I just got a 765cfm battery-powered leaf blower and…

…it’s so much fun. Mindlessly entertaining. I don’t even care if I just blow the leaves back and forth, it’s just…weirdly fun.

Also fun to blow random things around the house until someone gets mad.

Tell me more about this immediate fog thing, what causes it and what doesn’t it clear quickly?

edit: Wait the masks only produce oxygen for 30s or the breathable oxygen at that altitude is only available for ~30s?

Children?

As a heavy Windows user on a 12+ hour/day basis - I 110% agree with you.

That they’ll be together in the same area at the same time. Do with that what you will.

This might not be the perfect analogy but this made me think of people I know who find healthy relationships “boring” and prefer unhealthy relationships with a lot of fighting and drama because it’s more exciting.

But at the end of the day the healthy relationship is healthier, it just “feels” uncomfortable until one can realign to it. As another comment says, you feasibly have more time to do the same tasks and, thus, avoid any stress or anxiety but that is possibly going to feel weird and uncomfortable because of the anxiety you were so used to attaching to it.

Maybe it’ll just take some time?

This surprises me because McDonald’s app is hands down the worst app I’ve ever encountered in the history of all Android apps.

It’s is sluggish, ignores touches/taps half the time, doesn’t adhere to Android best practices for flow, crashes a lot, errors a lot, etc.

But OK McDonald’s. Fuck off.

🤔

I’m guessing it is meant to say “single” but I’m honestly not sure.

I actually tried to do this with a bar I owned back in the day. It was exciting / hopeful.

It went into effect January 1st, 2020. January for bars is rough because people do “dry January” so we hoped February and March would be good.

We all know what happened. It didn’t survive. Spent a good year or so continuing to pay wages and healthcare out of my own pocket, but I hit a point where I had to call it (mostly because I ran out of money and couldn’t get any more loans).

I plan to try again in the future, once I have the loans paid off and some padding saved again.

I also dream of a day where somewhat self-sustaining communes become more prevalent. Everyone living together on a shared plot and exchanging goods & services instead of money. Maybe it’s a pipe dream? I don’t know. I feel like it’ll become necessary over the next 4 years though.

I hope so. We need more organization though. The biggest hurdle to “us” as the majority is that we suck at working together and looking past differences for the greater good. And they will use every tool like media, social media, TV, film, and more to keep us that way.

Ah, yeah, sorry, didn’t mean to come off defeatist. I see that now.

As someone who recently ditched Alexa, blocks his smart TVs, and runs everything through PiHole and a VPN, I’m definitely…sorta trying.

I think it was during the Cambridge analytics days, but I read an article that the average person is tracked by over 5000 data points. So we’re already kinda f’d.

“God will bring the right person into your life”

I know someone who believes this so strongly that they don’t even really go out or date or anything. They legit believe that somehow their soulmate, chosen by God, will show up at their doorstep while they sit at home every night watching TV? I don’t understand.

I guess maybe if it’s the pizza delivery guy or something…

I’d say about 20% of people I encounter, including people in my immediate family, still believe this.

My uncle believes this and has made life decisions based on it … but has a financial advisor. So either that advisor sucks or he hasn’t actually discussed finances with them.

Needs less AI bullshit and then maybe I’d consider it.

Crappy-ass fine and simply a “cost of doing business” for them I bet. Damages have been done for which there is no undoing. Deplorable.

Go back to when I sold all 100+ Bitcoin for like $5 each and tell myself “no”.

Using a guillotine

I’d say over half. I and many others in my circle are already executing on our escape. If we even can…

America is done.

For those that can’t leave, find a community, build a commune, and support each other. Strength in numbers.