Spaghetti_Hitchens

No. There are too many people on this planet.

Weirdly none. Music distracts me from what I am doing.

Gritty fucks

Weird. The question was asked in English.

Her comes lil Pubey!

As someone who grew up in Gilbert, I suddenly feel dirtier.

I bet Sue’d be able to put up one hell of a fight.

Little Bobby Tables as we call him.

Same

RIF was Reddit for me. Now that it’s dead, so is Reddit.

There is some interesting research on procrastination as an emotional problem. It’s important to note the difference between procrastinating and being lazy. Procrastination is typically productive (I am cleaning the house or being active and engaged in some way instead of writing that term paper) and laziness is not (I haven’t eaten or bathed because I don’t want to and my ass is glued to the couch while I passively watch TV).

The main hook into procrastination is that your subconscious percieves a low emotional return for the task to be performed. Instead it finds any other task it percieves to have a higher emotional reward and sets you about doing that instead.

It helps to intentionally focus on how good it will feel to complete the task you are putting off, and so you sort of hijack your own brain.

Carrots will allow me to see in the dark if I eat enough of them.

This was (and is) a very successful British WWII misinformation campaign. The Brits didn’t want it known that their aircraft had radar - which allowed them to find enemy aircraft at night. So they embellished carrots’ benefit on night vision to cover up their technological advantage.

It worked. Don’t feel bad for believing it. Everyone believed it.

Nothing trickles in the US except our river deltas

I absolutely feel your pain and was in your situation for a long time. For over a decade as an adult, I lived well below the poverty line and was homeless for a couple stretches.

I obviously don’t know you or your situation beyond what you shared, but I believe that you can improve your life just like I did. I was so poor and struggled for so long that I finally had enough and vowed to never be in that situation again. While the mindset helps, it was a long time of extra effort that got me into a comfortable position.

For me the biggest help was no one thing; it was a bunch of incremental improvements over about a decade. A jump to different jobs that pay even $1.50/hr more buy breathing room. I know you’re not “buying too much avocado toast,” but there might be ways to stretch your necessities budget; I hear that sometimes things get missed when using self checkouts.

Depending on where you are, there are hopefully food banks and living assistance services in your areas. If you need internet and don’t have it, libraries are great places (and you can still check out books and movies for entertainment).

I wanted to write code for a living, so I got a computer science associates degree (not even a bachelor’s); I went to school in the evenings and delivered pizzas when I didn’t have class. This was on top of my day job. It was no picnic; I had a few meltdowns from being overworked and exhausted. You don’t even need to go the school/degree route. We need skilled tradesmen. Pipe fitting, welding, carpentry, electrical work, etc… are always in need and they can provide a good quality of life.

My general view is fuck corporate loyalty. If you can jump ship and make more money elsewhere: do it. If you can’t afford some recurring bill: stop paying it. You are more important than those business.

Look into assistance services now. Always be looking for a new job that will pay more. Identify a five year career goal and work toward it. It’s not a today solution, but that was basically how I escaped being crushed by our system.

I wish you the best.

All mouthwash turns to orange juice after brushing your teeth

You never hear someone the first couple times they try to pay you a compliment

You have my deepest sympathies

I have been very much enjoying kbin. Sure the volume isn’t quite there, but I love that it’s run by volunteers with no agenda other than to host their commities for free.

The software has a few hiccups here and there, but those will get improved over time.

Reddit is there for money; your experience is secondary to that.