I needed to have “under the skin” stitches removed for a surgery that went across my throat from almost ear to ear. For whatever reason they did not use the type that dissolve but I was told that they would be removed after a few weeks. When they did, the process was to cut the knot and proceed to pull what seemed like a two foot long and thick hair out of me. It was like a magician pulling handkerchiefs from his hat. It just would not end and it felt awful.

“What have I done!?!”

Yeah, that’s the gist of the question.

How many different standards are there for sign?

I excluded Spanish because I am already relatively fluent.

Realistically, not India/Pakistan. Other than that I will likely hit the Americas, Europe, Oceania, Thailand, Vietnam, Shanghai, Singapore, maybe South Korea, Japan, UAE, Morrocco for sure, Turkey, etc. So, quite a bit I hope.

I got excited for a moment. Like when you learn Spanish and get most of Italian and Portuguese for free.

Early adopter of that one. ~1994 IIRC

I keep debating Mandarin but my issue is how the language is tied tightly to China. Helpful if I decide to explore China in depth but seemingly less so if I want to “get by” in a large number of countries. If I had an ability to learn languages quickly, I would probably learn French, Mandarin, Arabic, and Hindi, but I think I am already pushing my limits.

Unfortunately, posts that do include the keyword in the text but not in the title, still get through. Case in point, this one.

In the US, eggs are washed, which significantly decreases their shelf life.

I stopped a pack and a half a day habit of ~10 years cold turkey. It was either food or smokes.

As others have said, there is no effective short cut. Ultimately, it is all will power. At least it is easier now. When I quit, EVERYONE smoked.

Twenty years ago they were still basically nothing.

Naughty jokes aside, I would love that, laugh my ass off, and look forward to an amazing date.

Four years ago we gave it a stay of execution. Until we fully purge the fascist and focus government to actually serve the people, we are going to keep finding ourselves in chaos, until China beats us to and at everything.

I don’t have a title per se, but I can say that I work with information security and vast amounts of data. I have ADHD so doing “mindless” things like quipping on Lemmy, sudoku and word search puzzles helps me think. It is also why I often comment with images. So I might be commenting or shitposting, but in the back of my head I am thinking about how to restructure a query so that it will return in seconds rather than minutes.

EDIT: It is also why most comments are edited. I comment now and return to spell/grammar check later (if at all).

I just imagined a hippo with hands. Nightmare.

This is the correct answer. Why are they so violent?

Love who you want to, and if said love relieves your nasal congestion, even better.

They were specific in their post.