A lot of people have a hobby that they can either recoup some costs of the hobby, or earn some beer money. Arts and crafts may have the occasional fair or flea market, or even an online store or ko-fi.
In my experience though, once you try to turn a hobby into a primary source of income, that becomes a job and is no longer as fun as it was as a hobby.
This appears to be a farming plot that a player has buried into the terrain. Due to limitations in the engine, the terrain renders weirdly when it's deformed this way. This creates a weird sort of edge in the terrain, which appears to be made of dirt, stone, and grass
Do you think of life as being an ordered system? It seems pretty chaotic to me.
Anyway, if I relate my concept of a 'natural system' to biology, then I'd point out that there isn't really an upper limit to how fast animals go. I mean, sure, they're limited by their size or aerodynamics, but a cheetah doesn't have a 'top speed' that it bottoms out at, it could push harder or be induced to move faster.
If I think of it as a force of nature, I'd think about how water flows. The speed of a river isn't constant, and it could be manipulated or induced to move faster.
So from that lens, it just seems odd that there are universal constants, like the speed of light. You'd think some lights would move faster or slower than others based on their composition, because that's the behaviour we seem to experience in nature.
This isn't a serious debate or belief of mine. I accept the laws of science because they're testable, demonstrable, and repeatable. But when you contemplate the unknowable (what does God look like, anyway?), it's a fun diversion.
Also we're such an infinitesimally small part of the universe that I'm inclined to believe that if we are in a simulation, we're the bug that crawled into the computer.
I've often had the thought that the universe is a simulation.
Like, why are there hard physical limitations on things like the speed of light? That doesn't make a lot of sense for a natural system. Also what kind of bullshit is it that if you move super fast time goes slower?
The universe is a simulation, but it's not very well put together.
My mom is in the middle of downsizing. I have some storage space, so I let her keep her stuff in my house. It gives her an excuse to come visit and we go through her things while she decides what's worth keeping or donating. I'm involved in the process, and I've saved a couple heirlooms with sentimental value.
My mother-in-law likes to show up unannounced and drop crap off. So far she's given me two lawnmowers, a bunch of rusty garden tools, and a leaky water cooler. I think she thinks she's helping, but it's getting to the point that I feel like I'm her dumping site.
You can be narcissistic and still like cats. It'll give you both something to bond over.
But for real, there are people who keep their cats on vegan diets because their beliefs are more important than their pets' health.
There's also people who insist that you shouldn't spay/neuter your cat and still let them outside to roam free. That might not technically be narcissistic, but cats have a tremendous negative impact on the ecosystem, and feral cats suffer greatly in the wild.
All that said, I love my fuzzballs. They stay indoors, both for their protection and the local wildlife.
Reading the selected quote and headline made me think this was tragic and accidental.
Imagine you and your partner decide to lock one another up in a confined space as a boozey prank or something kinky. The booze takes hold, or you fall asleep, and then you wake up the next day and the love of your life is gone. And then to be held criminally responsible, oof.
Then I read the article, and they talk about how there's video of him yelling from inside the suitcase, and her taunting him when he says he can't breathe.
Now I still think it's tragic, but it definitely wasn't accidental
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A lot of people have a hobby that they can either recoup some costs of the hobby, or earn some beer money. Arts and crafts may have the occasional fair or flea market, or even an online store or ko-fi.
In my experience though, once you try to turn a hobby into a primary source of income, that becomes a job and is no longer as fun as it was as a hobby.