Posts by feralpilot0

I wouldn't know—but I do know those "controversial" posts on this thread get nuked at lightning speed... as if they just conjured up some trio out of thin air... 😂 🙄

Honestly, if they could just pack up and leave—and stay gone—starting back in 2008... 🙂 🙂

Whose fault is this—the Greeks? 🤷

Maybe they'll just toss a few canisters of tear gas 🤔

rapidmaker6 said:...or you can just grow a backbone. You'll see how every insult eventually flips on its head, and as for the mods? God help us.

The absolute worst of them is that one total jerk.

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🙂 🙂

who actually cares about this 🍿

placidjackal36 said:It’s because we mostly hear our own voices vibrating through our own skulls. Sound bounces differently inside bone than it does through open air. Since that's how we've always heard ourselves—and used that specific sound to build our very identities—it feels jarring when we finally hear what we actually sound like to the rest of the world, rather than just the echo through tissue and bone. I suspect most people find that realization deeply unsettling.

😲 Now I'm going to have this stuck in my head every time I try to speak...

Maybe we should just stick to emojis. 😳😁🙄😉🤷

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve struggled with hitting the pillow and actually drifting off—it takes at least thirty minutes of just lying there. 😢
Sometimes, though, it’s even worse; I’ll spend the entire night tossing and turning while my brain just refuses to shut up—it’s enough to drive you insane, really. 😠

I’ve eventually settled into this routine where I always read before bed—doesn't matter what the book is or when my eyes finally start giving out, I won't stop. I’ll grab a book even if I’m out late or traveling; reading is non-negotiable for me. There have even been nights where I get home at 3:00 AM and just start reading—it’s become a hardwired habit.
And yet, there are still those absolute disaster nights—the kind that are just plain awful. 👎

I'm with you there—kudos to them for walking away on their own terms 🙏 😉

wiredmaker18 said:It’s not hallucinations. It’s more like this sensation... thoughts constantly clashing over something massive yet somehow tiny at the same time. Like this quiet voice that manages to be piercingly loud, almost screaming at me, wrapped up in this underlying fear. Then there's the feeling of sliding through something perfectly smooth and level, only to slam straight into chaos—a nightmare of jagged edges and sharp points—and I'm moving through it all at high speed.

This exact thing has been happening to me since I was a kid. It only hits occasionally, so I never really gave it much thought, but reading this definitely caught me off guard.
Usually, when it happens, I first see something incredibly pure, white, and completely smooth. Then comes the dark stuff—crinkled, rough, and sharp. After that, it's images of things that are impossibly huge followed by things that are microscopically small, or a mix of both. Like seeing something massive and heavy standing right on top of something tiny and distant. That whiteness and purity before the rough, crumpled part sometimes gets even thinner, paler, and finer, just before hitting that jagged mess. And there's never an emotion attached to it, like sadness or joy. Just a sensation...

Same here, though for me, it was strictly a childhood thing—it just stopped. Personally, I found the smooth, fine parts beautiful, but once it turned jagged? Not so much. The feeling is similar to being on a carousel—just a slight sense of vertigo.

Larry Cruz51 said:I just can't seem to find any documents on The Washington Post's website regarding the specific requirements a commercial space needs to meet before I can officially open a business.😢 (you know, things like what a cafe, a standard retail shop, an e-commerce site, or even a hair salon actually needs to have in place...)
I've been scouring Google for ages and honestly, I'm just completely exhausted from searching...😁

For those bare minimum requirements, you really need to contact your local Department of Commerce—no one else is going to give you the definitive word on meeting technical standards. It’s essentially about getting a certificate of occupancy, and if you're looking at service-based businesses—like setting up an LLC—it gets a bit more tangled, depending entirely on what you actually plan to do.🙂 Plus, there's the whole issue of tax rates being different between an LLC and a sole proprietorship—not to mention the mountain of monthly paperwork you'll be drowning in for the government. Think long and hard about your niche first, then just head down to the nearest CNN office; the staff there are usually quite helpful. There you go.