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YawnTractor_1756 t1_jc6jk0c wrote

Sure. The point is: find local newspaper and read it daily. You would not believe how great it feels to find out that everything is not actually bad and getting worse, and how satisfying it is to learn news about things you know, pass on daily basis and actually care about.

People were learnt to think global since WW2 but this pendulum has swung too far.

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troll-destroyer-3000 t1_jc6h18g wrote

A bit of googling shows it's not just my area.

Average prices:

Zucchini - $1.54/lb

Broccoli - ~$2/lb

Tomatoes - $2.23/lb

Corn on the cob - ~$0.50/lb (though really we should account for the cob weight)

Whole potatoes - $0.95/lb

Bone in chicken legs - ~$2/lb

And junk food:

Potato chips - $2.98/10.5oz

Big Mac - $5.17

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lynx_and_nutmeg t1_jc6d4e9 wrote

A lot of women themselves don't believe their pain is abnormal, though. Women are raised with the idea what periods are meant to be extremely painful and it's just a fact of life. Especially if their mothers, sisters or friends have debilitating periods as well, and that's their only point of reference so of course they assume this must be normal.

I still remember how shocked I was when my periods went from moderately painful to completely painless after a few months of whole food diet. I had no idea it was even possible to have a painless period. (Granted, I definitely did not have endometriosis which is a whole other animal and unlikely to get better without treatment).

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