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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I actually went searching for something positive. So far I've found F.D Signifier (This one and this seem promising. Though he has quite a few). Like, that's just not enough.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Do not user Klarma-esque services unless it's important. Same with payday loans.

You can use credit cards to build your credit, but your goal should be to pay it off each month. The first month you cannot pay it off in full (sans emergencies), stop using that card until you pay it off.

Bills get paid first. For loans, if possible, try to pay every two weeks to help bring it down faster.

Having a pet is not just getting a buddy, you need to be prepared to take care of them. They cost money and will keep costing money until they pass.

Honestly, check your job's benifits. They hide a lot of stuff sometimes. It was a year into my employment before I realized my job could make monthly payments on student loans. Their payments have saved me in some tight months. πŸ‘€

Edit: if you live alone and your place is small (or at least one level) you may want to look into a portable ac, even if you have central air. I take a lot of depression naps so I'm usually in my room, so that's really the only pace I need it. My cat knows where to go when it gets warm and we usually hang out in that room until it gets cooler (of course, if it's bad, I'll turn it on). It's saved me on my electric this year enough to pay for the $160 I got it for (though I was kicking myself because Craigslist had them for cheap).

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago

They waited nice and long to do this so people wouldn't notice because her murder was discussed a lot.

What fuckers.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 36 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I feel like society kind of does that for them? Not 100%, but most women's magazine have a "how to please your man" section. Grooming for women is usually around looking young and pretty and feminine to men, hiding things or pushing/squeezing things for the best shape. While men's story tend to be about self discovery, women's media (until recently) was not telling women same message. Media for awhile was heavily focused on women being content as home makers. You gotta learn how to look to get a man after all and then have to do the house making to keep them. Keep yourself young and pretty so he doesn't get a new model! You don't like giving head? Or having men cum on your face? Oh, sorry, 90% of sexual media is geared towards men and their desires, and if you wanna keep him, you need to perform. Hell, some men don't even think women can get pleasure from sex. Advertisements were geared towards being a "Good wife," not a happy woman (unless you're chuffed at being a wife). We have recent comics/memes about this. We laugh at them ("I was a scientist" VS "I raised 5 (all male) scientists"), but that's in certain circles, these were not created to be jokes. There's not as much as the reverse baked into society. Men didn't have to learn how to treat a woman for, like, the bulk of our history. I think there's a lot of focus on men attracting women (and extreme pressure on them to be the main providers), but not necessarily how to treat them. Women tend to do that with sons because, until fairly recently, no one gave a shit if you beat your family every night, rape within marriage was perfectly legal. Women couldn't get a bank account without a man's permission. In some countries women can't leave the house without a man period. Society was teaching men that women were property, and it was usually only the mom in the man's life that could say, "Hey kiddo, when you get a wife please don't beat her." if she wasn't the kind of woman to say you should beat her.

This is not to say men don't also suffer. Toxic masculinity has made a place where men have power, but lack the freedom to be vulnerable. Their mental health isn't taken seriously because "men don't cry." Men don't get "hurt," men don't get sad, lonely unless you're "weak." Don't cry, because you'll be told to "get a tampon." Women who drank the kool-aid uphold this as well. Even toxic spaces that some men make for themselves (manosphere) are incredibly harmful to the men they say they're there to uplift. All they focus on is how to get women, how to "catch one" with the bait usually a man's wealth, or apperence. They don't talk about how to find a loving partner, how men can look out for abuse, how men can protect themselves. Those men say women have until 25, they're the gate keepers of "sex." They make it seem like men and women are diametrically opposed ~~foes~~ . I think there's a huge lack in actual helpful male focused media. Like, I say the manosphere is awful, but I don't readily know another space that could help men with their issues in less toxic ways. How many men have heard "just be yourself" or "work out" to solve their problems? When that's all you hear, someone telling you something is better than nothing.

TL;DR: I think men have the inverse problem. Women tend to have to be their own advocate for their treatment, but get the freedom to be cared for, heard, and have their mental health taken seriously. Men have the "power," but not the freedom of expression, but a lot of that is the result of a society they created. It's not so much "fathers need to teach their daughters how to treat men" (because I don't think men are taught to even let women know that they have feelings, let alone telling their daughters), it's that we need to allow men to be vulnerable and have people be supportive of them. We all teased the men for their alpha boot camps. Like women's retreats aren't weird either? I specifically remember a video of a man going "I am a man" while pushing some barrier and then crying in the man's arms. He was ridiculed (and I was laughing too, I'm not innocent). Why? Why was that funny. He didn't fall or do something dumb. He went to a program to find himself in some way, broke through a little, and was punished for it. Walz's son is currently being hsrrased for crying by both men and women. What man wants to "feel" in that environment?

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I don't think I've ever seen a wild cockatoo. It's looks like a little smear of butter.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

Lmao they're trying so hard.

"I'm not weird, you're weird!"

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel like that's not the win they think it is. A young man is passionate and loves his father dearly, and has been raised in a loving environment that allows him to express himself openly. The cum cups and diapers are fine, but genuine emotion?: "Weird."

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Right? That and power washing videos. Just πŸ‘ŒπŸΎ

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I thought they were going to say now there's a 26 part video on beetles. The beetle man never went anywhere. He's also on YouTube lol

I can't remember the name of the channel, but I've followed a guy rehabilitating a grocery lobster, one that took care otters, another with sea monkeys, and people just cleaning carpets. People with niche interests didn't go anywhere. If anything, they're more accessible because of the internet.

 
[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

??? How can he do that? Isn't that illegal? Or treason? Or both?

Also, Jesus, he just keeps getting worse. "No, no, keep killing people. I have an election coming up." - "Totally not the bad guy" Trump

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I wonder why women don't normally take those kinds of jobs. Could it be that men have often made these kinds of jobs a "boys club," forcing women to constantly prove themselves and deal with harassment so they feel unwelcomed? I mean, it couldn't be that, even after women were allowed to do these jobs, they faced an uphill battle getting in, let alone being taken seriously. I mean, damn those women for not enlisting until it was legal (even though many women worked as spies, nurses, and even disguised themselves to fight, but whatever. ).

Hear that women, we're having fun. We're just looking for comforts such as * reads notes * bodily autonomy and the privilege of, let's see, ah yes, the privilege to talk about what issues we may be facing and to truly be seen as equal and not just "beta men." Male political issues are well and good though. That's not on the list, thank goodnessπŸ«‚

 

I recently noticed a Finch that seems to be suffering from this, which really broke my heart. I looked it up and have taken down and washed the feeders. I'm posting to ask if chikadees can get this as well. I've looked all over but they mostly mention doves and so forth. Some of the chikadees still visit to see if the feeder is back, and I can't tell if one is just fat or if she's sick. I know I wouldn't be able to do anything, but I'd like to know if I should be looking at them as carriers as well.

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Please remember this little Finch. It breaks my heart that I can't help her and I'm surprisingly devesated about this random bird.

 

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I feel like I'm driving in an ice level and the game keeps telling my car is gonna explode. 😭

 

So cute, but so very loud.

 

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