Like the kind of place you go in your dream when IRL your mouth is open and dry af, but you’re asleep and all you know is that you’re really thirsty. It’s a cursed vending machine, where no matter how much you drink, your thirst is never gone.

Like the opposite of “the bathroom” dream where you really need to pee.

My parents wouldn’t have gone there, but my little brother and I would’ve explored the shit out of places like this. Seeing someplace so empty would’ve triggered our imaginations, we’d probably end up pretending the room is actually full of stuff but it’s all invisible or something.

There are other news links, but this is one I found on the front page, for context: https://lemmy.world/post/48906051?scrollToComments=true

TL;DR: Apparently ESA is calling private servers “illegal.”

A single trip to the psych office has a $200 co-pay per visit where I am, and that’s with insurance.

Even the people in the US who recognize their issues and want help for them are priced out.