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calypsopub ,

OG Princess Leia

calypsopub ,

I take off my shoes at home, but at my best friend’s house I leave them on because she has pets and the floors are always filthy.

calypsopub ,

The place this group chose to feed people was creating a nuisance and they were asked to move it elsewhere. They were given an acceptable place just a few blocks away, and refused to move. The story has been sensationalized to make it seem Houston is against helping the homeless.

calypsopub ,

Right. People complained about the library location blocking the sidewalk, so they were asked to move. The city in no way is against feeding the homeless.

calypsopub ,

More like blocking the sidewalk and spilling out into the streets right in front of the main library and city hall, so please move a couple of blocks to a parking lot.

calypsopub ,

Great analogy. (BTW it’s “free rein”)

calypsopub ,

So are you autistic? Because the literal-mindedness of your answers and the lack of awareness of how to engage in small talk is telling. I say this as one on the spectrum myself; it took me a long time to understand this is just an attempt to establish social connections by finding points of commonality. “Oh, you’re from Calgary? I used to live there, too! Did you know a store called Myth Games?” Neurotypical people are also waiting for you to ask the same things in return and often feel miffed if you don’t show any curiosity about them.

calypsopub ,

I was in my 50s before I started understanding this stuff. Before that, I was married to a very gregarious man who was my social buffer. I could hide behind his small talk. But then he passed away and I was left twisting in the wind until I started to learn how to make small talk. Often I just ask myself what my husband would have said.

calypsopub ,

Yeah, my first color inkjet was an HP and it was an absolute workhorse. I had a graphic design business and I remember printing 1500 4-page newsletters for a client who couldn’t wait for a regular printing press due to a deadline. I stayed up all night feeding paper into that thing and had to change the black ink cartridge twice, for about $50 each, during the whole ordeal. I loved that printer. When it finally died after 15 years or so, I tried to find another HP that could do the job. What a mistake. Current models are hot garbage.

So now I have an Epson Ecotank which I bought three years ago and literally have not yet had to purchase additional ink past the first set of bottles that came with it. Sadly, the photo printing quality is not as good as the old HP, but for my purposes it is perfect.

calypsopub ,

Anecdotally, I recently had an issue with my printer and used Google to search for the exact error message (something like ’ “error 4308e ink absorber pad is full” Brother JW539DW ') and the first three pages of results were random garbage about other things. If other search engines are worse, we are doomed.

calypsopub ,

Don’t cosign anything for a friend, ever. It will screw up your friendship.

calypsopub ,

Bingo. Most of these tax schemes will hurt the renter, not the landlord.

Sanders warns Biden: address working-class fears or risk losing to demogogue (www.theguardian.com)

In an interview with the Guardian from his home base in Burlington, Vermont, Sanders urged the Democratic president to inject more urgency into his bid for re-election. He said that unless the president was more direct in recognising the many crises faced by working-class families his Republican rival would win....

calypsopub ,

Honestly I hope he keels over and Harris gets nominated.

calypsopub ,

Then your real problem is you don’t have an effective way to set and measure goals.

calypsopub ,

I was born in 1962 and I consider myself a Boomer. I have a friend born in 1961 who considers himself GenX. It’s life circumstances and attitude that determine where you fit.

Also, everybody please remember all these generational labels are made-up bullshit and vast generalizations that might be useful for some meta-analysis of trends, but they’re less than useless when it comes to understanding individual behavior.

Like I taught my kids, the minute you start thinking all people in “Group Whatever” are alike, you lose.

calypsopub ,

My Kindle Touch has a night mode with blue light inhibitor

calypsopub ,

I have a theory that part of this is due to the dying out of religion as a way to keep the masses in line.

calypsopub ,

If this feels new rather than something you’ve always dealt with, please get evaluated by a doctor right away. Nobody on Lemmy can diagnose you over the Internet.

calypsopub ,

I agree with everything you said except the idea that I was being dismissive. It’s terribly concerning, especially if the symptoms have arisen recently. Because it often takes a long time to arrive at a proper diagnosis, it’s important to start down that path at once.

calypsopub ,

TBF we are talking about unrealized gains. Their investments are worth more on paper, but until they sell them, the actual profit or loss will fluctuate. It would be an accounting nightmare to figure tax on unsold investments every year. I do, however, think capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as wage income.

calypsopub ,

Pick a country that’s not tearing down billions of housing units that aren’t habitable

calypsopub ,

Gosh why can’t the Democrats nominate somebody else? Ugh

Three years after the January 6 attack, propaganda about the insurrection is poisoning the American public (www.cnn.com)

The U.S. will mark the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection on Saturday, a milestone that will confer upon the reality-dwelling citizenry a grim reminder of the potency of propaganda and how quickly it can warp perception when introduced into the public square....

calypsopub ,

The seditionists were likely well armed, so firing at them might have felt like suicide.

calypsopub ,

Custom golf clubs versus off the rack. Took 30 strokes off my game.

Haircuts / hair dyeing

calypsopub ,

I’m dead-on average.

calypsopub ,

It’s been 30 years so I don’t really remember. They were higher quality and cut to fit my stance, which is a little weird because I have big boobs. Also I was starting from a really low bar – 56 handicap. The biggest improvement was the distance with my woods.

calypsopub ,

Watching Harvey Penick videos helped a lot too.

calypsopub ,

I love your attitude. Your second paragraph is a great start of you want to write a memoir. Although I might suggest, if you want your thoughts to find the widest audience, you could consider reaching for more descriptive language in place of the expletives. Perhaps that’s an integral part of who you are, but if not … well, it’s just a suggestion either way. What you have written is quite poetic to me. I can only hope I would have my inevitable end with such perspective.

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

calypsopub ,

This is the way.

calypsopub ,

Just today I was searching for a news article about a local radio personality who got fired in the last few days. Zero relevant results. Just extraneous garbage. I was stunned.

calypsopub ,

Serious answer? The serenity prayer. Recognize what is in your control and what’s not. Accept what you can’t change, change what you can.

calypsopub ,

Right? Such a good show.

calypsopub ,

Is there an idiot guide how to do this? I’ve never pirated and I don’t currently have a VPN. I use my Xbox for streaming straight to my TV using HDMI. I see posts like yours with various words like Plex, overseerr, docker, jellyfin, etc., and I don’t know where to even start. I could Google it, but among the hundreds of results, I don’t know which things are reputable, functional, and not malware.

calypsopub ,

Thanks

calypsopub ,

Right? Just charge me $5 for delivery and pay your drivers a decent wage.

calypsopub ,

I lived in Canada for a while (US expat). What you have to factor in is the wait times are sometimes utterly ludicrous in Canada unless your condition is life threatening. It does you no good for a procedure to be free if you can’t get it.

Having said that, the USA system is hot garbage. So much money is spent on profits and useless administration, paying people to deny claims, paying office staff to argue all day with insurance companies, waste, fraud, etc. We are smart enough and wealthy enough to provide quality, timely care to everyone, if only we could get rid of the greedy idiots in charge.

calypsopub ,

In my province of Alberta, private health insurance was not an option. At all.

calypsopub ,

True. I’ve never had problems with wait times in the US, but others are sharing horror stories.

calypsopub ,

Yeah, just pointing out that Canada doesn’t have it all figured out yet either. I have a friend from France, and their system sounds a whole lot more functional.

calypsopub ,

Huh? Where did you get the bit about running to the ER from what I said?

calypsopub ,

I was in Alberta, and for the most part the care was great. There were a lot of shortages, though, which IMO could be solved by paying doctors and hospitals more. Premiums were waived so it was literally free – with a small tax I think the problems could be solved. The Canadian system would definitely be easier to fix than the USA’s

calypsopub ,

I knew a lady with heart palpitations who was told the first appointment (Alberta) would take six months. She went to Idaho and got seen right away by paying cash. They diagnosed her with a condition that needed surgery. Even with the diagnosis, it was going to be another six months to get the surgery in Alberta. So she went back to Idaho and got the surgery right away. It cost a few thousand dollars. So it’s just a two-toer system with extra steps at that point

calypsopub ,

Sorry to hear that. These things ought not to be in a society as wealthy as ours

calypsopub ,

It was an acquaintance, but yes. Thing is, if you don’t have insurance, your price is usually deeply discounted. A few weeks ago I needed a scan of a vein for a blood clot. My copay was $300 (and who knows how much the total paid by insurance would be), but they said I could just pay cash and not go through insurance and it was only $130. That’s part of the problem with our system.

calypsopub ,

Canadian single-prayer healthcare doesn’t include dental; you need a private policy for that. I never visited the dentist when I lived there, but I presume since it’s for profit it’s better. Are you in a small town or something? My big city seems to have a surfeit of dentists

calypsopub ,

A lot of doctors get their degree in Canadian schools and then go work in the USA, so I do think if Canada compensated better they could retain more people

calypsopub ,

I don’t understand why the government can’t at least offer everyone the opportunity to refinance at zero interest so they can get those private debts paid off.

People who can don't get mad and just go with the flow, how do you do it?

Here recently it seems like everything just gets under my skin so quickly and easily. It’s not that I get mad and take it out on others, it’s just the fact that I’m constantly annoyed and stressed. Something as simple as the dogs tracking some mud through the house will just ruin my mood. I know some people who would just...

calypsopub ,

For me it was getting sober and specifically the serenity prayer. I have a terrible temper. Like break things and punch people temper. It’s always embarrassing to lose control like that. Well, saying that prayer reminds me that there are things I can control and things I can’t. Serenity is understanding the difference and accepting your powerlessness over things like the past, other people’s thoughts and actions, and even your own flaws. I am so calm now, I just have a “not my circus, not my monkeys” attitude most of the time. Occasionally, something starts to push my buttons and I have to walk away if possible, but that’s rare.

Also, make sure you’re getting enough sleep and try cutting out caffeine. Anything that causes more cortisol production is going to stress you.

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