I don’t know anything about your life or situation so please take this with a massive grain of salt.

Your grandpa may be a victim of a time when men were absolutely not allowed to have mental health struggles.

Seriously, I know some of us can’t even fathom that, but it simply wasn’t allowed.

There was no understanding, there was no conversation, and if you attempted to discuss the subject you would be met with very abrasive and inaccurate advice that is the equivalent of “suck it up” or “anxiety and depression are made up” as I am sure you have seen a lot of this still exists today.

I know this isn’t advice on how to repair or improve the relationship, but it might give you some small insight as to why he may be reacting this way. We may not be able to fix the older generations (not that we should give up), but if we keep normalizing talking about our struggles maybe the next generation will be healthier than us. It’s a small move, but in my life so far I feel like I have seen changes I never would have thought possible in adult men mental health.

Source: not a grandpa, but I make a lot of noise when I stand up from a comfortable chair.

I would rather have two burgers rather than a super tall or wide burger.

I particularly love Vanispheres, although the title album is pretty great too.

This is the most interesting way I have ever seen this kind of data displayed. I can’t believe I just read the whole thing and was actively engaged and interested the whole time. The data is as depressing as it is fascinating, but major kudos to whoever designed this.

Oh yeah, it is way easier to spend than to earn! Cooking was a challenge for me, but after a handful of somewhat embarrassing failures my partner and I each have a decent list of things we can cook. We also have random “fend for yourself” nights where we eat leftovers, sandwiches, or whatever we can find. It definitely helps when you need to cut out some stress. Granted those are rarely healthy meals. I always keep at least one horrible (health wise) frozen item around just in case!

This is a really great idea, especially if you need to learn to cook a bit. These meal kits are very easy to follow and I still use some of the recipes I learned even though I haven’t used the service for a couple of years.

Weird pitch, would you guys be able to cook your own meals or eat out for a week?

As in, don’t use anything you didn’t buy yourself for a week just to get an idea. Obviously that is not going to help you save up for your place, but the research might be worth it.

Also if you still live at home use this time to consider what you use to cook (pots, pans, utensils, etc)

I had no idea what food costs were until I moved out, I learned the hard way that I had to learn to cook or my budget would be forever broken, but grocery costs and budgeting are a whole other skill so it isn’t automatic that shopping and cooking will be cheaper if you don’t shop carefully.

Good luck, the very fact that you are thinking about this ahead of time is a good sign!

What an interesting take…I assume you will be down voted into oblivion, but it is thought provoking all the same. When I was younger I thought police helped people and I probably would have considered being a police officer. Now, I can’t imagine who would want to and I immediately question anyone who would. I have to imagine this is causing the people who truly want to help people to avoid the profession.

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100% factually accurate and yet still devastating to hear.

25 years…I can almost hear the modem whining like it was yesterday.

This is really well written and I agree with a lot of your points…but when I read “as far back as the early 2000s” I felt about 100 years old.

Wait…everyone doesn’t do that?

Part of my job is to process user feedback. The amount of times that I get opposing comments like this is wild. Sometimes the comment is subjective, but sometimes they are outright sharing opposing facts. It definitely keeps life interesting!

I heard this as a Good Charlotte lyric. What a flashback.

Glad to hear you won’t have to upgrade. Hopefully you can stay under the radar, but I definitely get this would be a rough time to be working for the fed. I sincerely wish you luck (and patience)

Based on the people I interact with daily basically no one realizes this is happening. Outside of the IT department no one realizes or cares. I asked how we were doing to deal with tariffs on electronics we regularly used a while back and was quietly told that was a political statement and shouldn’t be brought up.

Now we have no plan and I’m too bummed to be smug about it.

Again, this is just my anecdotal view.

Get notification from T-Mobile app. Huh, interesting, Click notification WHY ARE YOU USING THIS APP, IS DEGRADED, DO BETTER!!

Ok…

I am almost certain that this is incorrect, but I always feared my boots would tear up my feet if I lost my callouses.

I think this is called a pumice stone, but I have never used one.

I heard a Samsung whistle that ended in a fart sound…12 times in less than five minutes. All numbers are estimated, but I feel like I am undershooting it.