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Comment on Ren: Welsh rapper's album Sick Boi is surprise number one in ~music
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Comment on Ren: Welsh rapper's album Sick Boi is surprise number one in ~music
InfiniteNumber Link ParentI haven't heard anything by him or his bands or his friends that I flat out didn't like. I'm a 53 year old metalhead and rap isn't really my thing, but even those songs get my head moving. Money...I haven't heard anything by him or his bands or his friends that I flat out didn't like. I'm a 53 year old metalhead and rap isn't really my thing, but even those songs get my head moving.
Money Game pt 2
Humble
Animal Flow
Power
Chalk OutlinesAdd in the live one shot videos and it's really amazing
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Comment on Ren: Welsh rapper's album Sick Boi is surprise number one in ~music
InfiniteNumber Linkdescribing him as just a "rapper" doesn't do him justice." Agreed. I Shot The Sherriff/Road to Zion/Hip Hopdescribing him as just a "rapper" doesn't do him justice."
Agreed.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
InfiniteNumber LinkInto The Narrowdark by Tad Williams Third book of the second Osten Ard series. Fairly typical high fantasy, although I think Williams does a great job operating in the grey areas between good and...Into The Narrowdark by Tad Williams
Third book of the second Osten Ard series. Fairly typical high fantasy, although I think Williams does a great job operating in the grey areas between good and evil. In the end Williams writing style has just always clicked with me.
The first Osten Ard series, and Shadowmarch series were both strong. Otherland series is probably my favorite series ever.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
InfiniteNumber LinkInfiniteNumber here. Short for InfiniteNumberOfMonkeys. You know.... the old adage about giving an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters... Anyway.... Husband of the most...InfiniteNumber here. Short for InfiniteNumberOfMonkeys.
You know.... the old adage about giving an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters...
Anyway....
Husband of the most patient woman in the world. Father to two wonderful young men. The world's only Patriots/RedSox/Bruins/SC Gamecock fan. Pulled pork enthusiast, degenerate fantasy football player and according to at least two social media bios that i may or may not have been completely truthful on, a 7 time Slinky world champion.
I have worked in a huge manufacturing facility for the last 30 years, the bulk of that time working 12 hour swing shifts. About a year ago I got my first day job and I feel like at 53 I've been awarded a brand new life. I'm happier, healthier and more optimistic than I've been in decades.
I am a large human being. Like NFL offensive lineman size. I have long hair and a big bushy beard. I've been mistaken for a biker more than once. Actually I'm just a big nerd. Being big just kept me from being picked on too much.
I live in central South Carolina, but I own zero guns and zero bibles. Ive never been hunting and only been fish tricking a couple of times. I found it unbelievably boring.
I try as much as possible to show not everyone in the South is an insufferable redneck or religious nut job.
I'm in 6 fantasy football leagues. But I'm not addicted. I can stop anytime.
I have a garden. This year I have 24 tomato plants, about 30 pepper plants and another 10 or 12 miscellaneous plants.
We have a cat who runs the household. She is strict but fair.
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Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets
InfiniteNumber LinkA couple of weeks ago my son was walking his dog one night when he heard some whimpers coming from the small dog park at his apartment complex. He found an abandoned dog too weak to stand. The...A couple of weeks ago my son was walking his dog one night when he heard some whimpers coming from the small dog park at his apartment complex.
He found an abandoned dog too weak to stand. The poor thing was emaciated and looked pitiful. He ended up taking the dog to the local 24 hr emergency vet. Turns out the dog had parvo and was on deaths door.
But that dog is strong and I'm glad say two weeks ( and one very large vet bill ) later Lucky the dog is eating everything in sight, pooping and peeing like a boss and generally acting the way a dog should. She truly got lucky that night.... my son is a big hearted guy who, even though he is just now digging himself out of a covid fueled financial hole, he couldn't leave that dog to die.
I guess we got a few things right raising him up lol.
Anyway Lucky seems to be out of the woods and thriving. If she keeps on pretty soon we wont be able to see her ribs!
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Comment on What did you recently do in your hobby that you're proud of? in ~hobbies
InfiniteNumber Link ParentI used some of them to make a big batch of pasta sauce which i used to make a big batch of spaghetti and a large lasagna that the wife and I ate off of for 3 days. I've got some salsa in the...I used some of them to make a big batch of pasta sauce which i used to make a big batch of spaghetti and a large lasagna that the wife and I ate off of for 3 days.
I've got some salsa in the fridge from my previous harvest ( about 6 lbs) a couple of weeks ago.
I've still got tons of cherry tomatoes sitting on my counter. We've been eating salads like crazy to try to get rid of them but there's just too many. I'm going to figure something out this weekend for them.
And still have more to harvest. Lol
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Comment on Night-shifters of Tildes, what tips do you have? in ~life
InfiniteNumber Link ParentI'm 53 and worked 12 hour swing shifts for close to 30 years and this sounds so familiar. By the end my sleep pattern was so obliterated that I had given up even trying to adhere to a schedule....I'm 53 and worked 12 hour swing shifts for close to 30 years and this sounds so familiar. By the end my sleep pattern was so obliterated that I had given up even trying to adhere to a schedule. When I was sleepy, I slept. When I wasnt, I didn't. Horrible insomnia. Uncountable days where I only slept an hour or two between shifts. So much fast food eaten in my car on the way to or home from work. Caffeine. Caffeine. Caffeine. Caffeine.
I got a day job about a year ago and once i had something I had to compare it to it shocked me just how miserable I had gotten.
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Comment on What did you recently do in your hobby that you're proud of? in ~hobbies
InfiniteNumber LinkI harvested 11 pounds of tomatoes this morning.I harvested 11 pounds of tomatoes this morning.
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Comment on How did you decide about marriage? in ~talk
InfiniteNumber LinkLike every big life decision, she told me what to do and I did it. Seriously tho we were dating about 2 years and she got in a car accident. Nothing major but more than just a fender bender.She...Like every big life decision, she told me what to do and I did it.
Seriously tho we were dating about 2 years and she got in a car accident. Nothing major but more than just a fender bender.She called my sobbing. I realized at that moment I couldn't imagine her not being in my life.
28, 29 years. Hmm. Maybe 30. I should look into that. My anniversary is this week.
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Comment on US tax code blamed as wealthy see major retirement account gains in ~finance
InfiniteNumber Link ParentI'm just saying some of that article to me sounded like they were saying 401ks and IRAs were only accessible to high earning families. I just offered my family as a counterpoint. I focused on...I'm just saying some of that article to me sounded like they were saying 401ks and IRAs were only accessible to high earning families.
I just offered my family as a counterpoint. I focused on 401ks because that's what I have first hand experience with. My company matches 100% of 3% and then 50% of the next 3%. And occasionally theyll dump in a lump sum on top of it if its been a strong year. We've done ok, especially considering how financially ignorant we were when we set it up 25 years ago.
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Comment on US tax code blamed as wealthy see major retirement account gains in ~finance
InfiniteNumber LinkFirst, i love Bernie Sanders and i lean pretty left. This is not me exercising my inner conservative. As a guy who has logged almost 25 years as a grunt in a huge manufacturing plant I can say...- Exemplary
First, i love Bernie Sanders and i lean pretty left. This is not me exercising my inner conservative.
As a guy who has logged almost 25 years as a grunt in a huge manufacturing plant I can say unequivocally that I have a 401k and we are firmly entrenched in the lower middle class. I'm probably the posterchild for one of the people who is supposedly being hurt by these tax advantaged accounts.... mid 50s, high school education, hourly employee in a non union factory and live in the semi rural south. I am not wealthy by any metric. We live in a small house and lead a frugal lifestyle. We don't worry where our next meal is coming from but we aren't in the same stratosphere as "privileged ".
If I can have access to a 401k, there can't be that many who don't. I see quite a lot of people I work with who have never put a dime into their 401k. I see more who treated their 401k like a fishing boat fund. Those guys will pay the price later on. But thats on them. They all have access that they chose not to take. Maybe there is an argument for financial literacy education for less advantaged people. But at the end if the day how many people do I know that work jobs that don't offer them? Zero.
In the past 15 years my wife has worked at a giant retail chain whose initials are WM and had access to a 401. She worked as a part time vendor for a greeting card company and had access to a 401k. She worked in a door making facility that didn't have air conditioning, but she had access to a 401k. And now she us working an entry level job as a receptionist and has access to a 401k. Maybe this is me being naive but are there jobs anymore that aren't part time entry level jobs at fast food joints that don't offer access to 401k?
Admittedly I've never considered the tax money being missed out on by the government. But to paint retirement accounts like 401k's as elitist just seems to completely miss the mark.
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Comment on What are the best cover songs that reinterpret the original into a different genre, style, or mood? in ~music
InfiniteNumber LinkThere's a live cover of Eminem's Lose Yourself by Australian country music artist Kasey Chambers floating around Youtube that is pretty intense. It starts a little slow but it pays off by the end....- Exemplary
There's a live cover of Eminem's Lose Yourself by Australian country music artist Kasey Chambers floating around Youtube that is pretty intense. It starts a little slow but it pays off by the end.
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Comment on Suggestions for fantasy that feels truly different in ~books
InfiniteNumber LinkI just finished The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemesin and I don't know if it's what you're looking for but it's not your typical tropish castle humans fighting evil sorceror and demons and/or...I just finished The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemesin and I don't know if it's what you're looking for but it's not your typical tropish castle humans fighting evil sorceror and demons and/or orcs high fantasy.
The author is an African American woman. One of the central themes at the forefront of the series is racism and bigotry.
Nemesin won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel for each book in the series. I believe I read someplace it's the first time that's ever happened.
Synopsis removed. God that just sounded horrible. Go read some reviews. I'll never do it justice.
Some caveats:
It's a super grim series. Like seriously.
Parts of all three books are written as if you the reader were the main character, and someone was explaining parts of the story to you. It's a little weird but you get used to it.
There's a twist a few chapters in that I saw coming a mile away. But even being pretty sure what was going to happen it didn't detract from the story.
This was a weird read for me. In between reading sessions I usually didn't have a lot of desire to pick the book back up. But once I did I would get lost in the story sometimes for hours. Just a strange dynamic for me.
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Comment on "Layered" music that builds throughout the song? in ~music
InfiniteNumber LinkSometime Around Midnight by Airborne Toxic Event is one of my favorite slow build songs. Also a lot of Tool songs do the slow build also.Sometime Around Midnight by Airborne Toxic Event is one of my favorite slow build songs.
Also a lot of Tool songs do the slow build also.
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Comment on Ren - For Joe (2023) in ~music
InfiniteNumber Link ParentMan I'm so far down the Ren rabbithole it's almost embarrassing. I prefer his acoustic stuff ( Bardcore!) to his rap but that's mostly just because I'm an old white guy. Just a ridiculously...Man I'm so far down the Ren rabbithole it's almost embarrassing. I prefer his acoustic stuff ( Bardcore!) to his rap but that's mostly just because I'm an old white guy.
Just a ridiculously talented musician and singer and a heartbreaking backstory.
The cynical part of me knows he will eventually be exposed as an AI developed by some top secret YouTube marketing team, but for now I'm just going to ride the rollercoaster.
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Comment on My wife's beautiful garden in ~hobbies
InfiniteNumber Link ParentI hear you. Hopefully someday we will get to the point where the worst part of the south is actually the heat. For now know that not everyone here is an intolerant gun toting bible thumping...I hear you. Hopefully someday we will get to the point where the worst part of the south is actually the heat. For now know that not everyone here is an intolerant gun toting bible thumping redneck.
There's a lot of good people here.
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Comment on My wife's beautiful garden in ~hobbies
InfiniteNumber Link ParentI guess it's all a matter of perspective. But, that quarter acre also includes my actual house footprint and a front yard that im not allowed to plant crops on ( HOA). So my growing space is...I guess it's all a matter of perspective. But, that quarter acre also includes my actual house footprint and a front yard that im not allowed to plant crops on ( HOA). So my growing space is probably more like 1/8 of an acre. And even that isnt all usable because my garden is supposed to be unobtrusive snd not visable from the road (HOA). Its small from the perspective that all the homes in my neighborhood are right on top of each other. You never know when some busy body neighbor is going to lodge a complaint.
But ultimately you're right even with 50 containers I'm only using maybe a third of my back yard. I could grow a lot more. At this point I'm constrained more by time than space.
But that aforementioned HOA is currently being raised from the dead by a group of concerned citizens and who knows where that ends up. So we're out of here asap. It's just that gardening has reset our priorities as to where we end up moving to.
We live in central South Carolina so you can still buy a house and 4 or 5 acres in semi rural areas for reasonable prices.
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Comment on My wife's beautiful garden in ~hobbies
InfiniteNumber LinkNice garden! It certainly does become quite the obsession doesn't it? I started 4 years ago with five 5 gallon buckets on my deck in my little quarter acre suburb yard. This year im up to around...Nice garden! It certainly does become quite the obsession doesn't it?
I started 4 years ago with five 5 gallon buckets on my deck in my little quarter acre suburb yard. This year im up to around 50 containers of many different sizes, 3 gallon up to 25 gallon. And the wife and I seriously thinking about trying move to someplace we could grow a bigger garden and maybe get some chickens. Which is hilarious because im like the least out doorsy person ever. But ive got the gardening bug bad lol.
I know there's a conversation going on about increasing the number of subs here. Im just a brand new reddit refugee, but I think a gardening sub would be pretty awesome.
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Comment on What was the last event that significantly improved your life? in ~talk
InfiniteNumber LinkAfter working swing shifts for almost 30 years I finally got off the production floor and got a day job about a year ago. Less physical stress, way less mental stress. I've been able to get into a...After working swing shifts for almost 30 years I finally got off the production floor and got a day job about a year ago. Less physical stress, way less mental stress. I've been able to get into a much healthier eating pattern and gave lost weight. Numerous people have told me I just seem so much happier. Hell I've even willingky worked some OT which was something I NEVER did outside of mandatory call in days while running a machine.
I do feel bad for Rick Astley tho. Guy was just minding his own business and got swept up in a Renalanche.