sparkles
@sparkles@piefed.zip
Hey!
I’m new to piefed. I was a part of the Reddit migration originally. Since then, I really enjoyed the conversations.
I’m a behavior therapist by day. Otherwise a bit of an introvert/gamer. I’m always up for a conversation. Unless I’m asleep, which is earlier and earlier these days.
- Comment on Attractive people 4 days ago:
Meh. I’m more into big juicy brains. Not in a zombie way. Outside appearance is not relevant other than hygiene.
- Comment on There's nothing stopping you, from washing with a towel and drying with 20 wash cloths 5 days ago:
My children know how to do their own laundry.
- Comment on Ending a relationship during the dating phase is a positive outcome. 1 week ago:
You are correct. So many people stay in relationships when they don’t need to. Or for the wrong reasons.
- Comment on Those of you who are angry at the US for allowing ICE to stifle people's liberties - how do you channel your anger and irritation? 1 week ago:
I get through it by pouring most of my energy into helping my clients, come home drained, and catch up with my kids, rot, pass out and sleep like a rock. I have many fears and worries and plans but I turn them off for the 3-4 hours in the afternoon of home time or I’d lose my mind. I commiserate with peers in our shared office during the day/between tasks.
- Comment on High value 1 week ago:
Media exposure is really difficult to combat. I have behaviors remediated, then a few days of exposure due to parental neglect, and its back to being called slurs and being SA’d by a five year old. Building a case based on these things to help just one person….but there are so many growing up on media that is too mature, without context or collaboration from instructors….they are being filled with awful opinions they just uncritically accept as universally true. I know it going to get worse before it gets better. I know it took me so much work to get my on to explain his every opinion with supporting details, to make him stop parroting. And that was limited exposure from school and other boys.
- Comment on High value 1 week ago:
I do hope many of them develop and grow up away from it. Otherwise I guess they’ll have to be lonely.
- Comment on “My body, my choice” should apply to drug use, too. 1 week ago:
When you deny someone an abortion, you’re denying them healthcare.
When a parent denies their underage child, with a brain that is still developing, hard drugs I think that is appropriate parenting. Taking hard drugs probably has limited social or medical benefit, if any.
So when a parent denies their underage child drugs they are essentially protecting them (from themselves) whereas if they deny an abortion they are taking away a future, if you consider the fully formed person autonomous.
Not really comparable if you scratch beyond the surface.
- Comment on We all took foreign languages in school and none of us can actually speak those languages 1 week ago:
I retained enough to provide basic information to my ESL kiddos/parents, at least in Spanish. Use it or lose it, I really think.
- Comment on The boy who was relentlessly bullied by his uncle 2 weeks ago:
Gotta be a lot like dating a Disney obsessed person.
- Comment on If I go crazy will you still call me Superman? 2 weeks ago:
I forget the exact number but a surprising amount of fellas are also confident about winning a fist fight with a bear, so, yeah. This makes sense.
- Comment on Meta smart glasses pose a threat to women, campaigners say 3 weeks ago:
Yeah it sucks. Did everything I could to stay off the internet when I was younger and understood this could happen eventually. I kept my kids off the internet entirely—no social media, no group photos with them uploaded, etc. But now some creep can just look in their direction and record them anyway. I know this is possible with phones as well, as I caught someone recording my youngest a few years back at great wolf lodge. It is just exhausting and it feels like there is no winning.
- Comment on DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM 3 weeks ago:
I haven’t really seen people hyping it.
- Comment on Music is music 3 weeks ago:
I love the core genres for this reason.
- Comment on Being 40 is fun 3 weeks ago:
I mean honestly that sounds like goals. Very wholesome.
- Comment on Being 40 is fun 3 weeks ago:
38, was out last night by 11 (I tried). I don’t even drink anymore. I had a boba.
- Comment on What are therapists allow to share about their clients? 3 weeks ago:
Not anything identifying, really. My best practice is to never talk about work with those outside of the need to know group. It goes in the work box, it stays there. Unless I had a particularly traumatic day. I couldn’t hide the limp or the black eye I had a few days ago. So that is an example of the most I will share.
- Comment on How open are you about yourself to others online in general? 3 weeks ago:
I am fairly open, for a couple of reasons. I’m older now, and I have a lot of lived experience and education. Secondly, I learned a long time ago that silence can enable. I have nothing to lose by sharing my story in particular. So in certain communities I am open about difficult topics.
- Comment on The Useless Web 4 weeks ago:
It’s lovely, thank you.
- Comment on Fare thee well 4 weeks ago:
Potato pancakes are heaven.
- Comment on no corn 4 weeks ago:
Such a fun show
- Comment on Some people in the sub right now be like 5 weeks ago:
Nothing wrong with communities that want to stay on topic. It’s not a personal attack.
- Comment on Get fucking got! 5 weeks ago:
An entire day? 😭
- Comment on Get fucking got! 5 weeks ago:
Way too much work. Can’t I just lie down and die once my kids are completely independent? I’m so close.
- Comment on Money buys hope 5 weeks ago:
Yeah. Money set me free. Am I lonely? Yeah, sometimes. But between a soul crushing relationship and financial security, financial security wins every time.
- Comment on Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not) 1 month ago:
I’ve also read “move to another state” a lot. Which is also much easier said than done, even though there are some very legitimate reasons. Moving from a low cola to a high one is tough.
- Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash 1 month ago:
I think the one I have is 50 inch and I think it could be a bit smaller, yeah. A monitor might work better . I just use it for my switch and some tv shows/ambiance.
- Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash 1 month ago:
My next tv (don’t have one) is just gonna be attached to a laptop by hdmi. That’s it.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Sometimes I feel like I talk to much. So I do limit myself.
- Comment on How would you decide? 1 month ago:
When I buy my acreage, I will have 2 weird donkeys and a cow. And plant some corn.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 1 month ago:
Me too. I deleted a 10 year old account. I used to love that little corner of the net, even when it was small.