

Not music, but I really like coffee shop noises if I’m struggling to focus up. Random barista sounds, indiscernible chatter, light but pleasant clinking of spoons and cups. There are YouTube & podcast channels that have like 8 hours solid.


Not music, but I really like coffee shop noises if I’m struggling to focus up. Random barista sounds, indiscernible chatter, light but pleasant clinking of spoons and cups. There are YouTube & podcast channels that have like 8 hours solid.


What kind of music it is definitely makes a difference for me. Sometimes if I need to focus really hard, I have to turn on something instrumental otherwise I’ll get distracted by the lyrics/singing along in my head.


I saw a video the other day of a doctor explaining early warning signs of dementia and they were basically all just symptoms of ADHD. Things like difficulty managing finances or completing chores lol. So idk whAt that means.


Right? That part took me out.


Only reach out to them if you are actually in their state. When they receive a flood of calls from people around the country, it’s easy for them to write it off and claim they’re just getting brigaded and it’s not something their actual constituents disagree with.


Womp womp. My partner and I are in the process of a cross country move (out of Texas! Woo hoo!) and we’re supposed to fly back next week to finally pack up our stuff and get the house ready to rent out. It’s been sitting on the market for 5 months and hemorrhaging money now that we’re gone, so we’re finally throwing in the towel and accepting that we’re going to have a long-term financial tie to Texas.


That’s not even close to the worst part. After Zwerner reported his “violent mood,” two other teachers reported to Parker that students were telling them he had a gun… The first searched his backpack and turned up nothing but believed it could have been on his person (they saw him tuck something under his sweatshirt.) Parker’s response was that his pockets were too small to hold a gun. Second teacher had another student report he had flashed them the gun in his pocket. Second teacher wanted to search him, but Parker forbade him because the first teacher had already searched his backpack.
That’s pretty fucking bad…


Remember during the 2020 election they were circulating photos of looting and civil unr at in “Biden’s America” but they were literally pictures taken during Trump’s administration?


No, it’s because they don’t care.
Pretty sure it’s an ADHD thing. I’m like that with people’s faces. For a long time I thought I had facial blindness but realized a couple of years ago, I’m just not generally paying attention to faces enough to record them into memory. When I actually learn what someone’s face looks like instead of their general shape/hair/clothes/accessories, I have no problem recognizing them in a variety of situations.
Huh? I don’t understand this comment. Are you saying you think I’m lying? Lol. I mean more power to you if you’ve never experienced these self checkout logjams. I’m fine with them in concept, but the way a lot of the stores I’ve experienced use them makes it kinda unpleasant. Guess it’s regional.
The downside is forcing a bunch of people through self checkout who need a cashier. Whenever you all talk about how great self checkout is, I wonder what mecca you live in. My only experiences with it are long lines and long waits caused by a number of factors:
-Many self checkout lanes closed because they think everyone is stealing and refuse to staff more than one person to watch over you
-Old people who can’t use technology and don’t want to be using the machines
-People who have entire carts and struggle to effectively scan their groceries on the tiny space allocated.
-Machines that scan painfully and artificially slow because they want to weigh every goddamn item to prove you aren’t stealing
-Machines that record you and yell at you for stealing if you move an item slightly awkwardly


Yeah, this sure sounds like the “free market” correcting itself as these people love to prattle on about.


I am selling my house, giving up my well paying job, and leaving Texas in a week to be with my fiance who has already moved. I am terrified of the house not selling and of being unemployed. I originally graduated into a depressed job market with a soft degree and spent 2 years(!!!) job hunting before I got a job in retail customer service. Somehow over a decade, I managed to claw my way, tooth and fucking nail, into a career I’m proud of. The closer I get to being out of a job, the more scared I get but then I see stories like this and I am reminded why we decided that getting the fuck out of here was worth more than whatever financial security we’re giving up, (hopefully just in the short term.) This place is not fucking safe.


I feel like it’s one of those things where if you’re in California, people are going to have a lot of big opinions. But if we’re talking outside the state, we got each other’s backs.


Yeah, I know, I had the same thought: it’s not actually about documents so documents won’t stop them if they want to take you. There’s already a story out of Florida where ICE refused to release a citizen even after he produced a birth certificate and a judge dismissed the case against him.


Calling ejaculate “baby gravy” alone should be a fucking crime. These people are so gross.


I’m certain that these jobs are attracting sociopaths who literally want to use their positions of power to harm people. It was bad enough with regular cops but with ICE flaunting their disregard for the law the monsters are coming out in droves. Terrifying.
Anyway, this article has convinced me to start carrying my passport as a vaguely Latino looking person with a Spanish last name in Texas. (I am Filipino American lol.)


Not to mention the Texas Rangers don’t have jurisdiction anywhere outside of Texas. They’d be essentially coming in and acting as vigilantes. No other states should be ok with that kind of usurping of power on their soil or it’s a really fucking slippery slope.
My office is moving buildings and they are having an open floor plan. Of course, they are going on and on about collaboration, but they also mentioned that they are getting everyone noise cancelling headphones and will have multiple white noise machines. Dear god how loud do they expect it to be? It sounds like a complete nightmare.