What! I applaud your effort in promoting Dungeon Menshi in literally every instance.

Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning just rolled around in my head for day after I first read it. It’s really dark but feels so completely human at the same time.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46313/porphyrias-lover

I am really happy that people are willing to consider how toxic that aggression is. It’s so engrained in our culture that it’s considered normal when a father threatens to have his gun out when first meeting his daughter’s partner. Nobody really thinks about the effects of this normalized violence.

I apologize but this will be kind of dark. As a father I know you are going to be desperate to protect her, but don’t wax poetic about dealing violence to anyone who would do her wrong. For example, don’t talk about beating her current boyfriend/girlfriend if they cross her. Girls are going to have shitty relationships because that’s a part of growing up. Don’t make her think talking to you about them is the nuclear option when she’s still trying to figure out what is acceptable and her boundaries. If she thinks you’ll go beat the shit out of any one who looks at her funny, she might not come to you with her problems until she is willing to accept her dad going to prison for a long time. Everyone is right about listening to her, but make sure she that she knows that you can be trusted. Listen, accept her decisions, work with her, and not to fly off of the handle. Best of luck new father, since you’re asking the right questions I think you are going to be fine.

Good on you for sticking by her while she was working it out. Changing medication is so hard and takes a while especially if you’re taking more than one kind. I am really happy you both got through it and that she found something better!

Take my meds- man I never thought I was that different on or off meds until the recent ADHD medication shortage combined with some personal issues last Fall made me fall apart. My poor SO was worried sick because I was losing my damn mind, turns out I do not mask well. I didn’t realize that being properly medicated is as much of a public service as a personal one. May your meds always be available and well balanced.

I am assuming they’re referencing South Park.

https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Tolkien_Black

Can’t stand listening to tech “evangelists” talk about tech. It’s so hard no roll my eyes when someone goes on and on about how the _____ (block chain, AI, whatever buzz word we’re on now) will change the world. Like yes, but not in the way you are describing because it clear you fundamentally misunderstand the technology. I work in tech and there are really cool projects out there, and discussions with my peers are really insightful. However, when a person starts telling me how excited they are to get I chip in their brain to control their phone, I can’t help but wonder if they already have brain damage.

Heck yeah that last pizza sounds awesome! Haven’t used the “pizza” yeast but I have noticed a real difference with bread flour. The bread flour is a bit more elastic when shaping, it is easier to get to larger pies without tearing the dough. I have noticed that if you let it get too warm it gets really loose lol. I hope you enjoy your pizza journey, it’s a lot of trial and error. Tasty trial and error.

Hey that looks pretty dang good for a month in. Making pizza from scratch is tough. I had to make an extra dough ball for like the first 6 months because I would either tear the dough or it would fold over on the peal when I tried to launch it. It looks pretty nicely browned too so you’re off to a good start.

Otter 841? Is that you?

I was in London and the bar I was at was advertising margaritas as the drink special. I love margaritas so I ordered one with salt. Now I should have realized my mistake here because the bartender goes “we don’t make margaritas with salt”. I explained it goes on the rim. They nod and come back a few minutes later with a slushy machine margarita and a salt shaker. “Sorry ma’am I couldn’t get the salt to stick to the rim so here is the salt if you want to try”. It was a pretty terrible margarita but I appreciate that they tried so very hard even though they didn’t understand the assignment.

Not sure about your preferences, it I thought it was really cute. I really enjoy the manga because the characters actually grow as people and learn to communicate with each other while still having personal boundaries. The male lead actually grows a spine!

It looks like it’s supposed to be smug girl supreme Nagatoro.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GQWH0M455/dont-toy-with-me-miss-nagatoro

Short answer, yes. You do build tolerance over time and will need to change formulation every few years. When I have changes in medication it takes about 2 weeks to get used to, and I have heard it can take a month or 2 to get used to other mental health medications. Just ride it out for a few more days unless the jitters are unbearable. Remember, you can always talk to your doctor about changing your formulations so feed back your issues so you can fine tune it.

Portal. I have terrible FPS skills but love puzzle games. Having a FPS where I could proceed at my own pace and wasn’t constantly letting down teammates let me develop the skills needed to actually play.

Animorphs rocked my world as a kid. It was a scifi series marketed to children but dealt with really dark topics. The lighter topics were what is family when stuff like divorce and aliens replacing your family members. Then some of the books delved into serious moral questions like, what does it mean to spare a life if that person is at risk of betraying you and your team, to should we drag an unrelated species into our war even if it’s against their values. The whole overall plot follows child soldiers who were unwittingly drafted into a intergalactic war that they cannot tell anyone else about and the trauma that brings about. The series surprisingly didn’t try and lighten the weight of the moral choices presented too much. While the protagonists were always “in the right”, they were constantly forced to cope with the consequences of their choices.

If you want to get into things but are unsure how to get started, I recommend checking out your local community college. Having a class is nice because it provides the starting point and goal so you don’t get overwhelmed with where to start. I find I really benefit from the schedule that taking classes enforces, otherwise I find myself really struggling to make progress when I do learning on my own. Also it comes with its own built in community that you can reach out to if you’re stuck. Classes tend to be really affordable so it’s a way to try things out casually.

Glad you found it! I forgot if I had taken my meds and popped one. Turns out I had taken my meds that morning and doubling up made me very aware of my eyes, so yeah when in doubt I go without.

I have been moving around over the years and have been shocked at the varying quality of care I have received for my ADHD. Some Drs just took my old prescription no question asked. Others required me to come in once a month for 3 months to “establish care” before giving me the option to request refills without physically seeing them (it’s much more common for them to only want to see me once every 4 months and they will write prescriptions in-between). One actually gave me a very unpleasant lecture about how he didn’t believe I should be taking be taking the medication at all because that and taking birth control would ruin my chance at having children. To answer your question, I have never been required to take a marijuana drug test before getting a prescription , that just sounds crazy and controlling. You mentioned hat the facility mainly provides substance abuse care, and I think you might be on to something there. If you choose to continue with that facility ask them questions about their medication policies is general. Like is this a one time thing or are they going to withhold your prescription if you can’t pass a monthly drug test? Is it their facility’s policy that patients are expected to abstain from all non-prescription drugs to receive care, or is it just this instance? If you have your diagnosis and dosage you may want to consider changing the Dr, care facility, or both. Best of luck.