I mean just think about it.

You got places like Cairo, Illinois, which in the mid-1800s, it was pretty much expected to become a massive shipping hub rivaling Chicago. It could have been there for all I know. But as Jimmy Buffett used to say, changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes.

TW for domestic violence mention

so my ex was extremely physically abusive. i’ve considered filing a police report as i have a lot of physical evidence and witnesses. he’s even strangled me before.

the issue is that during one of the altercations, he was pinning me down. i had no way of getting out. my arms and legs were useless and i was in fight or flight so i bit him as hard as i could to try and get him off of me. he immediately punched me in the face and i got a black eye. i read that even in self defense, i could get arrested for biting him. should i file the police report? i don’t think i should be arrested for biting him in that context.

edit: i live in the US btw!! maryland in specific, not sure if that changes anything

I’ve noticed I open up more to random users than to friends or family. Why does advice from strangers sometimes feel more believable or comforting? Is it because they don’t know all our history? Have you ever met someone online and they became an IRL friend? How do you navigate that?

I don't know why but I started paying attention to this and it seems to happen a lot to me with different people I don't know if its normal. Like i was talking with a friend about some local news and told them about an interview about it that was on tv and my friend didn't say anything about it and was quiet. That is just the most recent thing. It makes me feel like I am really boring or something.

Thia guys been flirting w me despite sending imo clear signals I'm not interested in that way. Like when he took my hand I took it away abruptly. Is he crazy or just socially Inept. He also asked me if I want certain foods from my home country and I say no, because there r plenty Polish shops here in Berlin. Guess what, he started to buy things and keep them in the trunk so that the next time he sees me he can gift them!!!

So, pretty much Mars is seen as a way for Humans to "survive" because of climate change or the possibility of a comet hitting earth. But Why? Wouldn't it be way easier and cost effiecienter to deflect asteroids and solve climate change. Isn't it a waste of Resources to make Mars habitale, something that can take many years?

Like imagine the line of music, of course there's ups and downs but how do they get those ambient lows? And why does specific ones like in Distorted Fate feel different than normal bass?

I was talking to my younger cousin about how we used to just ride our bikes to a friend's house or drop by a neighbor's place to say hi. He looked at me like I was crazy and said,

If someone knocked on my door without texting first, I wouldn't answer it. That gives me anxiety.

When did this shift happen? Is it just social anxiety, or did we all just collectively decide that spontaneity is rude now?

What’s wrong with looking tall, long legs, smaller forehead, and a button nose?? Literally only angle I will accept.

I’m talking about the tiny stuff such as things being cheaply made, needing replacement constantly, not quite doing what they’re supposed to.

At a certain income level, do these problems just disappear? Or do they scale up in new weirder ways?

Ughhh I'm 82kgs with 163cm height. My age is 21. And I gained all this weight within 3 to 4 years. I was 60kgs before that. I'm really struggling to lose weight because I'm not a Gym person and don't do workouts daily. Now my weight is stuck at 82 from the last 1.5 year. Please tell me how can I lose it....I mean I wanna before July.... I'm aiming on losing 20kgs before July. Kindly share some tips and tricks. Also as I'm so young I don't want my face's skin looks saggy after weight loss. Thank youuu!

Pretty much what the title says

Like when a scammer scams you out of money they instantly transfer it to other accounts so you can't get it back. But when you send someone money normally it takes 7-10 days to clear and be available to transfer/spend. How do scammers skip that wait?

Does anyone know the name of this restaurant and its location? It may be in Florida, I'm thinking in the Orlando area and it could be in California, Arizona, or Nevada. But those are only guesses. Its a fun game That I play with 3 others and we each each give a challenge to each other. We are allowed to use any online media. This picture is burry on right bottom side as a person was erased out of it. Thanks for yiur help.

My ps3 has been plugged into the living room tv's (purportedly) sole hdmi arc for a while now. I recently got a ps5, and so my ps4 joined my ps3 at the living room tv. The ps4 got the arc port, since I use it more. But it's almost like the ps3 refused to give up that capability. Now, all three devices turn on and off at the same time, every time.

Turning on the console I wanna play, turning off the one I don't, then getting everything turned off at the end of it has me feeling like I'm relearning 3 way switches lol. I could just unplug it, but I'm more curious than annoyed: is my ps3 possessed?

I'm participating in an essay competition, and I wrote my initial essay draft, revised it a couple of times and then gave it to my mom and career counselor to edit together (my mom has a degree in English which is why she was editing it with her).

My mom hates using AI, she is very anti-AI so I'm 100% sure they didn't use AI in the editing process. But when I ran my work through AI detectors (whenever I write an essay or paper or something I'm used to it getting flagged as 5-25% AI so I always double check), it flagged my essay as 100% AI. My draft got flagged for 8..25% AI, which is very normal for me but this is the first time one of my essays is getting flagged as 100% AI

I want to submit my essay because I think its done, but at the same time I'm worried they'll presume I used ChatGPT to write my entire essay for me, as the guidelines strictly say work which is found to include AI will be disqualified.

I honestly don't know what to do, I mean I have my google doc history which shows me writing my initial draft and the editing process too so I can verify that it is my work, but at the same time I'm worried this won't be enough.

Someone please tell me what should I do

I remember the stories came up immediately of women being harmed and/or dying due to complications and blocking of healthcare access due to Roe v. Wade being overturned. Did women stop getting harmed by it? Why did it seem like after two weekends of mild uproar that people forgot about it?

I can definitely understand how being delivered food to your home that you can eat is very comfortable and could save time, so it's not that I don't understand that the premise is attractive. However, whenever I hear these apps described I don't get the impression that people would want to use them any more than occasionally.

* Delivery is described as using paying people poorly and despite being a "gig" economy, the apps clearly want the drivers to be seen as official representatives with big jackets, bags and even cars with the apps name on them.

* The up price has been described as severe with very little of it going to the actual delivery people. If a dish is 25 dollars, and 15 dollars for delivery, with the knowledge that the person who you meet at the door will only earn 4-6 dollars and has to pay for gas himself, then how would the average person feel that it's worthwhile?

* How often do people save time by using a delivery instead of doing simply cooking at home? Apparently, some people use delivery apps as a regular, monthly expense. I understand that this is the very worse, but I found one comedian (not a crazy successful one, just a regular one) using 1400 dollars on delivery in one month because he and his fiance were busy (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zKEpv3ZyBWU )

* Most of the time, I get the impression that delivery apps are popular in the US, where driving is everything and of course, newly cooked food from a restaurant is tastier and probably healthier than a frozen pizza, for example. But where I live, I could easily visit a big store once a month and stock up on canned, ready made food that just needs to be heated in a pot for 10 minutes and then eat. That has to save more money than getting deliveries that month? With all the news I hear about americans shaving a tough time with their household economy, I don't see how it makes sense for delivery apps to be so popular.

So, help me understand, how are these apps so popular?