See maybe it’s my part of the world, but I’ve always seen guys use an up nod as sort of a “yo, 'sup fellow human” , and a down nod as a “hello there”. The up nod just has a subtly more chill bro feel to it, but either is fine lol.
Now I need to go poll some guys.
As a woman, seriously, just give me the bro nod to acknowledge that I exist but am not that interesting to you and keep walking. If you go out of your way to show that you aren’t a threat now I’m thinking you’re a threat, and if you pointedly ignore me now I’m wondering if you are actually far more interested in me than you should be but you want me not to notice.
Brief eye contact while acknowledging that I exist tells me you aren’t afraid of me remembering your face but that you aren’t being weird and staring or trying to hide from me.
Your Control screenshots all look like you’ve taken actual photos of a bunch of minis in lovingly created dioramas. I’m not sure what it is that is so different from other games that look like either plain screenshots or actual hyper realistic photos of life sized people, but all of these just look like incredibly detailed miniatures to me. I played a little bit of Control and I don’t remember the game having that effect while playing.
It’s lovely and interesting and I’m curious if anyone else sees it too.
You know, everyone who I personally know who passionately argues that if you give people free money they won’t do any work has been a stay at home mom.
Stay at home moms get “free” money from the spouse who goes to work and supports them.
I would also argue that stay at home moms work harder than a lot of us who have full time jobs. I get to leave work and mentally check out, they’re “at work” all the time.
Someone should point this out to the people who make this argument.
The apartment complex where I live is posted no soliciting. Management heavily encourages people to call the police if solicitors ignore the sign. Even more shocking, the police will actually come and throw solicitors off the property if they’re contacted. (This is also the same police department that tracked down and got an arrest warrant for the random stranger who broke into my car the day after it happened)
If you’ve never heard it before, look up the song Gold Rush by Death Cab for Cutie. It’s about losing places that are tied to memories.
Pay off my student loans, go on a small (3-4 day) vacation, put the rest in the bank, and enjoy not laying in bed at night panicking about how I’m going to pay for the new battery and repairs that I know my car will need in the next few months.
Hand washing dishes sometimes does the trick. The extended amount of time in the soapy water with soap that’s meant to cut grease, combined with the movement of actually washing the dishes will often help break down the dirt and push it out.
“I just want to go hug my cat right now”