Seems to be working fine for me.

Another key difference:

Chat is largely expected to be real time where replies are short and might occur in a few minutes. The text content is ephemeral, which means it doesn't endure.

On message boards, or forums, the replies are generally longer, but so are response times, which can take hours or sometimes days. Also, most message boards are publicly viewable by anyone, even anonymous users who aren't logged in (so keep this is mind before sharing any personal information). However, the text is expected to endure for an indefinite period of time. It could be months or even years.

But is it really meant for 2 people?

Serving sizes are such a lie. A bag of chips doesn't have 8 servings, it only has 1 serving. An 11" medium pizza is one serving, too.

I've seen cookies where the label said it's 2 servings, but that too is a lie.

Drink serving sizes are a lie too. Like you're only going to drink 8 fl. oz, it's gonna be a pint or more.

I certainly hope not, and I also don't think so, even though I can sort of see why you might be worried about it.

Think I already heard of some dangerous side effects. The whole thing reminds me of the Fen-Phen debacle of the 90s.

Think I also heard something about a question of access, whether it's availability or cost, so a lot of folks won't be able to use it anyway.

Eventually, I expect a similar outcome with Ozempic and so on. I just hope it won't take too many severe injuries or even death to get there.

Kind of, yeah. I've already mostly made the transition to slip-on shoes or side-zipper shoes.

Even if it wasn't for that, I always hated when the laces would get undone throughout the day.

I actually like the look of side-zipper boots with no laces, seems sleeker.

Another user suggested getting elastic laces to basically turn any shoe into a slip-on, but I don't know how feasible that really is.

The point about it being easier than ever to find out how many calories certain foods have, or whatever else is a good one.

I can't speak for other countries, though I do know in the U.S., I think around 15 years ago all the major chain restaurants above a certain size (not sure if it's based on sales or employee count) are required to post calorie estimates on the menus.

I'm sure there's a similar thing in Canada, the UK, most of Europe these days.

Of course, the stated goal was to help folks to choose lower calorie options. But I actually like the convenience of the number being there to know what has more calories.

I also like how the customization option can also often let you see in real time what the impact on calories is. Choosing a different type of bread, or adding mayonnaise. Oftentimes, I see that adding mayonnaise on a sandwich can add an estimated 50-100 calories, and that's just one example.

Easy there. I'm sorry if you didn't recognize that I was actually trying to help.

At no point did I ever imply you were incapable of learning about another field, if you wished, and were determined to do so.

Nor did I ever suggest you should stay in that job indefinitely. If anything I'd like to see you move on from it.

I did however suggest taking a course of action that would lead to whatever will give you a larger paycheck.

The main thing I was really trying to push back upon is that very bad, often repeated advice of "follow your passions" and choose that for a career. I don't believe that works, and I've heard too many cases of folks losing their passion that way. I don't want that to happen to you.

That's why I was asking.

Maybe engineering is something you're really good at, I don't know. If it is, maybe it really is something you should pursue.

P.S. I don't work in the oil and gas industry, and anyone should be able to see the long term outlook is slow, gradual decline. I also can't say I understand wishing poverty on someone who was trying to help you.

#1. Communication

This is probably why feederism is even really a thing at all. Could you imagine ever trying to bring it up with someone in public? Especially in the 90s and before when the social pressure to be skinny was much more intense?

I would have been absolutely terrified.

Hell, when I was in high school, I was absolutely terrified that anyone might find out that at the time, that I thought this girl who was maybe 5'3" and probably weighed something like 160 lbs was actually attractive, or that I might have liked it if she got bigger.

I had to quietly suffer and I hated it.

It was almost nothing short of a miracle that images of SexyMic were posted at all in the 90s, or that someone started Dimensions back then.

There were adult magazines that focused on heavy women even in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, but I don't know how many of them talked about feederism related topics. And I don't suppose there was much in terms of ways for readers to be able to talk to one another.

#2. Deliveries

I disagree on this point. Same-day deliveries of takeout food is frighteningly expensive, costing at least double what it otherwise would have.

Drive-through lines by contrast, have been around for decades.

Also, same-day delivery of takeout food and retail products is not a new concept. If you really wanted to, you could call a taxi service to do this. The cost would be the fare, wait time (while the driver buys the stuff), tip, and the cost of the goods. I know this because my father was a taxi driver for a short time in the 70s. It was stupid expensive then, like it is now. Many of his deliveries were to heavily alcoholic day drinkers.

#3. Other things

I really wouldn't know. Small drone deliveries had potential to be cheap, but is not practical for many reasons. It has to be a relatively densely populated area that's not close to an airport. Even then, trials of such services have always required a human remote pilot on standby, substantially increasing cost. So I don't think that's happening.

Also, despite what anyone says, we're a very long way off from fully automatic motor vehicles, so any dreams of a fully automatic food truck with robots inside that can prepare food en-route? I don't think that's happening for decades.

BYD claims they will soon release a humanoid robot that's capable of doing a number of things, including certain basic household tasks like most cleaning and even cooking. But this seems extremely ambitious, and I expect this will be delayed by years if it's coming at all.

As long as Google Voice and TextNow are a thing, I don't think that would be feasible. And scammers love those.

Unfortunately, no phone service company has implemented the ability to block entire providers either.

I have a way to find out if a phone number is a likely Google Voice or TextNow number, but most don't and if there's a way to do this automatically, I don't know how.

International texting will get costly in a hurry too, unfortunately. There's a LOT of new signups.

The owner has also went on record of not wanting to ask that from users, a position that I can understand. This web site is exactly about the type of subject matter that might scare off folks wanting to share phone numbers.

Oftentimes, a user will only have 1 or 2 mobile numbers and a potentially perceived high risk of someone else seeing it. I could see leading to awkward conversations the user is not ready to have.

I might otherwise like the idea of phone number verification, but some of the reasons I posted might make it less feasible.

I'm going to take a moment to remind everyone about rule #3, quoted here:

"3. Respect others

Please be courteous and respectful at all times, showing tolerance towards our diverse membership and the broad range of fantasies and ideas they hold. Do not post anything that is rude or insulting and do not deliberately try to 'close down' discussion just because you disagree with it or find it offensive (please report it to a moderator instead). Do not post chat logs or screenshots to public areas to discredit other members. Avoid posting in all CAPITALS or all bold letters as this can be interpreted as aggressive behaviour."

This includes transphobia and failure to respect boundaries.

You can report other users for this. I'll admit that because it's often a case of "he said, she said" or a lack of evidence, it's not always possible to take action right away, in an effort to be fair to all involved.

However, if the same user gets reported often enough, especially if by multiple users, action is likely to be taken.

Also, without getting into detail for what are probably obvious reasons, sometimes a single report is enough, because something else about that user account will seem amiss. We just needed someone to highlight the account for one of us to check it out.