder

Me thinking this was about getting frustrated at subpar artwork or crafts of my own creation but no, you really mean my own existence.

No, I don’t feel that way. I never had a problem knowing my parents had sex and that I’m the product of that. Sorry for your case, I see others giving much better advice already so I’ll leave it at that.

Finally, someone asking the questions that really matter!

My favorite is Piccolo. I liked Piccolo Daimaoh in DB, he made a good villain but his offspring, the Piccolo that carried on to DBZ, I fell in love with that character. The design is great, the personality, and all his arc until the Cell saga. Sadly he quickly falls into the background after that.

I know he gets the orange version nowadays but I haven’t checked out the movie or manga for that matter. I’m not a fan of the 3d style art for the franchise at least not for animation media.

I’m sorry it didn’t improve as much.

I can’t say I loved coffee the first time I tried it. It took years for it to get better, and eventually it did. An acquired taste for sure… Hopefully the same applies to my spine? Thanks for sharing

Glad to know that worked out for you! Thanks for sharing

Wow, success story - not the most usual type of story! That sounds super painful, I can’t even imagine what it’s like to sever a piece of disc. Thanks for sharing

Yup, I got a pinched nerve between c7 and c6 it makes my arm feel like I broke a bone. Did you recover fully btw? I got a post asking for people’s experiences with this sort of thing if you’re inclined to share. Thanks

I think so? Some steroid thing, CT scan assisted.

Presentation could be improved but they look like alright roasted potatoes to me