LycanGalen

100%. And if we're actually trying to keep these folks from relapsing we need additional supports past the acute detox stage. Additional essential care (low cost/free food, clothing, health insurance, etc.) mental health supports, OT supports because adulting is fucking hard, and social supports.

In my area, we've lost a huge number of our free/low cost third spaces, which isolates the folks who need that social safety net the most. It also means the spaces available that don't involve alcohol, which can be a gateway back to other substances, are dwindling.

Anyway, we can't just release people into the world and go "you're cured!" There's a reason they turned to substance use in the first place.

This isn't to slam you, just a tidbit in case you and your wife ever do decide to try teaching her to cook:

Intuition comes from a lot of practice, and external feedback on how close/far you were and how to improve for next time. A professional chef can intuit the temp of a fish they cooked within a degree because they've cooked thousands of fish filets, measured each one with a thermometer to confirm it was cooked correctly, and had other chefs guide them on what to look for (or swore at them when they got it wrong, but maybe don't do that to your wife). They've thrown out hundreds of botched plates. And now they can cook a fish and know with their gut when it's done.

Your wife's first 300 dishes are going to be not so great. And then she'll figure out how to identify what's missing in the flavour, and how to keep from over-cooking the meat, and you get to be there to help her with that, and cheer her on, and call out every time she improves.

Or maybe she finds 300 new textures she hates, but finds 2 meals that don't squick her out to prepare. And that's OK, too.

Oh, but there are speculums for all. If you have an orifice, western medicine has figured out how to pry it open.

Thanks! Guess the stuff I read 20+ years ago got a little jumbled in long-term storage.

Yep! The PS5 was the first console to standardise X as confirm in all regions. Can't say whether the game devs followed suit, though I'd imagine Sony has some licensing clause to force compliance on that.

Random factoid: Way back in the early PlayStation days, the O button was the default "accept/enter" buton, and the X was the "cancel/back" button, because that aligned with the national consensus of O = correct/confirm, and X = incorrect/cancel in Japan. But when the console was introduced in North America and Europe, they started remapping the X and O to align with other western consoles using X, like the Xbox. That said, I distinctly remember early PS1 games being a sort of wild west of which button would be confirm, so I suspect it was also done in response to western gamers struggling to adapt.

Pause for info dump: Season 3 lost two of the main writer-producers, who returned in seasons 4-5, and then were gone again after Duchovny insisted on moving the show to the US. You can tell the distinct tonal shift between the seasons, and also in how Mulder is written. Season five was also intended to be the series finale, but Fox renewed it. That's a big part of seasons 6-9 being a nothing burger that often contradicts earlier canon.

With all that said, I've been watching the later seasons fully leaning into critiquing it like Statler and Waldorf. From that angle, it's been fun.

As for the reboots, I think a similar thing happened where season 1 was a successfully nostalgic bit of fan service, and then they wound up with more seasons than they knew what to do with. Watch with low expectations when you want something to fill the time, but don't want to commit full attention.

(Playing tongue-in-cheek devil's advocate) In order to lose weight, a body needs to be undernourished in relation to the minimum required to maintain that weight. Being undernourished at a non-starvation level produces hunger drive. I doubt any of the humans who decided he needs to lose weight speak fluent cat, so he didn't have any say or insight into what's being done to him. As such, from his perspective, he -hasn't- been fed enough, and doesn't have a reason for being hungry. So this cat should not be called a liar. He's out there bravely sharing his truth with the world. He should be applauded and then fed.

I recently watched this video comparing various Midi game soundtracks on different sound cards. Really interesting how different cards interpreted the sounds differently.

There are other sports that penalise the offending fans' team for fan misbehaviour, delays to game, etc. Lacrosse, and soccer, do at least. It's an effective way to get fans to settle down when their actions cost their team possession, a penalty shot, etc. So maybe don't remove the team, but I don't see why they can't do something similar.

Hi. Been in, worked in both. My experience with bathrooms doesn't invalidate yours. Both can be true. Hell, we're probably not in the same country, so social norms can play a factor, and like I said before, demographics make a big difference in a lot of things. Which drug residues are left on the back of the toilet, for example.

I'm sorry you have such strong feelings about people and public bathrooms. It's definitely a shitty experience (pun intended). It's a weird hill to die on though.

From my experience, it depends on where. Malls and things like that where there are many people of all different demographics absolutely are equally disgusting. Semi-private washrooms tend to be less disgusting overall, but women's are usually at least a little cleaner. Standing to pee causes splashes. Enough human traffic and and the whole place smells like a hamster cage that doesn't go away unless the whole damn bathroom is flooded in sanitiser.