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Picking. I’m pretty compulsive about it. Can really fuck things up if I’m nervous about an upcoming social event, as I end up with a puckered face, making it worse. Idk why I do this, a lot of times I’m not really even conscious I’m doing it until after the fact.

Lemmy users project their toxicity towards Reddit. This place can be quite hostile if you don’t echo the ‘correct’ ideals.

Barbeque, one summer day when it seemed perfect to have a barbeque. We were both like “this will be a fad” but it’s been used SO much over the years.

Gwen Stefani. She just has that ‘i promise I’m still cool’ desperation to her. She used to actually seem cool.

Snot rockets, marathoner style.

Foraging is free and you end up with really delicious free food (if you’re careful, otherwise death).

It gets boring to worry. Now I just view it as a cosy box that I’ll occasionally have to patch up. Also, getting comfortable with DIY, especially that first scary ‘dive in’ moment where you have to cut the wire, drill the wall, or pull up the board. Over time it all just gets as normal and run of the mill as cracking an egg for an omelette.

Look into native plants. There are so many edible things that you can just leave in the wasteland that is your yard and they’ll take over. Here in Tennessee we have pawpaws and maypops for fruit, tomatoes that pop up randomly, garden greens like wood sorrel and lambs quarters, and a bunch of other things that absolutely take over given half a chance. Sure, if you try and grow the seed packets from your local Lowes you’ll have issues with pests and whatnot, but there is so much more food out there than these varieties.