The survivors cope with falling rations and low morale. Season premiere.
posted to FanFare by The Notorious SRD at 9:26 AM on March 25, 2023 (8 comments)

I'm interested in walking the Shikoku 88 Temple Route. I am very interested in hiking/trekking/walking trips in general. Has anyone done this route? And in the summer? And/or recently?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bquarters at 5:56 AM on February 21, 2023 (3 comments)

I'm trying to put together a high school unit of science fiction short stories, but noticing the ones I have are all written by white men. I'm ok using those stories, but I want to aim for more diversity. Most of my students are not white, some are gender neutral, some are not straight, and I want them to be exposed to work written by people they can relate to.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by figaro at 1:31 PM on February 15, 2023 (28 comments)

What are the most compelling and succinct explanations you've heard for why coping with anxiety by avoiding the things that make you anxious is a bad idea, and why facing the things that make you anxious is a good idea? What would it take to convince you that anxiety goes away when you confront it, and the things that make you anxious will eventually no longer make you anxious if you face them repeatedly?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by quiet coyote at 11:43 AM on February 22, 2019 (23 comments)

I've been in therapy for the past five years flip-flopping between two modes of solving a problem:  That my job/industry is not for me, and we need to figure out what else I can do VS. I genuinely don't know what else I can do, so until then I can learn coping mechanisms for dealing with my career which I have trapped myself in.  I feel like I've hit a wall with both of these strategies and don't know what to do next.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 1:17 AM on June 23, 2020 (29 comments)

Hey, are you newish to MetaFilter? Or not new but you don't comment or post much? Come on in and say hello, introduce yourself, talk about what brought you here, and so on!
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 10:36 AM on January 24, 2022 (119 comments)

Leftist anarchists of MetaFilter, your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. I've been a fairly conventional liberal for a long time, but the recent U.S. election has me rethinking that a little bit. I'm curious about socialist anarchism as an alternative. I know there are some MeFites who identify this way politically, so my question for you is: how do you engage with politics as it currently exists?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ragged Richard at 8:45 AM on April 18, 2017 (7 comments)

These are difficult times, everywhere. The bad news feels all-consuming and inevitable. What gives you hope for the future? How are you staying hopeful?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by summerteeth at 8:55 AM on January 16, 2022 (23 comments)

I'm 32, and I've had health issues since I was 21. I'm running out of steam. How can I stay hopeful and not give up when I have nothing left.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ygmiaa at 3:22 PM on January 14, 2022 (15 comments)

If you've struggled with your attention span during the pandemic what concrete steps have you taken to repair it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by bluecore at 3:59 PM on January 11, 2022 (17 comments)

I'm trying to learn some Ruby while doing this hobby scripting project. Get some YAML data, walk through categories within the data, shuffle the category children, tada, output it. The YAML validates. But the Ruby is driving me crazy. Code, data, and desired output example inside...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by circular at 10:54 PM on January 4, 2022 (6 comments)

What's a hobby you picked up as an adult?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by NorthCoastRiver at 12:27 PM on December 9, 2021 (80 comments)

Yes, I have read a lot about this (i.e. googled it) and considered the various angles and I realize there is probably no objectively correct answer. Unfortunately or not I also don't think I'm much of a special snowflake, so in the interests of succinctness relevant details are laid out as pros and cons in the read more. I'm really looking for some sanity checking and any obvious things I haven't considered.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by scribbler at 8:56 PM on April 19, 2018 (23 comments)

I'm considering spending a year or two living in Mexico, and would like any insight you can share on possible places to live.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by nancynickerson at 8:40 AM on December 3, 2021 (14 comments)

My parents have generously offered to get me a gift that will improve my life for $500 but I'm having trouble of thinking of anything I want.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by neematoad at 8:47 AM on November 12, 2021 (40 comments)

Were you a person who loved being single but is now happy in a relationship? Were you someone who had "meh" relationships until you started dating queer? Do you have Opinions about what it means to be aromantic vs. "hasn't met the right person"? I have a lot of conflicting feelings about dating and I'm trying to sort them out before I jump back into the pool again (if I should at all).
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 8:03 PM on November 10, 2021 (12 comments)

What current writers do you feel are following in Ursula K. Le Guin's footsteps?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by signal at 5:04 AM on November 8, 2021 (12 comments)

Instagram has, for the past year, exclusively shown me ads for clothing that I absolutely do want to buy right now, which suggests to me that I maybe do have a style. The problem is, I have no idea what it's called, and I'd love to find some blogs or real-person Instagram accounts to follow that feature this particular preppy-adjacent style.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by goodbyewaffles at 8:34 AM on November 6, 2021 (10 comments)

I really would like to make growth mindset theory work for me in the realm of music practice. Problem: over 50, breathed fixed mindset like air for decades, and highly allergic to the tiniest failures.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Sheydem-tants at 5:41 AM on January 29, 2021 (29 comments)

I'm looking for any books, articles, or documentaries about pre-2000 DIY subcultures (but not music genres/scenes) that had an active life of at least 1-5 years and had some sort of impact or influence on society or eventually became mainstream.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by perhapses at 7:17 PM on September 28, 2021 (21 comments)

Are there any good video games where you play as the force resisting colonialism that are not set in the future? I'm especially looking for any that let you take the role of guerillas. (Also, no Nazis, they're the easy, go to baddies)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Hactar at 10:55 PM on July 24, 2021 (18 comments)

I need to find a way to come to terms with never finding a life partner in the face of all my contacts being married, having kids, and enjoying having someone to share life with.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Aranquis at 4:33 PM on July 20, 2021 (51 comments)

Do you have any anecdotes or information regarding the constant desire to investigate the self? I would like to stop exploring my psyche.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by loveandhappiness at 2:17 PM on July 11, 2021 (19 comments)

When composing a new mail in the Android Gmail app, it only shows the first 2 lines of any text entered, even if I type more of it. The Gmail app and the OS is up to date. This is on a budget Android phone (Le Eco X525), but I've had my share of cheap Chinese smartphones and this is the first time I've had such a problem. Where do I even start troubleshooting?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by gakiko at 1:56 PM on June 28, 2021 (3 comments)

Inspired by but only partially related to this AskMe question, what are some positive stories of people who live alone?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ender's Friend at 2:54 PM on November 23, 2018 (22 comments)

At least once per week, I need to solve a tiny programming problem similar to one I have previously solved in some other project. (This most recently came up when I realized I might need to vectorize a function in R.) I waste so much time racking my brain for what I was working on when I solved it so that I can find it again. Is there a technical tool that can help with this?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by eirias at 2:43 PM on May 25, 2021 (27 comments)

I recently started playing Disco Elysium and one of the things that sticks out to me is the main characters intense (and multiple!) inner voices that influence his words and actions. For most of my life I would say I had 1-2 inner monologues that would debate thoughts and actions for minutes at a time before I would go with one and decide what to do or say. Since I've started my mental health journey in the past 5-6 years and begun medication, I've noticed that I pretty much lost those voices and just act or talk close to instinctually. Do most people have these inner monologues or was it a symptom of mental illness?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by gzimmer at 8:03 PM on April 27, 2021 (35 comments)

[Aesthetics Wiki] is a comprehensive encyclopedia of online and offline aesthetics! We are an online community dedicated to the identification, observation, and documentation of visual schema. … Enjoy your stay!
posted to MetaFilter by zamboni at 7:48 AM on April 26, 2021 (18 comments)

We have an electric kettle that we use to boil water that we later transfer to a thermos bottle. The other day, the water that came out of the bottle looked milky. Under a microscope, the "milk" looked like this (x 125). What is this?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by elgilito at 12:34 PM on April 15, 2021 (3 comments)

I've made a lot of progress in dealing with anxiety and depression. But the struggle with my BIG EMOTIONS is still a big part of my life. I want to know how to accept who I am, instead of beating myself up for not being [insert vague idea of what a normal person is like, that I can't even imagine]. I need some guidance on how to think about myself as an anxious person in a more compassionate and accepting way. How to stop framing it as being "broken" or unbalanced or wrong. This is tough to do because the anxiety and depression makes me feel so broken, unbalanced, and wrong.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Zumbador at 3:28 AM on March 3, 2021 (21 comments)

Can anyone point me towards an explicitly LGBTQ+ community of woodworking folks?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ursus_comiter at 8:27 AM on March 16, 2021 (2 comments)

I'm having a hard time dealing with feelings of profound loneliness and paranoia about the states of friendships which in turn affect my dreams and my moods (being a vivid dreamer) and I don't like the affect it has on my happiness. Is there any good literature or advice that you can give to help me conquer these feelings and appreciate what I have in my friends or branch out to finding others? Any communication advice to being clear with friends and alleviating my paranoia without insulting them or sounding weird?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Recca at 7:58 PM on January 22, 2013 (6 comments)

Would I be wrong to walk away?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by unstrungharp at 1:15 PM on January 16, 2021 (30 comments)

I have three nephews/nieces (to two siblings) on the other side of the world, all under 5, and I'd like to have a meaningful relationship with them as they grow older. If you had an excellent aunt/uncle who lived far away, what did they do that helped build that relationship? Or if you that relationship with a newphew/niece, what tips do you have?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by twirlypen at 12:48 AM on January 11, 2021 (9 comments)

Hi, AskMe. :) This is probably a weird question, but here goes… As a totally blind gamer one of the things I like to do is support companies which are producing accessible games, however inadvertently. Someone happened to mention that Franchise Hockey Manager, a game/series I know very little about, was rather accessible, and so I decided to purchase version 6, even though this kind of sports sim is fairly alien to me. I enjoy the challenge of learning about new game genres but know very little about hockey beyond the fact it's played on ice. I'd like to learn something about it, or at least enough to enjoy the game if I can.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Alensin at 5:31 PM on December 21, 2020 (10 comments)

My psychiatrist recently suggested enrolling in an intensive outpatient program and I feel weird about it. Am I overreacting?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by hnl_u at 3:21 AM on December 15, 2020 (12 comments)

How to navigate early dating as an anxious person?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Desertshore at 7:34 PM on November 30, 2020 (14 comments)

I never wanted to wait until my mid/late 30s to get married and have kids, but... that’s what is happening to me. Help me feel better about it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by stoneandstar at 10:41 PM on October 12, 2020 (47 comments)

I'm looking for recommendations for fiction that includes well-written descriptions about learning new skills.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by creepygirl at 9:38 PM on September 24, 2020 (22 comments)

The boy from this question turns 11 on Friday and our plan is to rent a small local theater for him and his two best friends to watch a movie of their choice (it’s a thing in our town right now). We need to decide ASAP what that movie will be and are having a hard time thinking outside of the old standards. He loves medieval movies, sword fighting, some martial arts. He enjoyed A Knight’s Tale and Kung Fu Hustle recently-the LOTR trilogy is his all-time favorite. Doesn’t love Princess Bride which is eternally disappointing for me. We are ok with profanity and some violence (obv) but need to avoid any child death themes. Help!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by purenitrous at 12:34 PM on September 14, 2020 (32 comments)

Exercise is one of the only things that helps to beat back my anxiety and depression, even more than medication. I have problems that keep me from running, but weightlifting has always done the trick. With gyms closed, I'm not sure what to do..
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Alvin80 at 12:29 PM on August 11, 2020 (17 comments)

My kids have just played a short hike on a spare computer: http://ashorthike.com/ Its a lovely game where you explore an island and climb a mountain. There's no shooting, nothing inappropriate for young kids It's a bit like a point and click adventure, except you can walk (fly,climb) around freely, which means the youngest sibling (3) can follow what the others are doing and have a turn without needing to be able to read. And it all runs happily on a mediocre computer with onboard graphics. Oh and it cost five dollars in the bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality: https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality Multiplayer games that on the same machine or network, that can be played with keyboard and mouse would be especially well received. They've played a couple of Sokpop games too, but not found anything quite like a short hike https://sokpop.itch.io/ Any suggestions?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by compound eye at 6:55 PM on June 28, 2020 (6 comments)

Is there a program -- free or paid -- that allows you to basically draw an imaginary landmass and plop some mountains on it and then will tell you "what's the climate downwind of these mountains" or "where does it snow and rain on this landmass"? Smashing tectonic plates together to get volcanoes and mountains would also be nice.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Eyebrows McGee at 9:39 PM on May 26, 2020 (10 comments)

I'm looking for videos of people who are very good at what they do stealing the show. The best example I have is this video of some good guitarists performing a boring cover of While my Guitar Gently Weeps, until Prince swoops in and performs SO HARD and leaves everyone else in the dust.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by pintapicasso at 9:20 AM on November 13, 2019 (28 comments)

Let's say that you had professional developers create a simulation of two six sided die impacting a specific material and being thrown in specific ways by an industrial robotic arm. How realistic could you make this given high end modern physics simulation software?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by codacorolla at 3:52 PM on October 14, 2019 (14 comments)

You have a home. The household goods, materials, and linens in it are clean, fresh, and not discolored or covered with a fine film of grease, despite your copious cooking and sweating and living. How do you do it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by stellaluna at 11:40 AM on August 23, 2019 (37 comments)

I’m still figuring out how much loud environments mess me up, but, uh, they definitely mess me up, to the point of pain / tension / armoring up like an armadillo. This makes connecting on first dates really hard! What are your go tos for quiet but fun first dates? I’m in Brooklyn, so anything NYC specific is great, but also I bet I’m not the only one with this problem. What say you, hivemind?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by schadenfrau at 4:20 PM on August 6, 2019 (22 comments)

It's been ten years to the day since my wife passed suddenly and unexpectedly.
posted to MetaTalk by mrbill at 1:44 AM on June 16, 2019 (38 comments)

This thread got me started on a journey of discovery of kd lang’s discography. It has been like therapy. Help me find more of queer people living all the aspects of normal lives and expressing normal emotions?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by flannel at 10:47 AM on June 12, 2019 (20 comments)

Mini McGee is turning 10 (!!!!!) this week, and for his birthday dinner wants only food from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I have a menu! But I need some touches in the decor department etc. I usually set a nice table that has something to do with the theme, and then I make a little menu and so on (here is a Pern feast I did for my husband a couple years ago and here is a French bistro feast, to give you an idea). What is some decor I could use? Jokes? References for the menu? Printables? That kind of thing. But it has to be doable by Wednesday! I have played like an hour or two of BotW so I'm not very knowledgeable. (I just want to stick a pixellated triforce on everything, honestly.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Eyebrows McGee at 7:14 PM on May 19, 2019 (12 comments)