Haha…I know about the almighty algorithm, but that’s not really the case for what I mean.
Ex: On Spotify, I have both happy songs and sad songs. I click on the sad songs and choose the sad playlists when I’m sad, even though they just propagate sadness. The option to choose the happy songs is right there and I’m not being “pushed” by some computer to pick the sad option. I just do.
Thank you for the suggestion. I don’t think I’m neurodivergent, just have a low mood and wasn’t sure where the proper general conversation community to post in would be.
That’s interesting. I wonder if I can trick myself into doing stuff like that as a form of punishment. Generally I find myself unable to move so I just stare into space. Sometimes I have a hard time even moving my arms and legs to drive home from work. Or to get out of the car once I’ve parked out front. How do you manage to start?
I am always an “avoid tolls” kind of person. I use Google maps a lot and have never had an issue with this.
But just the other week, I was coming back from a road trip and it kept trying to make me use a rolled expressway!! Wtf!! I even triple checked my settings. I don’t understand wtf is up with that
Currently dealing with this over the span of multiple days. I’m dying send help.
Honestly, it sucks, but nowadays, $400 isn’t overly high for condo HOAs. At least not in my region of the state. For stand alone, detached homes, it’s insane. But fees are crazy high nowadays for everyone. That price for a condo HOA is not outrageous unfortunately.
Checkmate, atheists
It is incredibly odd…isn’t it? So many words saying very little.
To OP, I think it would help others to give you advice if you say exactly what sort of plans you had that didn’t work out. Plans not working out come in all shapes and sizes, and advice for one thing doesn’t necessarily apply to another.
If it’s a relationship you seem to desire, then asking for more relationship focused advice may be more fruitful than vaguebooking and not getting much in the way of useful responses.
Xylene. I think it’s maybe used as a paint thinner in some cases? I work in a lab where it is used daily in fairly large quantities (although not for thinning paint). I love it. Highly toxic tho lol.
Ick! Glad you like it because I don’t! I work adjacent to a microbiology lab and I hate when the smells end up wafting in!
Tbh the smell gives me a tiny bit of anxiety because I’m always hoping that a fire doesn’t break out lol
I’ve had automated systems just straight up hang up on me when I ask for a customer service representative instead of actually linking me to one. Because it says it “couldn’t understand me”.
Best of luck!
I always found this sort of perspective as odd to me…because I’m the opposite. I love always being able to be connected or being able to find entertainment when waiting in line or something. I have never felt like my phone is a “ball and chain”. It’s an incredibly useful tool that I don’t know how I would manage without at this point…especially when it comes to navigation.
I remember when my phone broke a few years back and I was without a phone for a few days. I was totally lost! I use my phone as a work alarm, the only other phone number I know is my mom’s, and when I tried to purchase a new phone, my bank wanted to verify it was me with a call/text but I couldn’t verify it because my phone was broken. And it was kind of boring in situations where I had to wait to do something in certain situations and the only alternative I really had to stare at the wall.
But…I have never been the type to “doomscroll”, things like TikTok don’t appeal to me, and I have limited social contacts who are not incessantly bothering me. One thing I’m also always quick to do is disable any unnecessary app notifications. So my phone hardly pings with notifications at all. And when it does, it’s usually something I care to see.
What’s wrong with liking both form and function in an item? Especially because I hardly use a mouse or keyboard in a way that I would call it a “tool” like a power drill. That’s great if you need something like that, but a lot of us are more casual users and would appreciate something that matches our taste when it’s displayed on a desk all day. Your power tools don’t just sit out on your computer desk all day, do they?
I have been rocking an off brand Chinese mechanical tenkeyless (a must for my space) keyboard for 10 years now and a Logitech triathlon M720 mouse secondhand for a slightly shorter amount of time. A great combo for me and the keyboard can be lighted or off in any color I choose. It doesn’t constantly strobe at you unless you want it to.
I used an android app called “Just Run”. It’s a free couch to 5K app with no ads. Downside is it’s very simple and it only trains you on the length of your runs, not your distance. So I paired it with a cheap smartwatch to figure out how far I was going. I didn’t make it to 5k at the end of the app (altho I was able to run for 30 mins straight like the app trains you), but I continued to run afterwards now only using my smartwatch.
Initially I was going to run more frequently, but through the advice on the app, I found that it’s best to have at least one rest day in between runs. So I run every one to two days ideally unless I have something going on. It feels less pressuring and draining to do that way too.
Initially, my feet and knees (and even a bit of my chest from using my breathing muscles more lol) hurt a lot, but I just went slow and kept at it and eventually my body got used to running and now everything is fine. I do have mild chronic pain in my left foot, but I think it’s unrelated because it started happening before I picked up running.
Maybe a bit tmi, but I always be sure to take a dump in the morning before I go out for a run lol!!
Good luck! Remember, you don’t have to be Usain Bolt!
Forgive my ignorance…but if it’s only an 8 minute drive, why can’t you continue to visit your old haunts?
This is hardly related to anything at all, but be careful about using your university email as a login for too many things. At least at my university, we only have access to the email for the duration we were in school (and a bit of a grace period afterwards). So afterwards it can be a real pain to switch over a bunch of accounts. And if you forget to switch them over in time you can lose access to them.
Thank you! It’s pretty fun but I haven’t had time to drive it much yet being as my work is such a short commute! Got a nice shiny red color. Vroom vroom.
I guess if they end up firing me because I’m crazy I could just speed out of there in my car haha.
Whoa I never thought of the coffee thing. I gotta try that!