thanks so much Gandalf it’s just lovely to transition straight into a grandmother what was i thinking wishing i had gotten to enjoy a normal life as a woman i’ll shush it and be content with my lot 👍🏻 not that i’m not grateful to finally have some peace mind you. but fuck this sentiment. I wish i had transitioned 20 years ago. I don’t care if i wasn’t ready i would have liked to figure it out then anyway.

ol’ Dick Thicc we called 'im

Housewife here, many thousands of loads under my belt; with a modern electric washing machine and regular levels of dirt you don’t have to do anything except make sure the clothes aren’t bunched up. Like unroll socks if they are in a ball and unwad jeans so the legs aren’t half inside themselves.

Use less detergent than you think you need in general. If you have stuff that’s extra funky find the soak feature on your machine or just stop it after it’s filled with water and let them sit (with soap) for 30 minutes before running it.

The only time you need special treatment is with special garments or special stains in my experience.

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the original black and white The Addams Family is extremely wholesome. There’s an absolutely lovely family dynamic and the parents are extremely loving to the children and each other. I highly recommend it!

So will my marriage be annulled because the christo-fascists can’t handle homosexuality or will it be spared because the christo-fascists don’t believe that trans women are women? 🤔

Hi! I’m a Buddhist, mostly I just do my best! There are different sects to buddhism (Theravada, Mahayana, Zen, etc). I’m only familiar with Theravadan buddhism so all that follows is going to be colored by that;

Mindfulness meditation is not the only route to nirvana but it’s one that almost anyone can grasp, making it a cornerstone of most Buddhist practice. The goal is not to reach nirvana so much as to increase the amount of time you are living in the moment every day and not reacting. As you gain skill at this you find that the amount of suffering you feel becomes less and less. Add in buddhist teachings about things like the 8 fold noble path and your suffering decreases even more.

I think if it as more of mental martial arts than a religion because there isn’t really a faith in what i was taught. I’m aware that other sects believe in reincarnation for example but the sangha’s (buddhist community) I have been in focused on practical aspects

There’s probably a sangha near you that practices mindfulness meditation and discusses buddhist philosophy regularly, find them and they will welcome you!

If you have 10 days to spare go to dhamma.org and you can take a donation based meditation course if there is one near you. These are supposedly in the very format that Buddha taught as a roving teacher. You learn Anapanna breathing meditation for the first 3 days to sharpen your focus and then Vipassana mindfulness meditation for the next week. There are lectures every evening that cover the reasons for everything.

A book on the subject that I treasure is The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation by Thich Nhat Hanh.

If you want to begin today than you you should learn breathing meditation first and practice as you can! Here is a quick guide: https://youtu.be/-dHOWvFZa4M Good luck in your search!

it’s absolutely rampant and i have stopped using lemmy so much bc it’s gross and tiring. Find any popular political post involving trump and putin and there will be homophobic comments like you describe, call them out and you’ll get dogpiled and shit on. Bunch of immature little boys on the fediverse these days and i’m over it.

https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/ship-owner-manager-ism-data/Bbc-Uranus/9947768/636093091 to learn where she is! Visiting the gulf of mexico at the moment!

The creator has the heart attack as he is presenting the hands to Edward. He dies and falls forward which impales the hands on Edward’s blades. Edward desperately wanted the hands he just hadn’t been prepared for such a possibility.

you think that the fonz jumping over a shark on his motorcycle was the High Point of Happy Days and that’s why they call it that? 😂

Green Day Longview

oh my god we left a vegetarian burger tater tot casserole in the oven for weeks once and it really did bear a striking resemblance lol

This is what my partner said! That it reminded them of the Dubious Food lol

they really were amazing though i have been wanting more all day.

fair, i see people online eat lettuce and eggs on sandwiches all the time maybe it’s not that bad

that’s a good point corn is whole grain too

that’s just empty carbs I don’t need and I have a gluten intolerance. That’s what the beans are doing in there providing slow carbs and some fiber!

they are dry beans cooked in veggie broth with spices in the instant pot for 45 minutes.

the pleasing juice is half the point!