Good food for thought. For me, these are recurring issues that've been ongoing for a few years with limited progress, because my partner is very avoidant and has also been going through seemingly endless personal difficulties. But at the same time, they're very good-hearted and loyal, and I've trusted in that enough to believe we can prevail. Earlier this year, it's like all the accumulated issues finally hit me in the face and I realized that although we care deeply for each other, the romantic element is gone for me. We're in couples counselling currently to try to work through things, but it was only when I hit my breaking point that my partner decided to really be present and take the initiative to work on what I'd been begging for for two years. That stings. In couples therapy this week, I did say, "I really feel like I'm done, but I'm also not sure if I fully mean that." I guess I do have my answer, to some degree.
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Really helpful, thanks! I'm a chronic overthinker as well and it can result in decision paralysis.
That's true, especially when the video itself is only like 90 seconds long.
I really feel for the mods who've spent years building and curating communities, only to have them decimated by forces outside of their control. Reddit never listens to its userbase and I'd be surprised if they start now. I mean, they were regularly having calls with TPA developers only to blindside them with the API changes and treat them poorly for having questions. I don't see how it will be any different for moderators, unfortunately.
I'd probably just mute the ad and go to a different tab or look away from the screen. I don't mean that to sound flippant, but it feels like the easiest solution.
RIP, jugo :(
Thank you!! Guess I'll need to be the change I want to see and start posting. 😆
I didn't know that about CELPIP. Interesting...
Some kind of language assessment is warranted, but it could be implemented differently. Lots of people taking these tests are native speakers or have obtained an education at an English/French-speaking institution. I'd be in favour of either lengthening the test's validity or waiving it for those who can prove English or French proficiency through other experience. The two-year expiry for formal language tests is too restrictive, in my view.
I guess it depends on what I'm at my breaking point about. In prior times, it would have been my spouse. Now that I'm considering leaving them, it's been my handful of close friends from school. I trust their judgement and advice, and they've always been a supportive presence despite the many stressors of the past few years. I know if things got really bad, they'd take me in temporarily or try to help however was in their means.
The pictures from Bedford are startling. A beaver swimming up the highway? A diner's patio floating down the parking lot like a raft? Even the Bedford mall seems to be getting ruined. I saw some unofficial reports of 250 mm rainfall out there as of 8 pm last night.
The weather this summer has already been so intense that I'm worried for proper hurricane season — and future summers.