Sturgist @ Sturgist @lemmy.ca

Stone Mason, Canadian ExPat living in the UK, Hobbyist musician.

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Feed ice to ICE.....you might actually be on to something.

I think there's something like 3 books written in French. Which one you mean?

Actual headline:

Redefining Affordability: Why CMHC’s Benchmark Shift Matters

The bitlocker code for the desktop I sometimes use at work is 123456789. I asked IT who was the idiot that decided that was a good idea. The CTO apparently.

@DominatorX1@thelemmy.club

To build off this. Part of why people, who come off as reasonable and decent in person, can get so...very...VERY unhinged online is that

TL;DR - can't see people being disgusted with what you just said.

Everyone is pro-dictatorship until they realise they're not the dictator.

Nah, more like Cartman mixed with Roger from American dad. Bit of an idiot, but also a major sociopath. No real idea what the world is like because they've essentially never been denied anything, or struggled for anything. No empathy because all of the real people around them are staff and so not really people.

I thought that too, for like 20 years. Then I started going back to therapy, now I'm actually on the whole happy to BE at work. Never really realised how much I just needed to have someone I paid to at least pretend to listen. He says I pay him to be on the call, he listens because he wants to.

I have really close friends who always say/said if I needed to talk just shout them. I would occasionally talk surface level shit, I didn't want to burden them with all the shit roiling around in my head. And weirdly after I started seeing my therapist, I started talking to them more about shit that was tearing me up.

Worked for me, maybe not for everyone, no size fits etc etc etc.

TBF, I absolutely should have used them, but I was cooking for 25 people, and honestly totally forgot about them. I was rushing about with the BBQ, into the kitchen switching out cooked pizza for uncooked and trying to catch a sip of beer in between all that.... As a result the salmon came out amazing, slow smoked at 60° for 3 hours because I totally forgot about it until the wife would occasionally say: the smoker's not smoking!

Nah, the brain damage is a prerequisite. It does get worse though.

I've got a Bluetooth temp probe set. They work a treat. And I totally forgot to even use them when I got smoked a salmon and chicken wings for Canada Day.

StopKillingTech?

See, I grew up in Vancouver, and I always thought exactly the same. Then I moved to the UK and realised that it's only cold for Canada. There's loads of situations where I'd normally have a chat with someone, in line to buy groceries or a coffee, but try that here and people look at you like you've grown a third arm.
Another thing that still trips me up after 5 years here is internalising the fact that when someone you see often but don't really know isn't actually trying to start a conversation when they say "you alright?" it's just the same as saying hello. And good luck getting directions if you're lost.

The USA

Noice

I have a friend who does digital art as a side gig, always complaining about his back. Maybe I'll suggest he get an easel.

.......I need an adult! 😭😭😭😭😭

The first person to make an Elon=Oceanman joke gets an icepick to the kidneys

Nah...they kinda like....undulate.... hydrostatically? Tbh I can't really remember a whole lot of 9th grade bio. They definitely don't squiggle the same way as snakes....more of a piston....y.... motion.....idfk

Heck yeah! Gotta watch that again, thank you kind stranger!