[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

If the road in front of me appears unobstructed, I should be able to check my blind spot without falling in a ditch.

Imagine if the freeway had features in the middle of the lanes that could total your car. People would lose their minds if it wasn't fixed.

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"One time, when hosting Pointless, we showed a picture of the earth and asked 'what is this' and it scored 92" (this means 8 out 100 people got the question wrong).

Other guest: "who are those people??"

Osman: "who knows, but they are out there driving?"

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

Did you read the article? He woke up and purposely drove into the officers vehicles. This wasn't an accident.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 7 points 9 months ago

Ironically, doordash had "you don't need to tip, we charge the fee to pay a living wage!" as it's original way to differentiate itself from you having The Pizza guy deliver.

Back in beta there was no tip option.

I stopped using them when they started to have separate tips for the in house staff and the driver, plus a 20% fee. Turns out your can pick up your own hot food faster for much less money.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 4 points 9 months ago

Probably no amount.

We aren't crazy wealthy, but we have enough equity in a high value real estate market that if we sold our house and moved to many places I'm the world we could live well without being required to work. As a result we have asked ourselves many times: "where would we go and what would we do?" And don't have a better place then we are (near both our families) or our current jobs. Our kids are in school, so traveling is limited, since we don't want to make home schooling our job.

The only thing I wish we could afford is first class airfare when we do fly once a year or so, but I wouldn't call that life changing.

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[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

Conservative means resistant to change. No one mentioned the noun form.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

Especially while driving. I found that if I felt bad for idiot drivers as their lives must be much harder than mine due to their latent impatience, rage, or incompetent, I was much less stressed. Just let them get on with it, slow down, and get home safe.

Now I almost never drive and that has helped even more.

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[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Agree that meal boxes are a good training step. We started using blue apron and after we got the hang of things, realized how much cheaper it would be to buy the ingredients on our own. The bottles of sauces can be pricey up front, but once you have a collection of them, cooking is easier and cheaper. Also, people are really impressed if you can impromptu make something without having to go out shopping.

I felt like a true adult when I decided to make hummus one day and just happened to have everything for it.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

For me, I needed a therapist and meds. I was walking, gardening, had hobbies, biked for transportation, meditated. Sometimes you need chemicals to fix a chemical problem.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

In my opinion, it is another way to get value out of the user instead of giving value.

Managers have to do very little work in terms of understanding the skills of their employees if we do it for them.

A huge step I found in terms of my mental health was to refuse to give reviews anymore, in any form. I am now able to enjoy my experiences a lot more without looking for reasons to critique them.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

That's why I get all the boosters.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I tell my students that going to a challenging class and not participating is like going to the gym and watching people work out. It is not only fairly useless to your goal of improving yourself, it creeps out everyone else and makes it feel like an unsafe place to try new things and make mistakes.

[-] platypuspup@mander.xyz 34 points 1 year ago

I've recently found that it is way easier in your thirties to make friends with 70 year olds. They have time to meet whenever you are available, have great perspective and in my case, share more if my interests than people my age.

Try gardening groups, dancing lessons, bridge groups, local language classes, and you'll find tons of friends!

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