Gormadt

Gormadt, 5 months ago

Which reply?

Gormadt, 5 months ago

Fusion reactors

Plentiful and reliable public transportation

Astroid mining

Gormadt, 5 months ago

I know I know

It’s such a far fetched idea it sits in the same camp as teleporting but we all have to have dreams, and napping on the train on the way to work sounds so pleasant

Gormadt, 5 months ago

They look better than smoke stacks

And in all honesty they remind me of like a leisurely creek or small waterfall in that they kinda just keep going on in a pleasant consistent kind of way ya know?

Basically what I’m saying is that they’re pretty IMO

https://media.tenor.com/fdXD9mBIdtAAAAAM/wind-mill-ilocos.gif

Gormadt, 5 months ago

Think of the prevalence of van lifers

It’s been gaining popularity as it gets harder and harder to own anything

Gormadt, 5 months ago

I was homeless for 8 years and a good portion of that I lived in my car

What I wouldn’t have given to have a safe place to park each night during that time

It’s better than a tent, but not by much

Gormadt, 5 months ago

Having financial plans in place is very important, I know it’s hard but making a savings account will help a lot. Even if you just set it up so that $20 a week goes to it it will help.

Most Americans can’t afford a $500 emergency so your first goal will be getting to that point in a savings account. Your second goal will be getting to that point plus having funds in your account for you deductibles for your insurances (car, health, renters, etc). Then your out of pocket max for health.

It’s a slow roll building a savings account and it’s hard to leave it alone but it will help a lot.

Of course even then it’s still pretty nerve wracking so one thing that I’ve done is get a line of credit with my credit union and some credit cards with really high limits that I pay off every month and only use for like gas or groceries. That way they stay open and in the event of a financial emergency that surpasses my savings I’m not completely fucked. Which saved my ass 2 years ago when I had to have emergency dental surgery 3 times in one year. ($10k that I’m still paying off)

Basically trying not to over extend yourself financially will help immensely.

But a massive help is having a healthy social safety net.

Gormadt, 5 months ago

My finances took a huge hit due to that and basically had me plate spinning for awhile.

Now that I’ve only got a few thousand left to pay it’s a lot easier.

The fun thing about stereotypes is that they are just blanket statements that apply to basically none of them.

Are there some lazy and stupid poor people? Yes, but they exist all along the financial spectrum.

The discipline necessary for having credit cards with high limits makes things really tough (trust me I know)

Gormadt, 5 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I could write a novel here honestly but I’ll keep it a bit brief:

Don’t ask your toddler which parent they’ll go with if you 2 get a divorce. If you don’t love your partner you should get a divorce. Joint custody is a thing.

Don’t “stay together for the kids” you will only cause them more mental harm in the long run.

Don’t make your young children have to be the most mature person in the room. They should be allowed to be a kid.

Be at least somewhat involved in your kids lives, if you’re not don’t be surprised when they don’t choose to involve you in their lives as they get older.

Gormadt, 5 months ago

If they have an app they can gather far more personal data from you (and your device) that they can then turn around and sell

Gormadt, 5 months ago

Hell apps can gather a lot of info without actually asking for permissions

For example the accelerometer can be used without permissions

Gormadt, 5 months ago

I’ve been there friend, it’s pretty shitty

Gormadt, 5 months ago

Don’t shit in your car.

Party pooper

Gormadt, 5 months ago

If I pull this out of a stump do I get to be king?

It’s a cool shelf piece but in terms of practicality I’m to attached to my extremities to dare to turn it on

Gormadt, 5 months ago

You should try to explain to the family why you weren’t there (if they’ll listen)

But honestly if they’re being so petty of you missing 1 party it might be time to look more deeply at the kind of relationships you have with them

Personally I haven’t seen most of my relatives in years due to a great many of them being really shitty people or being complacent when those shittier relatives are being shitty. And it’s been pretty nice how much my stress levels have gone down during the holidays.

Family is the relationship, relatives are blood. Just because someone is related to you doesn’t mean they’re family.

Gormadt, 6 months ago

Woah there bud, tone down the racism towards gratches a little bit. They’re people too you know and they just want rights.

Gormadt, 6 months ago (edited 3 months ago)

Hell it’s the year I’m switching

At this point it’s just Adobe keeping there

Gormadt, 6 months ago

Primarily Lightroom at this point

I’ve used Darktable as an alternative before and I’m going to be trying it again as it was back in 3.something I last used Darktable

I really like the editing process in Lightroom but I’m hoping I can get used to something else

Davinci Resolve is one that I’ve used a lot and I’m happy there’s a Linux version, and the payment method is something I really enjoy about it compared to other editing software

Gormadt, 6 months ago

Switching to Linux, my comment was pretty poorly worded due to staying up almost 6 hours later than I normally do

Gormadt, 6 months ago

It does but the benefits to ones mental health from talking with randos is fucking bliss

Gormadt, 6 months ago

Oh that sounds like fun

I would love to get local post cards and trade them with someone else far away from where I’m at

Gormadt, 6 months ago

5 minutes into my shift the other day I took a hydraulic shower because some dingleberry didn’t report an accident where they broke a hydraulic hose on their forklift

They just parked it, grabbed a different forklift, then finished their shift

Then I came in to do my forklift inspections and got blasted with hydraulic fluid from the severed hose the moment I started my testing

So I had to fill out a shit ton of additional paperwork and scrub all the fluid off of me with the soap we had available (foaming hand soap)

I’m just happy that I had extra clothes in my car because if I didn’t that would have really ruined my day

All in all, a really shitty way to start a Friday

Gormadt, 6 months ago

I’m the guy who does all of our forklift inspections at my facility for all 60ish of our forklifts every day‡ (the bosses think it more efficient having 1 person check them all rather than everyone checking their lifts)

What the person had done after tearing the hose was clean up the forklift with paper towels and jam the hose back onto the connector by hand (saw the camera footage because I have access to those (for some reason‡‡)) which is why I missed seeing the busted line on my visual inspection

There were a series of very “fun” pre-shift meetings the following day that’s for sure, and dingleberry got a 3 day suspension for not reporting the accident that tore the hose

‡ I also recently got the position because the other guy walked off due to a disagreement with manglement. This incident was the first Friday of having the position after the other guy left. They gave me fuck all for training (basically only the paperwork side on the day they left). But needless to say I’ve got a better checklist for those inspections now.

‡‡ I’ve talked with IT about it (among so many other info sec concerns) over the years and they’ve assured me (and my bosses) that they’ve revoked access. Yet it has never gone away. They’re great.

Gormadt, 6 months ago

Straight up though the previous guy basically shrugged and ticked boxes for a hell of a long time

Literally the first week I was doing the job I had to get oil for 15 forklifts due to them being so low on oil that it didn’t even touch the dip sticks

I’ve also pulled so much crap out of the engine bays on those things it’s crazy, and a lot of it was full of cottonwood fluff so it’s been in there for almost a year

Gormadt, 6 months ago

Funnily enough: no. They were unaware how much he was letting things go, they are aware now but they weren’t aware at the time.

The disagreement was because they were changing his start time from 5am to 9:30am.