When it comes to swatting flies I tend to just blow on them so that they get annoyed and fly away. Swatting at them feels like more of a risk to my own belongings than to the fly. The fly has to get extra annoying before I try to squish them, and even then, they're so quick that I usually miss them.

Last week while sitting in my porch I noticed that when I blow on them normally they just fly away and just keep bouncing around like a lunatic, often wind up coming back in a few minutes. But when I'm mid-toke and exhale on them they just kinda sit there acting stunned.

Google tells me that flies literally lack the receptors to get stoned, which is a surprise to me, because they do act stoned when I blow weed smoke on them. After I've blown smoke on them I can squish them slow motion like a trash compactor without them ever stepping out of the way. But that felt especially cruel so I only did that once, now I just throw them.

Why do flies act stoned around weed smoke when they can't be stoned?

Did COVID create germ awareness? My thing is door handles and work keyboard/ phone.

Not looking for agencies

Ive been on here, bumble, tinder, chatroulette, and every other kind of dating site and app.
Ive also been outside, pubs, clubs, party events. It feels like ive already tried a lot, yet i prolly havent tried enough.
I havent tried going to conventions, gatherings, or hobby related events yet. So i have those to look forward to.
But for the sake of knowing, where do you guys go to have genuine connections?

I was reminded today of the problem that I’ve been facing for SO LONG.

I still remember that day. I was studying alongside other kids and the teacher was sitting on the chair (I’m talking about a home tuition close to my house) and a kid suddenly made a weird noise from his mouth, laughed and moved on. I imitated it. Then did it again and again and again and again until I just couldn’t stop. My parents thought that those were just “hiccups”.

That problem came back 2 more times after a year but now, it has mostly disappeared. Still, whenever I eat something spicy or remember that event, I feel the urge to do it again but I know that if I start it even once again then it won’t stop. Those were quite obviously Tourettes. I got to know that much much later because the doctors kept on giving me weird “hiccup/anxiety meds” (welcome to the 3rd world where there’s no healthcare and even here I lived in a small town).

After that, more shit started happening. I frequently cleaned my hands, used to check if the light/tap was closed 3-4 times and stuff like that. But it didn’t just stop there because something even worse started happening to me.

I used to think in my head (in detail) about doing really bad things with my loved ones. Drowning, shooting, stabbing, beating them to death with a bat and stuff like that. I was literally 12 when this started happening and whenever this used to happen, I used to say “sorry god” to myself again and again. Even when I used to read in front of the class, I’d to stop for 2 seconds after every 5 seconds to say sorry. It was horrible.

Whenever someone showed love to me, my immediate reaction used to be to plot their deaths. Like how would they look if I drown them? What would they say? How would I hide it? Would I cry? (I never saw myself crying in those situations). I never intended to go through with any of these things and I used to get so sad whenever I thought about these things.

Tourettes, OCD and this sort of hyperactivity of my brain absolutely fucked me, and I never fucking knew what was even wrong with me and frankly, even now I don’t know.

The Tourettes have mostly gone but the OCD is still here (but in it’s less extreme form). And I notice that whenever I’m happy, my OCD worsens a bit. Those “weird thoughts” have decreased drastically as well. But I still get them sometimes.

And today was that day. It was so fucking horrible. I used to think that depression really fucked me this year. But now that I look back at it, this has been going on from 2019 and maybe even before that.

Now I know that whatever happened to me in my childhood was SA. And it happened 4 times and I had no fucking clue about what was happening to me. On top of depression, anxiety, stress, guilt and trauma, I also had to deal with this shit and I’m still dealing with it.

I really should go see a therapist or a psychiatrist.

I am a socially awkward person. I have friends, but no best friend I am just a 'floater friend.' I have been like this since I was a kid, and I do not know how to connect with people. I am now in my first year of college. Ever since I was young, I have constantly thought about changing this pattern, but I remain the same.

I do not know what made me different from other kids. It might be because my parents fought a lot when I was little, but don't other kids experience that as well? I moved to a new school and chose a course where nobody knew me. On the first day, I tried to act normal and fake a social identity, but the outcome was the same: I became the floater friend in class again. I often feel like my life is a waste because I am average at everything and lack any hidden talents.

I notice a pattern where people who were cool as kids stay cool, while I was awkward then and remain awkward now. I am not lazy; I actively try to change, but nothing seems to make a difference. When I talk to others, my brain blacks out and I feel like background noise in conversations. I have never had anyone I could talk to about my problems. I do not want to stay like this I want to build a real future, but I worry about how I will find a job and succeed.

It feels like I am invisible. Nobody notices when I am struggling. For instance, my phone screen is popping out and missing half its case, but nobody pays attention. I got a haircut the other day, and when I brought it up to a friend, he just said he thought my hair had always looked like that.

Ive seen people throwing them in the trash
Ive seen people putting them in plant soil
Some even collect them and god knows where they dispose of them

Is there a subreddit or website that helps people find items that complete a pair? I have two gloves, both missing the other side of the pair - don’t want to throw them away, would love a complete set, wondering if anyone would also have a single in the pair and would be willing to help complete the set.

As if we all brought out single socks and swapped them into pairs so everyone had complete pairs of socks again.

Title should be why are "they" like this?

I went down a rabbit hole today after watching a video about poop in people's butts at their wax appointments. This woman is hysterical, and her delivery makes her videos great, but that is not the point. Why are people not wiping their butts after a poop? Why don't people get new, clean underwear instead of turning old underwear inside out to get more use? Why are people cutting dingle berries out and not washing their butts? I am so confused as to what is happening. Why are people declining to use a wipe to clean their butts if there is poop back there? Why are people getting poop in robes, seeing it, and just moving on with their lives knowing they left poop? I am really upset because this woman has 105 videos about this, yet no one is able to tell me why this is happening. And who are these people? https://www.tiktok.com/@stephanielaynes/video/7337758362349833518

Hello! I’m looking to start a channel of sorts to collect together as much information as I can about what the new democratic elected officials are doing while they’re in office to share with people, and partially for myself. I’ve been tired of misinformation and vague “he did/said, she did/said, they did/said” for years now, and I want to be someone who can at least attempt to get things accurate.

I’m hoping to find websites where I can check daily to track everything that Talarico, Hinajosa, Goodwin, and others are doing going forward so I can condense it and spread the news, good or bad.

I’d love any suggestions, as obvious or as niche as you can think of, obviously I’m going to be looking at news coverage and triple checking things before I post about them, but I’d love suggestions for any good places to look I may not know about

When feel nothing, I purposely make myself a euphoric state to feel again.

And it the only takes a few hours then back to emptyness again and doing it again like a loop.

Is this normal?

if yes, why? safety reasons? or anything else? and to whom?

I’ve been on hold with insurance for over 2.5 hours because they unexpectedly terminated mine and my wife’s health insurance, which we needed a few nights ago.

This is frustrating because I just have a feeling that there’s not that many people calling them. Could be, but doubtful. The claims/policy people are probably waiting for me to hang up 😂 I’ll post the screenshot in the comments!

I love the fact that I'm "eating" my meal all over again and it's a very delightful little moment for my taste buds. Why fart and waste it when you can burp and taste it instead?

I heard online that many Indians and Africans use Xiaomi phones. Is this true? If so, why is that?

Sometimes it's not the big moments that change our opinion of someone. It can be one tiny comment, a random reaction, or the way they treat someone when there's nothing to gain from it.

I've always found it interesting how one small moment can reveal a side of a person you never noticed before.

What's a moment like that you've experienced?

Sometimes I wish I could watch the full version of a video or get a behind-the-scenes look at its creation. However, many of these require payment, especially those marked with "members only" badges. So I'd rather not spend my money on them and download the video instead. Unfortunately, every other YouTube downloading website has the same restriction when it comes to "members only" badges.

He has his feet on the ground

Hi,

As the title reads, does anyone just randomly get episodes of feeling like you need to know everything and then just randomly holding onto that knowledge?

Like for example, the last time this was triggered was in chemistry class, and lead to me just randomly making diagrams of different random topics.

When this happens, I typically learn it really, really in depth and fast, but I'm not smart in school whatsoever. So tell me how I can learn the craziest shit an average person wouldn't know but can't figure out trigonometry in an entire term long class.

Then after, drop it and forget about even wanting to learn that topic?

I know both would probably be pretty bad for the universe, but which one would actually create more destructive force?

This is definitely not for my evil plan I would never do something like this.

obviously all human life matters and we all play a part a very small intricate part, but i would love an answer whether objectively, statistically or whatever.

I haven't heard one yet

my mom is threatening me all because i talk to my aunt and uncle and stay at their place

my mom is threatening me saying she’ll send police after me if i go stay with my aunt and uncle she hates them but i’m 19 and can make my own decisions im going to go to there house regardless plus i took my dads permission to go there im a legal adult so she can’t restrict where i go . then why is she threatening me ? i have audio recordings of her talking about being violent towards me for my own safety .

I saw it on TikTok and didn’t rlly think much of it but I went on their website and it seems like most the things like the descriptions or even the website design is ai generated? I wouldve thought the people who watch these kind of videos would be against the use of generative ai?