Iusedtobeanadventurer

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[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 13 points 1 year ago

It would be useful if you live in the United States, or any of the dozens of countries that use the system either as a standalone measurement of temperature or as part of a dual system. The British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbuda, the Bahamas... Etc.

I find it actually kind of a fun way to start a conversation with anyone outside of the U.S. by attempting to convert my local weather to Celsius. I'm on international calls fairly regularly and (can't blame anyone for this) telling anyone outside the US or the countries above the temperature in fahrenheit is like speaking a foreign language.

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 1 points 1 year ago

I can absolutely smell the 90s in this statement and I love it

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 6 points 1 year ago

Personally whenever I go to Instagram all I get are cat videos and ads about "targeted mushrooms" and kava drinks...

It all checks out ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 2 points 1 year ago

This has been my experience as well.

I consider myself a pragmatic optimist. I assume the best intentions in those around me, give forgiveness for human error and tendencies, and when someone gives me cause to do so I pragmatically adjust my expectations of them and their actions.

I also assume that, as long as I am trying to do the next right thing in each situation I find myself in, most of those situations will resolve in a positive outcome. Even if others involved are not committed to the same path.

I found much more success and happiness with this philosophy or approach to life.

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just to put the in context, you would need to play every single day for roughly 6.8 hours in order to rack up 2500 hours in a year.

To further contextualize, in the U.S. a full time job, that is a job wherein one works a combination of days each week (typically 5 8-hour days but sometimes 4 10-hour days) is around 40 hours each week, or 2080 hours a year.

The typical worker also takes vacation, sick days, etc equaling between 1-3 weeks each year. Meaning they may not even work an actual 2000 hours each year due to time off.

So you are putting in more time to WoW each year than the typical full time worker is to their job.

And you still have time for other games.

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah my wife is convinced he wasn't on the plane and this is subterfuge. I think Putin had him shot down to make a point, as he's done with pretty much every other real threat he's encountered.

We may never know...

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 3 points 1 year ago

Omg I'm not a crackhead but I did enjoy hitting the ski slopes in my 20s and I knew exactly what you meant right away

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 3 points 1 year ago

They remained more affordable, for a time. And then housing prices went right back through the roof.

I bought a foreclosed house in 2012 for ~280k. It had been purchased by the previous owner for about 480k.

I put about 150k into it, 100k the first year to make it a liveable property, and 50k or so over the next ten years.

I sold it last year for about 850k...

I then bought a new house that cost about 450k when it was built 4 years ago, for about 680k, in a less expensive market.

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 9 points 1 year ago

It's not clear to me what you're getting at here... Then again, the bucket full of shit I don't understand is a much heavier bucket than the one with shit I do understand.

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 1 points 1 year ago

I think you're right and she was confused but that sort of illustrates the point. If someone is arguing a fallacy that is easily proven a fallacy then it indicates to me that they are generally going to be an unreliable source of information.

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

System 76 is not German according to anything I've read. Claims to be designed and manufactured in Colorado, USA....

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