My American friend who taught English in China told me...

He would ask them a question in Chinese like... "Where is the milk?" (in the grocery store...)

But they would say "No, no... I don't speak English" or "Sorry, no English"

His accent wasn't bad, but idk... maybe it was a dialect thing since China has like 10+ different languages. What's the deal?

I recently realized I have a weirdly good sense of direction. No matter where I go, I can usually find my way back without a map. It’s a skill I don’t really brag about, but it’s definitely come in handy a few times! What about you? Do you have any secret or unusual skills that you’re quietly proud of?

I recently tried watermelon with feta cheese, and honestly, I was shocked at how good it tasted. The sweet and salty combo hit just right. On the other hand, I can’t wrap my head around pineapple on pizza – it just doesn’t work for me. What about you? What weird or wonderful food combos have surprised you, and which ones do you just not get? Let’s share some food stories!

Sometimes it’s the smallest adjustments that have the most impact. Whether it’s a new habit or a simple switch in how you organize your day, what change really worked for you?

I was thinking the other day about how many things I've had to learn on my own as an adult that I never expected. For me, it was cooking. I lived off takeout and microwave meals longer than I'd like to admit, but eventually I got tired of the guilt (and the taste) that comes with it. It started with a simple pasta dish and grew from there. The first time I made something that actually tasted like something you'd order at a restaurant, it was such a confidence boost.

Now, trying new recipes is my little weekend hobby, and it's something I genuinely look forward to. It's funny how something so basic can become a passion with just a bit of effort. It makes me wonder what else I'm missing out on because I never bothered to try.

Hello everyone, some of you have seen my prior posts, some of you might not have. Either way I hope this positive event entertains you, my dearest niece and her mother finally have an apartment. I'm quite happy in spite of my tension with my niece's mother, I'm glad things are finally working out for them. My niece and I are three years apart, so we were raised more like sisters/cousins. Due to some unfortunate circumstances she ended up staying with us for a good bit. I sort of raised her, since most of the adults were busy. I must espouse how happy I am for my sweet niece. She's finally getting her own room for all of her favorite things, she said she's excited but she'll miss me a whole lot. She promises she'll invite me over and come visit. I'm eager to get my own space but I know I'll miss her too, I'm feeling a wee bit of preemptive empty nest syndrome.

I still can't believe she'll be graduating highschool soon, it seems like she was a kindergartener yesterday. I'm so proud of her, she's had it incredibly rough and sometimes I worry that I didn't raise her the best. However, she's grown into such a sweet and silly young lady. I'm grateful that she and I are so close given how rough our situations were. I love her dearly and I'm so proud of her, my lovely little niece.

I spent a lot of time making an audiobook with many talents around the world and it was exhilarating and fantastic and after all the hardwork it got done, and got out into the market. Wasn't sure exactly how it would do. If it would just sit there on disk on the servers with no audience ever. There were a few transactions and then the line was just flat for long. I gave up checking. After over a year or so I checked again, and over time there were a few random sales spread out. Looks like people thought about it much after the announcement, and were curious afterwards or word of mouth is going around. In any case I was preparing myself to just see a flatline, but when I saw transactions however very few they may be, I was pleasantly surprised.

I dont feel introverted and im very good at socializing, in fact I used to do it a lot. I dont feel anxious or overwhelmed, like I used to perform on stages in front of other people, i've dated a lot of people and used to have a large friend circle, but over time I completely lost interest in it and thinking back on it I kind of wish I had done something else. It feels like so much time wasted on nothing.

When I do things I prefer to do them alone, the world is full of wonder and I want to be lost in it. I want to drift in the stars instead of being anchored as an observer. Other people feel like an interference or a limitation, and the older I get the less interesting other people have become. Theres a lot of talk about what used to be instead of what could be, a resignation to dullness instead of seeking possibility. I very rarely feel like I connect with people because we have such completely different perspectives on things. I want a different world and they want a familiar one.

Sometimes I think it might just be my fault, but I dont know. Is it really anyones fault? Does that even matter? Questions like these feel like a massive waste of time. I could be doing so many other things than trying to answer them. I deleted all my social media accounts because I didnt have any use for them, and I wonder what point there ever was in having them.

I think the pandemic really brought this out in me more, like I realized how much I had been on autopilot and how little time I had been giving myself, and the more I started living for myself the less room there was for others.

I think about the future and only see myself in it, and I'm okay with that. If anything I wish my past had been that way too, I wouldve been that much further along in what I actually enjoy.

If I had the chance to time travel, there’s no question I’d go to the future. The past is cool and all, but we already know what happened. The future? That’s where the real mystery is. Imagine what life will look like in 50, 100, or even 200 years. Technology, culture, maybe even how we think about life could be completely different. I’m curious to see how far we've come in terms of medical advances, AI, and space exploration. Will we be living on Mars? Will we have figured out how to fully cure diseases? The possibilities are endless, and it feels like we’re on the edge of something huge. Plus, there’s something kind of exciting about not knowing what’s coming next – it feels like stepping into a whole new world where anything could happen.

When I was younger I did a lot of horse riding and gymnastics, and while my body may not allow me to do gymnastics anymore... I've been thinking about taking up horse riding again, I miss it.

Do you have any hobbies from your childhood that you wish you could do again? Or any new hobbies you wish you could start?

What is some of y'all's favorite scenes in movies or tv shows where one of the characters has to play fake drunk to get into a sticky situation

What is your ideal Christmas time, if you could go anywhere and do anything during Christmas. Where would you go? What would you do? Who would you go with? Just to see what its like i would like to do some Christmas markets in Europe and enjoy the cold drinking and eating. Then go skiing because i dont know how to ski. I suppose Christmas is meant to be cold.

It would so cool if I could watch a movie at home and smell what the characters were doing. It would make it so much more immersive. For example, if there is a scene around a campfire, the movie would give off a scent of wood burning, or a scene in a restaurant would make it smell like an actual restaurant. What's with this major lag in technology?

sorry in advance ik this isn't rlly the best subreddit to go to. anways idk how long ago this was but I think like a couple months ago me and my friend were on this random chat website and we matched with some random guy and I think that I heard him call me and my friend ugly in Spanish I was just kinda tired of everyone insulting us and making fun of us so l got defensive and said something back in Spanish to him and he said something back but I didn't understand it. But like what if he didn't call us ugly and he was recording and posted it and people think I'm just was mean to him for no reason and look like a jerk insulting ppl for no reason and he actually didn't insult us. But next time I'm not gonna be so defensive. im also kinda worried that if I apply for a job or college i'm not gonna get the job or get into college bc they think I was being mean for no reason.

Do people actually like the season winter or it's just appreciated because it's related to Christmas!? I genuinely don't mind winter but not really like it as well. As I talk to people who like/love winters because they connect Christmas to it. Just a random thought haha! Just fun to know the views on this.

Every night I can, here in upstate New York, I look at the constellation Corona Borealis.

A recurrent Nova will become visible in that constellation any day now.

I have been checking for it for a few weeks.

The Nova should be a little brighter than the North Star when it appears.

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Has anybody else been looking for this Nova?

All of us run into conflict sooner or later, whether jobs, partners, friends, family etc. and while there can be trends of other parties doing us dirty, sometimes it’s the man in the mirror all along. It’s definitely humbling when this happens but ultimately an opportunity to better ourselves and strengthen future ties.

For me, it’s recent evaluation on a friend group I cut ties with. The way I was being treated was inappropriate but I could also stand to do some more digging about their message and not just the tone. Do yall have any similar experiences?

I am Autistic and I have a hyperactive disorder. My Autism made me smarter and a fast learner.

I am a huge nerd when it comes to technology. I can work on anything from computers, smartphones, and even drones.

I am the family IT guy because of my shear knowledge on phones and computers. A lot of my friends are also special needs and they are tech needs too.

Special Needs people are in every skillet. Some of the world's smartest scientists and historians are also special needs and have a simular condition to me.

Hello,

I'm registering for classes for the spring and by my college's standards, it's considered part time. But the thing is... I'm not employed because my family wants me to devote my time entirely to college as they feel I won't do as good if I have to do both that and work on the side.

I can't find a way to make my college schedule full time.

So... that being said, if I'm an unemployed college student relying on their parents, is it bad to have a part time schedule?

I was listening through my playlist on random and the next song that started playing (it was Afterglow by Timecop1983) caused a sudden flood of detailed memories and goosebumps, it's hard to explain.

I had last listened to this song back in the summer while driving in Gatlinburg TN, and everything that happened at that time came back to me. I could feel the warm air with a slight mist in it that morning, the car around me as I drove, the view of the smokey mountains, cars passing me on the highway, and what I was going to do that day, with a cool retrospective feeling now that it's a past memory. I completely zoned out and whatever was happening in my current life just faded away and was replaced with as close to that past reality as I've ever felt while the song played.

I realize this sounds kind of weird, but I'm just curious if anyone else has a song that takes you back to a past memory in a way you can't get just from looking at a picture.

I wake up and pretty much get dressed and go. On wfh days I'll walk my dog but I pretty much sleep until the last possible second. For people with actual morning routines what does it look like?

Yesterday I was watching a TikTok where someone listed all the ways they wanted to be rich - rich in time, rich in love, rich in family, rich in health, rich in experiences... It resonated with me too, so I built myself a tiny website to help explore these different kinds of wealth.

The idea is simple: visit daily, pick a random area to focus on (or choose deliberately), and follow some practical suggestions to become richer in that aspect of life. One small practice at a time.

Website: https://anvaka.github.io/how-to-be-rich/
Source code: https://github.com/anvaka/how-to-be-rich

I would love to have your feedback. Does this idea makes sense to you? Any other areas of richness I should add? Any practical things that worked for your to become richer in already created topics?

Hope you enjoy it ❤️ 

I think most people will respond that they will rotate depending on where the soap is. However, I let the water hit the back of my body. I've recently learned some people face the water jet head on.

WHICH IS RIGHT? Neither I suppose.

I've got a lot of stories I wanna post to share with everyone I was gonna do it here but I can't find a community that does it so a little help would be great if I'm not bothering nobody

There’s the scene where harry says good by to the Dursley’s because they’re moving for there safety. And Harry makes the statement that he knew that they always thought he was a waste of space but Dudley comes up to him and says he never thought of him as a waste of space and shakes his hand. I thought that would have been a great moment if that had been in there. That even after everything Dudley did care about his cousin.

Sometimes I just want to escape from the world. I wish I could take a nap, but thoughts start flowing in my brain & I just toss and turn.

Honestly… I’m so thankful for TV shows. It’s a lazy hobby to most… but it’s truly my favourite. It’s so calming to find a good tv show, lay down, and immerse myself! I also like video games, if I have the energy, which is sadly decreasing as I age…

Curious to know what other people do. What do you usually do to tune out?

Hello guys, zombie here

So I want to share some incident with you guys.... few days ago when I was returning to my home from my college, in the train I met a guy who ask me about the train and he was really very interested to talking with me and came to know that we live in the same town. so he was talking like future plans and all. I was not sure why he was sharing so much about his professional life and family. I thought he is over friendly so, I just didn't say anything about it. I was just consuming all the information🤣. He was really into that if I don't get any jobs I can contact him and he will give me a job. so he took my phone number and then we left. After 2 days he called me and in Truecaller I saw scammer.

(Flashback)~~~~ Previously I had an incident like that. In Facebook I got a really nice friend and he told me that there was a rush in his company and they were hiring. so I applied for that as part-time and I got selected. however the other guys were not very good in interview but they also gol selected. After that they asked money for the job . So I denied. This is how I khow about this thing (everyone say "Network marketing")

So now the thing is.... he calles me every 2 days. I don't know what to tell him. How to stop this thing because till now he doesn't told me anything scammyy. so what should I do? Any suggestions... (and sorry if my English is not good.. try harder you'll understand)

F22 Heheh class canceled laying in bed bored and just got a new cart so :p hehe anyone else just laying awake I walked in the park but now I’m bored just here!!! watching soemthing but more entertainment is needed :0

Inspired by the game GTA IV, I created a fictional quote about people outside of the US coming to America, more so for opportunity than freedom. Here's how it goes:

"You know Las Vegas cousin? Well for some people, this entire country is Las Vegas! Everyone who wants to become someone comes here, hoping to strike rich and make it rain money. If they succeed, they'll be living the high life in big a** mansions fondling big a** women with big a** t*ddies! And if they don't, they'll be eaten by sharks! Dangerous? Of course! But that's all part of gambling, understand? You win or you lose, and it's all on you and your luck."

- some Eastern European guy to his cousin

This is just something I do for fun. Never played GTA IV so if the quote above is familiar somehow, it's pure coincidence. What do you guys think? No flames please.

She asked me for ideas of what I'd like for her to bring back. I'm having a really tough time coming up with anything cool. Maybe a jinbei? Anyone have any unique ideas?