Did anyone here play The Longing? I see that it has very good steam reviews, but itās not really clicking with me so far.
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I love that thereās a dermatologist/arcade combination. My late father-in-law was a country family practice doctor, and always imagined a clinic/bait shop combination (because it might actually get people in for primary care!)
I feel this in my bones. I had the old alcohol problem, and itās kind of the same - the danger is when youāre mentally worn out and willpower is all used up (itās a finite resource). Also the carousel of doing well, being proud of myself, then crashing out and feeling physically ill from a dumb internet bingeā¦ it sucks.
I do get some value from a couple subreddits but Iāve made that a computer thing, not a phone thing, with a lot of blocking software because my willpower runs out after teaching kids all day. In the low-effort world - cross-stitch is really easy and helpful when I want to chill with brain off, and I often pair it with videos from folkstreams which are mostly older documentaries with no jumpscares or ads or over-sensationalism. Sometimes I play Simonās puzzles while I watch them, too. Iām trying to get more into reading graphic novels from the library, but sometimes just flipping through pages is too much when my brain is proper cooked.
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Thank you for sharing what works for you! Cross-stitch would definitely be up my alley, and itās something Iāve thought about trying in the past. I think anything where I can just engage my hands in a seated activity and mostly switch off my brain while listening to background music will work when Iām mentally/physically tapped out.
What blocking software are you using? Iāve been using LeechBlock for Reddit on my computer, but it has felt a little pointless thus far, as itās so easy to overrideā¦ I waste less time on Reddit when Iām on my computer than I do when the app is on my phone, but itās still occasionally a problem for me if I get stuck in a lengthy back and forth with someone. I need something that I canāt override, or something that will force me to enter a password before I can override it. I find it so infuriating that certain social media platforms have such a grip on me, to the point where all of this stuff is necessaryā¦ Reddit isnāt even all that great. 
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if it helps for mobile, i use screenzen :] it has some good parameters for limiting access such as being forced to wait a certain amount of minutes to access the settings page in the first place (which is where you can bypass stuff, iāve found even putting 5 minute waiting timers on stuff annoys me enough to go do other things)
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I caved and bought cold turkey for my mac and it was awesome. It just doesnāt have Linux compatibility so Iām back to Leechblock 
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omg we have the same keyboard :D pink is a pleasing colour, thatās a nice way to put it
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yaaas pink is great!!
btw, how does it feel to type on that keyboard ^^ how does the key travel feel like, what noise it makes. does it feel mushy, or firm?
im sorry i could talk about keyboards for like foreverrr.
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it is tactile in the way a lenovo thinkpad keyboard is. i think thatās what it reminds me of most. so iām quite happy with it. given they are chiclet keys iām guessing scissor switches, which are usually something iām always a fan of more or less when they are tactile
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I enjoyed reading about the podcast highlights. I canāt believe North Dakota has such a progressive law regarding pharmacy ownership. I think itās awesome, but not the state I would expect something like that from!
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so somewhat similar to laptop keyboards i assume? thatās pretty decent ngl
Oooo, this app seems great. Iāve been wanting to do some screentime limiting for a while now and justā¦ didnāt.
I saw that it has inapp purchases and rolled my eyes a little, but then when I saw that itās just tips to the devs - major props, wanna use it now. Iāll probaby give a tip if I use it enough.
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yeah, thankfully itās fully free, Itās only if you wanna tip devs!! or if somehow you wanna pay to get around your own set-up block 
emergency access with a dev tip
iāve been using it for months now, and itās been very nice to avoid bedtime gaming or scrolling for too long without like completely restricting yourself, and i can definitely say the fact it lets you have a ācooldownā between app uses helps me a lot, cause having to wait to re-access the app just makes me go do anything else LOL
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It was a fun long weekend down here, went golfing and checked out the Armageddon Expo
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Look whoās angry about the behaviour of the Dutch again?! It me.
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not a fan of fireworks at all. thankfully, although i think my momās dog is a bit anxious, they donāt seem to bother him. iām glad because i donāt know how to explain that to him and i donāt enjoy it enough already so iām glad it isnāt bothering him
i hope you get some relief for your pup some way
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I think thatās what I found exciting. A lot of āredā states actually have random pro-consumer laws that the people there mostly understand (at least at the ballot when corporations try to overturn them). If the people of ND could protect themselves from an emerging corporate threat (the proliferation of corporate pharmacies) what other state laws could we pass?
I hate that too over here - I have a giant reactive dog and itās exhausting! I am curious about the dog tax - what is it for exactly?
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