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CyrustheGreyt t1_j5qtlvt wrote

Reply to comment by fusion260 in Native plants by zstansberries

Because my anxiety prevents me from believing I have worthwhile information to share :)

Two years ago I planted one 4in pot and watered it a handful of times before midsummer. By the end of the season it was a nice 3ft shrub with yellow flowers. I left it alone and the next year there were hundreds (thousands?) of little green shoots all over my yard. The previous year I had put down cardboard and mulch to kill the grass so there wasn't much else there. I eventually gave up fighting because I'm a lazy gardener and many of those shoots became 6ft tall plants with yellow flowers. My irises didn't bloom because they blocked out the sun. Lesson learned.

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FlexRVA21984 t1_j5qkaql wrote

We need to start handing out decades long sentences for gun offenses. Possession of a stolen gun? 20yrs mandatory minimum. Fail to properly secure a gun? 10yrs mandatory minimum. Gun used in the commission of a crime? 15yrs… It’s time to get serious with these pieces of shit. These aren’t victimless crimes. You want a gun? Then, fucking be responsible. Otherwise, rot your life away.

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JVorhees t1_j5qfm25 wrote

>During a December 2021 court hearing, Michele Killough Nelson, a psychologist who specializes in forensic evaluation of juveniles for court, said, “There is something just off with Dylan. There is something funky going on, but none of us know what it is.”

>Nelson diagnosed Williams with unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder and unspecified neurodevelopment disorder. But she added that treatment would be difficult without a clear diagnosis.

>Williams’ father was murdered when the boy was 2, and he watched his mother die from an asthma attack at age 12. He never received grief counseling. His custody was unclear in the intervening years, and he was likely exposed to domestic and sexual abuses, according to testimony at the December 2021 hearing.

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SwanOverSunshine t1_j5qd58u wrote

Here's an example, I'm thinking about a family I used to know. They cooked a lot of pasta with meat sauce - easy, quick, feeds a lot, makes for easy leftovers. So keep the same pasta, switch to a non-meat marinara - same price so far. Instead of the ground beef, add in two cans of chickpeas. So same cooking time, still feeds a lot, same cooking skill, but the chickpeas are cheaper than the beef, so you come out ahead. It really is that easy.

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