Oh, and the precipitating stimulus can be internal too (e.g, if you have something like celiac and food just shifted; or if you have EDS and just subluxated something that usually doesn't; etc)

That does sound like a panic attack. If there was any precipitating event, it also sounds like going into shock. The precipitating event could be organic (injury etc) but it can also be auto/immune or neurological

They can’t make computers as intelligent as humans, but they can make humans as unthinking as computers.

I never did get a chance to play Control, though i always wanted to try it. In part cuz all I've heard you go on about it :)

Speaking of non-conventional shooters though, i really enjoyed Wet. I was never clear if everyone else hated it or if it just slipped under the radar

If you believe only an AI hype monster would say the above, compare Drimmer and Nygren's rationale for not using AI (url in alt-text). I agree w/ them, and would add only that I was a well-prepared student, but would have struggled to produce prose as succinct and well-informed as these bots.

I get you, my wife and i avoided going since covid too. If you had good dental care as a kid, that does wonders for being able to go infrequently as an adult. Unfortunately there are still some dire things that really need to be caught by going regularly

Best of luck

Huh. I'd noticed the spelling shift, but sometimes that sort of thing just happens, never realized there was an active push for it (cuz it's never come up among the Jewish folks i hang with). But I know all about the bs race theory, so once you mentioned the spelling it makes complete sense why

So, exactly like the Viennese cafés then

Gotcha

Shorthand: If someone expresses that US Imperialism is a stain upon the earth whose sin can never be washed clean, but Soviet or Chinese imperialism is either acceptable or just didn't happen, you're talking to a tankie.