I would bring my own cup to restaurants if they let me. Also they always give me a straw I won’t use, they should at least ask if I want more trash.

I’ve been loving my frame, but I didn’t realize how much I needed those prescription lenses in there. I just ordered them for about $60. I was going to get a smaller pair of glasses that would fit in the headset, then I remembered seeing the lenses on the store page.

The ergo kit was out of stock unfortunately, but I can’t say it’s “mandatory” like some others do. I might buy it when it’s back in stock, but I’m not in a rush as it feels alright as-is.

The fanny pack is interesting, but I think I’d rather just get a long cable and tether to a wall. Maybe I’ll feel differently after some extended use.

I have very little soldering experience, but every once in a while at work I have to use a soldering iron to install heat-set threaded inserts into 3d prints.

The little machine that controls the soldering iron only has a power button and knob, and no indication that it is heating up or hot or even working. Each time I use it I convince myself that it isn’t on and have to test it. And each time I briefly consider using my hand. It’s always super hot.

I worked in a Mexican restaurant for two months. I burned my finger on the beans pot on my first day, and my hands were always wet from washing dishes, so it didn’t heal until after I quit.

I actually like using excel.

That guy was so weird. Even the worst hill I’ve ever chosen to die on only lasted like 4 comments.

There are some gifts that are good for a lot of people regardless of their interests, but these guides never seem to know any of them and it’s annoying.

For instance everywhere cold that I’ve lived, people would love another heated blanket, even if they already have one. Or really just any blanket, can’t have too many. Also a good evaporative humidifier is something everyone needs and no one has. It took me 15 years to buy a real carpet cleaner for myself, just check their house while you’re over to see if there’s one lying around. Consumable stuff is great because even if they already have it they can use more soon.

Guides ignore this kind of thing and pretty much exclusively recommend stuff that most people wouldn’t like due to tastes. “Get them this clip-on book light!” but they only read on tablets, or they already have a light because that problem needed immediate solving, or they simply don’t like the kind you bought because there are so many.

Anyway the guides are terrible, but they don’t have to be.

I’ll never get over how cheap it is to buy politicians. They make so much money, then they can be made to vote for a genocide for $3000.

During the worst of one of the recessions I was trying to find a job right out of college, and my dad (who regularly told me to use old-school job hunting tactics) asked me if I wanted him to apply for me and show me how it’s done. I said yes.

A week later he had applied to five jobs. Taps out with a “Man, it’s rough out there!” That perspective really helped us communicate in the future.

He did, at one point, help me get a nepotism hire. While I was there they got bought out, and they made him personally fire 80% of the company, including me and my mom, before firing him as well. Live by the sword die by the sword I guess.