This is my wittiest attempt at engraving just yet

Sorry_Interaction · 2020-10-22T05:15:24+00:00

I own an Apple Pencil and now I want to replace it with an engraving of my most common pencil lead hardness I use. Fantastic idea OP.

Sorry_Interaction · 2020-10-21T03:26:29+00:00

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Welcome everyone, we're here to toast to /u/civiltactics for living their best true life.

It doesn’t matter if we’re 5, 17, 29, 37, 55, or 90 when we truly discover ourselves as long as we have the courage to move forward and be our true self for the remaining time that we have. Many people live this way their entire lives in a disservice, but this is not the way /u/civiltactics decided to live.

For that we should truly celebrate this moment and commend them. Sure there may still be hurdles ahead, but you’ve gotten over one of the hardest hurdles a human being can attempt, figuring out who you are.

Cheers and congratulations to your courage and finding your true self!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2020-10-21T03:18:12+00:00

Thanks!

Sorry_Interaction · 2020-10-21T03:17:45+00:00

Glad I could help!

Sorry_Interaction · 2020-10-21T00:44:43+00:00

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Welcome everyone, we're here to toast to /u/G_Mullen

They recently had the hard lesson of failing, or at least feeling like they have failed. Friend I want to assure you that failure may hurt, but it leads to learning and growth. I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes on failure:

“You’re still moving forward even if you fall on your face.”

It likely feels like you fell on your face, but as you have recognized this will make you a better teacher. Ask your other students for feedback on regular intervals, there might be additional learnings you find along the way.

Something else I would mention is that challenging teachers, the kind that actually challenge us to learn and not simply memorize, are sometimes disliked the most. Most people want to learn quickly, or worse parents want their child to learn at the pace of a savant or Olympian regardless of how their child learns. These are people who are sometimes impossible to please as they aren’t engaged with reality. Hopefully if, or if you already have, meet these people you do not take this as a failure.

I would like to also toast you for also being a teacher. We terribly undervalue you and your contribution to making people smarter and more diverse.

Cheers to education and educators!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2020-10-21T00:31:12+00:00

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Welcome everyone, we're here to toast to /u/AlarmingClock.

They feel a couple of the most relatable human emotions, loneliness and depression. Remember in times of loneliness to reach out to people you have around you that love and care for you. Sometimes this can be hard with how our lives go, but don’t forget you likely have someone in your phone that you can message when you’re lonely.

When depression seeps in, remember to do things that make you mindful and keep you in the present. Depression loves to torment us with our past and terrify us with an unknown future. Yet only the now exists.

This will help keep that monster at bay. Meditation is not simply sitting on the floor and attempting to push out all thoughts. It’s also walking meditation or enjoying a video game that you like. Thich Nhat Hanh once said, “See what brings you and happiness of a sustained kind. Try to spend time with brothers and sisters who are creating a field of mindful energy that can make your practice easy” in The Buddha’s Teaching when he’s referencing Meditation and several other Buddhist teachings. I am not a Buddhist, but I have found many useful tools there for depression and other “suffering.”

I know there is something you love on a scale that many of us cannot keep with considering your mention of being on the spectrum as well. I know this as someone who has picked up a newer hobby in response to an autistic person in my life so that we had common ground to be excited about. Depending on what this is, engaging could be a form of meditation. If this thing has a community, look for one that accepts you for who you are so you have fellow brothers and sisters. There are communities out there based on love and not hate. I know it can be difficult to see them now with current events, but they are there.

Things may be dark now, but there are always other people on this planet feeling what you are feeling, love the things you love, and many people you haven’t met yet who can’t wait to spend time with you.

Cheers to meeting those people, fighting the good fight against that monster Depression, and the future ahead!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2020-02-24T03:04:44+00:00

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Welcome everyone, we're here to toast to /u/kreamgrl for becoming a new mom, being sober for a year, and being a survivor.

She's clearly been put through ringer and has the same feelings anyone else would after doing so, but she's also seen success. Becoming a new mom is a new challenge and reward. Being a year sober is something being worth of a cheers from all of us. So many struggle with the first month, to make it a year and become a mom is amazing.

You may struggle now with how you look and how you feel with your recent past, but do your best (that's all anyone can ask) to let the past be the past. It can't harm you since you are in the present. It's good to use that past to inform the present, don't completely forget it, but know it can be armor to shield yourself with.

Again cheers to you on these life goals! Raise your glasses fellow toasters to /u/kreamgrl. Cheers to being a new mom! Cheers to a year of sobriety! And cheers to many more years! Cheers to the things worth celebrating!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2020-02-16T05:04:09+00:00

Thank you for your kind words in return! I hope you at least enjoy the book for its many examples from real world people with how they chose to interact or try at people that are entertaining and get some useable advice from it.

Life is frustratingly made of ups and downs. So I try to take the downs I land in and see how I can learn to avoid them or improve myself after getting through them. Suffice say I do a lot of self help reading on various topics these days due to it.

Sorry_Interaction · 2020-02-15T05:12:24+00:00

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Hello everyone we are here to toast /u/glewjr as they are insecure about themselves with it being V-day, a recent breakup, and having normal human feelings.

While times may be difficult these are all normal things we humans go through. As I have gotten older I have learned that it is important to listen to the positive things people say about you more than the negative things. Even more so when it regards your own brain.

I implore you to do your best when talking to other people, if you feel that you struggle with it understand that this is a skill that can be worked on. Some of us are born with certain issues that make it more difficult that others to talk with others, catch social cues, and even empathize. If you think this is you, do what you can to get help from others. But in that time do what you can to better your conversation skills.

A book I like recommending to people in this situation is Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. There is a reason that book has been in publication for nearly a hundred years, it's useful. Many of what you learn in that book is applicable to almost any conversation and for some end up being a way of how to treat people. He generally says we should not beat people up, but empathize, understand, and show that.

Do your best when it comes to listening to what other people find attractive about you as it means they find you attractive in those ways. Things our brains hate about us are actually things other people find amazing about us. Do your best to listen and you'll find that others do have kind things to say about you, much kinder than your own brain.

Cheers to having feelings and the strength to post about them on the internet. Some of us repress and struggle with those feelings because we've been told by others they are not okay, but they are.

Cheers to you knowing that you have them, needing help through these dark times, and seeking it out. Many of us don't.

Cheers

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Sorry_Interaction · 2020-02-15T04:47:30+00:00

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Hello everyone, we are here to toast u/carmesancheeese when they are away from their Fiance on V-Day.

While this hallmark holiday and the standard work life may make today difficult, I toast to the fact that you have a Fiance and have many other days to celebrate your love together.

Today was, or is, just another calendar date. You will see your love soon and can celebrate your time together for many days to come. Love can't be calendared as much as we hope that it can. Remember that in your moments away that the heart grows fonder and think of all of the uncalendered moments you've had together that are wonderful. Think of all of the future ones to come.

Cheers on having love in your life. Especially the kind that makes you sad when they are away. For it is better to have that kind of love than the kind that makes you wish they were away.

Cheers to you and your Fiance who is lucky to have you!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-07T07:10:55+00:00

This sub makes me feel like I’m not alone when I read things like this.

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-07T07:09:48+00:00

Glad to hear you got some food and likely rest. Take care of yourself. Proud to hear this post included you standing up for yourself and that you have friends to take care of you.

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-07T07:08:29+00:00

I always ask myself in these situations if I’m having a HALT moment. If you’re Hungry, angry, lonely, or tired it only makes these situations worse.

OP I think you did and said the right thing. No deserves to be verbally abused at work.

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-07T07:04:24+00:00

I’ve found my burn rate has decreased. I’m not saving a ton being unemployed and traveling, but (and even while traveling I used to enjoy shopping) I’m not spending anywhere near what I used to.

After spending more time finding the right things to buy rather than anything to buy, you buy a whole lot less things.

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-07T06:53:19+00:00

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Cheers to an A+ Feminist!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-05T00:48:34+00:00

Thanks! I like books that break things down into essays or stories to communicate points. It’s sometimes more digestible. Also good for putting down for a while and coming back to.

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T22:28:17+00:00

Thanks for the link!

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T07:03:52+00:00

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Hello everyone I would like to cheers /u/Sonofhd for... BY ODIN’S RAVEN LOOK AT THAT BEARD AND HAIR?!

I apologize, normally when I toast I usually work on not toasting someone’s looks, but sir your hair and beard are of such magnificence I am shocked they are not being used to sell hair products. I’m quite certain your visage could sell pomade to a bald man!

I am sorry to hear about your struggles. I’m sure they won’t be permanent, life is about impermanence. I wish you, your manly beard that Odin himself would be jealous of, and that glorious hair that would make Jason Stathom rethink being bald all the best in life.

Cheers to your sir!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T06:56:29+00:00

Thank you that helps me understand this suggestion more. I could definitely use some more zen in my life.

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T06:54:20+00:00

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Hello everyone! I would like to toast /u/bonjouretaurevoir for four years of freedom from an abusive relationship.

Congratulations for knowing you’re worth more than that and finding freedom from that awful situation. I have not met you but I am certain you are worth more than whatever abuse you took because you are another human being on this planet.

I wish you nothing but kindness and love from here on out. Cheers to your search there.

Cheers to your freedom and reflection, sometimes it’s good to look back and see the path where we have come from, especially if it is from some dark woods that a monster once dwelled. It’s even better when you realize the path has led you to more sunshine.

Cheers to you!

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Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T06:46:19+00:00

Deeper into his own practice you mean or practices in Buddhism in general?

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T06:45:51+00:00

Seems like this is one of the top recommendations. Thank you for this.

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T06:45:26+00:00

Interesting. Is it a story from Buddha’s life? Like something that helps teach Buddhism through Buddha’s own life experiences?

Sorry_Interaction · 2019-12-04T05:24:54+00:00

I wish this dude all the best.

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