grabyourmotherskeys @ grabyourmotherskeys @lemmy.world

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That's it. That's as detailed as she's going to get.

This was unexpected and hilarious... :)

Yeah, but what about levers?

Thank you, this is exactly the kind of perspective I was hoping to see here.

This is how I look at things. Most of my life is not fun. It has its moments but I'm not enjoying every second. Work, responsibility, being an adult. These things happen so you can have periods of enjoyment.

I saw a lot of other "they just don't care" behaviour this weekend.

I wish people would say why they disagree rather than just voting you down. I'm really starting to think people just feel like it's no different than talking to someone else.

For me the difference is if you are in a restaurant, say, both ends of the convo (people at a table) moderate their volume based on "reading the room". When you have someone on speaker, they can't do that at all so you end up driving people nuts.

I wish people would just say why they disagree with you rather than just downvoting.

Thanks for your thoughts.

That's true, never thought of that. These are definitely conversations but I take you point, thank you.

I have a coworker whose wife only sends voice messages, no texting etc.

This is kind of what I'm coming around to. That's just how it is now and I need to adjust my thinking.

My mother has hearing aids which are terrible with any phone so I told her to use speaker phone but the idea of using the phone when not at home unless it's an emergency is still pretty far out there for her. :)

I have really bad anxiety but I'm really good at pretending I don't except under a lot of stress. That's partly why I asked this. I just don't understand. I've been on the road since I asked this but the few replies I've seen do make some sense so I'm glad I asked.

Symptoms include driving a dually crew cab to the office and thinking you will never need health insurance.

Yes, this was "any random person who can hold a steady job would be better than the irresponsible, feces throwing chimp we had in here before".

Took me by surprise. I was in my mid-late-20s and had lived in a number of places in and out of Canada at that point.

I could live in a place that big and be happy, I think, as long as the bathrooms were clean and I had easy access to food.

I lived in a YMCA for a while. I had a very small room with a bed, a small dresser, and a kitchen chair. You couldn't sit on the chair of the door was open. I had no fridge so I would keep things on my window sill outside (it was late Fall) but crows kept stealing the food. Worked well for drinks.

The bathrooms weren't great but I was a breakfast cook going in at 4:30am so I was living opposite other people.

I heard crazy stuff in there. There was a guy who was really mentally ill and prone to raging out. One night he was storming up and down the hall yelling "this isn't a hallway, it's a trap!" over and over. That was scary. Other crazy stuff happened because a bunch of other people were staying in two rooms and were really into coke or something (this was a long time ago) and they'd come home after last call, run out of coke, and start arguing over who was holding out, who had had more than their share, did anyone have money, etc. Sometimes they would fight.

I was only there for about six weeks before I found a better place but it kept me from being homeless after I had to move out of a place with one day notice (hotel employee residence, my roommate had an opposite shift to me and had been violating rules left and right and getting written up so the evicted us both with very little warning). Anyway, I was lucky to get in there, I couldn't afford an apartment. I eventually was able to explain to the hotel security that I had no idea what was going on and signed a paper saying I was out on the first infraction and got back into residence.

Good times.

What's worse is this is from a while ago.

Canadian here. In the province I grew up in vehicles yield to a pedestrian at a crossing (marked crosswalk or intersection).

Then I moved to Ontario for a co-op workterm. I was living with family and it was about a 30 minute walk to where I was working.

I was on my way home after my first day and crossing the street in a residential neighborhood when I stepped out in front of a lady who had stopped at a stop sign. I walked in front of the car and she beeped her horn. I thought we might be related since my cousins lived nearby so I looked at her and she was yelling at me in her car. I said "sorry" (I have no idea why) and as I turned to keep hustling she literally bumped me with her car before I could get out of the way (she had been creeping up). I was like wtf and just got out of there.

When I got home my cousin had a good laugh after I told him about this and he explained that pedestrians do not have the right of way (there are some towns and cities where they do, just not the one I was in).

I then proceeded to do lots of waiting at crosswalks.

In his inauguration speech it was like he was channeling Hitler. Really creepy.

I think the message is "try to leave, I'll blow your plane up" which is going to be an issue for cronies trying to leave with their families. And I would say commercial jets are on the table. Just gave up blame it on Ukraine.

Pretty sad state of affairs, world.