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For those who don't know, you and everyone else are naked.

Feels like every main character or their family member has a massive debt they need to pay off.

Like is that a regular thing there?

Why don't you have a seat over there, Charlie Brown

Despite being a relatively average player, Alisha Lehmann is the most followed women's soccer player on Instagram.

Wonder why?

Fk it just make it 64 teams like March Madness

PH was a trash site anyway. Way too many creators just there to promote their OF.

far better sites out there, idk if I'm allowed to say them though

I don't get it

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I have a cold right now and I take all these at once every 8 hours:

Note that I NEVER go over the recommended dose on the label.

1 ibuprofen
2 Tylenol
2 teaspoon of codeine
1 Sudafed
5 sprays of sore throat spray
1 throat lozenge
1-2 cups of hot honey tea

if needed: 1 dose of steroid nasal spray

BucketCat posted...

how close of friends are you? have you shown up to his place unannounced in the past, prior to his depression?

I was in a similar situation as your friend a few years ago, what got me out of that rut was one friend showing up out of the blue with a 6 pack.
If it was a group, I probably would have shut them out. but one person? that was easy to deal with at the time, and it gave me a chance to step away from the depression, and kind of put things in a different perspective.

I'd say have whoever's closest with your friend show up, but not an entire group. Even if it's a "hey, I was driving by and thought I'd stop to say hi" type of thing, it could really help. Sometimes all someone needs is a little nudge.

Yes, it can seem invasive to some people, but in my opinion it's much better to try, and reaching out to someone in person is much more effective than over text.

You could make an argument that we are his closest non-family friends. Our group of 5 friends have been together for 20 years. We've never shown up unannounced because we've never felt it to be necessary he used to always open his home to us when we asked.

bnui_ransder posted...

"Hey bro, I'm in the area, would it be cool if I dropped by? Haven't seen you in a bit"

If he denies be like

"Alright, but next time I'm in the area I'm gonna let you know, ok? Just wanna hang out for a bit"

And yeah like everyone else was saying, nothing big, nothing extravagant

Even something like a movie and be like "yo I just got the ____ movie, it's gonna be boring watching alone, wanna watch it together?"

I actually tried this almost 10 times, he either declined every time or came up with an excuse. Eventually I stopped because it didn't seem like it would work.

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What do you think we should do instead?

He doesn't show any sign of changing his habits anytime soon and I'm worried that he'll never break out of it.

Glob posted...

This fits in with my experiences with a friend with depression. Id turn up with food and booze and wed play games and watch crap films at his place. For about six months, that was all the social interaction he had, me coming over to do that once a week.

Hes a lot better now, and hes told me many times that it really helped him.

I wish I could do this, but every time I suggested it to him he declines. One on one, not as a big group.

thisworld posted...

Ambush? In group? Very bad idea. Please refrain from driving someone into a corner like that; it breeds resistance.

Yeah that won't work. Would you like others to pry into your life unnecessarily TC?

Am I right that he still at least relates to his parents? In that case maybe talk to them first? I don't mean talking about life issue and such but a real casual talk about sport/weather/pet and so on. Do not pry, do not pity talk, just talk. Crack a joke or two and laugh with his family.

Let him know that his own family welcomes you as someone to talk to and maybe, just maybe, that would lower his guard around you.

Interesting idea, but how do you propose I get in contact with his parents without going to his home? I think he'll have questions if I randomly ask him for his parents contact info.

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Are you able to talk about other casual topics besides his life? Movies? Current events? Big tiddy anime girls?

Sure, here and there but that's pretty surface as well

Karovorak posted...

The problem is that such a thing would be extremly mentally draining to him, and he would be uncomfortable and anxious every single second.

I would suggest that you try some softer methods, usually just chilling in some online game or something like that.

Something casual, that allows you to talk to him on one side, but also allows him to quit instantly with a simple "last round, then I go" or something like.

If you cut of his escape route like that, he will just look for ways so you can't do this ever again.

We do play games with him, he never wants to talk about his life, he only wants to focus on what's happening in the game. It's all very surface. Any time we try to pry even slightly he closes himself off and changes the topic so we don't try to press the issue anymore.

tremain07 posted...

It's a good idea, but you should probably go a bit further with it, kidnap him. Dress as ninjas, appear in his room in the dead of night, Yell "FBI OPEN UP!" put a bag over his head and stuff him into a van, once you're all away a good distance, like maybe a nice quiet place with a nice view take the bag off he'll see you all and sing happy birthday.

He'll be so confused he'll forget he's depressed and probably a bit peeved at you all for scaring the shit out of him.

Real answer, it's probably best it be one of you instead of all of you at once, he'll probably shy away from being real with you in front of so many faces. like maybe come one by one and try to break through to him by talking to him even if you have to sit outside his bedroom monologue to yourself about the way he makes you feel and what you think of him.

What happened to him a year ago to make him start shutting you guys out, do you know?

In 2021 he was one course away from graduating college, he failed then had to wait an entire year to take the same course again. He then wasn't able to find a job considering his major wasn't in high demand, then gave up searching altogether. It seems that he also gave up on other aspects of his life along with that.

au_gold posted...

Yes.

What do you think we should do instead?

He doesn't show any sign of changing his habits anytime soon and I'm worried that he'll never break out of it.

I haven't seen my friend in over a year because he is dealing with depression (his own words) and is a NEET.

He stays at home all day (lives with parents) at his computer and rejects all invitations to hang out. We offer come to him, pay for him if we grab food, catch up. He always says "next time" but it never comes. We've spoken to his mutual friends to see if he ever leaves his home and they actually haven't even had any sort of contact with him at all.

A group of my friends wanted to go directly to his home unannounced and tell him that we want to support him and whatever he's going through.

But is it a bad idea to do so as it would leave him unprepared to see us all in his current state?

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Ramen can have multiple ingredients but you usually don't stuff them in your mouth all at once and the noodles/broth are the main. Tacos and burritos sure I'll give you that but that can come with cheese, rice, beans, sour cream, guac in addition to the veggies. The experience is designed to be a mass of flavors.

The main attraction in a burger is the patty and adding too many ingredients takes away from that rather than compliments it imo.

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Wanting to know why people enjoy different foods is a perfectly valid question. If someone thought cilantro was disgusting wouldn't they want to understand why others like it?

I can't think of any other meat where you need 4 different veggies at the same time to enjoy it or enhance it's flavor.

I can't think of any meat where you would need 4 different veggie toppings at the same time just to enjoy it.

Lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles.

1 or 2 sure, but all 4?

Are you even enjoying the patty at that point? All those toppings combined overpower the flavor.

TMOG posted...

Then that's not a 20% pay cut, that's a 60% pay increase. You'd be making $24/hour at that point compared to the $15 you were making before.

And either way, you're still losing a lot of money on the "deal".

People who work salary are more inclined to take the deal

TMOG posted...

To clarify on how much lost money this actually means

Let's say this hypothetical job is $15/hour, at 40 hours per week. That's $600 a week you're getting paid, pre-tax, if you work the exact 40.

Taking a 20% pay cut reduces that to $12/hour. Working 50% less is 20 hours per week. That changes you to only making $240 pre-tax.

No that's not what I was trying to ask.

In this scenario you would earn $480 in a week working 20 hours.

Lizzo is supposed to be beautiful right?