And at its most extreme I literally don't know how to flirt; the entire ritual feels like artifice and stresses me out instead of making me feel connected - but when I relax and try to just be myself, well, lol

I've always been really insecure about how I don't emote "correctly" - it's true that I generally keep my cards close to my chest but even when I think I'm being super obvious about how I feel people keep misreading me

You are so powerful

I feel like that would be really obvious if you just showed the annual rates too but yes it is essentially the same data, one can be easily derived from the other

Looks like they're cumulative (which is why all the numbers only go up) which is maybe not the best way to show the data but it does make the point

It was a cat with throat problems

Was it an armadillo

I meant to but my brother said he'd be down tomorrow so I'm waiting for him... You need a link?

It's the modern dating trend where they give you the bare minimum to keep you hooked without actually being invested... TBD on my exact situation

I think I need to try having A Real Conversation with her at least once before writing this off (I'm too understanding honestly) but we are working on:
1) expressing our needs
2) removing ourselves from situations where they won't be met
Manifesting good things for both of us 🙏

This feels like an oversimplification. I'm not denying that's applicable for a lot of people, but local control of resources and politics is not an "imaginary past". In many ways opposition to globalization as a vague concept remains related to anti-colonialism

Most classic works of literature actually endure for the memes and references

I've only heard good things about it