• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    be me: loses 98 lbs.

    “fuck yeah I feel great”

    gets trendy haircut to make it look like I don’t have thin hair

    “fuck yeah I feel younger”

    gets news glasses and clothes

    “fuck yeah I LOOK great”

    goes out to bar to see if I catch attention

    gets attention

    thinks: “fuck yeah, I’m in the game.”

    freezes

    goes home

    So yeah. I like home. Home is safe.

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      I mean hey, congrats on the weight loss. Nothing wrong with looking good for yourself.

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        Thanks! Yeah. I wish I could say it was hard. But wegovy was easy. I’m weaning off of it too, and so far no weight has come back.

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          Modern medicine is a marvel. I’m starting semaglutide too and so far it’s having a huge effect on my habits, but I haven’t lost too much weight yet.

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            It takes a bit. I didn’t really start losing weight until 1.7mg dose. I went up to 2.4mg originally but I lost 10 lbs in two weeks so they brought be back to 1.7 for a month or two before bumping me back to 2.4mg /week.

            Now, weaning off of it, I’m at 2 weeks between 2.4g doses. Then it will be 3. If I still don’t lose weight, then I win.

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      That’s a success story.

      Safe spaces is not where you grow and learn. That happens outside the comfort zone. Uncomfortable emotions will come up and they will pass.

      Succeeding on the first try shouldn’t be expected. Try again.

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        Safe spaces is not where you grow and learn

        imagine pinning that up at your local school …

        that would cause a shitstorm for sure. and they’d be right.

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    Jokes on you, that’s all I wanted to do as a kid anyway. Livin’ the dream!

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    “Whatever you want within what you can afford.” And staying home alone is cheap.

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    That would not have scared child me. Child me would be delighted she wasn’t been dragged to various things her mother wanted her to do.

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    it’s only scary because he left out the details like, the living room with a 55" 1.22m wide 4K oled display, gaming PC, mini fridge, air conditioning and a drawer filled with vegan chocolate and cookies.

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        lol, i just put things from my living room. okay, here some more stuff from it: a side table stacked with bags of potato chips, a sugar free gum ball dispenser, magnetic auto stirring cups, a box of grape juice packs and a crate water bottles, a remote to switch lights, multiple wireless headphones, gaming controllers, a solar charger and a regular charger for batteries for the controllers, two ergonomic chaiselounges, two laser leveling tools that project lines on the floor to show where best to move the chaiselounges for gaming.

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    As I get closer to 50 years old I begin to understand this. I still choose to go out most days but I start to see the appeal of just… Not.

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    Me, yesterday.

    Long-ish day at school, my girlfriend went to friends for karaoke. I had the option of either going with her, going to table tennis practise, or go play Magic at our LGS for FNM.

    I chose option D: stay home, smoke weed, watch YouTube, and play video games. Really needed it.