People don’t need any advanced CIA techniques to control the way you think and feel; Plenty of ‘normal’ abuse tactics can achieve this over time - arguably, control is the entire point of abuse.

The way you’re questioning yourself alarms me. You’re likely being abused, and you need support. Please do whatever you can to get help. At the very least, read up on types of emotional abuse and their effects on victims. You’re not the only one.

Looked it up (under “Early life” on Wikipedia). Born in Washington D.C. actually, but his father is of Mexican and Hungarian-Jewish descent and the family lived his first 7 years in Mexico.

Not really, same in Germany if you are generally drunk in traffic (except by foot or public transport, i.e. an active participant)

An active participant in operating a vehicle, I’m sure. I would disagree with the implicit characterization of walking on foot as being a non-active participant in traffic.

Alternatives to escalating by using a car can bet walking or taking the metro, the latter is easily possible in Japan, for instance. When the trains don’t run there are plenty cheap manga cafes or capsule hotels.

If you’re in Tokyo, maybe. I imagine this might be a bigger problem in rural areas, where the distances are greater and public transportation less available.

No source or artist credit. Fearing that I had completely lost my AI-dar, I did a reverse image search.

Credit seems to belong to Bogart Creek (Derek Evernden).

Interesting! As a seeing person who used to walk the family dog, I can attest to the technique of using your foot as a landmark - it was invaluable in order to not lose track of the pile among similarly-colored fallen leaves while I was getting the bag ready.

A brand of protein shakers, with a wire ball in them.

You can see just a hint of it on the far right edge

Gentleman Jack

At this point jusk ask her to move the water for your peace of mind. I’m worried this will breed resentment otherwise when her cat’s health fails, even if it’s only due to aging. If she respects you she will move the bowl, even if she believes it is totally unnecessary.

Indeed.

The next best thing: Talking buttons

If you want this to be successful, you would be wise to devote time to harness training (i.e. getting used to the harness) first. Don’t just put the harness on - it can be a bad experience for the cat and move you further from the goal of a walk.

Not American, but I think FSD stands for Full Self-Driving, not an organization.

Peter Stormare

From the one and only Kurzgesagt

Is no-one gonna mention the inconsistent formatting of the signs underneath? Just me?

Hurray!

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This looks genuinely great, thanks for mentioning it. Here’s their website, with free learning resources.

Slightly off-topic, but you might find the latest video-essay from Contrapoints, Conspiracy, helpful.