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That erratic pulsating sensation on your legs after a brisk walk- what is it? And more questions
  • Benign fasciculation. It only used to happen after walking, and in my quads and calves. I swam competitively in division III and never happened in my upper body. I never worried about it. For folks that don't understand the minimal and random nature of the ticks, here's a good video.

    https://youtu.be/zX8AzTp_tWc

  • xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas
  • Driving to work 110 miles a day meant I had to get gas once per week, driving out of my way, stopping to get gas cost me 500 minutes per year as opposed to the two seconds to plug in at home. Totally a no brainer. I HATED stopping for gas on the way home from work at 11 in the evening, or whatever hour really. I think of people tied to ICE engines the way people were tied to outhouses a hundred years ago.

  • What are two songs you like that describe opposite situations?
  • K, riffing on rain. Sorry, on a tangent, but this will work for me:

    Purple Rain" by Prince "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival "Rain" by The Beatles "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" by Bob Dylan "Here Comes the Rain Again" by Eurythmics "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Ann Peebles "Rainy Night in Georgia" by Brook Benton "Rain King" by Counting Crows

    Only one missing is the REM song.

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    What would it take for you to stop using the internet or go minimalist on the usage?
  • I already actively avoid the shithole that is YouTube, as in I refuse to follow a link if it's YouTube and Google another path for what I need. Stopped Reddit, my only social media app last June, and now only on Lemmy a couple, the times per week. 5-10 years ago I used to complain about how bad Google was getting, little did I know how truly useless it would get.

  • What's your weird physical habit?

    One of mine is when I finish wrapping my hair up tightly in the towel to dry after washing, I whack the towel where it's tucked in, kind of like encouragement to stay tucked for the duration, kinda like a coach does when sending the kids onto the playing field.

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    My experience and learning about my childfree decision over 35 years

    Hi folks, I thought I'd create some content and share some experience and learning around any concerns I had about being childfree in my first 10 years after my tubal. I hope this can help those that are at this stage now.

    I will say that 35 years after my tubal, I realized in retrospect, somewhere during that time, that I knew in my teens I didn't want kids. I did go through a period, soon after my tubal at 24, of about 10 years where a lot of my friends tried to pressure me into either spending a ton of time with their kids or even adopt, where I wondered if I really wanted kids cuz I liked babies under 6 months of age. It wasn't until I got close to someone and her newborn, where I spent plenty of time with her kid over the next 3 years and she was TOTALLY accepting of my decision and NEVER pushed an agenda. I finally realized I truly lost interest in the kid after about 6 months of age and knew I wasn't interested, not because I was pushing back against acquaintances who were pushing their own agenda in opposition to mine, but because I JUST LOST INTEREST. It took a good, secure in their parenthood, friend to let me understand there was zero interest on my part.

    As it turns out what I like about babies was the oxytocin hit from carrying them around, which I learned I could get from cats and small dogs, of which I have 2 now, and they stay small forever instead of just 6 months!

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    Hello my peeps

    Been on Lemmy for a month or so and just found you guys. SO happy we have a Lemmy instance!!

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    cute dogs, cats, and other animals @lemmy.ml thegreatgarbo @lemmy.world
    Bambi moment with nuthatch on deer's back
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    Bambi moment with nuthatch on deer's back

    And two dogs on the couch totally oblivious to their sworn Mortal Enemies not 20 feet away...

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