AlecSadler
@AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Vets fret as private equity snaps up clinics, pet care companies 1 week ago:
Two vets near me were recently purchased by some megacorp conglomerate. Prices went up, quality went down, it sucks because they were my go to.
This can only end badly.
- Comment on What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? 2 weeks ago:
Get a second job. Start a hobby. Start your own side gig.
If you just do extra work for the megacorp for no extra compensation, then they’re just using you.
- Comment on Trey Parker and Matt Stone's "SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT" and "TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE" will be released on 4K UHD on June 25. 3 weeks ago:
Do people just stop thinking critically after they decide they agree with something?
Narrator: Yes.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
shittily
- Comment on This is what peak performance looks like 5 weeks ago:
I knew a guy in college who had to do this, he had a degenerative eye disease or something that no amount of glasses, hard contacts, or whatever could fix. It seemed like it royally sucked, but he always seemed in good spirits.
Except I vaguely recall he impaled his own leg on a sharp branch while jogging because he couldn’t see it. That would suck.
- Comment on What will happen to large companies once poor people have no more money to use? 5 weeks ago:
Based on what I’m seeing in the small business community around me…
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Small businesses see less foot traffic, take out loans to survive, realize things aren’t picking back up due to a drop in general spending, a drop that businesses like this can’t weather but mega corps can
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Small businesses close, go bankrupt, etc.
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Eventually only mega corps left, it’ll become the only option to do or buy anything, and we’re all fucked
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- Comment on How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house? 5 weeks ago:
I have soft soles slippers for bedroom / office parts of the house.
Hard soled slippers for those short trips to the garage or trash or to get the mail.
And for everything else, an actual pair of shoes (yeah yeah I only have one).
I actually always wear some sort of slipper inside though because 1) my feet get cold 2) I don’t want to get my socks or feet extra dirty and 3) I feel weird having my feet “unprotected”, I know slippers add nothing but it somehow brings me peace of mind.
- Comment on Why do we have to do the health insurance company's job for them? 5 weeks ago:
I have to do it quarterly for some reason. Annually would be…better, but still stupid. My doctor even thinks it’s dumb, so he usually just asks me all the rote questions…
…no he doesn’t, he usually goes blahblahblah you’ve been doing this for 10+ years we know the routine. Unfortunately I still have to make an appointment, have an appointment, pay the deductible for said appointment, just to get 3mos of a medication that, thus far, I have a medical need for.
- Comment on Why do people around me tend to increase their responsibility load (i.e. have children, become a manager, do charity, etc.) while I (30M) try to avoid it as much as I can? 1 month ago:
Because they’re lost or miserable or searching for purpose and keep trying to find it in external things like career advancement or kids or partners or something.
- Comment on She did her best ok? 1 month ago:
I love this comment because I recently learned bay leaves are hilariously divisive.
There are some pretty heated / humorous articles out there about them. I love it.
- Comment on FTC bans TurboTax from advertising 'free' services, calls deceptive advertising 3 months ago:
FreeTaxUSA has always been my go to, and I have relatively complex taxes, it still works great.
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
I mean…sort of? It doesn’t really have a voice though it’s more like…just an understanding. I don’t know, this entire post has been fascinating.
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
I never realized this was a thing until now and it kinda explains a lot.
I’ve always wanted to be more visually creative and it has always been an extreme struggle, neigh impossible. Kind of nice to finally have a term for it.
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
I don’t debate ongoings internally, but I am formally adult ADHD diagnosed. This entire post/thread is fascinating to me.
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
No? What is it like?
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
I can’t visualize to save my life and it bothers me. It also leads to an insane lack of a sense of direction. A good friend told me to just go the opposite direction of what I feel - and 9/10 that actually works.
When people ask me what someone looks like, I typically devolve to…“umm, a face, a couple arms, some hair”. I know it sounds dumb, but it’s actually impossibly hard for me to describe someone.
I totally get the think/read but not your voice thing, I feel like it isn’t a monologue, it just…is?
Granted I am diagnosed ADHD and partially in the spectrum, so I suppose that may play a part?
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
This is making me keep thinking of blinking and breathing and it’s weirding me out!
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
Oh, is that all it is? I guess I was reading it to be where I can hear myself talk to myself when reasoning things out or experiencing things.
- Comment on Why do we have an internal monologue? 4 months ago:
I am super confused what an internal monologue is as I’m fairly certain I don’t have one.
If I did, I feel like it would annoy the shit out of me.
- Comment on A lesson in Input Validation 4 months ago:
I…never thought of this, thank you for the idea.
- Comment on Making a button to do this is apparently far too difficult 7 months ago:
Once things are settled with my current legal crap, I’ll gladly share it. But I’d rather not right now, just in case.
- Comment on Making a button to do this is apparently far too difficult 7 months ago:
Absolutely. I’m actually working with a lawyer now and am involved in correspondence with the company. Hence why I haven’t named and shamed them (yet). It’s progressing slowly, but positively in my favor. It’s just annoying that it had to come to this.
- Comment on Making a button to do this is apparently far too difficult 7 months ago:
Did you read my comment? I tried and they threatened to send me to collections.
But that same person couldn’t cancel my account, but they could transfer me! Rinse, wash, repeat.
- Comment on Making a button to do this is apparently far too difficult 7 months ago:
It’s on purpose I think. I’ve been trying to cancel my alarm system for a house I no longer live in, and every time I call I wait on hold 1-2 hours minimum.
If I get through, I get transferred for some reason, five times once.
Twice now they just hang up on me.
I can’t issue a chargeback to the bank because they said they’ll just send me to collections.
They claim there is no way to cancel via mail or email, even though I know there is, the thing is you have to navigate the shitty tree and escalate it in a way where they will allow you to cancel that way.
Fuck companies that do this.
- Comment on Can acidic and carbonated drinks corrode aluminium bottles? 7 months ago:
Certain types of beverages can definitely cause some types of cans to erode, yes. You’d have to know whether or not your aluminum bottle has an interior lining or not. There are also different types of linings.
Unfortunately, I only know these things from a friend who works in the canning industry so I can’t speak to them with any degree of detail. But some manufacturers get their beverages tested and then have to can them in certain types of cans for that reason.
- Comment on Bill Maher postpones return to the air, the latest TV host to balk at working during writers strike 7 months ago:
I guess I have crappy friends then, damn.
- Comment on Bill Maher postpones return to the air, the latest TV host to balk at working during writers strike 7 months ago:
Controversial opinion, I hate Bill Maher. He seems like a giant, egotistical tool that screams tryhard.