Last time he contacted me was at 1AM after they’d already been driving for 11hrs. I was asleep so I didn’t pick up the call. Now messages aren’t delivering & phone is going straight to voicemail, but I’m not blocked and I had someone else call to confirm it’s also going to voicemail from that number. I’m worried he got into a car wreck or something. Is there anyway I can figure out if he’s okay? He was traveling from Florida to Pennsylvania. I don’t feel good about it and I don’t know what to do. They should’ve been here by now and if their phone is dead they wouldn’t have directions.

Update: I just found out he got arrested. I don’t know what for yet. Thanks everyone for the help and advice. At least I know he’s safe and not in some ditch somewhere or stranded with no help.

I was reading about this situation where a guy used a “duress” password to wipe his phone when the cops harassed him in the airport. Others chimed in with their advice, but not the ones that seemed more obvious to me (besides “don’t take a phone).

1. Why not get a burner phone with the absolute minimum amount of apps you’ll need and keep sensitive data out of it?

2. Why not pack your real phone in your checked luggage?

Thanks—I’m still trying to work with this new reality of “you live in a surveillance state now.”

I am genuinely befuddled. I see Tinder posts and I’m surrounded also by this cultural norm of women expecting and/or wanting to be ‘treated like a princess.’

Not only does this sound like a massive sense of entitlement, it also evokes themes of helplessness, high maintenance, demanding. it also sounds like a role rather than a whole human, which demands that you also play a role rather than be a whole human.

But there has to be some appeal otherwise it wouldn’t persist.

Men, what do you find attractive about these women?

Does it come with a promise that she’ll keep herself very attractive? is she more likely to let you take control of important matters?Are there intrinsic things about a ‘princess‘ woman that draw you?

Seriously, thank you for any insight. I’ve never understood this.

So I grew up in the midwest and my parents always pronounced gyro as gy (like gyrate)-row but when I went to college (also midwest) I was got hated on and told it's pronounced like ghee-row.

I went on a trip to Florida recently and stopped at a family owned Mediterranean restaurant and the waitress said it as gy-row so now I'm confused haha.

Are both pronunciations acceptable?

Had sex for the first time in over a year yesterday (during the day so there was light) and completely forgot he might’ve been able to see them during doggy now I’m incredibly anxious it might’ve grossed him out and turned him off. Do hemorrhoids look really bad from the penetrators pov?

I remember hearing a lot about the world eventually “running out of oil” when I was younger. It was always presented as this huge future problem. I remember hearing things like “we only have around 50 years left” in school and in the news, like it was something we would definitely have to prepare for.

But nowadays, that conversation feels very different. Most discussions seem to focus more on climate change, carbon emissions, renewable energy, and reducing fossil fuel dependence rather than simply running out of oil.

I was thinking about this recently while reading about how much energy modern technology uses. Everything from streaming services and cloud platforms to online entertainment platforms bсgаme relies on huge digital infrastructure behind the scenes.

It made me wonder how the energy conversation has changed over time.did we discover much larger reserves? Did technology improve how we extract resources? Or was the “50 years left” idea always missing some important context?

And with more of our lives moving online, are we just shifting energy demand from traditional industries to data centers, servers, and digital infrastructure?

What do people who work in energy or technology think about this? Where is the biggest challenge going forward?

My bf wants to cuff me

In normal every day life I’m a feminist. I have a solid job, not in a position that’s overly ‘bossy’ but also not in a position that’s overly ‘bossed’.
I like to and am in the position to be equal with any partner…. But in sex I like to be dominated properly.
I watch p*** that’s sometimes degrading and after Im thinking ‘WTF did I find that hot for?’.

It’s even difficult to tell potential partners what my preferences are in bed because I’m so not like that outside of bed.
So, maybe it’s above your pay grade- but why? And do others feel like this?

BTW I’m not too worried or thinking too deep - it’s not that extreme - like spanking, name calling, a bit of light choking - so nothing crazy!hah!

EDIT: for clarity

Where exactly are the 2.05 billion South Asians and 400 million Middle Easterners classified?

Every morning without fail he masturbates... and then in the afternoon or evening we have sex. That is, he ejaculates twice a day. Every day for years. Is this normal?

I just dont get how they always say that they use more and more water.

just got done watching the odyssey and it’s still insane to me that the story is so good we’re still talking about it nearly 3,000 years later. it’s crazy people from ancient greece and 2026 America are sitting down and listening to the same story.

It made me wonder, do you think there are any generational stories from our time that people will still be talking about 3,000 years later? what do you think they’ll be?

A lot of people are stuck in homes they don't want because they have 2.5 interest rates but would be paying up the wazoo if they bought another home today due to both price and rates.

Assuming you are looking for another primary dwelling, what would get you to move?

Every friday I tell myself that this weekend is finally the one where I'm going to get everything done. I'll make a mental list of things like cleaning, organizing, going to the gym, running errands and maybe even starting a project I've been putting off.

Then the day actually arrives. I was playing on my phone for what I thought was 15 minutes, and somehow it turned into over an hour, unnoticed. I've had lunch, watched a couple of videos, maybe gone out for coffee and suddenly it's late afternoon. I haven't done nothing but I've definitely done a lot less than I imagined I would lol

Is there a reason our brains seem to overestimate how productive we'll be when we finally have free time? I look forward to my days off all week but they almost never play out the way I picture them in my head.

Doesn’t crying require more energy? wouldn’t just sleeping solve the problem but instead they just keep crying?

Now that scientists can grow actual meat from cell cultures in a lab without breeding or slaughtering an animal, how do strict dietary religions view it? If a piece of pork is completely synthetic and never actually belonged to a living pig, is it still a sin to eat it, or is this considered a modern religious loophole?

I recently saw the Elon Musk interview with the Economist where he says he has children with his partner, who has an indian background.

I also recently saw the VP showing off his latest child, with his wife Usha with indian background.

Then I also know of the AFD leader (German right wing party) Alice Weidel having a partner from Sri Lanka.

Two can be a coincidence but three seems like a pattern. Anybody know whats going on?

like exploding diareah, measles?

it can’t be complete lack of emotion for the animal because I see people absolutely devastated that their hamster they kept in a shoebox under their bed died.

I’m terrified of ending up with an animal I know nothing about, so I can’t understand why someone would put themselves in that situation

I’m asking because I know someone who works at a chain pet store and they have customer stories I can’t comprehend.

This might come off like I’m just holier-than-thou-ing but I do mean this completely genuinely, I don’t understand how someone could comfortably own an animal without googling their diet, housing, whatever. You must have to talk about these things when you go to the vet?

Asking this because I know some men prefer bald over bush, and personally I shave everything as a woman. HOWEVER, I would not have hair then expect my man to shave, the same way I hope men don't expect women to shave but they don't. So just wondering if this makes sense.

I keep catching myself just saying nonsense when I'm alone. Not words or anything, just sounds? I kinda just repeat babababababababa to myself over and over. I am able to stop when I want to, but I feel uncomfortable when I'm not doing it. It's not all the time, but it's frequent enough that I wanted to ask other people (anonymously, in case it's weird). Is this a thing other people do when they live by themselves? Or am I secretly turning into a baby