I do appreciate the thought and, although a cursory look at what’s available in online shops around here seems more expensive than I’m comfortable with, I will at least consider your advice next time I have the mental energy. Thank you :)

I still do not understand the insistence on having Adam grow up on Earth. Who asked for this?

Wall of text incoming, sorry, I get anxious trying to explain myself and I ramble 😅

My specific situation is that I have serious trouble organising myself (planning and acting on plans) due to mental health and I am chronically exhausted. I’m on disability because of these and some other issues.

I can’t find affordable loose-leaf tea in any store nearby. Ordering something I need regularly online is difficult because I need to remember that I need to do it and then also do it. I know it sounds weird to someone who doesn’t have that problem but it’s just far easier to just go to one supermarket, once a week, and get all the stuff that I’m going to need (and even that isn’t easy when you’re exhausted simply from existing). Add to that decision fatigue where I get thoroughly overwhelmed by the sheer number of options when online shopping - I actually like having just a handful of options because it makes deciding a lot less exhausting. (I also wouldn’t know where to get affordable tea online that isn’t amazon and I’m trying to avoid that but that’s a different topic)

It’s not the manipulation of tea bags that’s difficult for me, I fortunately don’t have problems using my hands other than being clumsy because I don’t pay attention.

Tea bags:

• get tea bags
• put tea bags in thermos
• pour water in thermos
• throw tea bags out
• drink tea
• wash cup
• done

I do actually own a tea infuser ball and a reusable tea bag and there’s more steps involved, including having to clean them. I used each a couple of times and then I just couldn’t do it anymore because the thought of going through these steps was overwhelming.

• measure out tea
• try not to spill half the tea all over the counter causing more work (!)
• put tea bag in thermos
• pour water in thermos
• take out tea bag
• clean tea leaves out of tea bag, thoroughly, because tea leaves cling to the bag
• clean the bag of tea residue
• hang bag up to dry

What ends up happening is that I just want to drink my tea and even the maybe 5 minutes it would take to clean the thing are too much. So I leave the used tea bag lying somewhere, I forget that I have to clean it, and it takes me days to remember - worst case scenario is the tea starts getting mouldy in the bag. Even if I remember, I can’t work up the energy to clean the thing so I postpone it (and don’t drink tea in the meantime).

Sidenote: I have a Huel subscription because if that package didn’t arrive like magic on my doorstep every two months, I regularly wouldn’t eat anything but toast for days because everything else is more than two steps and thus too much.

I know it’s not like anyone is asking me to run a marathon and I feel silly just typing all this. I’m the first person in line to chastise myself because I just have to pull myself together a bit and stop being lazy and get over myself and I have the hardest time accepting that I am ill. If tea bags ceased to exist tomorrow, I suppose I could deal. As it is, they are a small thing making one small act a little easier, adding to a bunch of other small things that are inconsequential on their own but make small acts a little easier so I can feel like half a person.

I don’t have easy access to loose-leaf tea, unfortunately.

Also, this is not specifically directed at you but it’s on my mind lately: loose-leaf tea is more effort than tea bags. This is not a big deal for healthy people but please don’t shame chronically ill people for using tea bags.

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polymer-based commercial tea bags

This is important. Tea bags can be made from a variety of materials, in Europe that’s usually plant matter. So literally keep calm and drink tea.

would center on the origins of the Force and how it was “understood, wielded and harnessed” with a vibe similar to Biblical epics such as “The Ten Commandants.”

That doesn’t sound like it’s all being thrown out, more like he’s avoiding Skywalkers.

Ask your parents to take you to a psychiatrist and have you tested for ADHD. Throw things at them until they say yes.

Hmmm… Do I want to watch David Corenswet and Robert Pattinson snog? I’ll have to ponder this.

“The fear of being defamed as an antisemite or Israel-hater by Bild reverberates through politics, reaching the highest echelons,”

It is impossible in Germany to voice anything even resembling critique of Israel’s government.

supposedly left-wing publications like Die Tageszeitung

I can’t find the article in question by the taz but in any case they are (now) firmly on the side of condemning the genocide. Yes, I’m miffed at the implication on behalf of a newspaper, I know it’s silly.

That’s clearly how things work lol

I second this.

We’re all aware that that’s the original reason but the point is that the franchise made an effort to come up with an answer that makes sense in-universe.

This is how I build in Rimworld.

lol yeah, don’t worry, bit of confusion helps keep the brain agile. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing!

Oh the browser addon. Goshdarnit. (watching now)

That anti union propaganda clip towards the end makes me want to vomit and not just from the content but the artificial, patronising way he speaks. Like out of the cheapest 80s dystopian science fiction movie, meant to hammer home that “these are the baddies”.

Well, if Alison Brie can pull off Evil-Lyn, a scrawny kid can bulk up. Always wait until you see them in costume.

That is definitely a take.

That depends on what programs come preinstalled on the laptop, not on the type of storage. 256 GB on HDD are the same size as 256 GB on SSD.

The misogynistic idea was quickly dismissed by women across the country, forcing Hyakuta to apologise. In his apology, he clarified that his comments were were framed as a “science-fiction storyline” to help start a discussion on the falling birth rate.

He admitted that his opinions were “extremely harsh” and denied that he advocates for such drastic measures against women. “I meant to say that we cannot transform the social structure unless we do something that goes that far. I want to retract my remarks and apologise,” he was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post.

olololollol fuck all the way off