I’m definitely a 1, and generally I don’t. I do, however, really like interactive fiction in both work safe and non work safe contexts. I think I really enjoy being able to visualize it in my mind more than I do watching it.
I’m not sure if it factors into your pet theory, but I’m asexual so the appeal of physical forms is also very lost on me. That’s a different can of worms that I’m happy to open if interested, but I’ll leave it be if not.
Oh rad! Keep your eyes peeled for conventions!
Speaking of, Anthrocon actually just wrapped up this year. You should go next year! It’s always a blast!
Ah, well, fair. Would have made for a great story! 🙂
A big swing, but I’m genuinely rooting for you.
Anti-5g dongles? That’s new for me, but I consume a lot of these grifts secondhand through a few podcasts I listen to. I might be behind.
Sounds like the bones of a good scam are there though, assuming the anti-5G conspiracy still gets traction and clicks.
Edit: Do you know if someone like bigclive got one? He takes those sorts of devices apart a lot to explain them and I’d love to see what’s inside. I just don’t want to pay the money for one to fund the grift.
I have a couple from the hip actually, because America has grifting baked into it’s soul. In no particular order:
As more of these come to me, I’ll try to expand the list.
Update: I can’t believe I forgot chiros! They turned themselves into a religion at one point to try to dodge medical licensure laws.
And also to misuse a document marked “for official use only”, for an exam taken four years ago, on a functionally meaningless aptitude test. It serves a purpose for the military and that’s it. And only during intake. You probably wouldn’t get in trouble for sharing this doc out in the grand scheme of things, but the US military is collectively a petty bitch and they can find ways to make life difficult.
I’m not sure why you choose to be so defensive about an Internet argument, OP, but learning to let go can lead you down a much more peaceful psychological road. The stakes were and are nil. The outcome of the argument changes nothing. Take a deep breath, calm down, and move on.
You could also get yourself a pack of bungee cords. Bungee the bag the same way you’d use one of those bands.
It’s the kludgy option, but you’ll probably get a bunch of spare bungee cords out of it and those are always useful.
Worth noting is that the feeling of being or doing something “wrong” without much evidence to support it suggests a little bit of imposter syndrome. It’s a very, very, very common feeling and is almost expected in any sort of a technical field. I have dealt with it personally and it sucks. The thing that helps me is the knowledge that if I was doing something that wasn’t up to the standard or wrong, someone would intervene. Even if it was to just sit me down and tell me “Hey, this sucks and you need to do better”.
I cannot imagine the shit fit that people would throw if we tried to implement a secure national identity number. Even the SSN got a lot of backlash for being “the mark of the beast”, and that was introduced a little under a hundred years ago.
Sounds like a law office. That’s the only place I’ve ever heard of six minute chunks.
When I hear “glue rocks to it”, I feel the urge to post the steering wheel picture. Because that one lives in my head rent free.
It’s only tangentially relevant, but still.
I think most generally it’s because naval analogues are probably the closest when you’re talking about large space-based fighting vessels. The air force doesn’t operate aircraft carriers, battleships, or destroyers. The navy, however, does (or did in the case of battleships). Those large sea based vessels often class quite nicely into a lot of sci-fi media for large ships.
The small ships you see are often based off of a carrier equivalent. Even when they’re terrestrially based, it makes a lot of sense to streamline your military structure to have just one “space force”, rather than trying to break it up into two entities like the “space navy” and “space air force”, each with their own standards and logistical supply networks.
I wish I had something more significant to contribute, but… yeah. Mood.
The remake is amazing.
The remake is so, so much better there.
Being right and being an asshole aren’t mutually exclusive. One is what you’re saying, the other is how you’re saying it.
I’ve talked to a therapist in the past - not about this, but about the rest of the abuse that was heaped on me during that time. It did help some.
You’re right, and it’s very similar advice my friends gave me. The hard part is finding the time and energy together to let me do it.
Nope, not at all! You’ve got it right.