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5 votes
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Splendid isolation: How I stopped time by sitting in a forest for twenty-four hours
5 votes -
An antidote to dissatisfaction
3 votes -
Too many of America’s smartest waste their talents
11 votes -
Demoted and placed on probation
5 votes -
Who killed the weekend?
9 votes -
The mafia is more powerful than it’s ever been
8 votes -
How 'namaste' flew away from us
8 votes -
Match on dating app Tinder helps rescue camper trapped in ice in northern Norway
7 votes -
An attempt to name a child after the Devil has won no sympathy from Iceland's official naming committee
12 votes -
Your New Year's resolution has already failed
17 votes -
No-money fun ideas?
Spouse and I were on a weekend drive-and-walkaround today, and discussing ways to save money on house renovations. We've kept running into things like, "yeah, two arthritic 50-somethings are...
Spouse and I were on a weekend drive-and-walkaround today, and discussing ways to save money on house renovations. We've kept running into things like, "yeah, two arthritic 50-somethings are really going to DIY sheetrocking a ceiling...nope."
I'm guessing nearly all Tilders have gone through times when they didn't have much, if any, disposable income, or had to squeeze budgets to save for big expenses.
So what do you enjoy doing for entertainment that costs little or nothing beyond what you'd ordinarily spend for basic living expenses?
I know we used to do things like gathering people for potluck, cheap jug wine, and chatter, but we're still building a circle of friends and acquaintances, and don't have space for entertaining yet! Walks in the woods, reading, volunteering, and watching movies, are pretty much givens, but happy to hear your thoughts.
25 votes -
David Foster Wallace putting into words a dread we're all familiar with
5 votes -
Finland's Sanna Marin hopes women leaders will be the 'new normal'
5 votes -
Why procrastination is about managing emotions, not time
29 votes -
Supreme Court has granted Sámi in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on its land – and not the Swedish state
8 votes -
Why we should change Australia Day ... to the fourth Friday in January
5 votes -
Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps & Their Johns
7 votes -
A battle for the soul of Marfa, Texas: What happens when a wealthy patron wears out his welcome?
5 votes -
In 2017, Iceland had the lowest number of prisoners per inhabitants (thirty-nine per 100,000) among European countries, according to Eurostat
5 votes -
Is it really just sexism? An alternative argument for why women leave STEM
22 votes -
Evelyn Yang speaks at Women's March about her sexual assault
8 votes -
When we give in to manufactured internet wars
7 votes -
What ‘livability’ looks like for Black women
10 votes -
When Minneapolis segregated
4 votes -
Denmark's 'ghetto plan' and the communities it targets – residents of largely Muslim neighbourhoods face increased penalties for crimes and 'Danish values' lessons for children
12 votes -
What will life be like under China's social credit system?
5 votes -
Why do so many incompetent men become leaders? And what can we do about it?
15 votes -
The day that never happened
27 votes -
Norway opens its doors to six hundred people evacuated from Libya to Rwanda
9 votes -
A better boyfriend experience: A small but growing number of men doing sex work are catering to women clients by taking consent, gender equality, and emotional labor seriously
18 votes -
When it's time to put your dog down?
She is a mixed breed (more pinscher) and is perhaps 16 or 17 years old. She simply doesn't eat anymore. She went to the vet when this started and they found nothing. Gave her some appetite...
She is a mixed breed (more pinscher) and is perhaps 16 or 17 years old.
She simply doesn't eat anymore. She went to the vet when this started and they found nothing. Gave her some appetite injection, she would eat for two days and stop. Went again and same thing.
I changed vets and he did blood work and everything was fine. He examined her throat with his hands because he didn't want to anesthetize a senior dog for a scan. He discovered a throat and ear infection. Treated and she started eating again, but only for a few weeks. She never gained her weight back.
Now she is only losing weight and not eating, it's been five days since she last eat something.
She sleeps almost all the time and is so thin and her back is so curved that when she drops her head to drink water her rear legs go up and she falls. We had to put the food and water up so she doesn't have any accidents.
She is so frail it's breaking my heart. I'm so afraid.
Update in the comments below, but I'm going to put it here too
Updating here: it happened today.
She got a little better and we didn't had the courage to do it when I made this thread. She was eating better.
But now she started having difficulties lying down and standing up. She would fall, couldn't lie down by herself. I had to help her.
This night her bed was a little wet and I figured she might have pissed while lying down.
Talked to the vet and she is gone forever.
But I didn't had the courage to watch and be with her during the procedure. I am dying inside because of this. I loved her so much, she was with us for almost 18 years...
I will never see her again.
Thanks for everything Meg and sorry for letting you down.
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Finland's family cafes are helping solve one of parenting's biggest problems – loneliness
8 votes -
Air filters create educational gains
14 votes -
Learning about work ethic from my high school driving instructor
7 votes -
Oslo saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019 – reducing the number of cars reduced the number of traffic fatalities
5 votes -
Finland is considering a four-day week. Is this the secret of happiness?
9 votes -
Forced repatriation for Denmark's Syrian refugees? Several families are living in fear of being deported to Syria, where the civil war continues
5 votes -
On a plate: A comic about privilege
22 votes -
The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism
20 votes -
Denser housing is gaining traction on America’s east coast
9 votes -
The cost of being a woman who covers video games
29 votes -
In 2020, skip your resolutions—Embrace a vice
11 votes -
Mansplaining convention coming to Orlando promises to 'Make Women Great Again'
16 votes -
Young women fight the government's ghetto list – this year four young women from one of Denmark's so-called ghettos, Tingbjerg, had had enough
6 votes -
The neuroscience of breaking out of negative thinking (and how to do it in under thirty seconds)
9 votes -
How my daughter disrupted my politics
16 votes -
Here's something upbeat: People who can make us feel grateful for what they've done
8 votes -
Your lifestyle has already been designed
16 votes -
Use this, not that: Positive swaps for the New Year
This is a bit of a sibling topic to the one about changing habits for 2020. Rather than looking at habits specifically, I want to look at "swaps" that people can make. What's something someone...
This is a bit of a sibling topic to the one about changing habits for 2020. Rather than looking at habits specifically, I want to look at "swaps" that people can make.
What's something someone could change out for a better alternative?
A swap should be recommended if it is,
- more ethical,
- more sustainable,
- heathier,
- or just overall better in an individual or collective way.
Importantly: the swap should be both feasible and sensical, and should be something that is relatively easy to do. This isn't about making huge lifestyle changes but about taking what we're already doing and making it better.
Please give your reasoning for your swap, as well as any important caveats. Mentioning specific brands/companies is fine if that's an important part of the swap. Also, swaps can be for anything so don't feel limited to consumer products. Feel free to give good food/service/app/software/store swaps as well!
See my post below for an example, if the setup I've given here is unclear!
54 votes