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Comment on Have you had a life-altering change in who you are? in ~talk
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Comment on Fellow hardline materialists, how do you "enchant" the world? in ~talk
roo1ster LinkStudies have shown that practicing gratitude regularly is good for mental health. I like to thank The Universe when things go well. When it doesn't? Well The Universe works in mysterious ways...Studies have shown that practicing gratitude regularly is good for mental health. I like to thank The Universe when things go well. When it doesn't? Well The Universe works in mysterious ways...
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Comment on Best "dad" jokes and puns! in ~talk
roo1ster Link Parentwhat do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinocerous? elephino! (if its not obvious, say it out loud a couple times)what do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhinocerous?
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (April 2024) in ~health.mental
roo1ster LinkAspects of my life have been utter shite for last ~9 years. Most of it has been a study in getting things done (or not done) while in varying degrees of overwhelm. I had a hip replacement about 14...Aspects of my life have been utter shite for last ~9 years. Most of it has been a study in getting things done (or not done) while in varying degrees of overwhelm.
I had a hip replacement about 14 months ago, and in retrospect should have done it 15-20 years ago. It's been absolutely brilliant but until recently I'd been unable to recreate the runner's high I got from a 2+ mile jog 15-20 years ago. About 3 weeks ago I discovered that a fairly leisurely ~50 minute session on my exercise bike is sufficient physical exertion to recreate that post run feeling of positivity and general well being (runners high). If i amp up my thc lvls (get baked), I'm able to get my butt on the bike every other day. I'm excited about getting to a place mentally/physically where I'm not crutching the workout w/thc, but in the mean time, not feeling even a little bad about it.
My wife gave me an unsolicited compliment about my general outlook/attitude of late, not just in the hour or 2 post bike ride, so the 2 most important people in my life (me, wife) are both seeing this as a positive.
Plenty of stuff is still utter shite, but I'm spending more time of late in a place of possibility, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
Disclaimer: all of the above was typed immediately post workout, at like a 7+.
hugs <3
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Comment on Rage Against the Machine's first public performance (10/23/91 @ Cal State North Ridge) in ~music
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Comment on Rage Against the Machine's first public performance (10/23/91 @ Cal State North Ridge) in ~music
roo1ster Link Parententirely possible, it definitely had bullet in the head on it... it became a bit of a catch phrase in my peer group after we got those tapes.entirely possible, it definitely had bullet in the head on it... it became a bit of a catch phrase in my peer group after we got those tapes.
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Comment on US judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter in ~tech
roo1ster Link ParentIMHO, If you present stuff strictly in chronological order or by user determined popularity, your platform should be safe (up to the point the entire site or sections of the site are deemed...IMHO, If you present stuff strictly in chronological order or by user determined popularity, your platform should be safe (up to the point the entire site or sections of the site are deemed socially unacceptable, however that's defined).
Once you start tweaking what individual users are presented with to drive individual user engagement, it gets a lot greyer to me.
Modern social platforms appear to me to have significant insight into post content and can determine what an individual user will see according to that individual users' proclivities. On its face that seemed pretty innocuous too, but now we've got examples of this increasing radicalization and that (to me) is a problem.
Modern corporations have demonstrated that their only moral is "Increasing shareholder value at all costs". If you want to change their behavior, you'll need to be able to impact shareholder value... The beauty of the US legal landscape is that it grows to meet the needs of the people it serves. Again, imho, it's past time for it to catch up with the tech is purports to govern.
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Comment on Rage Against the Machine's first public performance (10/23/91 @ Cal State North Ridge) in ~music
roo1ster LinkI went to a House of Pain concert at a tiny venue (The Backroom, Austin, TX - it was really just a bar) circa 1992 and RAtM opened for them. No one in my group had ever heard of them before. They...I went to a House of Pain concert at a tiny venue (The Backroom, Austin, TX - it was really just a bar) circa 1992 and RAtM opened for them. No one in my group had ever heard of them before. They were passing out demo tapes for free and absolutely stole the show. Good times.
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Comment on How do you keep your home smelling nice? in ~life.home_improvement
roo1ster Link Parent20 years ago I had a significant other who was obsessed with air quality/odors. She went (imho) a little ocd on the topic and by the end of the relationship we had high end hepa filters on high in...20 years ago I had a significant other who was obsessed with air quality/odors. She went (imho) a little ocd on the topic and by the end of the relationship we had high end hepa filters on high in every room of the house 24x7. I'm sure the particulate count was significantly lower, but afaik all that filtering did nothing for the smell of the house.
Maybe some charcoal would have helped with the odor, the hepa filtration? Not so much.
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Comment on How do you keep your home smelling nice? in ~life.home_improvement
roo1ster Link ParentWife and I have been contemplating rejoining the ranks of cat owners (last cat passed ~3 years ago). From quickly looking at their site it appears to be a subscription service for a banker's box...kittypooclub
Wife and I have been contemplating rejoining the ranks of cat owners (last cat passed ~3 years ago). From quickly looking at their site it appears to be a subscription service for a banker's box you fill with litter and dispose of entirely on a regular/frequent basis. With our previous cat I'd never suspected the litter tray of harboring cat funk. I'm wondering if I'm missing something important about the kittypoo service?
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Comment on The Crow (2024) | Official trailer in ~movies
roo1ster Link ParentI walked into that movie not knowing anything about it at a tiny art house in Austin, TX when it first came out. Ended up seeing it 3-4x more dragging friends to it. Amazing movie.I walked into that movie not knowing anything about it at a tiny art house in Austin, TX when it first came out. Ended up seeing it 3-4x more dragging friends to it. Amazing movie.
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Comment on Who are the pop stars, from any era, who have extraordinary skills? in ~music
roo1ster LinkI'm not a huge expert, but I've seen several references to Freddy Mercury's pitch accuracy being remarkable.I'm not a huge expert, but I've seen several references to Freddy Mercury's pitch accuracy being remarkable.
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Comment on AT&T widespread cell phone outage in US in ~tech
roo1ster Link<tin foil hat>This was a warning shot by some state level baddies.</tin foil hat> I'd assume the opening salvo of modern super power on super power warfare would be attempts to knock out as much...<tin foil hat>This was a warning shot by some state level baddies.</tin foil hat> I'd assume the opening salvo of modern super power on super power warfare would be attempts to knock out as much of your opponent's communication infrastructure as quickly and thoroughly as possible. Viruses are cheaper than emp generators, and a well timed, focused event to remind us that we're not as untouchable as we'd like to think... ?plausible? <ok, I never really took my tin foil hat off - disclaimer I'm just some idiot musing out loud on the internet, though I am a graduate of having watched many random ww2 docs on youtube, so you know, take it for what it is>
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Comment on Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened in ~finance
roo1ster Link Parentall you have to do is educate people sufficiently to overcome decades of cultural indoctrination and human nature :(all you have to do is educate people sufficiently to overcome decades of cultural indoctrination and human nature
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Comment on Non-fictional books about getting to know emotions? in ~books
roo1ster LinkSeveral good ones already listed, I would add How to talk so kids will listen Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents No Bad PartsSeveral good ones already listed, I would add
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Comment on Tell me about your weird religious beliefs in ~humanities
roo1ster LinkI was raised southern Methodist, spent most of my 20s as an atheist, settling down to agnosticism by my early 40s. Somewhere in there I graduated from a Jesuit university, which seems less...I was raised southern Methodist, spent most of my 20s as an atheist, settling down to agnosticism by my early 40s. Somewhere in there I graduated from a Jesuit university, which seems less interested in pushing a god agenda and more interested in impressing upon me that I have a general basic duty as a human to help those less well off. All of those experiences have shaped me. These days (early 50s) I've found value in having faith in something greater than myself, and gratitude when good things I had little to no hand in occur. There's so much out there we haven't encountered and cannot yet explain. I believe in a higher power - in conversation (with both myself and others) I just refer to it as "The Universe".
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Comment on How US insurance companies fill their networks with ‘ghost’ therapists in ~health.mental
roo1ster Link ParentI'm just another untrained idiot on the internet, so take this for what it cost you... Mental health care lags far far behind physical health care. For the most part we're still in the dark ages...I'm just another untrained idiot on the internet, so take this for what it cost you...
Mental health care lags far far behind physical health care. For the most part we're still in the dark ages when it comes to identifying and treating mental issues. Some mental health care modalities work for some people some of the time. My biggest learning thus far has been to keep an open mind and be honest with myself and my therapist du jour when it is and more importantly when it is NOT working for me.
Your brief post resonated for me re: anxiety and being the child of parents suffering from anxiety. I'm definitely reading things into your post from my own experiences and almost certainly some of that is way off base.
What's been helping me of late has been "Parts work" (see "No Bad Parts" by Schwarz - tons of great youtube videos too). The basic gist as I currently think I understand it is that when (especially as children) we experience an event (more frequently repeated events) that is sufficiently painful and overwhelming in that moment, your brain kinda fractures and creates 'parts'. Many people are living with these parts in varying degrees of obliviousness. I think a pretty common 'part' is The Critic - that voice in the back of your head telling you're doing it wrong and you're a bad person for doing it wrong, and seriously? you should be ashamed. Terribly terrifically ashamed. My Critic part is a pretty big source of my constant anxiety issues. Parts work encourages you to identify, engage with, and ultimately empathize with these 'parts' as though they were separate individuals from your "Self". From there you can learn to recognize when they take over in any given situation, develop skills to engage with them with kindness, and reduce the negative aspects of their engagement.
Somewhere in all the above real, significant change has been possible for me, and now I want that for everyone else on the planet too. YMMV, but I wish you as much peace and joy as you can wrap your arms around in this life.
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Comment on Grace Young and her ever-growing wok collection in ~food
roo1ster Link ParentAlton Brown has a bit where he pops popcorn in a wok w/tin foil over the top. Some of the best popcorn I ever had. Bonus points for powderizing your salt in a coffee/spice grinder (careful with it...Alton Brown has a bit where he pops popcorn in a wok w/tin foil over the top. Some of the best popcorn I ever had. Bonus points for powderizing your salt in a coffee/spice grinder (careful with it though - you can get A LOT more powderized salt in a teaspoon than you can regular table salt - stunningly easy to over do it).
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Comment on Hertz is selling 20,000 electric vehicles to buy gasoline cars instead in ~transport
roo1ster Link ParentJust the worry of those issues is enough to keep me from renting an EV on a trip, even though I like to rent cool/interesting/makes&models-I'd-never-buy cars on trips. It's how I found out I'd...Just the worry of those issues is enough to keep me from renting an EV on a trip, even though I like to rent cool/interesting/makes&models-I'd-never-buy cars on trips. It's how I found out I'd probably enjoy having a minivan as a daily driver - rented a chrysler pacifica and it was seriously like driving a super comfy couch on wheels and wow, so much storage space. I could easily haul more stuff than the F150 crewcab I used to own. I'm all for reducing carbon footprint, but for the amount of travel I do, not gonna make an impact.
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Suggestions on better interactions with YouTube on my Moto G Power?
situation: Watch video until the end, and want to get back to "home" with as little drama/clicking as possible. Current process: hit the tiny ass'd "x" at the top right to close the suggestions...
situation: Watch video until the end, and want to get back to "home" with as little drama/clicking as possible.
Current process:
- hit the tiny ass'd "x" at the top right to close the suggestions overlay (usually after several attempts)
- drag the video position back 30+ seconds so that the "up next" overlay is no longer obscuring the minimize video carat in the upper left.
- hit the tiny ass'd minimize video carat (usually after several attempts)
I keep wishing there was just a 'go back to home screen' option available at the end of videos that I'm just missing.
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Someone on the internet once told me "You couldn't be ashamed of who you were if you hadn't grown enough to see the past behavior as problematic, so it's really an opportunity to celebrate your growth." I've been practicing consciously noticing when I'm feeling ashamed, identifying the action(s) I'm ashamed of and reflecting on how much I had to grow to feel the way I do now. When I'm really on it, I'll imagine how I'd have dealt with the situation if it happened today instead of back when... 60% of the time, it works every time.