Not unheard of nor even unusual.

You can start by trying to put the word out that you’re willing to deal with this person, reasonably. Try to help them get what they need in a way that works better for everyone.

Just an idea to start. I don’t really know much about your situation, so I’ll leave it there for now.

Naloxone (NYC HEALTH)

(311 will also help obtaining naloxone kits)

In New York City, they hand out Narcan for free. They also provide free training for people just in case you happen to see someone overdosing, which isn’t terrifically uncommon.

I used to carry around a dose of Narcan for just such a situation. Once, about four or five years ago I think, I saw some guy ODing on the A train platform. Hit him with the Narcan.

Since it’s a nasal spray, I’m all up in his face when he suddenly (and violently) wakes up and pukes on me. I was on my way to work… after about 2 seconds, he looks right at me and sucker punches me. Just laid me out on the platform.

Some big dude who was standing close by drags me away from the guy as he starts screaming at me about ruining the best high if his life (yeah, whatever asshole) before running off.

Thing is, I used to be a junkie myself. I’ve been off that shit for 21 years now, but I still very much remember. I get it. I feel somewhat obligated, as a service, to do what I can to help when I can. Was that guy shitty and an asshole? Absolutely because I can. Am I glad I probably saved his life? You bet. Am I gonna keep doing this? Absolutely. Why? Because it makes the world a better place, and the benefit far out weighs the cost.

Addiction isn’t a “weakness“. It’s a legitimate illness, and this country vilifies it rather than treating it as the medical condition that it is. Obviously, money is the motivation here. Or, rather, I should say: profit.

The world could deal with more kindness. If I can put more kindness in the world without it really being that big of a deal for me? Why shouldn’t I?

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And someone else who looks far younger than I am, just be glad for it.

It’s never too late to study something new!

Your statement struck me as strange and somewhat ironic because paleontology involves a lot of digging deep to find fossils. And while I obviously can’t disagree with you on the fact that a lot of organisms did die without getting fossilized, I disagree that paleontology is just “scratching the surface“. Certainly, not everything can be revealed via paleontology for the obvious reasons, but it has revealed an awful lot.

I just played through Oceanhorn, and now I’m playing Oceanhorn 2. Cute little games with an interesting story and some kind of basic puzzles. But the gameplay is fun.

Paleontology studies this. Perhaps you should study paleontology?

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Not only do I not mind, I would hope that my perspective partner would have enough sexual experience so that we would both enjoy ourselves.

Because a linguistic association between sex and murder is so adorable, especially when it comes from kids!

Large companies also make massive profits because of the scale they work on. Matching 401(k) contributions? It doesn’t need to be an order of magnitude larger for it to make a huge difference. Simply doubling my 401(k) is a big deal.

And of course they get a “ball rate“ on payroll taxes, especially for companies who have over 1000 employees or over 5000 over 10,000. They experienced this by having a lower tax rate for larger businesses.

Not to mention that they often pay more and pay a steady wage due to the fact they can afford it. Freelance contractors make less, and work isn’t guaranteed to be steady.

Businesses, particularly word businesses, operate on much larger profit margins than most of any freelance contractor.

Most of those expenses are mitigated by the fact that companies buy them in bulk on huge plans. As a freelance contractor myself, I pay a lot more for insurance than I did when I worked for a company. And a retirement plan? Benefits? Lol.

Look, I consider myself pretty sexually adventurous. There are very few things I haven’t tried. So I’m definitely not here to kinkshame anyone. I’m into my own stuff.

It’s just that, this one particular kink, for me, makes me laugh. I think it’s literally silly and goofy, and I can’t be sexually aroused when I’m too busy giggling.

I don’t say this to mock anyone, and again, no judgments. It’s just not for me.

This makes a lot more sense and is much more practical. It’s not as if a Dyson sphere could be built overnight anyway. It would be a massive undertaking and would take, potentially, centuries to complete. Might as well get some use out of the pieces you have already built while you work on the rest of it.

Prototypes are not allowed out in the wild anymore. There was a massive shift in policy after the iPhone 4 incident.

I remember when the iPhone 4 leak happened because of that phone prototype that got left behind. Everyone felt really bad for the guy, and it was widely believed that it was completely by accident.

Moxie

Are Furrys considered hard-core? I always thought it a little bit more silly than anything.

(no judgement)

“minimal”

Tell that to my dad’s high blood pressure