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When a parent or guardian we trust beats or causes serious violence upon us: how and why do we "love" them going forward?
  • fight, flight, freeze and FAWN are reactions to trauma / abuse. If a parent is abusing a child, children don't really have any other immediate option other than to fawn. They don't know to call the police, they can't fight back or run away.

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    Meat is expensive.
  • Convenience is expensive. I prep vegetarian meals that mostly cost under $2/meal. Some under $1/meal. Eg, Rice N Dahl, Curried rice w/tempeh, taco beans on potato. Were I to go out to eat I'd expect the same food, I'd expect a bit better quality cooking but I'd also expect $25/meal price.

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    This is my reason for joining "Fuck Cars"
  • That Tacoma is what USA got. Check out the Toyota workmate which was born out of a camry with an aluminum tray. Even the 2024 model is modest by today's vehicles. https://www.toyota.com.au/hilux/workmate

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    The Christian right is coming for divorce next
  • Most religions feel that anyone not in their religion is beneath them, or a lesser person. Believers are going to heaven, well meaning pious atheists are going to burn in hell.

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    Number of monthly active Lemmy users rising again
  • Reddit is getting worse.

    Anyone noticed they've added tracking into the url?

    They're AI banning more and more people for nonsense.

    My perma-banned account still works well enough, I just can't comment or up/downvote. I can still subscribe and use RES.

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