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Damn really cured my depression by being happy
This sounds unbelievably stupid but it's amazing to realize the amount of power you have over how other people feel, especially for being happy. It's become so standard to close up and just talk negatively about yourself that you may not realize how easily you can make someone else's day good.
As a Californian resident I can confirm it's near unreasonablely pricey to live here, and LA is indeed big, though I haven't been for a while. (As far as smog goes, I don't live in a big city so I don't get a lot)
I'm more of a northern California guy. The fog in San Francisco is really nice (imo) and even though Sacramento gets a rap for being boring, it's cool too. My favorite thing about California is how varied it is. You can be both a few hours from the beach and a few hours from the mountains at the same time.
I’ve been in southern California for almost a week now so here are some of my comments on things:
Most of the people I’ve interacted with have been super friendly! This is not necessarily surprising or anything, but it’s really stuck out to me.
The air can be hard to breathe sometimes, and some mornings there’s a bunch of visible smog that reduces visibility (I wish I could enjoy the mountains but you can barely see them!).
Very interesting variation in temperatures - yesterday when I was over the mountains and in the Mojave it was around 105 (40-41C), but today in Costa Mesa where I’m staying it’s in the 70s (23-24C) (which is also cooler than where I’m from would be).
Certain things are very expensive, but some things cost the same. Gas is of course pricey, always at least over a dollar more per gallon than back home. I have seen gas in the $7-8 range in downtown LA as well. General groceries at say Walmart haven’t been noticeably higher, but when eating out food and drinks have been all over the place price wise.
There are so many people and LA (proper and metropolitan) is so big. I knew this of course going in, but it’s something else to actually witness it in person. I’m not a city person so it’s kinda like my idea of a big city magnified by 100, it’s bizarre to try to imagine this as normal for millions of people. The traffic isn’t quite as bad as I was imagining, but I also was mostly on LA roads on the weekend and there are still always people who drive crazy.
I’m sure there’s a lot more but I can’t think of anything else major at the moment. I can definitely say I understand the enchantment of the American West a bit more now.
To celebrate the end of a D&D campaign, I drew both of my characters.
Pictures are Toddathon Rascleroot, an outcast ranger, and Sir El Croako, a powerful sorcerer banished from Earth.
To address the 5 notifications I got at once, I was using hyperbole in this here recycled post
Reddit is the most disgusting, down bad, revolting, vile corner of the internet how do people maintain sanity over there 
Reddit is the most disgusting, down bad, revolting, vile corner of the internet how do people maintain sanity over there
Finished mob psycho 100 season 2 + my amazing digital circus gummigoo plush arrived for my GF :DD
Although the Barbie movie was good I hate the trend of corporate propaganda in the form of movies. There was a pop-tart one that I saw and it annoys me a lot because all it's trying to do is say "we're a cool brand! Buy our products :D!!!"
I still think about the Barbie film every now and then, subverted my expectations and it was really enjoyable.
A bad analogy can be detrimental, like a submarine taking on water to descend into the ocean.
Controversial opinion but saving of currency is my favorite social platform
Like my girlfriend :D
sometimes you meet people for whom you literally cannot think of a description for other than “cutie patootie”
This post is so real
i have an urge to make a map of a forest near where i live and add countries and shit and write lore for it so i can pretend i started a micronation which is something i’ve wanted to do since i was 11 (but i have nobody to do it with 
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like come on who wouldnt want to go to the forest with me and build a silly little village and make it a country???
The fact that Tow Mater is literally knighted in Cars 2 and then that's never talked about in Cars 3 (ignoring the spy stuff and rocket boosters) is a crime. He's literally Sir Tow Mater