I’ve done this a couple of times and I’d say if you can afford it, it’s definitely worth it. But renting often leaves you in a tight financial situation so it’s not often realistic to be able to do it.

I don’t think it’s about them being cheap, it’s that they want to sell you the matching wireless headset

I like my tablet for ancestry research and not much else. But I think maybe still good for artists?

Me.

Also, my cat.

Tagged so I can recognize you later bro, you matter

Really depends on the workplace I think. Even within similar sectors, I’ve been in situations where it was definitely that way, but in another similar workplace there was absolutely none of that. A lot of it has to do with leadership, I think. But also humans are prone to gossip and be judgy and not everyone grows out of that or learns to keep it to themselves, so there will always be people.

The last one sounds like a win-win for both you and society.

Fucking up your political opponents or dissenters sounds a lot like fascism, but I really hate capitalism so I can’t stay mad.

Is it a subscription now? I paid $6 in January, one-time fee.

Yes exactly that. They’d give us a sheet of equations and we were supposed to complete it in one minute. It’s usually basic stuff like addition or multiplication, but mind you this was when we’re just learning it like grade 2-3. Then they would pu t us in groups based on how many equations we got through.

I just don’t care for it. I know it matters and makes up all our rules for the physical world and everything but it’s not interesting to me. I’m much more interested in social/psychological studies of life, so math talk just flies over my head most of the time.

Also would agree with you about the educational system though. Growing up I was always held back and taken aside because I wasn’t doing the math either fast enough or “the right way”. I learned different tricks for multiplication than were taught at my school, but I would get to the correct answer. I was punished for this. It also shouldn’t matter how fast you can do math, as long as you’re getting the right answer. I fucking hated “math minutes” and had a lot of shitty teachers. Had some good ones too though.

It is a big thing but feels like a small thing in the scale of things, but watching 10,000+ people in my relatively small city come together in support of various unions across the province has got me on a good high.

I might just join you in that game, it looks cool.

I’ve been playing starbound again and feels like the game has been abandoned for the last 10 years, but steam db says there’s still about ~800 players so that’s not so bad.

I’ve actually met a few people who are into calligraphy but they don’t strike me as the “meet-up” type of people.

I’ve been on one for about 4 years and have made I think about $600 over that time playing very casually. I know there’s way more intense people that can make a bit more but likely still not a living wage, just nice pocket money. Also, if you’re outside of the US, they seem to be cutting down on opportunities.

The con is you’re essentially selling them your data via polls, app downloads, etc. Pro is money, I guess.

Look up sites owned by Prodege, they’re all pretty similar, and they do pay out if you provide real info (e.g. paypal). Most complaints you’ll see online about people not getting paid out is because they don’t want to provide that, which is fair enough.

Oh also UserTesting, which legit pays out well (10-20USD per 15-30min test), but you need to allow screen/mic recording and it takes a lot more involvement. I imagine investing a bit of time into it could fare pretty decently, but I don’t have that kind of energy or time.

If you have a good voice you could try Quinn or something similar. Or just do male porn, that makes a pretty fucking decent income too.

Erase anything that mentions freedom from internet gov sites is coming up next

I’m sure as pharmacists who (hopefully) believe in science, they would prefer you lie and tell them you have a condition and need the shot.

You can answer SIX whole emails in three hours?

damn that’s like a full day for me.

My partner is very much in your boat. At home and any time we go out to “safe” spaces (like queer spaces) he is very open and absolutely enjoys himself. We got pedicures the other day and he had sparkly blue toenails for like a week and loved it.

Unfortunately, he works in the auto industry and we live in a more conservative area, so whenever we’re not in a “safe” space, I can 100% see him reverting to a more “hardened” version of himself. I know it’s just self-preservation, but I can see (and he knows) how much happier he is when he doesn’t have to be that way. It really sucks and I wish I could help him out of his shell a bit more, but I totally understand the shitty circumstances.

The patriarchy hurts every single one of us.