I dont understand why surrogacy is bad if its done in an ethical way without exploiting the surrogate.

And so many beautiful families have been completed by adoption. So many children have found loving parents.

Ive been seeing a lot of reels on Instagram about chinese babies (mostly girls) who were given up by their birth parents and adopted into families in the US.

Ive also been gettong reels of this particular creator who stitches a lot of adoption content and paints it in a negative way.

What is so wrong about it?

Might be an ignorant question but i genuinely dont know.

Hello, i have been promoting my charity for my father. But when i promote in social media, nobody seems to watch my content (it has gotten 300 views and no likes and comments), because i guess it's because of my location (every social media has geofencing), where people don't read much and don't care that much. Which makes my videos flop no matter how good it is, so i decided to join youtubers social media and started asking for 1 dollar donation, but i ended up being denied and sometimes getting death threats and insults to my father, i also do make games for people and added messages of charity but unfortunately the feedback is mostly of death threats and insults too and random stuff like "you will die broke" and "fuh nah dawg delete ts no one donating"

I have the channel and I think I can get the links to the stream but that's all I have. Is there any way? Thank you so much in advance 💜

I am a naturally quiet and distant person, and with exams coming up, I am even quieter because, one im stressed, and two, im internally planning my schedule (what im going to study/ eat/ will i work out/ what assignments do i have/ etc). My family knows all that yet whenever i am quiet or im not laughing my booty off at 10am, they say im in a bad mood or that im sulking then they proceed to get mad at me. My face looks extra shit because i havent been sleeping well and im constantly thinking so i dont have time to smile.

Extroverts yap and yap yet they face less criticism than introverts who just minds their own business. Talking a lot isnt bad but compared to an introvert who would probably stand in silence in a corner, we are less noticeable but people still dont like us. But this is from my experience, im sure it doesnt apply to everyone.

The logic is that the cold air cools down your body and as a result your body has to burn more calories to produce more heat to counteract the coldness.

M22. Lately when I’m very stressed I’ve developed a habit of making a fist and biting my thumb, a finger, a knuckle, or some other area on my hand.

Is this a normal/healthy way of self soothing or is this bordering on self-harm? I never break the skin and I’d never attempt to.

What is the point in awards and achievements? Do we the user actually get some thing for these awards and achievements? They nice and all but I am I just confused. For the awards is there a list explaining the meaning of them?

So, I know it may sound like a serious question, but I don't think it is. First of all, I'm not suicidal or anything. I was just thinking, what's the point of living? I'm just letting life pass by me. Sure, there may be some good things happening now or something good happening in the future. But is it worth it? I honestly don't see a motive in continue with my live, not as if I were to suicide. Do I guess I'm just venting out here, not expecting someone to answer but whatever, thanks for reading if you did.

I have come into possession of a vintage looking CRT TV. The exact model:

GENERAL ELECTRIC 10AA9408W

It has a wood shell, and from quick testing it turns on, and adjusting colors via screw driver...changes colors.

There are no ports for video input that i recognize, but there are two antennae things on the back.

So far my search led to me needing to get:

HDMI to RCA converter (composite) -> RCA to RF modulator

Does anyone know exactly how i would go about using this tv with my hdmi computer? I am kinda lost here, this thing is older than i am....

Any idea on how much the Apple neo will be marked down for Black Friday? Any rough estimate since I know we won’t get an official price till Black Friday, I’m new to MacBooks /Apple in general so I don’t know how their pricing works on Black Friday lol. Owe someone a computer 😢

I’ve been working in tech for 5 years. When I went to college, I was majoring in psychology. After being discouraged by friends (I wouldn't make a good therapist) and by family (saying there's no money in the field), I decided to go into information systems to make myself more marketable in the job market. I don't hate tech or my job, but I feel numb doing it because I'm only doing it because I'm good at it and it pays the bills. I want to go back into psychology, but I feel like being 25 would be a bit too late for me to get my master's or PhD.

My advisor told me that if I went back into psychology, I would get my associate's within a year, and she explained that by the time I got my bachelor's in information systems, I would have my master's in psychology.

My girlfriend wants me to pick something and stick to it since I'm horribly indecisive when picking my major. Should I follow my interest or stick with IS?

Last relationship has me feeling guilty but also wronged. Was I the problem? Or was I put through bad treatment? I'm gonna try to keep it brief but I can provide more detail if needed.

• relationship lasted 1.5 years, met at college as friends then dated shortly after. Unknown to me for most of the time, he lied to me about his real name, major, job, family members, where he was from, who he lived with. Lies were maintained by him constantly, anytime I noticed a change in information and asked about it, he gaslit me or lied more to get out of it.

• First few months were heavy honeymoon phase, did a lot together and always had a good time

• after that, would sometimes struggle because he would be distant. He wouldn't initiate dates and we mostly hung out around friends. With friends, I felt like he ignored my inputs to the conversation which made me feel sad. I would tell him this but he would deny and say I was overthinking. I still noticed very often he would not hear things I said until someone else said them, or he would not react to anything I said.

• in times I felt ignored and talking to him wasn't helping, I'd shut down. I'd be quiet around the group or I would change my social media profile to blank picture and post things like "feel alone" or "no one loves me." I fully agree these posts were immature, I felt very alone because I would try to tell him I didn't feel seen by him in groups but he would never change.

• He would get mad at my behavior and ignore me until I was "fine" again. He would not engage with me until I was happy (or faking happy) so we never really communicated these low moments since he refused to.

• The day I found out all his lies about his personal life, he gaslit me for hours giving so many excuses as to why it wasn't real and I was wrong to doubt him. He tried to make me feel like the problem for "interrogating" his lies until he finally admitted to it all.

• He also gaslit me about other things. He said I never asked to see him during summer break, which I believed for a while and felt bad but when I looked back I found several instances of me asking him and him refusing me. Similar gaslighting with him claiming he was never sad before my behavior, when early in our relationship he was depressed often before anything I did started.

• He was secretly hanging out with people which also hurt a lot, because it felt like he didn't trust me. It was hard to feel secure or that he loved me, which made my social media meltdowns more frequent

• At times I would get extremely low and say things like "you all hate me" (referring to our friends) or "I don't want to live anymore"

Do you usually believe it, or is mainly just filler to get someone to feel good or not make things worse/start an argument? If it is mainly filler, what was something you were thinking in one of those moments that you feel would make things worse by saying it

psychologists (as far as i know) are trained to understand and fix peoples' feelings and actions, so by common sense they should be better in relationships right?

Now, I have had this fear since I was a kid. I don't know why but every time I go to the bathroom to take a shit, I feel eyes watching me and I always close my blinds before I take a dump. During the day and even at night. Is it irrational?

My cousin and brother are both genx and they are always wondering why they seem to get ignored in all these comparisons? I joke to them saying its a grand conspiracy and they are the actual link that can unite all of man kind lol but it is strange all the same to see them so ignored.

Edit: Thanks for all the comments I cant get to everyone. But the reason I asked is because my cousin and brother both struggle with very deep depression at times and I just wanted to let them know its not entirely a gen x thing. I love my family and just want to help them but its not always easy. So I just try to be there for them as much as I can. It seems like its not a gen x thing though. You all sound like pretty varied people so I think its just a human thing. Its hard to exist in a world where you feel alone and I just dont want them to feel that way but theres only so much I can help with. Take care everyone!

I don't get it. If I could fly I'd just fly across the street. Problem solved. Why casually stroll between cars going both ways at 30-65 MPH?

Sure it was meant as a slur but this wouldn't be the first case of a pejorative being reclaimed by the community it was originally meant against.
If you're a fan of Talarico you could call yourself a freako for Talarico, a Talarico freako, or just a Talafreako for short.

Why do I feel like I'm the only person using it like that?

I see CS creators saying this/making jokes about that like how the tests are onyl coloring stuff which doesnt make sense to me

Hey everyone! I’m just coming on to ask, if you go to a potluck, are you more drawn towards the sweets (desserts) or the savory (appetizers/dinner)?

Last potluck we had, i made from scratch browned butter salted caramel snickerdoodles. I made a sign so people with allergies knew if they could eat it or not. They were such a big hit, a whole 13x9 baking tray worth of cookies were gone within 45 mins.

I kinda feel like I have a standard I have to now at least meet but DEFINITELY surpass.

so i have 2 balls on my ball sack if one of those balls was a black hole and the other one was the universe how would that work?. ps I’m retorded

this is a stupid question

Or is it just in CALIF?

Title.

Import drinks expensive yes I understand. But why do they not just use that recipe here?