18+ min ago   (249+ words) A dominant personality trait of mine is being abnormally prickly about being perceived. This trait hampers my ability to open up to others, even romantic partners. I'm not bothered by it myself, but I know this hurts people close to…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (91+ words) An acquaintance is in the running for a debut novel prize. From what I understand, they have previously self-published novels online of a more commercial nature, and this prize is more literary, and they use a different name for both....

4+ hour, 28+ min ago   (167+ words) I feel like my home internet is randomly dropping but I can't prove it because I don't know how. Sometimes it seems to be out for just a few seconds and sometimes it's a minute or even a lot longer…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (91+ words) After witnessing an interesting conversation that involved a misunderstanding between afternoon and evening, it got me wondering. Click through for my questions.For you, what time does afternoon end and evening start? Have you ever had a disagreement with someone…...

12+ hour, 9+ min ago   (226+ words) Good friend got laid off after 3 years as part of a well-known, global specialty product company's post-sales "white glove" purchaser feedback program. The department looks to be going the way of the dodo due to AI.Basically, she received contact…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago   (69+ words) I'd like your help to update my pocket poetry book. The new book should: 1. Fit in a pocket. 2. Have a diverse list of authors. 3. Be somewhat classic.My current pocket poetry book has a copyright date of 1958 -- "One Hundred and…...

18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (238+ words) I wonder if I found the meaning of the adage Better to have love and lost than never to have loved at all. Does it, in fact, better a person to have been madly in love and still feel so…...

23+ hour, 10+ min ago   (52+ words) I have access to lime leaves from a Thai Lime tree. The leaves are very strongly scented and I'd love to cook with them or even make a scented oil of some sort. Any tips on doing either or both?...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (95+ words) Reading this article (New Spanish nanomaterial cools surfaces by up to 12.9C without electricity) jogged something in my noggin. Please tell me whether I'm remembering something real or something imagined.About 50 years ago I think I read something about a refrigerator…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (855+ words) I had a panic attack while helping a relative. They reacted to it really badly and unfairly, and the situation sent me down an unprecedented-for-me anxiety spiral. I don't feel that I can help them anymore... But I also feel…...