I’m not sure if optimist is the best term to describe be but at least I don’t go out of my way to find the worst possible intreptretation for everything just so that I can then go around complaining all the time and acting as if all the bad things in my life are someone else’s fault and outside of my influence.

I only have like 4 or five pages of apps. No much need in organizing them. I pretty much remember on which page the 4 apps are I regularly look for.

What I most often hear recommended as the single most effective way to donate is to an organization that buys bed-nets to africa to protect people from malaria. What’s the problem with that?

What do you think they donate to?

I never said I couldn’t find a recipe - the question was: who the fuck doesn’t know how to make french toast?

I don’t.

What a strange thing to so angry about.

I don’t. Not a clue where to even begin.

For me it’s always been a way to donate based on reason rather than emotions. I never quite figured out why it has this dark, cultish reputation among the people who for some reason oppose it.

Very little of such drama finds its way into my attention and I’ve taken active steps to make it that way.

I actually gave it a once over with a lighter to stop the fraying.

Potenttially so - just doen’t consider me as the only user of said bottle. Also, it might be a bit salty environment for bacteria.

You can hold the tip of your finger on the upper one and can thus control the flow by blocking the airflow.

I do this when putting it onto wings. This way I can apply it individually rather than splashing it all over.

No wonder people feel powerless when their aspirations are to literally change the entire country/world.

I’m reversing entropy on a daily basis but only locally. People call me when something needs improving, is broken or about to fall apart and I then show up to fix it. Perhaps it’s nothing more than a leaky faucet but after I’m done it’s not leaking anymore and someone has one less problem in their life to think about. It’s nothing to write home about and there’s no gold and glory waiting for me at the finish line but at the end of the day I can point at something in the real world and say “I did that”

But my experience with some ropes is that the action of loading and unloading or otherwise jostling the knot can cause it to come loose.

That is why I used this rather than the reef knot. This wont come undone when not under constant tension.

If you need extra security it’s often better to tie a stopper knot in the ends of the lines rather than tying them together.

I was just about to say that this almost perfectly describes my job as a handyman.

When has anyone ever changed their behavior because a stranger online scolded them for it? If you absolutely must signal your opposition to AI, just say “Boo AI” and move on. It accomplishes the exact same thing of letting everyone know you’re one of the good guys so they can hand you the upvotes you’re after.

I went self-employed 3 years ago. Hands down the most terrifying decision of my life. I felt physically sick due to how anxious I was about it.

Possibly the best thing I’ve ever done or will ever do.

Then what system decides who gets to live and who gets murdered? Social media polls? Random Luigis? Mobs going door to door in wealthy neighbourhoods? Arbitrary wealth limit?

Do we start by lining up every current and ex cop, ICE agent, FBI employee and such and just let a firing squad go at it? What about the children of billionaires? Into the woodchipper as well? Maybe also livestream that online as a warning for any future rich person.

I just can’t comprehend how what you’re suggesting doesn’t immediately fail any reality test you put it through.

I believe that double fisherman’s knot is what a climber would use in a situation like this.

My personal philosophy is to start with life threatening wounds and work down from there: Tourniquet, emergency bandage, hemostatic dressing …

My 19 year old truck has all the features I need and none that I don’t need. It also looks great. I could technically afford a newer or even a new one but I don’t want one.

My dad has a 2022 E-serier Mercedes Benz and I wouldn’t trade my truck for it. That thing is stuffed to the brim with all kinds of features which are distracting, prone to breaking and extremely expensive to repair. I almost even hit a cyclist once as it wouldn’t let me cross the centre line to give them some space.