I thought about growing vegetables in order to better weather the coming crises which may be quite difficult, I thought about it a few months ago, but after learning how much I would have to learn, I thought, oh, all this information is spinning my head. Where should I start? What fertilizers to use, how not to overpay money and other resources? How to stretch soil fertility as long as possible and is it possible not to be physically exhausted in the process? Time is also running out.

Well, as a result, my brain subconsciously abandoned this idea, well, I was too used to a comfortable life and food from the supermarket. And so it has been for four months.

I know I'm pathetic. I haven't even bought seeds yet.

Just pertains to the internet, not computers as a whole. Like an offline version of wikipedia, favorite albums/movies/books. Any other ideas?

That anime scale figurine costs $300 but when accounting for the sales tax: it's closer to $340. However, you discover a listing on Mercari that prices the same for ¥20,000 ($124) in brand new condition without imposed sales tax as the seller resides outside US jurisdiction. By using proxies as an intermediary for importation and shipping costs: does that alone elude sales tax?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1229030/how-can-you-make-sure-that-my-post-that-you-are-reading-now-is-real-and-that-you-are-not

Hello, I am trying to trip one last time before I start this new job. I booked an AirBNB for a cabin, here is my past experiences:

Shrooms - 4.5g, somewhat intense but very enjoyable, really spiritual and emotionally healing. Easy to control and do stuff at this dose.

LSD - 300ug (yes, really 300ug, accurately dosed tabs), really intense, haven't done that dose in 10 years, but willing to give it a go. Really enjoyed the visuals at this dose.

LSD and Shrooms combined - 2g x 75ug, had my first spiritual awakening with this, wasn't crazy visuals but the mind effect was like no other experience I ever had. First time ever asking questions like, "Who am I" and "Where am I". Really beautiful.

Wanted to see about ging 200ug-250ug and 4.5g to 5g of mushrooms combined, heard that dose makes for a really strong trip.

I also have my DMT cart, which I'm really trying to use, I never had a full DMT trip with visuals, more just a mind / body feeling. Since I have my own cabin, it really frees the experience and makes me less anxious about people hearing me or walking in on me.

I recall reading both "The Good Soldiers" (兵士は戦場で何を見たのか) & "Thank You For Your Service" (帰還兵はなぜ自殺するのか) by David Finkel in Japanese which have been renamed into "What did soldiers saw at the battlefield?" or "Why do returnees commit suicide?" , very different from the English original. The artwork for the front covers are different, the English one depicts troops in Iraq from inside a Humvee while the Japanese one depicts actual combat.

(Japanese books: translated from another language or originally Japanese written are always formatted from right to left with vertical text, even translated versions of works that are originally in English get the reading format mirrored, also the book dimensions do differ: English novels are larger while Japanese versions are smaller in comparison).

I mean, is this also present in European languages (i.e. German, Spanish) where a translated copy of literature that's originally published in English is called under a different title irrelevant from the source material alongside different cover art? The thing is, why are translated versions of books sometimes published under a completely different title and depending on the publishing house, why do they create their own front covers in the translated copy?

I've always been interested in learning other languages so it'd be cool to get some recommendations. So far, I've come to like Me!Me!Me! by Teddyloid, the instrumental for Headbanger by Baby Metal, J'en Ai Marre by Alizee, and Yuve Yuve Yu by The HU.

Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana). She was born a Ruthenian (modern-day Ukrainian) commoner, captured by Crimean Tatars in a slave raid as a teenager, and taken to Constantinople, where she entered the imperial harem. She eventually became Sultan Suleiman’s favorite concubine. In a complete break with Ottoman tradition, Suleiman freed and married her, making her his legal wife. Until then, sultans generally married freeborn foreign noblewomen, if they married at all, and had children with slave concubines instead. Hürrem went on to become one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history and the first of the prominent women of the Sultanate of Women. She’s widely considered the first, and perhaps the most powerful, Haseki Sultan. It’s probably the most fairy tale-like rags-to-riches story I’ve ever come across.

Rick James kidnapping and trafficking a woman with his 21 year old girlfriend whom he forced the victim to preform oral acts on her as he tuned in and is she objected, he would severely abuse her with a scorching crack pipe.

Dave Chappelle and Charlie Murphy basically revived the legacy and reputation of a horrendously deranged cocaine addicted sex pest.

As if Chappelle isn't already falling off hard enough I candidly pointed out how even his golden years weren't as golden as they seemed either.

I have so many questions for yall lol.

So for the letter t, do you just keep track in your head to write the vertical curve first then remember the horizontal dash after? For longer words, do you sometimes forget these final touchups?

Also does signing a signature come natural for you, i.e. due to the non stop motion?

And not just "t" and "i", if you do the same thing for letters from other languages like accents from other languages too, e.g. á, à, ü...etc. Then please share your thoughts too.

I recently realized you never hear of old-timey/classical women composers. Surely they were around?

Just the title. Heavens? Hells? Purgatory? Nothing? Become one with the universe? Reincarnation?

Bonus question: If you could design the system of your choice, what would you want?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1226738/how-do-men-make-friends

Is there a registration or something?

I'm very scared, it feels like the world is about to fall apart. I will also remember a passage that I heard, and which does not seem to be a joke: you will own nothing, and will be happy! And it seems that this is gradually becoming a reality.

What scares you?

Like was it a meaningful debate or a flat out flame war? And what was the main theme you were arguing over?

I haven't been watching much in terms of actual shows for a good while, then while listening to a podcast a host casually mentioned they had rewatched Chernobyl, how it still holds up, that there's a reason it got as much acclaim as it did, etc. So I thought I'd give it a go and wow, loved it (still one episode left to watch).

Had me thinking, what else have I missed out on? What are some "absolute cinema" TV shows that still hold up and and are considered must watch?

Mine is August Rush, it's so cheesy and I know it's terrible but I've watched it a bunch of times.

I am talking about, if I need a shampoo, or a vacuum cleaner, or an office chair, how do I find out what to buy without reading articles or watching videos which might be paid ads hidden as reviews?

Do you guys know any website or community where you can find reviews / rankings of common products?

I want fact-based choices not just preferences.