I second this. Form is a huge factor, and if you're not tired and sore after workouts you probably aren't doing the right things in the right way. Have you thought about getting a trainer or even seeing a doctor about your results. While it's true that you've been doing it less than a year you should be seeing some slow results after just a few months, and if you aren't it might be the result of doing too much weight or not enough weight or a form issue. You don't need a forever trainer either, just a few sessions to confirm that what you're doing is effective and that you're pushing yourself correctly, past your limits but not too much that it's damaging. IDK but it's worked for me in the past

Have you thought of just asking her if she needs someone to talk to and just meeting up for coffee or something? Honestly, maybe she just needs help and a willing listener, and it doesn't have to be about a relationship or sex or anything, just you helping out a friend by listening. Try making it about her and not you or "us", even if you were in a relationship sometimes that's what a partner needs

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim, swim

Underrated Dory wisdom

I'm curious what the overlap between the growing number of atheists and regular users of Lemmy, because I'm not sure if the comments on this article being so one sided towards atheism is a product of Lemmy users being primarily atheists or if religious people don't feel comfortable sharing an opposing view. I'd love to hear a counter perspective, but as an atheist myself I'm not the person to start that conversation. I will say that society functions most properly when the majority of people hold similar views about most issues, when the Overton window is smaller, and religion historically has been a reliable tool for aligning people in that sense. It seems more challenging to me to be a kid these days, in the sense that kids are presented with so many choices for "good" that it seems harder to choose values. I'm not a fan of religion, but it's worth calling out that moving away from organized religion en masse does come with some societal costs.

This is one of my favorite short stories. Such a cool take on the alien invasion trope

Why are there no comments on this! It's hilarious