I’m considering getting an embroidery machine, been playing around with digitalising. And a bit of web development for funsies.

How about you just have an honest convo with him about what you’re into? And ask him point blank about his thoughts.

Working in the office is really nice, I enjoy it when I go. But the extra 3 hours of commute time added to my day really tire me out and make it hard to keep on top of the housework needed to stay alive.

When I stay home I have more of my life together. When I go to the office I have more of my work together. It seems I can’t have both. Hybrid is the best for me, but if I had to choose, WFH only. I would simply perish if I had to work 5 days a week. I would eat only cup noodles, the house would be filthy, I would have nearly 0 clean clothes.

If you want a confidence boost, wearing an outfit you really like helps. I wear a 3/4 full length cloak and strut down the street, and my brain goes, “yeah. I am that cool. I’m the coolest one here 😎” which really puts pep in my step. Or if I pull together a good goth fit, same thing.

Buy or make some clothes you love, or accessories you love. Develop fun hobbies, and that will help you make friends!

Help and protection usually come from investing in relationships with other people. Very few people get that experience by default. Find your people and be a friend.

And if you’re looking for a partner, step 1 is still making friends.

It really depends what the root cause of your wakefulness is. Like, if it’s chemical, i.e. you had too much coffee etc - you’re probably stuck.

But if it’s because of stress you can probably do some things to get relaxed.

My major tip is, NEVER look at the time. It’ll stress you out. And small periods of sleep are far more restful than you worry they will be.

Your post feels like it has a case of slopspeak 🤔

Might wanna get that checked out. If you are indeed a human who wrote those words yourself.

Man, if the checks feel excessive you’d be astounded to know how the bot frequency feels 😂

Sure… but I’d like for them to make some sort of amends for stealing all the content on the internet to make it?

And I’d like content made by AI to have that declared so consumers can support human artists and avoid grifters.

Australian here. Financially things are okay for me and most the people I know, but the general stress is getting to us all. I always feel so worn down. A weekend is enough time to not want to die but not enough time to get actually rested.

I had to get a mouthguard because I’m grinding my teeth at night and the dentist said they’ve seen a spike in the number of people with the same problem. The stress is real and measurable.

Haha, absolutely! That is why I said “sparked”. The Reformatory forces had been brewing for ages! It’s a super interesting period of history!!!

I’m pretty sure people in the wild already call him “That Orange Man” or equivalent.

The 95 Thesen by Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation. That’s an impact that cannot be understated.

Well, I once had chemical induced insomnia from a Pepsi I drank too late and even God himself couldn’t have fixed that one, it was annoying as heck. But what I did is I lay in bed and I thought about stuff all night. Currently I’m worldbuilding a space fic so it was mostly about space. And I started imagining what the scenes would look like, what dialogue I would write. I usually do that anyway to fall asleep but the damn chemicals did keep me up. I do not recommend the chemicals.

So I guess, for real you actually do have to quit caffeine and alcohol. Also don’t give up and look at the internet. That shit is wakeful asf. I actually use it to banish grogginess in the morning, it is better than coffee. Also! Don’t ever look at the time. If you perceive the time going by it just stresses you out which slows down sleep. Time is an illusion. Even 1 hour of sleep will improve on how you currently feel.

I guess you can try breathing and counting and stuff, I always find that I get bored doing that. That’s why I like to imagine things. But it has to specifically be unrelated to anything stressful. Godspeed my brothers.

The whole internet is scraped and they’ll never properly paid us for the words they stole.

But you could try make your own website, and including some kind of “I’m not a bot” tick thingo and then just link from here instead?

Brother I have never once been “with it”, as the kids say, and the rock I live under gets comfier every year so I probably won’t try to change that.

Mm, I meant the experience of being a driver on the road is that people tend to be driving about the speed limit. I remember when I was in Canada most everyone would instead drive 10-15 over. Which I guess isn’t really a problem if they set the limits lower to account for it… I’m just a fan of clear instructions so this is my preference.

It is true that it is a revenue generation system. I honestly don’t feel bad about it though. Speeding is dangerous.

Honestly, yes. Building shared community also means forming bonds with people who we don’t like or don’t understand. People don’t learn to change their views when they are shunned by others, they actually get worse. It is better for everyone if we keep things cordial, and attempt to understand each other. Perhaps the lightness with which they take these topics is a coping mechanism or attempt to protect the mind from painful things. I think we can all understand why someone might feel that way, even if it is the wrong thing to do.

You don’t have to be friends, obviously, but I think being friendly is good, if you can at all manage it. Don’t hurt yourself doing it though.

In Australia we have automated ticket cameras and it’s really not as bad as you seem to think. You literally just do the speed limit and then you have no problems. And doing the speed limit is as simple as looking at your speedometer and doing what it says. You’d be doing that anyway to make sure you weren’t more than 10-15mph over, right?

Most cars have slightly different speedometers so the cameras aren’t so sensitive, you can go a couple of km over with no issues.

We use automated speed cameras here in Australia, and mostly everyone adheres exactly to the speed limit. Just knowing that there could be a speed camera keeps certain people law abiding.

If you do get a fine erroneously you can contest it in traffic court.

Well, not really. For example, my favourite Nickelback song, Sister Sin, is rather different from This Afternoon, or For the River, or Just to Get High, or many others. But they definitely do have a number which are rather similar to others of theirs - but then, I honestly have never listened to a band which didn’t have some that sounded a bit similar to others? Like, most Ed Sheeran songs are Ed Sheeran songs, most Sleep Token songs are Sleep Token songs…

That said, Chad Kroegar’s voice is so distinctive that it makes everything they do sound instantly Nickelback.