I got a thermostatic shower mixer from ikea and it’s awsome. Just set your preffered temp and it will make sure it stays that way. It wasn’t even that expensive. I wish more people knew about it.
Europe is not one homogenous continent. Here in Europe where I am they are not common, and I’ve been to at least 2 other countries here in Euorpe where these mixers were not common.
Okay fair point. I think I’ve seen them, not everywhere mind you, but certainly encountered them in at least twelve countries here in Europe. So they’re certainly wide spread.
I found cheaper options too, but decided to go with ikea because they offer replacement ceramic cartrige which is apparently the only thing that can break on these mixers.
During Covid they were talking about letting people back on planes if everyone wore a mask. I told a friend that’s ridiculous, the total volume of air will be filled with corona virus, the mask doesn’t stop the virus it just projects the virus upwards.
Friend lost his shit. Called me a science denier and legitimately thought I was a right wing lunatic. The guy is a Staff software engineer at Meta. We rarely talk anymore which is too bad but also maybe for the best.
I’ve not used any alarm at all for the past 20 years. It’s amazing. I just automatically wake up at the same time every day. And go to sleep about the same time every day.
This only happened to me when I was in my 30s. I think my brain chemistry did not allow me when I was younger and in my 20s to do this. Now I can barely stay up late and I wake up consistently before my alarm.
I just have some empty phrases for that purpose, like “It’s going!” or “It sure is a day!”. Feel free to combine with facial expressions that are difficult to interpret for maximum confusion.
Thing is, it’s smalltalk. Smalltalk serves a purpose and it’s not the acquisition of information, so your concrete answer is kind of vain.
Smalltalk is rather for getting an emotional feel for each other. It’s the first step towards any sort of interpersonal relationship. And it can also lead to deeper topics, but it doesn’t have to.
No, that definitely isn’t its usual purpose. We do it to soften otherwise mechanical interactions where there is no expectation beyond the exchange of information required to facilitate a transaction.
My go to answers are: “I’m hanging in there”, “been better, been worse”, “oh you know how it is”, (if they ask “how’s it going?”) “it’s going”, etc. You can be honest without being candid.
Once you learn about the magical alarm app Gentle Wakeup (paid, worth it, made by a doctor), you will throw all your alarms out of the window. It changed my life.
Wanna hear genuinely useful sleep tips?
Get your sunshine fix for Vitamin D. It regulates body’s internal clock aka circadian rhythm. 20-30 minutes twice a week, with minimum clothing for maximum exposure.
Calculate your sleep cycles. It varies between 90-100 minutes, and you take 4-5 of them. Usually 4 if not an old age person.
Use the Gentle Wakeup alarm app and set it accordingly with nice music.
Set one alarm at the end of 3rd sleep cycle block, and one at the 4th (or 4th and 5th if old age).
Sleep at night as intended, and not at 6am scrolling like a zombie. Even 12 midnight can work out well for an office goer.
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