“Some DIY is fun, some is stuff we do by mistake because ‘well how hard can it be anyway?’ and it teaches us a lot for the next project. The rest we do purely to spite ourselves, because we should be able to do it, damnit!”
-thing I said to a friend who asked why I was putting so much effort on myself when I could just buy a flat-pack for the same cost and 99% less effort.
Right next to a lace boutique, no less. ;)
Ha sorry not you judging; partner. Who won’t either. I just have poverty spend-confidence issues. 😅 justify every large purchase. This one is “because I want it” which is difficult justification.
But it glows, precious. It has power, precious. I wanted it so much, and now it will be mine, my precious. 😊
Thank you! I’m super pumped!
Maybe someday all that practice will pay off. Unlikely, you know, but maybe.
I wish more people would take up an interest in cultivation of mushrooms. Some of them, like most oyster strains, are dead simple. You can grow them on old shipping boxes or kids’ homework. Anything derived from wood, they don’t care.
Much lower risk of harm and a great way to recycle paper goods into edible protein. And any size will do! Want a ton? Use 5 gallon buckets with holes drilled on the sides. Want a small amount? Seed a 2 liter bottle and pop the whole thing out into a bucket to fruit.
Other species, like log growers, will produce 3-10x/yr for years (5-10+ years depending on species and log) with zero effort other than maintaining moisture/humidity, once the log is set up in a space like an old aquarium with cracked glass - knock out the panel and install screen to use it for ventilation. It’s just a matter of sourcing the right log, a busted aquarium of the right dimensions (typically free) and some spores or seed substrate.
And the leftover mycelium is great in gardens as compost, and you might get a bonus mushroom here or there from it! Decomposers tend to work very nicely with food crops.
Dolphins do as well. They can move their tail in such a way that forces the ejaculate into a blind alley preventing fertilization.
Dolphins are quite rapey.
Have not watched Buffy, no. But I believe you fully. Just didn’t think it was a big deal for voice but… at the same time I’m quite face blind so muffling and costumes don’t usually impact my ability to recognize someone. So it’s low-key amazing to me the lengths some people go to
Why?
Are we not ruining Earth enough and need more stuff to ruin, or do the rich want somewhere to go when they have destroyed things for the rest of us?
I mean I love space, and I’d love to move to a retirement community on the moon (I’ve even come up with a crappy slogan! “1/6 the gravity makes old bodies feel new again!”) but for real, why do we need commercial enterprise in the moon? Can’t we just have a nice moon that isn’t ruined by capitalism like literally everything else it touches?
Thanks, this was a great way to use an hour of my life :)
I’m not who you replied to but I was on Ritalin from 5-13 or so, then off all meds until about 34.
I sought it out because things were becoming more of a struggle than they used to be (for context, I graduated hs, served in the military, and graduated cum laude with a BS all unmedicated). I just couldn’t get the same motivation from my prior strategies.
I am on basically the same drug now (methylphenidate), but a lower dose than when I was a kid (the extreme high dose is why I stopped taking it-so many side effects). At this point I really only take it when I want to be productive, mostly because I cannot remember to take it daily to save my life.
It does have its own set of challenges, like there are still side effects, and remembering to even take it early enough is a pain (if you delay, your sleep is likely to be impacted), and a lot of doctors don’t want you testing positive for thc, even if you use the drugs on different days, which reduces your options for overcoming the stimulant effect at night.
But it does help me get going when I take it, and imho it is worth it if it works for you too. You might need to try a few different meds to find the right one for your adult chemistry, but if Ritalin was effective for you back when, methylphenidate might be an option now.
And if you decide the meds aren’t worth it, they don’t give you the effect you were looking for or the side effects are too much, you don’t have to keep taking them. The joy of being an adult is nobody forcing it on you.
Unlike in real life, this bee is going home to accolades.