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Is it wrong to show nude pictures of hot women to my boyfriend to see if he will get hard or flustered that she's hot?
My boyfriend is one of those guys that will say he doesn't find anyone but myself hot and lies when I ask if an obvious girl is hot.
TL;Dr
> show pics of naked hot girls to my bf
> is it wrong?
it's not wrong per se. but your intentions are pretty shady and weird.
what do you want to achieve with this?
For the reasons youre doing it for? Yes.
Erections and sexual attraction from people that aren't you are completely normal. Actually I think your boyfriend may be autistic since you're still around and not a normal girl.
research advice please:
I am administering a drug in mice (n=x), at 4 different dosages, so 4 different group, one of which will act as a control.
After 60 days of drug administation the mice will be sacrificed & a particular enzyme activity will be measured (alpha, beta and game secretase activity, if you're interested). In that 60 day period I will also measure cholesterol distribution (day 0,1,4,10 & every 10 days after). To see what kind of effects the drug has on the things I'm measuring.
So: i have 4 groups with different drug dosages...
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>>17142742
Why would we get you any further
Probably you can Google that. Depends on the variation you expect. 3 animals per condition could do. 10 will surely be enough.
>>17142742
How the fucking hell are you allowed to conduct experiments on living organism and "sacrifice" them without even knowing the basics of experimental method?
The general rule is that you should use a sample of at least 5. You can use a smaller one (3 or 4) if you are confident that the drug will work, but then you will have to face harsher criteria for the statistical tests proving its efficacy - and it's the tests the scientific community is looking at, so you'd like to have a high t-value...
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/adv/, I was a basement dweller, then studying hard, for some years, got an acquired taste and got left behind on almost everything. Almost none of the interests my peers have, appeal to me. I don't
>watch the Game of Thrones
>enjoy any Marvel films/comics
>laugh during Deadpool
>play Gta5 or 3rd witcher
>follow anime releases
>watch twitch
>understand...
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The only one of the above that I do is watch GoT, and I do just fine socially. I don't even talk to my friends about GoT or anything, not many of them watch it themselves
>>17142698
I can communicate rather well with some small number of people, but I am kinda sad I drift from nerd communities, I used to be a part of.
>>17142698
Are you naturally a social person?
Does having to commute to a job fuck up your chances of attending it consistently? Should I not get a job if using the local bus is my best option?
unless you get a job in your own bed, you'll have to commute. commute just means travelling to work, it doesn't matter whether you drive, walk get the bus or ride a unicycle there.
As long as you're a semi-organised person and can factor in the extra time commuting will take in the morning, then it shouldn't be a problem. How long are you talking?
>>17142659
a few months at least.
>>17142663
no, how long would the commute be?
So i got a piano for christmas about 2 years ago. I haven't played on it alot but i'd like to catch things up again. The problem is that i live at home, and my mothers new boyfriend and his dad got the piano for me. It was really expensive and right now im in a huge fight with this dude because hes a fucktard. He has the piano in his and my moms room and he plays on it all the time. Is it okay for me to claim the piano back?
ofc his argument will be that i don't even play on it and thats why it should be with him instead. I dont feel like goig into their rom...
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Who puts a piano in their bedroom anyways? Ask them to move it into the living area or something so you can better access it
>>17142459
yeah but i rareley go outside my room because of the current situation i have with him and my mother. Its just fucked
Is it wrong for me to put it in my room?
Save up. Buy your own. There’s some relatively inexpensive ones you can buy and you’re just starting out so it doesn’t have to be amazing.
Sounds like it’s his piano now. He bought it anyways. Wouldn’t you feel bad having and using something from someone you hate anyway?
Is it "THAT" bad to pick up smoking?
I'm 21.
I don't smoke.
I don't really talk to people much.
I'm not being peer pressured into it or anything. It's not like I'd smoke it with anyone or anything.
Maybe I've romanticized it or something.
Opinions? Alternatives?
I honestly don't see why someone would want to smoke.
>>17142392
nothing good ever came to me from smoking any plant over a period of years.
If it's the herb, go for it. Live it up a bit, you're young. I honestly wish I got lit up more in my life, right now especially.
Long story short:
>be in 2 year relationship with girl and she cheats on me with my best friend
>cut contact with both of them and it's ok cause most of our mutual friends stuck with me instead of them
>a lot of mutual friends still talk to him anyways but i don't mind if he's around cause i just avoid him
>it's been a while and i'm completely over it and have a caring and loving gf now
>i don't...
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You can't have that in your life, friend. You're gonna have to find a different hobby because it's not healthy.
>>17142352
this, why'd you make yourself interact with him at all?
go find another band?
>>17142352
>>17142372
Well, to be honest at this point in time i don't give a flying fuck about what he did to me anymore and i'm not mad or resentful about it, if needed i would have no problem in talking with him because i'm not that prideful, but i still do not desire engaging him in a friendly chat whatsoever.
My main concern is how awkward would it be if i'm only friendly with our mutual friend, also it's pretty hard to find another band considering...
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What's a friend and why should I want one?
Friendship is a mutually pleasant relationship. Having a friend will improve your quality of life.
>>17142315
Explain how
If you can't answer both of those questions for yourself there's something deeply wrong with you - like, a defect in your brain.
I'm an introvert. I'm not a robot, I'm not a misanthrope and I'm not shy by any metric. But I am an introvert.
Being alone within walls I control is my comfort zone. I am surrounded by walls and within those walls are a bed, a kitchen, a toilet and a door. Here, I am balanced. I am content. I am zen.
Unfortunately, I will be going to university as a mature student. Having little in the way of savings (I bounced from shitty, dead-end, low-pay, soul-sucking job to shitty, dead-end, low-pay, soul-sucking job... hence my decision to go to uni)...
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Was in the same boat as you 8 years ago.
The solution is: force yourself to be around people. Even if you dont like it.
Always have a room to back off and be at your own whenever you feel exahusted of interacting with people. And never ever share a room. Not even with your gf unless you are 110% sure you are prepared for it.
>>17142216
Thanks for words.
So essentially, I have to bite the bullet and dive in gung ho on the proviso that I have a bunker of sorts.
Did your severe (?) (as it is in my case) introversion subside or was it a case of managing it the best you could?
If your gf isn't a total bitch, maybe she'll let you have a week or two per year away. Maybe let you get an airbnb in some nondescript town so you can create your "happy space". Watch TV in your undies, spill food wherever it falls, do the helicopter in front of a mirror etc...
Or you could take the easy way out and die alone.
I'm 24 now and since hitting puberty I've been extremely depressed.
I will have good, enjoyable days here and there, but as a rule at least once a week (usually 2-3 days/week) I'm overtaken by a burning desire to kill myself. I've written countless suicide notes, spent so much time reading about different methods and planning out how to kill myself, and bought materials to do so in the past. I made 2 attempts at 17 and 19 and if it wasn't for someone finding me passed out and calling an ambulance at 19 I would now be dead.
Right now the...
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There's always hope, man. Please don't give up, death isn't something you can take back.
Hey anon.
27, here. I broke around 12. So what, it's been 15 years like this? Everything I try, fails. And everyone around me somehow feels distant. It gets tiring. Living is exhausting when you have a mask that everyone is used to. I kinda understand clowns now.
It never actually gets better, but it does get less worse. I been seeing a therapist for about a few months now. Really don't see how it helps, but if anything it's nice to talk shit out with another human.
My weeks are somewhat similar, about 5 meh/bad days for every 2 okay ones. The...
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>>17142307
that just makes me feel worse
Can therapy help solve really deep seeded issues in my life, or am I fucked?
Most people consider me a well adjusted, successful person. Deep down, years of abuse by my parents and the way I grew up have messed me up something bad, I feel.
I was a very fragile, kind child, and I've found outside inspiration to be a good person, but at every turn I struggle with anxieties, alcoholism, and a difficulty letting people care about me. I tried therapy in college, but it was mainly to try to keep my scholarship and deal with general depression.
Therapy is a vague word. If you mean speaking with a therapist, then no, it isn't guaranteed to solve every issue. There are other forms of therapy. Anything that provides a sense of healing is therapeutic. Some people find therapeutic benefit in performing a physical exercise, or following a hobby, or taking a class. Even just taking the time to smell a flower or pet a dog can be said to be therapeutic. The point being, nothing is guaranteed to provide healing. I recommend that you try many different things until you find what truly helps you.
It sounds like you have a grasp of what you believe is 'wrong'
so try it out and go from there
>>17142183
this. have done therapy, self-help, writing, art, exercise, meditation. all of them have helped in their own way.
I have even found it helpful to occasionally go back and rewatch a show or reread a book from when I was a kid, it helped me get back into the mindset of when I was younger and forming my ideas about the world. not to say that media necessarily warps kids or anything like that. just a way to look back on my formative years and see how I got to where I am today.
I had an appointment with an ENT specialist today to discuss throat surgery I need and the guy told me that I should consider taking the medicine entrance exam. He's a professor of surgery at a local university. How seriously should I take his advice? How often do doctors encourage other people to enter the field? I've been out of college a few years but my marks are above the threshold I need to take the exam, but I always just assumed I wasn't competitive or dedicated enough for it.
He thinks you're a cuck.
OP bump
>>17142065
bump
I left my gf for a new girl about 2 months ago. Now I'm tired of new girl and kind of want my gf back. I'm on the fence on which girl to keep. Me and my gf had a 3 year relationship.
>>17142007
you should probably not date either of them til you get your shit sorted out. people who don't know what they want are terrible at keeping relationships anyway, so even if you could choose one, you'd probably lose her. take some time for yourself, figure out what you want in a relationship, and go from there.
>>17142007
What makes you so sure either wants you?
>>17142609
FUCKING DROPPED LOL
Is a cross tattoo a good choice? I got a cross tattoo but I'm not sure I made the right decision. Should I get it covered with something else?
>>17141937
No
Yes
you should ask the bible
Only if it's upside down and right on your forehead.
I've suffered from issues with depression and anxiety for my whole life, and have gone through bouts where it gets really bad. For a while I smoked weed, a lot of it, for a couple years in high school.
However, over the past few years, I've gone through some patches where my cognitive abilities decline, sharply. During these I feel disconnected from my body, a bit 'drunk' and am generally just not 'quite there' and have issues organizing my thoughts. Usually also have a mild headache.
No hallucinations however, I have mild paranoia...
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>>17141906
i recently had this thing called 'MdDS' which is an acyonrm for a french phrase that translates into 'disembarkment syndrome'. essentially sea legs.
i had it for 1 months traight. and its like you described, being drunk and having memory issues. it was real bad. no cure either.
but you having it intermittently is weird. is it after looking at a screen?
Might have MS. Which would suck.
Sleep deprivation + Caffeine = This
