I have a skinny-fat cat. She’s absolutely tiny, runt of the litter and still looks like a kitten at 13 years old. When she was spayed the vet commented on the high percentage of visceral fat she had. I’m Pretty sure she’d fit the “normal weight but obese” group, as tiny as she is.
The noise cancelling headphones I had in my basket, waiting for the prime day sale, had an amazing 90p discount on them. Yay.
It’s a Thai ☺️ far superior imo - the variegation is stable unlike in VMs which can revert. Every leaf will look different but it will always have variegated bits. You see the bottom left? That’s what they mean by “yellow”. It’s really just a little cream/off white. VMs tend not to have so much marbling, and all the variegated bits are white. There’s no variegation within the white iykwim? I believe Thais are still more expensive than VMs so you might have got a good deal if it was mislabelled! I’ll take some photos of my two tomorrow when it’s daylight if you’d like to see a comparison.
ETA: variegata is just the Latin name for variegated. Variegated just means a plant isn’t one solid colour. Thais are a type of variegated monstera. And the full Latin name of VMs is “monstera deliciosa albo variegata”. “Monstera variegata” is technically correct for both plants, but non-specific.
Isn’t that a Thai constellation? I’ve got both and this looks much more like my Thai than VM. It my favourite!
You’re welcome and I’m glad it helped! It was a bit of a game changer when it was first put to me like that. It also made me feel a little bit better about being prescribed so many medications that carry the stigma of addiction. .
I’m prescribed modafinil to combat severe fatigue and brain fog from lupus. I’ve never experienced any kind of “high” when I take it and I don’t have amazing levels of concentration. I can just think a bit more clearly and I don’t need to nap every two hours. When I mentioned it to a doctor years ago he explained by saying something like “this modafinil tablet will make everyone feel 20% more alert (for example) so when a healthy person takes it they feel 120%. But you have something wrong with you; you’re only functioning at 70%. When you take this tablet you also function 20% better but that only brings you up to ~90% of what a healthy person feels like to begin with.” It felt so obvious when he put it like that.
Regarding the “sign another problem needs solving” bit you said, I don’t think it’s that simple for all drugs. I’ve been taking pretty high dosages of prescription opioids for the best pet of two decades. It makes my pain bearable for the most part. It allows me to sleep a little bit at night. But I don’t experience any “high”, not even a feeling of mellowness. Yet when my fentanyl patch comes off and I don’t notice, I start displaying signs of physical withdrawal. I am dependant on opioids but I don’t have of the drug seeking behaviour associated with being addicted to opioids. If for some reason my doctors stopped prescribing all my opioids tomorrow I suspect I would display drug seeking behaviour, but I don’t think that’s a sign of another problem in my life. I’m dependent on the drug, through no fault of my own.
Ah I missed that sub, thanks for the link!
Good for you! I wish you both happiness.
Congratulations on your engagement!
As I sit here happy and secure in my own relationship, I’m inclined to say I’d rather be single than online date. But if I actually found myself single before I’m even 40 I suspect I’d change my mind eventually - that’s a lot of life left to go through alone. And the only way I’d be likely to meet someone would be online, so needs must.
Online dating is very much the norm. I have no idea how I’d meet a new partner without it (if I was in the market for one).
I wonder what amount of damages he was ordered to pay?
Is this first (sorta) rickroll in the fediverse?!
The Memmy app has been having an issue where every single comment you write has 2 upvotes as standard, not the usual 1. Not gonna lie, I thought I was mildly funny/interesting until Memmy acknowledged the error in one of their updates. 🥲
Edit: they just fixed the issue but this comment has a real upvote and I can now go to sleep feeling socially validated!
the context is that it wouldn’t been needed before.
Before like in the past? Of course it wasn’t needed in the past. Times change, what is considered offensive evolves. It’s a good thing to have a little side note saying “Just so you’re aware this author isn’t a racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobe. The terms used in book were not considered offensive at the time of publishing and no disrespect or insult was intended”. Including notes like that are pretty important so that we can enjoy older media in the way it was intended and not make important works taboo because they don’t conform with today’s standards.
I’m in my 30s and there’s already a lot of words I used in childhood that are considered offensive now. And I’d put money on the likelihood that some words I use now won’t be considered appropriate within my lifetime. That’s not censorship, it’s progress.
Edit and it never happened 😉
A 3k a month what?
!confidently_incorrect