First full day. Gonna take me a hot minute to get used to the mandatory 10 hours. I've worked harder jobs and longer hours before, but I'd been out of work quite a while, and before that I'd only been in 40 hours or less type weeks as the bottom line for a few years.
My feet are killin' me, heh. Then I had to raid right after in XIV, because we just finished the raid tier finally like 4 weeks ago, so we still gotta get weapons for folks... and we didn't win. Now we probably won't get to raid before next reset. Oof.
My fiancee really went all out relieving my stress. I wish she'd let me do the same for her. I think she had a pretty long day too.
Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?
Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
I really need someone to relieve my stress from work.
At brothel i guess.
When i get dat discount…
At brothel i guess.
When i get dat discount…
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Ugh. The amount of people watching shitty content
"everyone says this is terrible, I'm gonna find out why!"
Is going to lead to the collapse of all video media lol. All garbage all the time being spite watched in and endless misery spiral.
Algorithms do not understand spite watching and/or irony. Any engagement is engagement. And the C-Suite don't give a ***. They'll green light it.
"everyone says this is terrible, I'm gonna find out why!"
Is going to lead to the collapse of all video media lol. All garbage all the time being spite watched in and endless misery spiral.
Algorithms do not understand spite watching and/or irony. Any engagement is engagement. And the C-Suite don't give a ***. They'll green light it.
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I was wondering but do you work with something related to cinema/movies?
Or is just a hobby to you?
Or is just a hobby to you?
Just watch entirely too much
(*)Actually much less compared to your average human, but more than I consider the amount I should consume.
(*)Actually much less compared to your average human, but more than I consider the amount I should consume.
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Asura.Eiryl said: »
Just watch entirely too much
(*)Actually not that much compared to your average human, but more than I consider the amount I should consume.
(*)Actually not that much compared to your average human, but more than I consider the amount I should consume.
Reminds me of the drastic change in scale made by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction where they went from recommending "no more than 2 drinks per day" to suddenly "no more than 2 drinks per week". Everyone's kinda stunned at the drastic shift, but I also don't think anyone's going to change their habits. If you're already a light drinker you'll stay a light drinker. If you were already consuming 1-3 drinks per day, that's probably not going to change either.
The average American has 7-10 hours of screen time per day.
Tv time is down because internet time is up. It's all screen time though.
(Too much work is staring at a computer 8 hours a day)
If they tracked phone time it would literally be like 20 hours lol. Can't even sleep so hard glued to the phone.
Tv time is down because internet time is up. It's all screen time though.
(Too much work is staring at a computer 8 hours a day)
If they tracked phone time it would literally be like 20 hours lol. Can't even sleep so hard glued to the phone.
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Asura.Eiryl said: »
The average American has 7-10 hours of screen time per day.
Tv time is down because internet time is up. It's all screen time though.
(Too much work is staring at a computer 8 hours a day)
Tv time is down because internet time is up. It's all screen time though.
(Too much work is staring at a computer 8 hours a day)
Not something I'm proud of, but... that's life, I guess.
That is life indeed.
And if you can't or start to feel some kind of way about staring at the box for 14 hours a day, you're depressed or have adhd or whichever other/new mental disease used to make you more miserable.
And if you can't or start to feel some kind of way about staring at the box for 14 hours a day, you're depressed or have adhd or whichever other/new mental disease used to make you more miserable.
best thing I've done in 10 years was about 6 months ago when my phone died....and I didn't replace it until this January. Lived off a landline and my computer with the simple purpose of reducing said screen time and addiction to the "thumbs up".
As a result, my current phone is quite pleasantly just a phone again, with a few perks- but no streaming apps, no social media. It was extremely embarrassing to realize how much time I was spending glued to that THING.
As a result, my current phone is quite pleasantly just a phone again, with a few perks- but no streaming apps, no social media. It was extremely embarrassing to realize how much time I was spending glued to that THING.
I just saw there's a new trend (starting) where the new generation shun smart phones and are going back to flip phones.
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Asura.Eiryl said: »
I just saw there's a new trend (starting) where the new generation shun smart phones and are going back to flip phones.
But I think of myself as being pretty good about not doom scrolling on my phone forever. I don't have any social media on it at all. So I use it mostly for photos, checking the forecast (because that's super necessary here), and if I'm bored/waiting maybe reading published news or watching the odd YouTube video.
Even as far as the phone itself goes, I've had this one for about 4 years and just replaced its battery, so I hope to use it for another 3-4 years before replacing it. And telecomms here are the most expensive on the planet even if you just go with a call/SMS plan, so the cost of data is almost negligible (relatively speaking).
That's why Ryan Reynolds got into Mint Mobile
There's Ting too.
There's Ting too.
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Asura.Eiryl said: »
That's why Ryan Reynolds got into Mint Mobile
Speaking of that beautiful man, I've had an idea in my head for a few weeks that I sincerely hope just happens, and I don't want a damn thing for the idea-
There's a metric *** of shitty reboots in the past decade, to the point where one starts to even wonder if there are new ideas getting green-lit any more, or just comic book movies and reboots. So, let's embrace it, but do it well: A faithful reboot of a childhood classic, rebooted for children, not modernized for the adults who watched said show in their own childhood: Mr. Reynold's Neighborhood, complete with the cardigans and kindness we got the chance to grow up with.
Asura.Eiryl said: »
That's why Ryan Reynolds got into Mint Mobile
There's Ting too.
There's Ting too.
You realize how crucified he would get.
A little too fluid and queerifying kids with that kindness grooming ***.
(Mr Rodgers got a LOT of ***too, but now, it would be relentless)
A little too fluid and queerifying kids with that kindness grooming ***.
(Mr Rodgers got a LOT of ***too, but now, it would be relentless)
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Asura.Eiryl said: »
You realize how crucified he would get.
A little too fluid and queerifying kids with that kindness grooming ***.
A little too fluid and queerifying kids with that kindness grooming ***.
Everyone gets crucified these days by one half or the other. That's just reality any more, and you'll never please all the people all the time. So might as well attempt to do good, be strong in one's convictions, and ride the inevitable hate wave coming from one side while riding the support of the other.
(I'm also very biased towards Mr. Rodgers because he was a major donor to the Conservatory I attended for undergrad in Pittsburgh, and attended all of our Orchestra concerts. Talk about a shock- being a freshman on stage warming up for my 1st performance as principal bassoon for Stravinsky's Firebird, surrounded by grad students...and then I see the comforting face and a slight smile from Mr. Rodgers....^^)
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If you got an hour to waste Cody did houses today (I enjoy codys showdy but at 2x lol)
No surprise its all things you should already know. But if you don't here's your chance to learn some basic obviousness.
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No surprise its all things you should already know. But if you don't here's your chance to learn some basic obviousness.
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Well Gross. Wandas character is back for s02e05
Pure filler, 100% skippable
Pure filler, 100% skippable
Asura.Eiryl said: »
If you got an hour to waste Cody did houses today (I enjoy codys showdy but at 2x lol)
No surprise its all things you should already know. But if you don't here's your chance to learn some basic obviousness.
No surprise its all things you should already know. But if you don't here's your chance to learn some basic obviousness.
Do you remember mortgage backed securities? ...
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You can just say capitalism, thats the whole answer.
Houses are for profit commodities. If there are enough houses, then houses have no value. This simply is not allowed to happen.
Houses are for profit commodities. If there are enough houses, then houses have no value. This simply is not allowed to happen.
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It seems like Musk has hit upon a way to save mass bucks.
Twitter Sued for Not Paying Rent on Its Headquarters
Company's London landlords are also suing
It isn't a good way though.
Twitter Sued for Not Paying Rent on Its Headquarters
Company's London landlords are also suing
It isn't a good way though.
Looks like another L for square. Forspoken ain't so great.
I was looking at it but then decided not to with all the controversy, it seemed really short for the price tag.
Brand new and it's not even in the top 20 categories on twitch
the demo was terrible, wait for a massive price drop. Or pass altogether, plenty of games coming out in the next few months.
The demo annoyed me because there was very clearly something good at the core of it - the combo system is interesting, the world is beautiful, and performance (on PS5 anyway) was pretty solid. That's not nothin!
But... the combo system takes forever to actually get all the pieces for for it to actually be fluid and fun, the UI is... rough (and the status screen with the fisheye effect is Just Plain Bad), and the world, while beautiful, is EMPTY.
Like, if I'm going to play an action RPG in a dying world with a snarky accessory, I'm just going to play through Nier: Automata again
SE's accuracy makes 2005 DRKs snicker and point. Their hits are incredible, but that batting average ain't so hot
But... the combo system takes forever to actually get all the pieces for for it to actually be fluid and fun, the UI is... rough (and the status screen with the fisheye effect is Just Plain Bad), and the world, while beautiful, is EMPTY.
Like, if I'm going to play an action RPG in a dying world with a snarky accessory, I'm just going to play through Nier: Automata again
Asura.Eiryl said: »
Looks like another L for square. Forspoken ain't so great.
SE's accuracy makes 2005 DRKs snicker and point. Their hits are incredible, but that batting average ain't so hot
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