ITGuyLevi

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I tip if I order food at a sitdown place out of habit and social pressure. Maybe my ignorance is the problem in the world but, I don't understand how I could feel the service went above or beyond handing me a bag if all they do is hand me a bag.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Maybe, but it could also be that a large group of people chose not to vote because they thought it would mean something. I swore an oath and was prepared to lay down my life to protect the right of the American people to do just that. Seeing that "my fellow Americans" chose to back fascism, I honestly wish I could take it all back. When my son wanted nothing more than to run and play with his father through his childhood I was hobbling behind him with a cane, at the time I was okay with it because I thought I was protecting HIS rights (which is not the right reason I guess, I'm selfish).

At this point I just have to come to terms with the fact that over half the country is cool with it (every single non-vote was a vote for "I'm fine with whatever y'all want to do").

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I managed to automate one job to the point I had maybe 45 minutes of stuff to do each day. Pandemic hit and my amazingly uneducated supervisor insisted there was no way I could remotely do my job. When you only see the same 4 walls with pretty much no other human interaction for 8.5 hours a day you start to go a little crazy. If I'm being completely honest they came close to finding me at my desk the next day a couple times. I have not automated away my new job, but I am wholeheartedly debating a career shift, not because it's difficult, because I've been burnt out for a few years now.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd honestly say Vance at this point. Both of them are indefensibly ignorant but Trump is very dumb and very cocky. Vance is very dumb but has shown to be able to follow orders really well, Trump might not do something because it conflicts with his interests, I believe Vance would do anything an old white guy tells him to as long as he is still starstruck.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

I'm thinking that won't happen until around March, if not by then definitely in May.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've been trying to quit for 18 years now. I've tried gum, patches, toothpicks, welbutron (or something like that), but this time it's going a bit better. We switched to cheap disposable vapes (Kadobar was what was near the house) which is totally not 'quitting' but when picking a flavor, Pick a bad one. I've found I don't like it, it's way too sweet and that keeps me from wanting to smoke it too much at a time, but when that need arises (bad meeting, car trouble, bad anxiety) it does deliver nicotine which keeps me from buying a pack.

As a side effect, I went from spending around $400-450/month on cigarettes, to around $~~160~~80/month (my wife went with one she likes, but she's quit before and I think she could do it anytime).

Edit: I'm bad a math

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This totally isn't what you're asking for, but I absolutely love the 8bitdo adapter 2 thing (https://www.8bitdo.com/usb-wireless-adapter-2/) pair your DS4 controller to it and then just plug in the dongle. I haven't found anything it doesn't work on, but mainly I pop it between a pi3, pi400, and my LMDE desktop.

So handy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh wow, that's pretty awesome (not the debilitating neural damage part), I was always under the impression that by the first symptom it was a death sentence.

I still never want anything to do with it, but at least it isn't as bleak as I had been lead to believe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Just have to chime in and say 100% fatal once symptomatic. I really hope someone corrects me but I'm pretty sure there has never been a confirmed case with a recovery; we have a treatment that works, but has to be given relatively soon after exposure.

Edit: lol, was the downvote for me hoping I was wrong, or being wrong?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mean the ones that could barely claim a 2" inseam, or clam diggers? 80s fashion lived a bit longer than it should have in some parts lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I honestly don't get it. Skinny jeans never made sense, 550s are about as snug as they can be if I expect to be able to get to my keys, and I'm not a big guy.

Pockets are awesome no matter what they're on as long as they have a use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm torn on the FFVII remake, waited 20 years and I feel like I was handed a different game; it is a good game without a doubt, and the characters feel familiar. After eagerly jumping in and playing a while I found myself longing for a remake of the game I played for months before saving up enough for a memory card.

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