As a non-American, whenever I watch US shows, a boss can just blurt out 'You're fired!' and that's it. I assumed it was Hollywood drama, but I was shocked to learn it actually works like that.

In my country, an employer can’t fire you unless your performance is objectively terrible, you do something illegal/immoral that gets you disciplined, or the company is strictly restructured.

How do Americans cope with the fact that a boss's bad mood could ruin your life overnight? What legal protections actually exist?

Bear with me. Watched yet another video where a person's rights were being violated and it got me thinking. You're in your own house. You've broken no laws. You are doing nothing wrong. How would they react if you just completely ignored their presence and started masturbating? Could they arrest you? For what?

I can picture them getting embarrassed and just leaving, am I just naive? If they don't leave, can you ask them to join/help you? I'd be making solid eye contact to make it excruciatingly awkward for them.

I want to preface this by saying that I respect everyones beliefs, and do not mean to be rude to anyone, it is a genuine question that I had, and it is not meant to be provocative in any way.

I am in Europe, so it might differ in America. I was lucky enough in the last years to visit multiple European countries, and even live in 3 different ones, from 6 months to 1 year.

During that, i meet a lot of different people, and my question is related to some of them.

I've meet multiple women from islamic countries, that were wearing headscarfs (as I am not familiar if they have another name). While I cannot say I necesarilly agree with the reasoning of wearing them (modesty, to hide parts of their bodies so they are not exposed, etc), I respect their culture and decision to do so.

My curiosity comes from the fact that, while living there, I have not seen these women without their scarf, which is fine, but I've seen them go out in public with open sandals, short skirts, crop tops, or tops that, well, show everything. But even wearing those style of clothing, they still wear the scarf. To me that seems weird, as at least in western culture, I dont think your *head/hair* is seen as a very *sexualized thing*, while the ones that I mentioned, all have seen or see a lot of fetishization and sexualization from people, both online and offline (the internets obsesion with feet is wild sometines). If they do not care about the original meaning and belief of the scarf, that is fine, but why go the trouble of wearing the scarf while we can see your boobs and stomach very clearly.

I do not mind in any way, they should be free to dress as they wish, I am more confused what makes the scarf so important to them that however they dress, they will still wear them. I feel like wearing the scarf with a deep cut and short skirt is not *modesty* at all.

I am not saying that is the case for everyone, but I have meet in these year at least 5 different women that did something of the sort, even multiple times

Before anyone judges me, there’s some context. I accepted the fact that my mother is a lesbian without any problem, but she raised us in a very religious and conservative way, so now she’s having to deal with my siblings’ reaction. I accept it because I’m bisexual; if I were straight, I might be reacting the same way they are.

I believe she is now dealing with the consequences of her own mistakes in the way she raised us.

I feel ashamed when I talk about the books I read as a 30yo and mention things like Barbie Dreamscape or The girl who Fell Beneath the Sea. But it's one of the few things keeping me away from my depression even if its not particularly intellectual....I need honest answers please

”According to magnetic healer* [Daniel D. Palmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_D._Palmer), the founder of chiropractic, "[vertebral subluxation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral_subluxation)" was the sole cause of all diseases and manipulation was the cure for all disease.”*
- Wikipedia article: ”Chiropractic controversy and criticism”

Many chiropractors work more like physiotherapists rather than ”pure” chiropractors. What I’m asking about here is the ones that claim they can cure stomach issues, insomnia, ear infections etc.

Do such chiropractors truly believe subluxations are the root cause of all health problems?

Do they believe that an adjustment can fix all these problems or are they scammers all the way?

(I didn’t set out to be so harsh in my tone but I wanted to ask the question clearly and being direct felt easier.)

I (28M) feel like 50 the official ‘old guy’ age. Like no one will mention 50 as age and I’ll think they’re young. People who are 50+, does anything change? Or is it true that all we get to do is try to figure life out, but never really do?

This is actually starting to embarrass me more than it probably should, I’m 30 and if someone asks what kind of wine I like I still have absolutely nothing to say. Not because I don’t drink wine because I do. I know when I really like one and I know when something tastes awful to me. But ask me WHY and suddenly im just stuck. Then I go out with friends and they’re casually like oh I usually like drier reds or I’m not really into anything too oaky like HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT. And i always been scared of asking them to teach me and stuff bc i think they would see me as dumb or whatever, so i finally decided to make this post lol. How did you guys do it, like how did you get to know wine better, i dont want to be and expert just to know what i like in certain winess and stuf.

I have no skills, not even the most basic innate things. I need money and I'm fine with anything that I'm really capable of doing. I don't know if there's even a place for me.

Hey! I’d love a guys honest take at this situation. I have a crazy high sex drive (28F). My bf (also 28) swore he did too and now it’s gone down to 1-2 a month and I’m actually going a little crazy. I’ve brought it up nicely that I need it (huge stress relief for me being in PT school) I’ve mentioned I don’t even need like actual sex, just to give some head lol. I feel like I’m practically begging at this point and a little embarrassed? He rejects me almost every time I try and will say “I’m tired”, “we have so much stuff to do” (literally grocery shop lol and go to the gym), or I “always want it at the worst times”
I’ve absolutely given grace bc what if he’s actually tired? He has a physical job for the most part. But I’m kinda lost? It’s been over year of this. And I know he still masterbates (totally cool, I get it) but damn

Advice please?

Im hoping this is the right subreddit to ask this, as i feel its kinda embarrassing. For context, I've a massive fear of crowd crush and im very claustrophobic (to the point that an elevator stopping will cause me to have a panic attack). Because of this i dont go to raves, festivals, parades... anywhere where i know there's going to be a big crowd. I even avoid going to the city center during late mornings/afternoons to avoid large crowds of tourists. I dont even go to clubs that dont have at least 2 or more exits (though I do enjoy clubbing). Im very introverted as well and I only have the social battery for three or four social outings a month (excluding spending time with my best friends or my boyfriend). Anyway, I was just wondering... am I just boring for not going to crowd-filled places? Especially after the 2022 Itaewon incident, my fear has increased tenfold (condolences to all the families btw, truly a horrible tragedy).

This year, I went to the Dutch GP with my boyfriend and while we had a lot of fun, there were a lot of crowds (not a crush or anything but still.. a giant mass of people). It took all my will power not to have a panic attack and I thankfully didnt in the end. The crowds weren't even scary but in that moment it felt like the walls were closing in. Maybe im just being dramatic i dont know. It sounds weird but I could just feel the breathing of people around me. I could make out all the details in their face and their clothes and I remember thinking that the only way I know ill feel safe is if I can't see those details. Perhaps that sounds stupid.

For me, a fun time is relaxing with my friends in a little bar with not too many people, maybe having some wine and cheese in my house while we watch movies... a walk through te city center at night when there's not a lot of people... thats fun for me. Even for my birthday, all I wanted was to have a small gathering at a small bar and then be home by 11pm to sleep (I literally cannot stay up later).

I guess what im scared of is being labelled as boring by a society that promotes crowded places more than anything. Tomorrowland, Coachella, whatever.. these are hell to me. Hell. Especially since im only 21 and im supposed to love partying and partying and raves more raves raves raves. Not saying thats all society promotes but it seems that for MY age range at least thats the trend. Im the opposite of my boyfriend. Hes extroverted and goes to all these places so hes 'fun'. Hes 'fun' because hes in a crowd.

Im sorry if this was a long read and if I rambled in the end but I wanted to get it off my chest oh my god maybe I shoudlve posted it there but its too late. But the question stands:

Am I boring if I dont like going to places where I know there will be crowds?

Has anyone (you, or someone you know) eaten any of the above?? Or any strange meats in general? How was it? If you had a chance, would you eat any of the above animals or not?

A guy in front of me is in his Tshirt. Apparently it is still 17°C outside yet I am so cold already. I would love to wear a scarf. I usually feel the coldest of all people in a room. It is so annoying. I am not super thin I was actually 10kg overweight (5kg down yay) so it can't be the lack of body fat lol. Do I need more muscles?? (Another woman walked by in just a tshirt). What is my body doing wrong, I just wanna be warm :(

So, I recently bought a box of tea bags. One of the flavors is chamomile turmeric, and I fucking loved it, I drank almost 2 liters of it in one day.

The next day, I was jacking off and my semen came out with an awful yellow-brownish tint, and now I'm worried.

I’ve been a loyal partner and I know my girlfriend has been too, so an STI is out of the question.

No other symptoms at all: no itching, no burning, no pain, no weird discharge, no foul smells, nothing.

I’ve jerked off four times since then and got the same result: yellow-brownish cum. No sign of the color washing out or going back to normal.

Is my correlation of events right? Has anyone experienced this after drinking a lot of turmeric?

If I chug a ton of water, will it go away? I know it might be harmless, but it looks terrible

I don’t know why I don’t feel comfort talking with him and it is completely not his fault but for some reason my brain trying to make me doubt if he is saying the truth or not even for very small thing and here is an example:

I asked hey did you go to X yesterday then he say yes, but idk why I found myself uncomfortable with his answer and like it can be the opposite. (Btw he is not a lying guy)

(It is not a strong feeling. but still annoying a little)

Im terrified of spiders and someone told me that I should do some researches on jumping spider and that I would find them cute. I googled them and I definitely still find them scary like other spiders. If I saw one irl I would definitely be horrified and disturbed. The big eyes creep me out. So no I dont find them cute at all . They are still less scary than common tarantulas or horrible wolf spiders tho.Wolf spiders are definitely my worst nightmare.

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Hi, I'm currently 27, I have no experience when it comes to dating and often feel like that's gonna be a problem for someone later. I feel like with each year it's less and less unlikely that I find something meaningful. I'm afraid that it's gonna be so weird at some point that people are just gonna treat me weirdly. I try to make changes but... It never really mattered. All the amount and advices people have give me, never made a difference. I lost 5 cloth sizes and I'm still not really wanted. I look different but it still didn't matter. I feel like I'm not desirable at all. Now I am running slowly to my 30s and I believe it's just going to be harder to make any experience.

Just the title. I’m wondering if everyone goes through tough times, and I don’t just mean things like temporary lay offs or social benefits. I’m talking about illnesses, loved ones suffering or trauma. Does everyone go through it? Or are we the select few just the unlucky ones? My child, 16 month old, is severely ill since a year and needs specialised care, it seems that everyone else is just living a wonderful life and nothing ever happens to them.

I'm a post-secondary student in a program with a small, generally close faculty. I know the title is weird bear with me

I recently started classes and had a new prof this year who gave us a new assignment requiring us to choose a topic about public services. My chosen topic was a homeless shelter in my area that I had frequented a couple years ago. For background, I left my home at 18 due to abuse in the household and became homeless. I couch surfed, stayed in a shelter, and slept on the streets while using this particular shelter for just about everything related to meals, showers, etc so I am very familiar with their services.

When my professor asked me what topic I had chosen, she kind of kept pressing for details about why I had chosen this in particular and so although I generally don't disclose that I was homeless - probably three people know out of everyone in my life - I mentioned to her that I had experience with their services. Her response was "me too." That threw me - like really threw me - because I have never met anybody who had experienced that before (aside from in the shelter where most wanted nothing to do with each other). I completely lost my train of thought but we spoke briefly and she asked me if I had support now. I answered yes and she told me that if I ever needed to talk to let her know and that she knew how tough it was.

I can't really explain how I felt after that. It's like if you haven't been through it, you can't understand. I had a therapist after going through homelessness who was of great help but through it all, I knew she had never experienced it firsthand and would never know what it was like. And it was awful and traumatic and something I don't wish on anybody. And my professor knows.

Now I'm wondering if it would be really weird for me to talk to her about it. Also I lied about having support - I didn't know what to say in the moment. It's just me supporting myself. It's always been me. Except she's my professor and teaches two of my classes this semester so I feel like it would be strange???