One of them Carpenter nerd types.

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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • I absolutely can’t focus on one person if two are talking about roughly the same thing at the same time. The only way for me to take in any information is unfortunately to apologize to both of them and explain that while I’m glad they both know how to handle the situation I’m asking about, I can’t handle the information overload of both of them explaining it at the same time.

    At which point I have to re-ask the same person I asked the first time to explain it.


  • Been driving for a few decades at this point. I use my turn signals for nearly all turns, and any moving merges. The more information I can give to other drivers, the more likely they are to act rationally… which decreases the chances of miscommunications and accidents.

    I don’t always signal while in a turn only lane, as being in that lane should already denote my intentions, and while merging into heavy (stopped, bumper to bumper) traffic…


  • I can vouch for DJ Max Respect. It’s their first PC release with a load of original songs, plenty of DLC collabs, and an absolute massive dlc backlog from the past decade of portable versions.

    The game is korean made, and the music fits many genres overall, but I have yet to truly dislike anything on the playlist for the sounds… It has cosmetic season passes, which who cares, competitive multiplayer, and even a chill mode in which you can’t fail as it randomly just plays through songs.


  • It’s listed as risky for a reason. The thing the credit card companies want is for you to overspend, or buy something beyond your means that will take you awhile to pay back so they can make interest money. The way in which people can benefit from is purely by making it a stepping stone payment system. Never spend money you don’t have and just keep it purely for earning points.


  • This is going to be from my very American perspective on being broke. Your circumstances may be significantly different.

    I used to be in your boat. I started working in the trades and being an apprentice at the same time. It wasn’t amazing pay to start, but it was enough and significantly better than the minimum wage I’d been earning before.

    The way I managed for years on minimum wage was the following:

    1. Live with others. Spread the bills around, have some good times, and save money.

    2. Food prep and creation. Spend a bit of money to save some time and effort. I own a rice cooker and a breadmaker. The rice cooker is a bit extra, but the breadmaker is wonderful. Just load in the ingredients, set it and let it go. You can go to work or whatever and come home to an awesome loaf of bread. Another lovely one is a slow cooker. I spent 2 hours and 12 lbs of chicken with other ingredients and made 7 meals for 2 prepped and in gallon bags that can just be dumped into the cooler and turned on.

    3. Side work or donations. If you don’t have family to rely on, another solid source of income is helping the elderly. 70+ year Olds often need help with daily tasks, from yard work to light bulb replacement. It may be a bit awkward to put yourself out there like that, but if you can put forward a decent enough impression at first, and you’re honestly there to help, they will pay you a bit and be very thankful. As for how to find the elderly, either wander around or take on a political canvassing job. The listings for political flyers on where to go usually have an age listed with an address. You could also donate blood or plasma. It’s very simple to do and (at least in my area) a quick way to get up to $100 per visit, which they allow up to 8 a month. Only annoying part of that is the diet restrictions. Hell, even a cooler with some Ice and bottles of water on the side of a road On a hot day can yield some mild results.

    4. Couponing/second hand shopping/flea markets. Self explanatory. You can save quite a bit on food and some other stuff if you are willing to sacrifice your precious time to travel and hunt for deals.

    5. {Risky} credit card. If you use it responsibly, there is free money to be had by spending money you were already planning to spend anyways. Getting a card with cash back, even with awful interest rates (mine is sitting around a lovely 26%) can be fundamental in earning you a bit over time. The way to do this is very simple. Pay for required items with the credit card, pay off the card at the weeks end. It doesn’t do much for your credit score, but earning card points on money you already have to spend is the goal. The thing you want to avoid is having a remaining balance on that account near a pay period. If that even starts to get away from you, it won’t be saving anything and actually costing you.

    And finally 6. Government assistance. If you simply cannot make ends meet, applying for food stamps and/or medical insurance is something you should do. People generally don’t want to think they need it or just don’t know how to sign up for it. Having a bit of savings on food and at least some medical safety/help for any prescriptions is always useful.

    The thing you will definitely run into as you more than likely know is a complete lack of free time.


  • Am I the only one who thought the witch was literally Annie… And as it turned out that the fuzzball joined on the boat to become her familiar. They randomly teleported to the island by way of magic, and overall the magic isn’t well explained in the world building at all, so a temporal whoopsie or “oh god, Helck is destroying everything, do a terminator” last resort option are definitely still on the table.


  • It makes sense, but it’s also annoying. Now instead of which planet is closest, the question should be which planets in our solar system have the closest orbital radius to ours? And then it can still be mars and venus. Thankfully in school the question was based from the sun outward. In which case the order isn’t fussed with.

    This article reads like a smarmy kid who just wants to say the clichéd “acktually” with it’s technical truth.

    It’s like asking “how much of the earth is water” vs “how much of the earth’s surface is covered by water”. Those are two very different answers, but if you ask people the first with no context they will answer with the answer for the second most of the time because it’s the thing we’ve heard so much from schooling days.












  • You’re absolutely not wrong. Sadly though, there’s a world in which are both right and we’re living in it. More than a few times school shooters have been copycats who likened themselves to the colombine shooters, or who literally wanted to be in the media and have people talking about them.

    The amount of time and effort put into remembering the perpetrators of these heinous crimes is so much greater than the memories of those they killed. That’s the part I’d like to change. I know it’ll never happen, gotta get those views for the ad money, but I can hope.