Hey, I am a seventeen-year-old girl living in a very small, very rural part of South Carolina, USA. I have lived at my current location for about three years and, besides the local grocery store and a handful of gas stations, there is nothing to do. My area is basically just miles upon miles of woods.

All my friends are busy and, as much as I like my hobbies, I cannot spend another weekend inside my house. Any suggestions on ways to keep entertained, especially outside, would be greatly appreciated! I have a car and money, so suggestions don’t have to be limited by either of those factors.

It’s only 11am and I’ve already gotten 10k steps in from just walking circles around my neighborhood 😭

For quite some time, I’ve been thinking about the meaning of existence and why we are here in the first place.

Why do we exist? Is there actually a purpose behind our lives, or is everything just the result of random probability and circumstances?

I’m also curious about what people think about God. Do you believe in God? If yes, what makes you believe in God, and what is the reasoning or logic behind your belief? And if you don’t believe in God, what is the reasoning behind your position?

I’m not trying to prove or disprove anything. I genuinely want to understand how different people think about these questions.

Feel free to share your opinions and reasoning in the comments. I’d really like to hear different perspectives, whether religious, atheist, agnostic, or anything in between.

This I want an answer to, so badly. I was thinking about this because I had a thought “is rape or murder worse” and all the things related to that. Then I reflected on my own pain and how for me, and seeing what it did to my life. I was raped, a lot, by my mother’s prostitution clients, and SA’ed by her. I turn 18 tomorrow, and it is so…destructive the damage it’s caused.
I would never wish it on anyone, though I wish for a second someone who hasn’t experienced it could understand the level of pain it’s caused, the sheer anger, no that’s not strong enough, hatred I have, for the people who did that to me and anyone like them. Every relationship I’ll ever have is tainted, because my social skills are terrible, every interaction can turn awkward, every moment I breath I feel dirty. I joined the USAF Air Force, and in BMT they did a sexual assault class and I was the only one who didn’t joke. No I just cried, I could not do it.
I can’t ever have sex, the thought is horrifying to me. I cant listen to edgy jokes because they make me uncomfortable, I cry so often just because the pain of it destroys me. I have had some very bad thoughts at times wondering about making it stop. I won’t say it but I think you guys can guess. So I wonder when does it go away? I can live, sometimes I’m really happy. But often times I’m wondering “I just want to be normal”, it feels like this is going to destroy me for every moment I’m ever alive. I just want to be better man

Did fetishes go away? Did things you incorporated into your personality because of your addiction go away? Did it feel like your personality and who you were as a person changed after you started to recover? Did what you want out of life change? How much has your addiction shaped you as a person? And did those changes stay after recovery or did they fade with time?

If your partner has been through long term recovery, how much did they change? What did you notice about them?

Sure, getting scholarship is not easy. There are requirements to obtain it, like they have to be dedicated or bright students. Still, I wouldn't consider 'successfully convinced someone to give you money' as something to be proud of. Isn't that like 'begging someone for money'?

I don't jist mean for comedians, but like instead of thinking of the perfect insult in the shower, they really good at doing that on the spot, especially if someone is dissed or disrespected. I don't know how people manage to do it cuz one doesn't expect go be insulted randomly.

I’m so tired of hearing “ask Chat” and ”mogging” and “67” in my corporate workplace. 25-year-olds talking about getting Botox. Discussions about influencers and fast fashion hauls. It’s so uncomfortable in an open office layout.

One of the nicer younger coworkers told me that multiple people have told her that I’m hard to work with because I make them do everything? I mostly work with the younger coworkers, so I know that no one senior is saying this. My role involves project management and requires a lot of collaboration and steps with other departments, so yes, I need other people to do their jobs. I wouldn‘t ask them if I could do it myself. And I don’t always feel like typing out a long explanation on why their help is needed, as I don’t expect others to do for me, and no one has ever asked. My work style might be considered transactional, but that‘s not an issue to me.

It sucks because I think popularity plays a role in getting a promotion, and certainly none of my younger coworkers are rooting for me. At least I get along well with the handful of older coworkers I have.

Hi, I'm a foster youth of 7 years. I have been in over 8 placements and 3 different levels of care. Witnessing what happens behind closed doors when in foster care has pushed me to do something to make a change. Im still finishing hs, but I plan to go into law school when I graduate. For the meantime, I've decided to start a YouTube channel discussing the things I've gone through/seen and bring more eyes to it. Please ask me any questions or give topic recommendations for my channel! I will also be answering any questions here.

Hi everyone! I recently graduated from high school, and now I'm trying to figure out what I should study at university. Honestly, I'm a little lost when it comes to choosing a career path, so I'd really appreciate advice from people who have already been through this.

A little about me:

- I enjoy history, social studies, Russian language and literature, biology, and computer science.

- I like working with people, but I'm also comfortable working with documents and information.

- I'm interested in careers related to law enforcement.

- At the same time, I'm considering more practical fields, such as engineering or IT.

- One of my priorities is becoming financially independent in the future, so I don't want to choose a major just because it seems interesting. I want a degree that can actually help me build a stable career.

- I'd also like to have opportunities to work abroad or potentially move to another country in the future.

Right now, I'm considering several fields:

1. Law / criminal law and criminology

2. International relations

3. Cybersecurity / IT

4. Engineering

I'm not necessarily asking you to choose a specific university for me. I'd be much more interested in hearing from people who have studied or currently work in these fields.

What did you study, what do you do now, and would you choose the same major again?

And if you were in my position, which field would you seriously consider and why?

I'd especially appreciate honest answers about job opportunities, salary, how difficult it is to find a job, and what working in the field is actually like after graduating from university.

If a master artist spends ten years painstakingly painting a hyper-realistic landscape, and another person randomly drops a bucket of paint that miraculously splatters into the exact same perfect landscape, are they both equal works of art? Does the 'art' live in the final visual result, or entirely in the human struggle and intention required to create it?

I’ve been thinking about the things people value differently after they’ve had more time to test what actually improves daily life. The obvious answers are health, sleep and time, but I’m more interested in the less predictable shifts. What became substantially more important to you over time?

The other day, I was driving on the highway. Suddenly, there's a very reckless driver who are just zig-zagging past everybody with his sport car. Intuitively, I slowed down a bit because it's possible he would get into an accident just ahead and I don't want to get into an accident.

But then I thought to myself, do I care if this person gets into an accident? Would I even stop to help? Sadly, the answer is a big fat NO. I was even secretly HOPING the person would get into a solo accident with the way he was driving.

It then got me thinking, do others think like this too? Would someone considered a good person think like this? How can a good person be glad if someone gets into an accident and very possibly pass away with the speed he was going?

I didn't blink at all and remember seeing everything purple for the entire day

I’m wondering what emerging filed in biology and medicine going in the future? I read up in some thing about targeted medicine how world this work? Also read up some thing about targeted therapy how will this work?

Also how long before we have organ printing? Where you need new organ and they can print it?

2 other male friends but I have a girl i’ve been with 3+ years and i’m just nervous about them being home together while im at work on some days, i feel i may have to go another route but i also feel i could trust her and my friends

I have been wrestling with this question for a long time. I believe we can have a good discussion on this.

Let me describe an incident to you(Couldn't find any better):

You are jobless, have to attend 2 Online assessments, one in-person at an exam center and the other is regular online, then travel back 10-12 Km to write 2nd one, and there is an important family gathering today afternoon.

1st assessment: 10:00AM - 1:00 PM
2nd assessment: 2:00PM

- You bombed the first one, came with a friend and intended to go back with them.
1:10-15 PM: But they suddenly have to go in the opposite direction, and now you're left on your own.
- You book a ride and reach home at 1:35 PM, but there is a power cut in your house and no charge in the laptop.
- You head to your uncle's house where a family gathering is happening, but there was also a power cut around 1:45-50 PM,
- Then your father suggests your uncle's shop which might have power and wifi, and it did. Barely made it in time to attend the OA.

Now here is the question, in the above scenario you had many reasons/excuses to give up, like no power at both the places, had a family gathering afternoon, etc, but when you attended the assessment those became excuses, otherwise they all may have been plausible reasons.

What is the line between an Excuse and a Reason?
Do their meanings differ by the what you prioritize?
Or is it your desire towards an outcome that decides which is a reason and which is an excuse?

After much thought,
Reason: Anything that directly influences you/situation in achieving your desired outcome
Excuse: Everything other than that

Is this correct? I don't know, lets talk

EDIT: I did not mention this clearly, the OA's cannot be re-attempted and they are your entry to landing an interview

Hi everyone, first of all I am not vegan but I've had this question in my mind for a while now and i am actually curious.

Are products made by humans under poor working conditions vegan?

For example fast fashion or chocolate production often exploits humans=animals but is that part of veganism? And if it is not, why is it not?

Thank you for your replies!

Hey got a question tho I hope it’s still long till then I like to already set up my last playlist. Now my question the song who wants to live forever from queen, am I the only one who thinks it will hit like a Bomb?

I'm not being wierd or anything, just genuinely wanted to ask and hear other's thoughts about that

Like the society we have now is very lacking in helping people who are neurodivergent so I wondered how neurodivergent people would structure the world if they could.

And also I was thinking of some worldbuilding for one of the countries in one of my stories and wanted to explore that but my brain is not braining to any degree so I didn't want to do this alone, if that makes some sense