When I was 11 a cyclist ran me over while I was getting off a bus and then proceeded to scold me for a few minutes. I prefer a bruise and a scolding despite being in the right over a broken bone and an apology. But you do you.

Yes absolutely! It’s a systemic issue and there’s no reason to blame the individuals who take cars because they’re literally not provided an alternative. It’s so fucked that you literally can’t do anything in much of the US if you can’t afford a car.

And of course it’s absolutely critical to start providing an alternative before dismantling existing infrastructure, fucking people over even further. It doesn’t have to start with a big rail line, even local buses and bike lanes and safe side walks within the small town will help a lot in reducing short car trips, such as to the shops or to school.

But for anything at all to happen, there will have to be enough problem in favour of traffic reform, and they’ll have to be loud. The car lobby is a huge opponent. But in local politics, like on a town level, they don’t have as much of a say. Maybe, just maybe, small change is possible

I know none of this will happen over night, but fingers crossed you’ll get to experience a better future in your lifetime.

Hiking shoes. I live in the mountains and haven’t been on a proper hike in a long time because I keep putting the expense off.

Cities don’t inherently create this much private traffic. Car centric city planning does. You can build cities that are not centered around cars. It is, in fact, easier to plan for fewer cars per person if everyone lives close together, because the places you need to go will be closer and you can bike or walk, and there’s enough people for public transport to go frequently and everywhere without being half empty.

Tbf there’s assholes who behave recklessly in traffic on every mode of transportation. I’ve been run into by a bike twice in the past few years. But guess what, if we built proper infrastructure for them, they wouldn’t choose the sidewalk in order to protect themselves from cars. Also, the choice between whether you’d rather a bike or a car runs into you is pretty obvious.

If you had access to good public transport you could take a train for those 30 miles and relax, work or read instead of wasting time being focused on traffic. But if there’s too much supply of roads built for the purpose of everyone driving their car everywhere, there won’t be much demand to build something like that.

Biking and walking can then be for mid and short distances, respectively. But both will be dangerous unless there’s proper infrastructure for that. And again, not happening until they stop the over supply of roads.

And for hauling the dry wall, yes, use a car. Imagine how much nicer traffic and parking will be if most commuters who aren’t transporting big loads aren’t in private vehicles.

Even if you cant be bothered to figure out gaming on Linux, a dual boot works like a charm. I do all my gaming on the windows partition to keep it separate from work, to avoid distraction.

Still pursue a career in fundamental research, but without burning myself out working nights to survive while finish my degree. After already being diagnosed without burnout.

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Find out if there’s a legal aid hotline for your area, a charity one if you can. Write the phone number on your arm so you don’t have to take your phone. If you get arrested, use your call on it (if you get one).

In my area we always designate a few people to stay between protesters and police and carry a phone for filming police. Sometimes, evidence of police behaviour is important. But a cam corder could work too.

Mein Ex mochte die auch nur, wenn man sie zuerst einweicht, dann richtig gut knusprig anbrät und dann erst in die Sauce tut. Besser schmecken sie mir so auch, aber wenn ich’s eilig hab oder keine Lust dann tuts direkt in die Sauce werfen für mich auch.

Und nochmal btw: falls dir Linsen schnell leid werden, hast du schon mal versucht, sie für Gerichte wie Bolognese oder Chili (alles wo man sonst Faschiertes in Sauce hat) in einen Food Processor zu tun, dann optional noch die gehäckselten Linsen bisschen anzubraten? Hat zumindest für meinen Partner, der Linsen generell nicht leiden kann, funktioniert.

Ich bin zwar schon zu Schulzeiten vegetarisch unterwegs gewesen, bin dann aber auf das Zeug gekommen weil bei mir am Anfang des Studiums selbst Tofu noch zu teuer war :') Aber ich mags nach wie vor, auch jetzt, wo ich finanziell besser dran bin.

Oh, und eventuell hilfts auch, wenn man teils seine carbs durch proteinreichere Alternativen ersetzt. Also statt Weizennudeln, weißem Reis usw. eher braunen Reis, Quinoa, Buchweizen, eventuell diese Nudeln aus Linsen, wenn sie einem schmecken. Hafer im Frühstück oder auch in salzigen Speisen ist auch gut. Hab erzählt bekommen dass man Haferflocken auch Risottoähnlich machen kann und das ganz gut sei, das selber aber noch nicht versucht. Nüsse snacken trägt auch zum Proteinhaushalt bei.

Ich mag textured vegetable protein (tvp). Ich kauf zb gerne sojamedaillions von veganz und sojaschnetzel von dm Bio (beides bei dm). Die haben ähnlich wie Tofu wenig Eigengeschmack und man kann ihnen dadurch den Geschmack verleihen, den man gerade will. Man kauft das Zeug in trocken und weicht es dann ein paar Minuten in heißes Wasser, Wasser-Sojasaucen-Mix, Brühe o.ä. ein, dann kocht man damit weiter, zb Anbraten, Panieren…Die Schnetzel kann man, wenn man etwas fauler sein will, auch direkt trocken in Saucen werfen, zb vegane Bolognese.

Billigere Proteinquelle gibt’s nicht, soweit ich das gesehen hab.

Funnily enough I’m pretty addicted to caffeine. I’ll get a headache when I miss my 11am or 1pm coffee. But I’m not getting addicted to smoking at all. The pack of tobacco I bought dried up before I could use more than half of it, and that’s with me sharing.

They can be helpful if you view them light heartedly as anonymous support groups where you can vent real quick. Not as actual qualified resources.

Now imagine how much it sucks when summer depresses you and ‘I simply love this season the most’ is something you hear all day every day