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Mental Health Thread 5.23.18

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Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and we do a pretty good job of looking out for each other. Welcome to the weekly mental health thread for Avocados. Feel free to talk about anything you need to – what’s driving you crazy, what’s working in or out of therapy, how your health care plan sucks. This is a safe space to let loose on some mental health issues. We’re all here for support, but be careful about offering advice, unless it’s asked for. Sometimes we just need to get things … Continue reading Mental Health Thread 5.23.18

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Mental Health Thread 5.16.18

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Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and we do a pretty good job of looking out for each other. Welcome to the weekly mental health thread for Avocados. Feel free to talk about anything you need to – what’s driving you crazy, what’s working in or out of therapy, how your health care plan sucks. This is a safe space to let loose on some mental health issues. We’re all here for support, but be careful about offering advice, unless it’s asked for. Sometimes we just need to get things … Continue reading Mental Health Thread 5.16.18

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Mental Health Thread 5.9.18

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Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and we do a pretty good job of looking out for each other. Welcome to the weekly mental health thread for Avocados. Feel free to talk about anything you need to – what’s driving you crazy, what’s working in or out of therapy, how your health care plan sucks. This is a safe space to let loose on some mental health issues. We’re all here for support, but be careful about offering advice, unless it’s asked for. Sometimes we just need to get things … Continue reading Mental Health Thread 5.9.18

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State of the Avocado Special Edition – The Red Handle Rule

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It’s been a bit since we’ve had a State of the Avocado address, and while we don’t have any general guideline or rule updates, we’d like to focus on one of our guidelines that has come up a lot recently, both to reiterate how important this guideline is but to let you all know WHY it is important. Today we’re talking guideline #8, “Considerate Insults”, which reads: We ask that you please be considerate of who else is catching flak when you cast a wide net of insults about the looks of various politicians and pundits, or when you insult … Continue reading State of the Avocado Special Edition – The Red Handle Rule

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Mental Health Thread 5.2.18

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Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and we do a pretty good job of looking out for each other. Welcome to the weekly mental health thread for Avocados. Feel free to talk about anything you need to – what’s driving you crazy, what’s working in or out of therapy, how your health care plan sucks. This is a safe space to let loose on some mental health issues. We’re all here for support, but be careful about offering advice, unless it’s asked for. Sometimes we just need to get things … Continue reading Mental Health Thread 5.2.18

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Mental Health Thread 4.25.18

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Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and we do a pretty good job of looking out for each other. Welcome to the weekly mental health thread for Avocados. Feel free to talk about anything you need to – what’s driving you crazy, what’s working in or out of therapy, how your health care plan sucks. This is a safe space to let loose on some mental health issues. We’re all here for support, but be careful about offering advice, unless it’s asked for. Sometimes we just need to get things … Continue reading Mental Health Thread 4.25.18

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Last Minute Chicago Meetup: Friday, 4/27

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Hey folks! The fantastic Ben Grimm (the Internet person, not the Fantastic Four member) is going to be in town this weekend with his wife and we’ll be having a Chicago meetup this Friday, the 27th, at 6pm at Eataly: https://www.eataly.com/us_en/stores/chicago/ The restaurant is at 43 East Ohio and we’ll all meet on the first floor. Check in here if you plan on coming so we know to look for you! Continue reading Last Minute Chicago Meetup: Friday, 4/27

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Love Languages Discussion

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The other week a brief discussion about love languages popped up in the Women+’s thread, and I thought it would be interesting to have a separate discussion on it here. So, discuss your love languages here, or discuss how useful you find or don’t find the concept, or anything in regards to the general idea here. For background, the love languages is a concept from a 1995 self-help book. Unfortunately, 1. self help books usually suck 2. the people behind it are conservative assholes. However, the central concept has been useful to a lot of people in both romantic relationships … Continue reading Love Languages Discussion

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Pod People 4.23.18

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Hey folks, before I begin for this week I need to announce that I’ll be taking a break from posting Pod People for awhile, because at my new job I won’t be able to listen to podcasts as consistently, let alone write about them. If someone else would like to take this over, please let me know! Otherwise, this’ll be the last week for Pod People for awhile. Distraction Pieces: Jess Thom – This episode was really interesting, as the interviewee is a comedian with Tourette’s syndrome with both verbal and physical tics who works those into her comedy. She … Continue reading Pod People 4.23.18

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Movie Review: You Were Never Really Here

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Perhaps it doesn’t mean much since it’s only April, but I see a fair amount of movies and You Were Never Really Here is my favorite movie I’ve seen in 2018 so far. It’s hard to really describe the plot, and I think this is a movie one should go into knowing as little as possible, but a short summary would be that Joaquin Phoenix plays a deeply traumatized Marine (maybe?) vet turned contract killer who is assigned to extract a young girl from a trafficking ring. We join him on his brutal and disastrous journey. I say “brutal”, but … Continue reading Movie Review: You Were Never Really Here

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Mental Health Thread 4.18.18

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Sometimes we need to talk about some things. This is a phenomenally caring and kind group, and we do a pretty good job of looking out for each other. Welcome to the weekly mental health thread for Avocados. Feel free to talk about anything you need to – what’s driving you crazy, what’s working in or out of therapy, how your health care plan sucks. This is a safe space to let loose on some mental health issues. We’re all here for support, but be careful about offering advice, unless it’s asked for. Sometimes we just need to get things … Continue reading Mental Health Thread 4.18.18

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Guideline Update: Open Thread Timing

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It’s time for a guideline change announcement! We’re making an addition to guideline #2, which currently reads: 2. Daily/Nightly Open Discussions: An “open” discussion will be posted twice a day, scheduled for 11:00 Eastern (08:00 Pacific) and 23:00 (11pm) Eastern (20:00/8pm Pacific). These open discussions are pretty much a free-for-all with no specific focus, just be mindful of the rules and guidelines. Anyone can make an Open Thread but it’s best to check on the current one to see if the next has been claimed to prevent duplication. We’d like to set stricter standards for scheduling the OTs, to prevent … Continue reading Guideline Update: Open Thread Timing

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