I think it might be real. It looks a lot like some of the images here: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/botanical-imperative-why-cellular-network-towers-get-disguised-as-trees/

As a non-American, I’m assuming it’s a shitty restaurant?

Are you a bot? 🤔

So true bestie

Lmao that’s amazing. If I were that person I’d had found it funny. Hopefully it’s not too embarrassing a memory for you!

That’s fascinating. Does an animal finding an item they buried a week ago not constitute an episodic memory? Considering they’d basically have to retrace their steps. Is ‘remembering the relevant information’ not akin to memory of an event?

Whoa that’s really neat! Seeing this in person must’ve been trippy.

Get this monster off the streets

I think it’s good to vent and let your feelings out. Have you had therapy before? You’ve clearly had a rough upbringing so maybe talking about it with a professional will help.

I’ve just seen the Storygraph challenge - that makes it easier to keep track, thanks! However I noticed that the announcement and card link are the ones from 2024 so you’re aware :)

Any books in the Slough House series by Mick Herron (the jerk being Jackson Lamb).

The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa (who passed away a couple of weeks ago)

Neat! I appreciate all the work that has gone into this (the design of the bingo card is excellent and clear).

Now to look at my TBR and work out what would fit best… I was planning to read One Hundred Years of Solitude next anyway, which I think would be suitable for several squares (Number in the Title, Author from a Different Continent, Minority Author, Now a Major Motion Picture, Late to the Party)! As it’s one book per square I’ll have to work out which one is most suitable :)

Hey, if it works, it works :3

I can definitely relate to some of the points you’ve made here. Regarding things feeling the same day-in-day-out, I get this feeling when I fall into a rut. Like get home from work, play the same game I’ve been playing for a few weeks, watch the next episode of a show I’ve been watching, tidy up etc. When I notice this happening, I realise it’s time to shake things up a bit; go for a walk, draw something, alter my schedule and try a new game. Variety is the spice of life and all that.

I think it’s pretty normal to move on from old friends after a while - life kinda just gets in the way and you get out of rhythm with them as you say. Maybe you need to find a new community to involve yourself with, one that reflects your current social needs. I might get downvoted for this, but on a personal level I’m quite glad I found the furry community after I moved away from my hometown. There’s a lot of hate online for the group, but at the end of the day it’s filled with cool nerdy people who don’t take life too seriously, and this feels especially valuable at a time when we’re bombarded with depressing news of politics and war. Obviously you don’t have to join this group in particular, but having any kind of community around you I think is really useful.

And like someone else has said, try to step away from social media if you use it at all. The algorithms usually steer towards negative, controversial topics that gather the most clicks. It’s not a healthy thing to consume.

Why would you flush them? Do people not look forward to eating the cardboard tube whenever they finish a roll?

Yipee!

😭

Couldn’t you ask them to give you gift cards for places you might visit?

I worked at a McDonalds for a month. I’d done bar work before that and really enjoyed it, but fast food was depressing. Although my colleagues were pretty cool, the managers were absolute assholes. They made fun of all the staff and took the piss for the fact that I had a degree but was having to work somewhere like that. I was ‘sick’ for my notice period (I’d found work elsewhere).