I can no longer write on Microsoft word because it wants me to pay money.

My millennial brother and I have spent way too much time debating this the past two days. Please help!

So to give a long story short, I have a friend that I have had for decades and anytime that you’re excited about something and tell them like you would your friends they give you the exact opposite reaction and either get upset, angry or act like it should’ve been them in your shoes whatever it is that you’re excited about or have done.

I don’t know what to do or what to talk about because them being a close friend. I want to share things about my life with them that I’m happy about, but it seems every time that I do it causes a problem internally within them that they then complain and get angry about with me that causes a fight.

They basically want everything in this world that has to offer and get incredibly annoyed when things don’t work out their way at the drop of a hat, but when other people that he knows are enjoying life as he would, he gets super jealous and angry. Is that just a bad friend

When I look at pictures and videos of successful people and fitness influencers it seem like they have a very strict lifestyle and barely have time for “Fun”

They seem to be an insurgent group interrupting world shipping routes as a way of voicing displeasure at Gaza issues? If every affected nation backs their destruction why not handle it?

For example, there's probably 1,000+ people who've made inventions and it's like they're barely noticed. But, on Linkedin someone can get 500 people recognizing them for anything they do basically.

On Instagram, I always see the same people always on holidays, going to fancy restaurant etc. It's always the same people in the past, travelling, going to fancy restaurants even on work days. How do you all afford it? I wish I could be travelling but unfortunately I cannot.

has a more secure system than the public/private key system been theorized? why are only the current cryptographic algorithms considered in danger with the advent of quantum computing, but not the public/private key system itself?

So I've been on here before asking about our animal situation and our cat has this weird behavior that I haven't personally seen but when it was described to me I got very confused why it would happen apparently our cat named kibble (yes she's named after dog food) will look around for our new lab puppy oreo (you know what she's named after and it's because of her fur color) and when kibble finds oreo she swats at her like she's mad she found oreo and it continues to confuse us

You can refine your search by subreddit, username, site or url, self posts, nsfw, and text in content of the post, but not text in the subject?

I would think that'd be one of the most basic filters, and yet it doesn't seem possible. Why?

On social media I’ll see videos of court cases but on the news they use a handdrawing instead. Why is this? Why not just video record every court case?

As part of my job I encounter people from America virtually daily claiming to be Scottish, even though often they and their immediate relatives have never once set foot in the place.

(Scottish and other European peoples tend to have a strongly civic view of what makes you a nationality, so anyone who has heritage from anywhere in the world but who was born or brought up here is Scottish, but someone who's never lived here but who considers themselves some percentage Scottish because of there forebears is not Scottish but whatever nation they're from.)

I can't say I've ever spoken with an African American person who's openly said that they are exploring such heritage, even though I have spoken to quite a few who have Scottish surnames and forenames that are common in Scotland for generations. (And the historic of Fredrick Douglass and how he chose his name is somewhat celebrated in Scotland, as is his tours of Scotland.)

I am very aware of the history of African American people and fully appreciate that this heritage could even today have painful associations. But I'm also aware that there would be just as much of a welcome and sensitivity from heritage professionals in Scotland extended to anyone exploring a genetic or cultural lineage with Scotland.

To me it makes sense that anyone from America would have as much claim over a European heritage as anyone else regardless if they look more or less like the typical person who lived there in the 1700s or not.

European civic nations are just as varied in the types of humans as the USA is.

Deep enough that more than skin would need to grow back, but not so serious that they wouldn't heal, given time and treatment.

Sorry if this breaks rule 8, but I saw a tree do it and wondered if animals could too, after all we are 20-60% tree.

So when astronauts leave earth, i have no idea how long it takes to get there.

When they get there, do they have jetlag ? And does their sleep schedule the same like they had it on earth ?

Do they need more sleep or less ?

This might be silly, but while watching Christmas movies (Elf, Red One, The Santa Clause, etc) this year, I realized that Rudolph is never part of the reindeer team. It’s always just the original 8. I can’t think of a single movie I’ve ever watched that includes Rudolph in the front (or at all, for that matter).

Is there a reason for that? He’s supposed to be the most famous reindeer of all. Why isn’t he included in the standard depictions?

I was thinking about this. I imagine first part being the best is by far the most common. Third part being the worst is probably pretty common, too.

Least common would probably be the first part being the worst, right? Not many works can survive the first part being bad, but there might be a few where it wasn't bad, it just hadn't hit its stride yet.

The other permutations would be second part being best, third part being best, and second part being worst.

How would you rank the six possible permutations in order of most common to least common? And some examples of each?

I suppose there is a super rare and ultimately very subjective seventh permutation of there being no discernible quality difference for all three parts. Most people can find enough that they like or dislike about the parts to have a preference, even if it's marginal. I think an argument could be made for Lord of the Rings, but that's about it.

Since 2020, I’ve been going to bed at like 4, 5, 6 and sometimes 7am and waking up at 11:00am. I work 40 hours a week and in 2020, I was doing grad school. My work hours were always 12:00pm to 9:00pm, so from 9pm to 4 or 5, or 6am (Depending on how heavy my schoolwork load was) I would be up doing homework and studying.

I graduated in 2023, but I still like staying up at these early hours of the night. I live with my family as well, and while I love them, they are loud and very sociable, so from when I get home from work at 9 to about 4am, it’s quiet and I get quiet time to myself.

Now that I’m not in school, I’m having a hard time clocking into work because I keep this night owl schedule. For a few months it was nice but now I’m noticing that I’m waking up wit headaches, migraines and I feel so groggy now.

I know it’s a simple solution but how can I get my sleep schedule back to relatively normal while also getting some time to decompress from work and my family? What can I do?