wonderingwanderer
@wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
Wherever I wander I wonder whether I’ll ever find a place to call home…
- Comment on Shhhh! it's sleeping. 3 minutes ago:
Well there’s yer problem!
- Comment on Team Car! 13 hours ago:
As someone who doesn’t really ride bikes, I think it’s wild when car people are against bike lanes.
Back when I used to drive, it was so annoying to get stuck behind a cyclist. Their max speed is lower than the speed limit on most roads, passing them makes me nervous even on straight and flat roads, and if the road is hilly or curvy like most in my area, it’s downright dangerous.
I would love it if there were more bike lanes so that cyclists don’t get in my way. Why would anyone who drives a car be against that?
- Comment on 13 hours ago:
Sharknova!
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 20 hours ago:
That’s funny because I actually didn’t wear shoes today cause I was having FOMO about that barefoot life after listening to Shakira sing Pies Descalzos
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
That’s pretty much FOMO though. They thought I was the next big thing, *and* they didn’t want to miss out on it.
And it doesn’t matter if it’s really investing or not, because the fact remains that the people who buy it believe that it is. If they didn’t think of it as an investment, they would have zero reason to buy NFTs
(unless they intend to use it on the dark web) - Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
Yes, that’s true. But boy do many people have a much better starting point depending on the emotional health/maturity of their parents
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
That’s great to hear
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
I see. That makes sense. Sometimes I forget that some people actually grew up with effective parenting.
Finances were one of many taboo topics in my house growing up. I never even knew a remote approximation of my dad’s salary, or what things like groceries, utilities, healthcare, etc. cost; until I became an adult and had to face those things for myself. I felt pretty blindsided by how expensive life is.
When I was a kid my parents gave me three envelopes and said one’s for saving, one’s for giving to church, and the other’s for spending. Or at least they claimed they told me that, a year later when they found out I was putting all my allowance in the same envelope. But that’s the first I recall ever hearing about their little system.
After that, there was no oversight. No checking in or auditing to make sure I’m doing it right, no instructive moments when they found out I’m doing it wrong. Just scolding and blaming, and shortly after I stopped receiving an allowance because it “wasn’t working” to teach me financial responsibility. As if all it takes is saying “do this” one time and then forgetting it.
It was the same with everything. Hygiene, chores, etc. They thought they could tell a kid with single-digit age “do this” one time and then forget about it and assume it immediately becomes a failproof habit. And then scolding and blaming when years down the line they find out that’s not the case. “I taught you better than this! You’re just being lazy!” Stuff like that.
It’s a foolproof way to instill something: oppositional defiant disorder.
So yeah, sometimes I forget that to some people “parents taught me [such and such] good habit” actually means “modeling good behavior and checking in to verify and make gentle corrections until it actually becomes learned.”
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
Yes. You deserved better than what you got. Unfortunately the only requirement for becoming parents is a pair of working genitals.
I hope you’ve found or are finding the healing and support that you need.
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
Yes but some financial advisors will literally tell you that money in savings is slowly decaying and that (besides an emergency fund) you should invest it.
The type of investments they’ll recommend will depend on your risk tolerance and financial goals of course, and probably isn’t likely to include NFTs. But I could see some 19-20 year old reading a post on instagram that says you should invest instead of saving, and with a very superficial understanding of what that actually means, might easily fall for the very next post or sponsored ad that says “Hey you! Yeah, you. The dumbass who hasn’t bought [inset memecoin here] yet. Why don’t you have any [memecoin]?!? Anyone who’s smart has some already, and look how rich they’re getting! Don’t miss out by being a coward. Own your future. Grindset. Yadda yadda.”
I’m not saying that makes them intelligent, but simply telling them to be “smarter with money” isn’t going to solve the problem, and might actually exacerbate it.
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
The thing about people who buy NFTs is that they think they are being smart with their money.
They look at what happened with Apple, Microsoft, Google stocks way back in the day and think “huhuhu, I’m not going to be one of those idiots who misses out on an opportunity like that!”
It’s FOMO and “high risk - high reward” gambler mentality, wrapped up in the illusion of being a savvy investor.
- Comment on one step closer to 100%'ing life!! 1 day ago:
Without going through steps 1 and 2 it’s impossible to get to steps 3, 4, and 5 without feeling gaslit and invalidated just like you always were growing up, which can rehash and reinforce the trauma, perpetuating the cycle.
That’s what society in general, and people who had healthy parents, don’t understand. They want us all to skip to the end of the process, ignoring the fact that not everyone was so fortunate to be raised by emotionally intelligent people.
A very basic understanding of developmental psychology is all it takes to see how significantly the influences of one’s formative years can impact their social and emotional development long into adulthood.
- Comment on The price of soda in 2017 1 day ago:
What? No, I’ve known hypoglycemics without personally having it myself. Why do you ask?
- Comment on RIP to Universe #342, hope they’re doing well without me 1 day ago:
I made a bagel. And put everything on it.
- Comment on No kink shaming 1 day ago:
No a hamburger is someone who lives in Hamburg.
What you’re thinking of is a Salisbury steak on a bun
- Comment on When women can't figure out crazy requests from men 2 days ago:
Just remember to use protection, don’t rely on bush to save you from infections and you should be alright
- Comment on When women can't figure out crazy requests from men 2 days ago:
Don’t, it’s disinfo and their only source is an AI slop site
- Comment on When women can't figure out crazy requests from men 2 days ago:
Your source is an AI slop website that itself doesn’t cite any sources (besides the three it hallucinated with no links)?
- Comment on Is this is a crime in your country? 2 days ago:
Anything that improves upon the status quo or moves the needle in a positive direction is progressive. That’s the definition of progress.
- Comment on Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought 2 days ago:
Isn’t that illegal? If not, it should be.
- Comment on Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought 2 days ago:
Look into micron filters or even submicron hollowtube filters. They’re washable and reusable, they filter out most suspended solids, some heavy metals, and even pathogens (most bacteria and parasites, even some viruses).
I don’t think they’d make grey water potable necessarily, but if you’re worried about bathwater contaminating your garden then combining these with switching to biodegradable soaps and solvents is probably enough.
Adding a charcoal filter stage might bind some stuff that the hollowtube misses. You can even run it through a UV chamber if you want another line of defense, but that’s a bit slower and might be redundant, especially if you’re just watering your garden.
There are also ceramic filters out there that are supposed to remove pretty much anything the hollowtube filters would miss, but they’re more expensive and the parts aren’t quite as reusable. Supposed to make pretty much anything potable though.
I’d have to do more research about dissolved particles, but I think some of the filters mentioned can catch some of it. Otherwise it would require distillation or reverse osmosis, both of which are slower and require more expensive equipment. Building a solar still is an option but it’s the slowest one.
- Comment on When women can't figure out crazy requests from men 2 days ago:
Pubic hair is what gives me microabrasions. Also, It’s not going to be a very effective prevention of anything during penetrative sex. It really only stops the juice from running down from the belly.
Just use protection. That’s gonna be more effective than relying on your bush to protect you.
If you keep your bush because you like it, more power to you. But don’t pretend it has some evolutionary value in modern contexts. We don’t wander around naked in the wilderness anymore. Most of us wear clothes when we go outside.
- Comment on I got your 6-7 right here, kids! 2 days ago:
You could have easily cropped out the snickers part. Corpo plugs aren’t really welcome here.
- Comment on Grow your own 2 days ago:
You’re assuming a lot by asserting the average backyard gardener has the space and time to grow 20 plants, and averages 5 lbs yield from each one…
- Comment on Grow your own 2 days ago:
That just means you don’t like tomatoes.
It’s okay, I kinda don’t either. But on occasion, certain varieties in small amounts, paired with the right stuff, yeah I can enjoy.
It’s usually heirloom varieties though, not the ones from the grocery store that are genetically engineered to produce large, heavy, tasteless fruits that are mostly water and have low nutritional density.
- Comment on The price of soda in 2017 2 days ago:
Go ahead, I really don’t care. It’s not disinformation, you just don’t believe that non-diabetic hypoglycemics exist.
- Comment on The price of soda in 2017 2 days ago:
I wasn’t going on a rant, I was responding to your comment which was just as long. If typing in multiple paragraphs is a rant, you were ranting too.
And what I said wasn’t disinformation. Non-diabetic hypoglycemics exist, and you pretending that they don’t is harmful. Do you really want to tell a person with anorexia that they don’t need to consume complex carbs throughout the day because they can just take fast-acting sugars when they get dangerously low blood sugar?
We can keep talking past each other all we want, but it seems we’re talking about two different things. I already said I stand corrected about diabetics not having hypoglycemia. But I was correct in that it’s a complication from their medication, an overcorrection, and not the diabetes itself.
There’s a very clear medical distinction between symptoms of an illness and side effects of a medication. But if all you’re interested in is self-righteous accusations then I’m not going to be party to this conversation any longer. You can rant to yourself in the corner if you’d like.
- Comment on Like a dragon sitting on a hoard of memes 2 days ago:
Joke’s on you, I stole that one
- Comment on The price of soda in 2017 2 days ago:
I wasn’t handing out medical advice. Notice nothing I said was directed towards hypoglycemics? If someone has the medical condition then chances are they talk about it with their doctors already and know what they need to
The one thing I stand corrected on is that diabetics can have hypoglycemia as a complication of their medication. That makes sense. I wasn’t thinking about that because I assumed it’s usually a more carefully administered dose. But it’s reasonable that sometimes shit happens. But diabetes is still hyperglycemia, and as you stated, diabetic hypoglycemia is a response to medication.
That being said, you’re acting like you’re contradicting me by saying fast-acting sugars are necessary in an emergency. But the thing is, I clearly stated that emergencies are the moments when simple sugars are needed rather than complex carbs.
People who suffer from standalone hypoglycemia can prevent acute crises by eating enough complex carbs throughout the day. As long as they do that, they don’t require simple fast-acting sugars. Those are only needed when blood sugar drops dangerously low, as I already stated.
I don’t know enough about diabetes to say whether insulin-induced hypoglycemia functions the same way. I imagine it could drop off more precipitously. I don’t know how easy or difficult it is to administer the right dose of insulin at the right time, or to manage blood sugar levels by consuming complex carbs through the day rather than relying on simple sugars during emergencies. I don’t have a horse in that race.
The point is though, simple sugars are only necessary during emergencies. And for standalone hypoglycemia at least, consuming complex carbs throughout the day is much healthier and safer than waiting till there’s an emergency and then hitting the soda like it’s an epi-pen.
- Comment on Like a dragon sitting on a hoard of memes 2 days ago:
I know, so was I