There was one particular parking lot near my house that was not plowed for years. The snow would fall, melt a little during the day, and then refreeze. Spent many evenings there.

Does my comment above sound familiar?

In my case it is depression. There is a bit a of anxiety and ADHD mixed in to keep it fun. Self-medicating with drugs/alcohol makes it difficult to go too long without causing life problems.

Although I’m currently down, I’m not having thoughts of suicide, and have not for about 4 months.

I have a huge fear of sharing those thoughts because I know I will likely get 5150 again. Hospitalization costs $$$$.

My parents are in very old now, no change there. My sister says I can reach out any time but she never responds.

I have started seeing a therapist which has been helpful in several ways, even if I skipped today’s appt.

How do brew more alcohol?

…right?

When I was young I recall visiting my aunt in a mental institution many times. I was told she had a nervous breakdown but it wasn’t discussed beyond that.

When Reagan closed all the mental institutions she bounced around boarding houses. The first ones were terrible. Later ones were much, much better.

When I was older I found we took the same meds.

Discussion of mental illness is still avoided in my family.

This is the way.

From time to time the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/thomas-jefferson-tree-of-liberty/

Other comments suggest he lives in Oakland and works in Alameda. This pic was taken later in the afternoon.

edit - comments on reddit.

Thank you. I have only cropped and rotated the picture.

It’s the racism. People like the racism.

SF says the people they are doing this to have not accepted the city’s very limited options for housing.

There was recent article (help me find it) detailing there are over over 200 SF non-profits focused on housing funded by less than 10 govt agencies.

I live in Oakland and moderate (mostly post) to the Oakland community.

I don’t recall all the details right now but… I think they tell all the people leave and then throw everything left in the trash.

EDIT - Here is a story our local NPR station - https://www.kqed.org/news/12006541/sfs-homeless-sweeps-have-cleared-over-1200-tents-where-are-people-going

Currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area and see this happening in several cities. San Francisco is the largest example. They have made building new housing a nightmare of red tape yet they are going full steam ahead with clearing out the homeless people.

It’s not the Christianity people like, it is the racism. Christianity is just a cover up

Lol. Good point!

This is my most common use. It is grrat for opening large log files on servers.

Who is keeping new cars at the library?

I had a similar positive experience in Spain and Morocco. Tangier is very close to Spain so most of the locals know Spanish.

I would always start conversations in Spanish. Most of the time the person I was talking to would appreciate my attempt and switch to English. In Tangier I talked to a street peddler for over 15 minutes while friends were in a store. I attempted to speak in Spanish but he preferred English. He just wanted to chat.