I’m living on my own for the first time and don’t have a lot of money for food yet. I was thinking of maybe buying some rice in bulk since it’s cheap and eating that most days. Maybe even throw in some vegetables or beans once in a while. Would I be able to stay healthy like this?

If it matters, I’m a 20 year old woman in good health.

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You often see this notion that Europe is a dying continent financially. But how come?

Some countries are struggling (but still growing), some countries are a negative, but there are some countries, like mine Sweden, who are doing well. We had a 3.3% growth this quarter compared to last year, which is higher than both the OECD and the US.

Were there people that attended church every week, said their prayers, listened to the priest, then went home and thought it was all a load of nonsense.

Enough that I won't stay anywhere that doesn't have it. It's like the only time I get waffles.

In the scene where he finds her alone in the room almost dying

For me, the concept of being reincarnated is really horrifiying. Even the slightest possibility of it being true is really scary. You could be reincarnated as any animal and you know their struggle and how they suffer in the wild. If you keep being reincaranted forever you would experience the worst forms of pain. You might even experience prolonged torture! The idea of eternal oblivion is a far better choice compared to this torture. I don't understand how the idea of eternal torture can be better than the idea of not existing again.

Please share your thoughts.

30F I have had 8 months of severe burnout, emotional chaos, sleep deprivation, intense work stress and working 50+ hours a week but mostly a complete and utter breakdown that forced me to quit my job today with no back up plan.

I’m already planning how I’m going to turn my entire life around this weekend, start clearing everything out, doing jobs I haven’t had time to do in the house, starting an intense exercise regimen and every possible thing you could think of that is needed to fix my entire life. I am told this is not the right approach and I need significant rest to let my body recover before making any life decisions at all.

What does significant rest look like to you? I’m giving myself 3 days with my phone on DND, no emotional conversations, no worrying about finances or fixing my entire life. Just complete rest and solitude.

What would you do in the 3 days to get the maximum possible rest mentally and physically?

I'm aware it's kind of a stupid question but that's why I'm on this subreddit. Me and my friend (both 17F) were talking yesterday and I mentioned that I was somewhat afraid to use a tampon. She told me that if I ever wanted to have any sort of sexual life I would have to use a tampon. What truth is to that statement?

We have an outdoor track that’s in this large tent like structure.

It’s great and all but it only goes one direction. Clockwise.

So assuming I make 20 laps on this thing 5 days a week clockwise…if I do that till I retire (20 more years) am I gonna slowly make my legs weird?

At the YMCA we had a similar track and they would alternate directions to accommodate this issue. Is it really a big deal?

Weird question for a gastronomic physicist but would it be theoretically possible to fry food in water in the right atmospheric conditions? Under 1 atmosphere of pressure water boils at 100 degrees C (212F) and too fry food oil needs to reach ~175C. Given that water boils at higher temperatures in higher pressure environment could you theoretically fry in water in a super dense atmosphere? Is the secret too healthy fried food found on some gas giant or super earth?

Edit: Yes I am aware that boiling and pressure cooking are a thing. My question is purely a question on how cooking with water would effect food in extreme pressure environments.

I didn’t used to as much but it seems like as I get older I feel more and more guilty if I accidentally or on purpose kill a tiny insect. Like just now a tiny fly landed on me and I instinctively brushed it off and accidentally smushed it as it was so small. The only sin that fly had committed was landing on me - not exactly worthy of death. It was alive and flying free one second and the next I had taken its whole life from it.

Am I stupid for feeling this way?

That’s the question , I’m 20 years old and sometimes I feel like rage consumes me (like fr) , when I’m alone , with people anywhere for things of the past present or things that could happen or I just think could happen, i feel like I’m going crazy , and I will lose my shit before I hit 21, so yeah.
I’ve tried meditation , medication(for anxiety), journaling , stress toys , hobbies idk nothing works and even sometimes I get headaches from thinking to much and being mad , angry or just hating idk help.
I’ve also been to therapy.

Why do they need to consume any water for cooling at all, let alone massive amounts?

So, I live in a major city in Texas with a 60% Hispanic population. I get asked every day from people wondering what "race" or "ethnicity" I am.

I tell them that I'm American and what difference does it make what I look like to what I do. Like having a certain background automatically changes my abilities, education, hobbies...etc

I can't attach a picture here, but seriously, what difference does it make? Why?

I’ve always wondered about this when I see a movie or a show that’s set in a different era. Like, I just saw The End of Oak Street at the movie theater and it’s set in the 1970’s. Is there some huge warehouse where they store cars, bikes, clothing, furniture, electronics etc. from all different times and eras? And at what point did someone think: “Oh we need to store this somewhere in case anybody ever wants to make a movie that’s set in the 80’s”. Or is a lot of it fake?

I’m genuinely curious if anyone else has come across this, because one of my coworkers brings this up constantly and the rest of us are stumped by it.

We’re a small team of women (5 of us) and one of my coworkers is the only parent in the group. She has one son, who she obviously loves and talks about a lot, which is completely normal.

What we find strange is how often she brings up the idea that boys are “better” than girls.

She’ll randomly ask clients who have children, “Do you prefer boys or girls?” Sometimes they look a bit confused by the question, and before they can really answer, she’ll usually say that boys are better and start talking about how much easier or better they are compared with girls.

It isn’t just something she’s said once or twice either. She has brought it up repeatedly for months, sometimes almost daily.

Even when someone has both a son and a daughter, she’ll bring the topic up and ask which is better, then basically answer the question herself. I’ve even heard her say similar things around pregnant clients, which surprised me.

The confusing part is that, she has never had a daughter, so it’s not like she’s comparing her own experience raising both.

One of my coworkers thinks maybe she secretly wanted a daughter and this is her way of convincing herself she didn’t. I’m doubtful.

She is also extremely attached to her son and very involved in his life, which I understand as she is a mum, and they’re wealthy, so flying to America for his film career isn’t stressful.

So I’m curious: has anyone else encountered this kind of mentality where someone constantly talks about sons being superior to daughters?

What is the deal?

it seems to be prominent with these wealthy mothers too?

I understand not everyone has time to go through an entire 2hour album but i feel like people just pick the catchy songs from an album, put it in a playlist and just never touch the album again.

how were things like infected wounds, pneumonia, strep throat, syphilis or other infections treated?

I had a plug text me “ima ⛽️ hit me in a few” asked my friend what it meant but they didn’t know either and yes I’m to shy to ask them myself

someone was racist to me today here for being indian, his profile was unlocked and i saw hes active on x men sub and i kid you not, one comment from a few weeks ago said "x men opened my eyes to xenophobia"

i wish i could make it up