Yeah this whole things needs to be shifted toward the unanticipated because IME, the things i worry about have zero to do with the bad things I experience.

You cant really prepare for the actual things that matter. Might as well not worry. Life is chaotic.

Optimism sounds hard when life gets difficult, but really its just recognizing that in the grand scheme of things, nothing matters but what you experience, so everything thats good is really good. The bad stuff still sucks, but we’ve always had bad, and we’ve always had good, and its all just what its going to be, in our deterministic universe. And thats OK. If you want to see the good, you can, even if it takes some effort, and thats great.

I used to think i was a pessimist, but that was wrong, because i always expect the best of any situation. These days they call that hope or copium, but its optimism. I never actually expect things to suck, i hope for the best and let myself be disappointed by people, because to me, thats emotionally easier than expecting the worst all the time. People aren’t bad, they have bad motivations as a result of our broken antisocial systems. And it helps to remember that we survived thousands of years without the present level of conflict, because the vast majority of us, historically and presently, don’t want this shit.

Twice my salary is zero because I’ve been unemployed for four years now, but I’m also 39, so life goal achieved! Woohoo?

The halo effect is a real problem, Disney notwithstanding.

Society needs to move on from the belief that beauty is a blessing from the gods. But its been a problem since forever.

I want to do a new job every 6 month or so. Thats long enough to get really really good at it, but not long enough to get bored or develop anxiety about doing it.

That’s technically what temp agency contracts are, but I don’t like when someone takes part of my paycheck for doing absolutely fuck-all and the jobs on offer fucking suck. But finding your own contracts is honestly a full-time job by itself. I know because I’ve done that for years.

Life is unfair, just give me a job and I’ll at least temporarily be the best employee you’ve ever had!

since all vehicles require yearly registration with mileage anyway.

I am 100% certain my state doesn’t keep track of mileage, even superficially, because I have never looked at my odometer for any paperwork reasons.

Registration yes, mileage no, and even emission testing varies by county/city.

You should see the damage farm equipment causes.

I pay my EV fee ($175 every year) even tho I barely drive, which is why I got an EV (old car needed to be replaced anyway). In the last year prior to getting an EV, I filled up my 10-gallon tank maybe four times. At 18 cents per gallon I probably paid $8 toward road repair via gas taxes, so I’m paying way way way more now. Farm equipment doesn’t pay shit to fix the copious damages they cause going between their fields, since most of their gas use isn’t on the roads and many large farms have their own fuel pumps and buy bulk.

I like your proposal, but I’d add a HUGE flat fee to large farm equipment, or just entirely ban it from paved roads, where it very specifically is not meant to be.

Cats are crepuscular, which means they are most active at dawn and dusk. They aren’t doing a whole lot of hunting in the middle of the day regardless of their pupil size.

As long as they can find some “cause”, then you’re fired and ineligible for unemployment benefits.

This is a common misconception, and everyone should apply for unemployment if they lose their job for any reason, including if they quit because they felt pressured to leave (constructive dismissal).

They need an actual good cause, like actual damages to the company or something, and they need to be willing and able to back up their claim that you are ineligible, or the unemployment offices will side with you and award it anyway. They generally favor employees over employers in decisions, because they know the bullshit companies do to not pay out.

Lose your job? Apply. You have literally nothing to lose.

Wonder what the largest naturally-occurring pyrite cube is, hypothetically speaking. Like is there an upper limit on size or are borg cubes grown and then hollowed out?

Yeah, I also really enjoy planning around the wait time.

On another trip, we stopped somewhere for a charge on a level 2, cuz I’m not a huge fan of fast charge prices if I can avoid them (plus not great for the battery, by my understanding) and I’m never really in a hurry to get places. So instead of rush rush to get back on the road, we walked 20 min to a nice lakeside bar and grill, sat outside on the deck, and took an hour or so for lunch. Then another 20 min back to the car for about 2 hours worth of charge (40 or so additional miles for $2, not a ton, but enough to get where we were going so we could drop it longer at another level 2 charger).

I actively enjoy how it slows your travel down to a more relaxing pace. Between needing to drive slower to increase range, and needing to wait for a charge, it really encourages experiencing the trip. It encourages getting out to stretch your legs. It encourages time to sit and enjoy food, and have a conversation. It encourages stopping in small towns because “hey this town has a free/cheap charger! Let’s see if theres any good food!”

I’m in a part of the midwest that doesn’t have a whole lot of EV infrastructure, so I go out of my way for stuff more. I’d prefer we had more chargers, but I’m totally fine with getting a bit off the standard path, taking back roads to small towns, and avoiding highways entirely. Its good for exploration!

I just got back from an overnight trip.

Avoiding highways to get the best mileage I could (ended up with +50 miles for technique in spite of terrain being hilly/curvy and using air conditioning /flex) it was a 3-hour drive both ways. I charged my car at home before leaving, which was cheap, and when I got to my destination, I charged at the city hall charger, which was free. Most chargers around me that are maintained by town/city governments are set to be free, which makes planning trips pretty easy for cost savings.

Total cost for the transit portion of the trip, including the post-trip home recharge: under $5.

The same trip in the ICE vehicle we had available would have been about 10 gallons, or around $50.

So yeah, I’m pretty happy with the cost savings. Plus it’s dead quiet, which is highly pleasing on long trips, makes the whole thing surprisingly less shit. (I dislike driving, generally, but driving an electric is actually pretty nice)

That’s even weirder tbh :p

Because he did have it covered…

Its face is hairless and is covered by convoluted outgrowths of skin (hence the name wrinkle-faced). These skin flaps are more pronounced in males than females. Males also possess a skin mask that can be used to cover their face.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrinkle-faced_bat

Excuse me, what the fuck.

Really old movies had the actors and actresses wearing weird colors of makeup because the film wasn’t equally sensitive to all colors. I sort of wonder if thats what’s going on with this as well, but idk what kind of film was used for this.

Here’s a bit about the colors, including blue for contour, and yellow or green lipstick because red looked black.

https://www.insp.com/stories/the-colorful-makeup-of-black-and-white-westerns/

I bought a 4-times-daily 31-day pill case. Thats 124 compartments, plus theres an extra stick because they come in a grid, which I use for travel, for a total of 128.

I fill it whenever I get my new bottles, and sure, its kinda big, and I never use all 31 sticks because I only take meds once a day, but it does mean I only have to fill it once per refill (90 days).

Thats a level of remembering I can do. Plus if I ever have to swap to twice daily, I have plenty of spares, just working from the other end.

Only real downside is you need to re-label them, and if you take meds daily, you need to use two sticks a week, with an empty compartment.

Or if 1-month intervals are fine for you, especially if you take meds twice a day anyway, you can just use it as-is :)

Objectively better indeed.

That’s it. That’s what it is.

He’s in the same niche as Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Insufferable douchbag.

Same. I’m down to have all my teeth removed and let new ones grow in, to repair the gum-line corrosion from my early childhood that leaves me highly susceptible to cavities. I have more fillings than teeth at this point.

Also, Americans tend not to use “holiday”, we say “vacation” unless we are talking about a specific day which is a holiday, which doesn’t really fit this context.