Capitalism is capitalism. What you are really saying is that there are other factors at play that actually make the difference. I guess it’s the fact that in europe (and germany) the goverment governs the free market more. In the united states there is more of a free market and more ‘lobbied’ politicians keeping it that way (the dragon).
It seems to finally be consistently below freezing in southern Wisconsin. We had some snow in November that made me hopeful but yet another year with little snow until the new year
I spent the week after Christmas at the top of Michigan’s upper peninsula. I was close enough to get Welcome to Canada messages on my phone but I don’t have a current passport so I couldn’t visit. Which is bullshit by the way, I’ve been there with just my DL many times.
But there was no snow. It rained several days. WTF?!
Sure, but that’s also the ideal way to go out. Definitely beats being one of those people that shakes a vending machine in a fit of a rage and ends up being crushed over a bag of Cheetos.
I use a Windows PC for work with Chrome because we are on G suite and it’s just easier that way. I am constantly annoyed by how terrible the spellcheck is within chrome. It did not used to be this bad. It highlights “thier” as misspelled but only suggests thief theirs and shier. Yeah… ok google. Expect me to believe that when AI is in every thing. I can run a LLM on same the laptop OFFLINE. Word 93 knew to autocorrect to their with no internet and no ai. Of course you get frustrated, go to settings and see this stupid little toggle. Fucking Google already… it will only get worse. They’re already key-logging you they just want to pay out less on a future class action settlement. Like the one they just settled for tracking user data during incognito sessions. God damned Google. Oh sorry, I mean aLpHaBeT. You guys like letters now do ya Google? Well here are my faves. F and U !
I’ve always wondered how that works. Are their databases just too large and it fucks up returns or is there someone smart out there purposely returning bad searches constantly to ruin their spell check. Is their dev inept? Lol.
Gboard was my go to for ages but finding a different keyboard on mobile has not been fun for off brand phones.
Happens all the time with my ex who I still talk to. She’ll go on these annoying rants about someone she’s dealing with and it’s obvious to me that she’s in the wrong, but won’t listen to anything I say about it. She fixates on these pointless details that have nothing to do with her true motivations. Super annoying when she’s in one of those moods.
Dont let these clods fool you, pretty much every part of this map has its beautiful spots. You would have to be blind not to get a great view at the top or even side of a mountain
“Just gotta make it to Christmas” “just gotta make it til I have my bachelor’s, then I can have a more comfy job with fewer hours” “just gotta make it a few more decades til retirement”
Whatever you can tell yourself so you don’t have a mental breakdown.
Dude I know who worked his ass off, and basically lived for his job, died two days ago from a heart attack. He was 61 years old. Poor guy didn’t even make it to retirement
I tried my whole life to get up early, one day I just gave up. Started my own company, bought a house - now I live and work like nature made me. No, I wear clothes, it’s just the sleep. Btw it’s interesting when you’re hiring how many people are like that and love the hours. I can recommend that to every night person.
Most of the startups I’ve worked for dont have any of their meetings until nearly lunch time to account for the fact that most programmers stay up late
I’ve been realizing lately that it might be from ADHD - along with many other symptoms. Hoping to get diagnosed next year, and hopefully I won’t waste quite so much time just quietly stressing out.
Yes, medicated. Since committing to medication I’ve really pulled it together. I went off meds for a while in my late 20s and good lord did I set myself back. Getting ready in the morning is still a wild ride, but if I do everything as similarly as possible it helps.
Edit: sorry to say the medication does not fix my time blindness. I am an aggressive user of my work calendar and phone reminders.
Most symptoms of the “milder” mental disorders (depression, anxiety, adhd, etc.) are things that everyone experiences at some point in their lives.
It’s the degree of experience, frequency, and impact that differentiate the two. Also, when those symptoms don’t have an environmental/situational/logical cause.
For example, being too anxious to go out with friends, or compulsively checking that the stove is off even though you know damn well it hasn’t been turned on in a month. Also, being sad because your pet died isn’t a mental disorder like clinical depression.
The line between the two is definitely fuzzy, but psychology is a super complex topic.
This is also, generally speaking, the line between, say, having obsessive compulsions and having OCD. So if anyone is looking for a way express “haha, I’m totally ocd” without sounding dismissive of people with a serious disorder, just say “sometimes I have obsessive compulsions”. That would imply it’s nothing serious.
Same for PTSD. It’s ok to experience post-traumatic stress after something “rather banal”, like I don’t know, seeing a stranger break their leg. And calling post-traumatic stress is fine. Just don’t say “that baby on the airplane gave me ptsd.” That’s quite dismissive.
Anyone that needs help, go get it. Don’t let that your problem feels banal be an impediment. If something is impacting your life negatively, tune it up.
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