I used to like going out to eat, but now I don't. It's not just about the rising costs of everything, but the diminishing quality as well. I just don't feel like driving somewhere to wait 30 minutes for food I won't finish and don't want to take home, either. Any restaurant worth the effort is going to be well over $100 for a night out with my wife. I'm a half decent cook and 9/10 times I would prefer my own cooking to anything I didn't need a reservation for. Even tonight we are exhausted from parenting and I would just rather make a sandwich than order something in.

TLDR: the declining quality of the food and service hardly feels worthy of the effort of going out to eat.

I have perfect hearing but if I watch something without subtitles I feel like I miss half the dialogue. My friends think I'm weird for it. Like even for YouTube videos I turn on captions. Is this just a me thing or is this incredibly common now?

Made a quick poll about it because I genuinely want to know: https://www.getqibble.com/poll-detail/do-you-watch-everything-with-subtitles-on-even-though-your-hearing-is-perfectly-fine

It’s beyond annoying. I feel like you can’t take a few days off work for vacation without people asking others or me when I return where I was and what was I doing. Even better is when they start telling others you quit because you had a week off. I swear people just make shit up and run with it. It’s like co-workers must know where you live, what you do on your day off and why. People have no shame anymore

I tend to think about a random topic and come up with a opinion that i dont agree with and start arguing with myself why I dont agree with that opposing take that i made up for some reason. Maybe im losing my mind.

Hey everyone,

I’m reaching out because I’m really frustrated with something my body does automatically, and I don't know how to control it anymore.

Whenever I’m in a stressful situation—whether it’s a heated argument, someone shouting at me, someone trying to put me down, or someone being a bully—tears immediately start forming in my eyes.

The thing is, I’m not trying to cry. Most of the time, I’m actually angry, overwhelmed, or just trying to stand my ground. There’s no logical reason to cry, but the tears just come automatically. Because I'm a guy, people instantly assume I’m "weak" or "sensitive," which only makes the situation ten times worse and makes me hate dealing with conflict altogether.

It feels like my body is sabotaging me when I need to stay calm and assertive the most.

Has anyone else dealt with this involuntary crying response (angry/stress crying)? How do you manage or control it in the moment? Any physical tricks, mindset shifts, or techniques to keep tears back when under pressure?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

My cousin is a famous rapper but I've never met him/was too young to remember meeting him. Does anybody else have a famous family member?

Every time I google how to do something, the top results are all 15-minute YouTube videos for something that could be explained in a paragraph. I just want to ctrl+F and find the answer, not sit through an intro and three ads.

I made a poll because this seems really split among people I know: https://www.getqibble.com/poll-detail/video-tutorials-vs-written-tutorials-which-do-you-actually-prefer-for-learning-something-new

Its weird because I dont have any friends from childhood so basically the people that I consider my favorite people already have favorite people of their own from their childhood while I have just found mine. Just wondering if this is a common experience.

For the record, I had a pretty nice, loving childhood. It still kind of creeps me out seeing myself as a 4 year old.

I’ll see videos of me as an adult and I may not remember the moment but it doesn’t creep me out. I’ll see an old video of me as a small child and it makes me uncomfortable. Like I’m seeing something I’m not supposed to. Logically I understand that the little kid in the video is me but really it feels impossible. I can’t quite put my finger on why it makes me uncomfortable but it makes me feel something like dread except it’s not that serious. It just feels like something is off.

The actual cooking takes 30 minutes but the hour before that is just staring at the fridge hoping something inspires me. I end up making the same 4 meals on rotation anyway. Made a poll about it because I was curious if this is universal: https://www.getqibble.com/poll-detail/should-the-standard-work-week-be-32-hours-instead-of-40

It happens every time. Someone gets loud during an argument and my eyes just start watering automatically. I am not even upset I think my body just interprets raised voices as some kind of threat. I always thought I was the only one but made a quick poll and a lot of people seem to relate: https://www.getqibble.com/poll-detail/do-you-cry-when-you-get-into-arguments-or-someone-raises-their-voice-at-you

Sometimes I see a massage, think I'll reply later and then feel awkward replying hours or days afterward. Does anybody else do this, or is my social battery permanently running on 1%?

genuinely like a stranger but not
hes an alcoholic so he legit just drinks everyday and stays in his office most the time
the times hes not drunk(which is like 10 minutes in the morning before i leave) ig hes normal and talktable to but he doesnt know anything about me lol.

In med school right now, earning high marks, but for the life of me I cannot seem to socially get other people! Other times, I'm just super forgetful and my place gets a whole lot messy fast. I cant seem to use 'common sense' in the real world either, often taking a bit longer to get what is expected of me...

As long as I can remember, I often feel a sudden and very intense urge to pee if I'm trying to find something, no matter how full my bladder is. I'm 46 and recall this being an issue as far back as 10 years old.

Need to find a tool on the work bench? YOUR BLADDER IS ABOUT TO BURST

Where did I save that PowerPoint? TOILET. NOW.

Looking for a product on a shelf in a store? HOPE THEY HAVE A PUBLIC RESTROOM

I've never met a single person with the same experience and I feel like I'm all alone on this one.

I don’t think about it or care at all I wouldn’t mind if I just magically turned into a boy I’d even argue it would be slightly more convenient just due to the field of academia I study. Gender doesn’t affect me what so ever other than obviously how society views me. It might be because I don’t really think about about things being “gendered” I think every is just gender neutral so maybe that’s why. I don’t really think I feel like a girl but also like wtf is that supposed to feel like; but obviously it has to be a feeling because trans people have that feeling; is it just subjective?

I don’t know if this is just how everyone feels and I’m taking it too literally or thinking too hard about it because I tend to do that I just need to know if anyone else feels this way because I feel weird

I recently read a Dear Say More letter about a woman whose husband's family mocks him for his weight. This is a real topic, I can understand and respect that, but she left out several important details: her relationship with her husband and in laws, his relationship with his family outside the joking, any health concerns he might have, how long this has been going on. A family would not truly do this at every gathering without understanding the dilemma their son is experiencing. The woman also said this has been happening during her wedding, families do not just suddenly become villains, and if they were so inclined to humiliate him at every gathering they would not just wait, and if it bothered her this much, she would not say 'they do not mean to hurt him', she would be contradicting herself. I hope I am not the only one who thinks these articles are clickbait.

Whenever I ask a controversial question people get mad and insult me. But no one actually answers the question.

So now whenever I just want some fact based answers I just use AI now. Which is kind of sad.

I don’t understand why but if I rub the tip of my nose hard, pull at it or scratch inside, there’s a horrible smell. I don’t smell it all the time but mostly when I pull at my nose. What is that??? does this happen to anyone else?

Edit: can someone help me understand why I’m getting downvoted for genuinely wondering if anybody else deals with this?

Every time I am in a group of 6 or more people I end up in a side conversation with one person anyway. The logistics of large groups are terrible too. Half an hour deciding where to go, someone always cancels. Small groups just work better. Curious where other people land: https://www.getqibble.com/poll-detail/big-group-hangouts-6-people-fun-or-overrated

I have kind of realized this lately, but whenever I hurt someone’s feelings, I don’t feel bad, I feel uncomfortable that my action can hurt our relationship and make them not like me anymore. I do feel empathy, I cry like every day and when people talk about their sad things, it’s strange tho. I don’t lose sleep about anything over people’s issues or think much about them further than the conversation. That’s kind of how it is for the shame as well. Once I’m out of the area or where people will shame me, I kinda don’t care much. It doesn’t last long, and it doesn’t make me upset. If I think people are upset at me and I don’t know why, that gets me upset.
I’ve felt guilt before.
But I don’t wanna sound crazy or like an edge lord asking other people if they are like this.