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Comment on Tilderinos who split after long (10–15 years) relationships: what led to it and how did it happen? in ~life.men
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
Booli LinkFrieren Season 2. NOTHING has made me feel so cozy and comfy since Tanaka kun wa itsumo Kedaruge. The art style is stunning and I adore the characters, the writing, the setting, the emotions all...Frieren Season 2. NOTHING has made me feel so cozy and comfy since Tanaka kun wa itsumo Kedaruge. The art style is stunning and I adore the characters, the writing, the setting, the emotions all of it. It's better than season 1 for me.
Made me want to rewatch season one though, but I haven't had the energy to actually go through with it yet.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
Booli LinkI've been listening to a few more of Tame Impala's older songs and some of them I really like. Posthumous Forgiveness is kinda eh for the first half, but the second 'song' where it picks up again...I've been listening to a few more of Tame Impala's older songs and some of them I really like. Posthumous Forgiveness is kinda eh for the first half, but the second 'song' where it picks up again is fantastic.
Also been listening to all my songs in Spotify and realising that... maybe I've listened to everything here, and need to go out finding new music to listen to.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
Booli LinkI've been chasing my newfound goals. It's been so long since I have had the chance to chase something that I'm going overboard with it, though I've slowed it a bit down after my therapist told me...I've been chasing my newfound goals. It's been so long since I have had the chance to chase something that I'm going overboard with it, though I've slowed it a bit down after my therapist told me I'll burn out at this rate.
I'm making good progress on saving up money, handling adminstrative tasks, doing good at work, going to the gym regularly. But I am very mentally exhausted, and I can't seem to find a way to relax. And that's going to bite me soon. But I can't complain, I've not felt so alive in a while.
As for hobbies, unless they're progress, I've not been able to commit to them. But I did manage to set up a Bluetooth bathroom scale to work with my Home Assistant server to track my weight easier. It... was a bad idea as it tracks EVERY measurement and the scale's first few readings are always wrong, so I'm still tracking it manually. I did buy a 200mm lens for my old DSLR I want to use, and also bought a gift for my best friend... whose birthday I forgot is actually next month, not this month. Whoops.
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Comment on Tilderinos who split after long (10–15 years) relationships: what led to it and how did it happen? in ~life.men
Booli Link ParentThis does seem very beautiful, but I genuinely can't tell, as it's unfathomable to me at the moment. I can't imagine having what you had for a decade, giving it up and somehow.... being friends?...This does seem very beautiful, but I genuinely can't tell, as it's unfathomable to me at the moment. I can't imagine having what you had for a decade, giving it up and somehow.... being friends? Like a brother to you, you say.
I don't mean offense, I'm just unable to comprehend, like a really big number.
I just got broken up with a one year relationship, and it also was for what we feel were the right reasons, even if we hate it in the present. We're also very proud that we've handled it the way we have. She very much wants to be friends with me and continue to care for me, as she's aromantic. I feel guilty rejecting that care, and forcing no contact, because my love for her is currently in the way and I can't see her as anything other than that, even if I understand her care for me regardless is beautiful and rare.
I... would like to hope for something like yours in the future. I hope I'm strong enough as you were to be able to accept her the way she wants to be.
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Comment on I'm having a glow up, but it sucks in ~life.men
Booli Link ParentI'm glad you're stating this. I'm not sure if I've got ADHD or what, but the daily applications grind and keeping track of it all was helpful, but genuinely one of the most soul crushing things I...I'm glad you're stating this. I'm not sure if I've got ADHD or what, but the daily applications grind and keeping track of it all was helpful, but genuinely one of the most soul crushing things I had to do. I say this as someone who now has a job, so it's not even like I'm going through it haha.
The word of mouth of the neighbour of a coworker is what finally got me this job, so lean hard on networking for sure. Worst case, someone knows you for a bit.
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Comment on Given everything we know about AI so far, what do you think it can or cannot be good for? in ~tech
Booli LinkI'm a bit behind on the current AI capabilities, but having tedium as the goal seems to be the best for AI, others have already echoed this here, but it's very nice when the AI is used to solve...I'm a bit behind on the current AI capabilities, but having tedium as the goal seems to be the best for AI, others have already echoed this here, but it's very nice when the AI is used to solve things like tedious data sorting, writing a bit of firmware for an obsolete piece of tech, generatively changing the color of a house as someone pointed out and whatnot.
I've always used it with a "I supply the ideas, and you help me come up with more, through doing the tedious research".
The issue now is that AI is coming up with genuinely good ideas sometimes. It came up with a much better technical solution to something I wanted to do in my homelab, and I was pretty dumbfounded at that. It still fits in the "tedious research" category for now, but I might have to redefine this in the future if it keeps going at this pace.
The one thing that doesn't change is responsibility, that should almost always be an expert human, at some point in the chain.
I knew her as a friend for only a few months before being in a similar FWB situation with her for half a year, which then became an unspoken relationship for a year after that.
I've let her know that I can't handle a friendship with her and so am going no contact for this reason. So it's not like we ended on bad terms or anything.
But it's possible that what you're saying about not knowing them as well as I thought, is definitely true in my case, since she wasn't as excited about the relationship as I was and told me that I didn't feel like a good partner to her, even if I thought it she would be a good partner to me.
I'd like to get back as friends, but since this only happened two months ago, I'm quite bitter and burned from love in general. Gonna just stay away from all this until this bitterness subsides.