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Comment on You can vote on the design of the next Euro banknotes! in ~design
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
chewonbananas LinkOne Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch. I have no thoughts on it. Just starting to educate myself on investing.One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch. I have no thoughts on it. Just starting to educate myself on investing.
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Comment on Ebenezer | Official trailer in ~movies
chewonbananas LinkNice to see Rupert Grint as well.Nice to see Rupert Grint as well.
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Comment on How do you live simply/save money? What does your lifestyle look like? in ~talk
chewonbananas LinkI'm an extreme example so this might be too much for most people. I have been showering in cold water, even during winters, for the past 6 years. Although this was done to combat drowning induced...I'm an extreme example so this might be too much for most people.
I have been showering in cold water, even during winters, for the past 6 years. Although this was done to combat drowning induced ptsd, it has also done wonders for the electricity bill. Especially during winter. My bill never goes more that 30 euros per month on winter and not more than 9 euros during summer.
I don't drive, so I walk everywhere. Owning and maintaining a car is expensive.
I eat once per day and due to the diet changes I've made last year I also don't buy pasta, rice, bread, sweets, pastries, sodas, alcohol because I don't consume them. I also buy food every day. Why? So there is only one meal available in my home for the day. That way I don't have the temptation to eat more out of stress and boredom. So, I don't buy more.
Covid borked my sense of taste a couple of years ago. All my meals are extremely simple which also cuts down costs. I have two metal plates, one cooking pot, one pan and a pair of utensils. I never have guests. I don't go to restaurants. I don't go out as all my friends live far away from me.
I cut my own hair. This is something I learned to do more than 10 years ago while I was in university. It was tough to find a good hairdresser so I just learned it myself. Buzz cut during summer, relaxed crew cut during winter.
Now, in terms of psychology. I research an expensive item for 3-6 months before I make the purchase. A laptop for example took me a year. I ask myself a simple question. Do I need it? How have I lived without it so far? Did I live fine? Yes. Then I don't need it. It's the same with extra food or clothing or whatever. You need water and you need enough food, but you don't need a beer because alcohol is a poison.
I live alone. I don't have a partner. I'm a fairly solitary being, but all of the above wasn't born out of a need to save money. It was born out of solving problems. The drowning ptsd, the diet changes to combat prediabetes type 2, teaching myself to cut my own hair. Point is, it's easy to save money when saving money is a byproduct of your actions, rather than a conscious decision. Again, I am an extreme example, but I like it like this. There is some solace in being able to choose to live the way I do as opposed to it being forced upon me.
And yeah, I save money, but money is not the point.
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Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | Official trailer in ~movies
chewonbananas LinkThis has me whelmed. It's a superhero movie that I won't bother to go to the cinema for. I'll watch it on my 15.6" screen. That's the extent of my interest. I just don't feel anything here. It's...This has me whelmed. It's a superhero movie that I won't bother to go to the cinema for. I'll watch it on my 15.6" screen. That's the extent of my interest. I just don't feel anything here. It's as if they are gaslighting the audience into feeling emotions that aren't there.
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Comment on How are you different than you were last week? in ~life
chewonbananas Link ParentThank you for the kind reply!Thank you for the kind reply!
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Comment on There are three types of farters. Which one are you? in ~science
chewonbananas LinkThis comment is noise. The God-farter. Marlon Brando's scowl just took on a whole 'nother meaning.This comment is noise.
The God-farter. Marlon Brando's scowl just took on a whole 'nother meaning.
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Comment on How are you different than you were last week? in ~life
chewonbananas LinkI disabled my discord account more than 2 weeks ago. I woke up today at 10:45 in the morning having slept for more than 9 hours in a single go. I used to VC with my online dudes and dudettes every...I disabled my discord account more than 2 weeks ago. I woke up today at 10:45 in the morning having slept for more than 9 hours in a single go. I used to VC with my online dudes and dudettes every single day and what was at first a solely weekend affair turned into a daily occurence. All of that wouldn't have been a problem if it weren't for my approach to talking to people whose faces I rarely see. I think in images and therefore I create a crude mental image of the person I'm talking to. The image changes all the times as they are talking about different things. It's like a primitive movie being translated in my brain from audio information to a fully fleshed out motion picture.
In the past I thought of this as my superpower, but as years have gone by I have become increasingly anxious, nervous, agitated, tense. I was working while I thought I was relaxing. I was making movies in my mind every single afternoon for the past 3-4 years. I don't know if you, the person reading this, know what it's like to push through fatigue and burnout and do the job in spite of your body giving out. It's like that. I am spent and now, after almost 3 weeks, I am able to start recovering. I have the will to sleep and dream. To rest. My body does not need to be in alert mode.
I can't blame my movie making mind or the MMM for all that. I also have to blame my people pleasing habits. Leaving a VC early, interrupting someone speaking, joining a VC, being self conscious of your silence, being self conscious of your loudness, not knowing what to say. All of that also burdening me even more.
The activity that once fulfilled me has become a curse and I paid the price.
So, that's new, I can rest now. It's good to feel boredom once again. The boredom that lasts for hours. That's my brain's medpack.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games
chewonbananas Link ParentI've started work on a tiny, unremarkable base right near the behemoths of Tildes Town. The beauty of a sandbox is the freedom to do everything and nothing. You can make a giant rocket or a simple...I've started work on a tiny, unremarkable base right near the behemoths of Tildes Town. The beauty of a sandbox is the freedom to do everything and nothing. You can make a giant rocket or a simple footprint in the sand and be Neil Armstrong for all eternity.
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
chewonbananas Link ParentI am thinking of watching Eureka and Warehouse 13.I am thinking of watching Eureka and Warehouse 13.
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Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk
chewonbananas LinkThis is the most reddit I've seen Tildes be.This is the most reddit I've seen Tildes be.
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Comment on ‘Backrooms’ sends Hollywood running to Reddit for new ideas in ~movies
chewonbananas LinkTime for the nosleep classics like woman holding an orange and Borrasca.Time for the nosleep classics like woman holding an orange and Borrasca.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
chewonbananas LinkOats with soy milk. It has a very nutty and basic aroma to it. No sugar of course.Oats with soy milk. It has a very nutty and basic aroma to it. No sugar of course.
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Comment on Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing in ~health
chewonbananas Link ParentHello fellow more-real-than-reality dreamer. I wish you a dreamless night.Hello fellow more-real-than-reality dreamer. I wish you a dreamless night.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games
chewonbananas Link ParentI did manage to find it after the fact. I was disoriented at first.I did manage to find it after the fact. I was disoriented at first.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games
chewonbananas LinkAs promised, although severy belated, I have started working on a tiny base campsite aptly named "gnawky's crib", but will have to rename that to "chewy's crib" or pull off a Tom Hardy twin...As promised, although severy belated, I have started working on a tiny base campsite aptly named "gnawky's crib", but will have to rename that to "chewy's crib" or pull off a Tom Hardy twin bamboozler and have two (IGN and Tildes) names on the same sign.
There is a chest next to the building with the nice facade, but filled in doors from which I have acquired a handful. Some may even say a pinch of bonemeal which I will return when I set up a fire. A spit. And a lamb on a spit.
I do have to commend the spacious trading hall. I can almost feel the soft wind caressing my blocky onion head as I enter its bowels.
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Comment on Kings of the losers in ~life
chewonbananas LinkBlackpill seems like a GUI wrapper for nihillism.Blackpill seems like a GUI wrapper for nihillism.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
chewonbananas LinkI've started a singleplayer tutorial esque series over on youtube in my 1.17 minecraft forever world. This type of content has been done to death and I don't expect anything out of it. It's just...I've started a singleplayer tutorial esque series over on youtube in my 1.17 minecraft forever world. This type of content has been done to death and I don't expect anything out of it. It's just something to do. I enjoy the process which is a rarity these days, for me to enjoy anything. I like editing videos, although it's very primitive editing at this point.
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Comment on What's something that you missed out on? in ~talk
chewonbananas LinkWhen AmongUs first came out I was bummed because I had no one to play it with. Now, years later, I have people to play it with, but no one wants to play it anymore.When AmongUs first came out I was bummed because I had no one to play it with. Now, years later, I have people to play it with, but no one wants to play it anymore.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk
chewonbananas LinkI suspect not a lot of fellow tilderinos from Croatia or former Yugoslavia.I suspect not a lot of fellow tilderinos from Croatia or former Yugoslavia.
They look like Pokemon cards. I like it!