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Ainiriand, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?

Fortunately for us we make a lot of money so we don’t look at prices.

blad314,

Same here.

BigTrout75, in Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI?

LOL, ask anyone in IT marketing how they feel about AI.

Che_Donkey, in How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?
@Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml avatar

For me I decided young that I needed a career that would take me places so I could have life experiences and maybe get a few bucks.

I applied to everything everywhere while I was working and always thought “it may suck, but at least it will be different.”

There are better systems, but IMO I was never able to find or capitalize on them so i needed to focus on what my current goals were keeping in the back of my mind that this is a marathon, not a sprint.

Be aware that your peers that do amazing work and get promotions, get that easy job or just get a lucky break only affect your life negatively if you let it.

Positive “coping mechanisms” help when dealing with stress (exercise routine, yoga, whateverworks for you), when negative coping mechanisms hurt.

I’ve been lucky enough to live and work in some amazing places, and 35 years later we have finally found a place we want to “settle”.

cheeseburger, in How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?
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Was just talking about how difficult work is going to make the next three days, so that I can’t wait until they’re over, but that’s another week of my life where I’m wishing for days to pass so I can try to be happy again. Lame. Lame as fuck.

corsicanguppy,

If you don’t enjoy your job, try to change it. I don’t love my job, but I like it; and the people are so great that it’s a good fit. We still have to work, so make it something you don’t loathe.

Gormadt, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’m doing a lot more cooking that’s for sure

Pancakes can really go with anything, they’re basically a large flat biscuit. Not to mention they keep quite nicely if frozen or simply put in the fridge

Gormadt, in What are you drinking tonight, and is it what you really want to be drinking?
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Water

I guess? I’d like to drink some coffee or tea but I have to get up in 7 hours so I really can’t until then

But water will do for now

pl_woah, in Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI?

I’m pissed that large corps are working hard on propaganda to say that LLMs and theft of copyright is good if they do it

confusedbytheBasics, in How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?

I’m half done. I’ve kept up my health and I’m trying to improve it even more. When I hit 65 I won’t be too old to do much.

But the real question should be what are you waiting until retirement to do and why not do it sooner?

13esq,

Because at the age of 36 I’m financially treading water and a week off here and there is enough time to de-stress from work, not enough time to do what I’d really like to.

Lennnny, in What are you drinking tonight, and is it what you really want to be drinking?
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Barr Hill gin and tonic. It’s fabulous.

theywilleatthestars, in What stupid injury left a long lasting impact on you?

Have a scar on my left thigh from slipping and falling onto a glass table while ranting about why ketchup on hotdogs is good actually

Shepstr,

Ketchup on hotdogs is good. Wear your battlescar with pride.

Pr0v3n, (edited )

Was this even an argument? Tomato sauce is incredible and a staple on hotdogs and Bunnings snags. Are there anti-tomato sauce hotdog people??

viking,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Ketchup =/= tomato sauce.

Ketchup is mostly water and sugar.

Pr0v3n, (edited )

Ahh fair fair. That’s my aussie ignorance showing.

Does ketchup taste like tomato sauce on a hotdog then?

I’ve always assumed Ketchup was the Americanism for tomato sauce.

solitaire, in How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?
@solitaire@infosec.pub avatar

I’ve pretty consistently chosen less hours and better working conditions over pay since I started to have that choice. It’s made it a lot more tolerable. I’m currently on a four day week, with a minimal commute, good perks and a relatively stress free job that I took a pay cut for. My retirement savings look pretty slim, but due to my health the chance of a long one isn’t much higher anyway.

Not without it’s issues. Pay is pretty significantly below the median. Fortunately I’m not interested in having kids and I’m content living cheaply, even if it sounds boring. But I’m in a weird dead zone for government support; for instance - if I earned more, there are programs for “middle income” housing and the like that I earn too little to qualify for. Low income housing programs are a joke - with wait times being as much as a decade -but even if it wasn’t I’m not high priority anyway. Also no way on earth I’m ever getting a home loan, even though mortgage repayments would be less than rent and I could conceivably make the deposit.

solitaire, in What stupid injury left a long lasting impact on you?
@solitaire@infosec.pub avatar

It’s a little petty, but I constantly feel stupidest about my hearing. Cranked my music too loud and didn’t wear ear protection ever when I was younger. The tinnitus gets so bad sometimes it makes me suicidal.

ZoeyCutieshy, in What stupid injury left a long lasting impact on you?
@ZoeyCutieshy@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I tried to stand on the very tip of my toes about a decade ago, since then I get these horrible toe cramps every time I move my toes a little too much.

TheBananaKing, in What stupid injury left a long lasting impact on you?

I went jogging on slightly damp asphalt with my then-7yo.

I tripped on nothing and dislocated the living fuck out of my ankle, to the point that the paramedic insisted on sitting up by my head in the ambulance so she didn’t have to look at it - it was indeed extremely cursed.

They said that I escaped major reconstructive surgery by grams and millimetres, but the ligament went to hell and my ankle is now only held together with chewing gum and hope.

Running more than for the bus is off the cards for the rest of my life - however I’m otherwise fine, and I go hiking at every opportunity.

viking, in How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much?
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Yeah I’m doing whatever I want as long as there’s still some life left in this body. Opted for a career that gets me to live all over the world, decided very early on that I’ll never have kids, and live my life to the fullest.

Accidentally I’m also really good at what I do and got people pay me big time to live where I want to be. About to move to my 10th country on the third continent.

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