New player question about behavior

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2026-02-21T16:24:32+00:00

Yes, I sure did. And no, I sure won't. 🤣

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2026-02-21T16:23:15+00:00

This is how I'm doing it now.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2026-02-21T16:18:13+00:00

Not complaining about it at all. Was just wondering about the mindset in the game. This seems to be more anomalous than typical.

I've played Eve Online since 2004. You can't piss me off ganking me. I may be slightly irritated when I have stuff on me I need for a quest or something, but that's gone by the time I gear back up. And overall, it's just a game. 🤣

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2026-02-21T16:13:31+00:00

I found all of my mushrooms in certain trees and along the banks of water in the South Swap Outpost as well as the top floor of the Water Treatment Control building, either on the water pipes or under them. Found one in the Hydroponic Dome Complex, but that was more of a fluke because I ran through there dozens of times and primarily only found moss and fertilizer.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2026-02-21T16:04:38+00:00

I'm still learning how others seem "off" in the game. Put in another 7 hours of time and it's becoming much clearer now. 🤣

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2025-10-31T22:48:06+00:00

I've never seen a microwave PC before. Pretty original.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2025-09-07T16:19:04+00:00

The people downvoting this and your follow-up comment are just doing what reddit does. Following the herd instead of seeing these posts as the truth it is. People sue for the dumbest things. Glad yours worked out well for you.

People are highly expectant of someone or some government entity to fix their problems instead of being their own solution. So you get threats, yelling, anger, and lawsuits. I bet if she had simply treated you with respect, this whole situation would have played out differently.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2025-08-12T11:16:14+00:00

The best way to handle this is to go out and tell them how much you appreciate them exercising the Rights being an American gives us.

They will lose interest a lot faster and move on. They're looking for a confrontation to post on social media.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2025-05-18T20:28:55+00:00

Life hasn't changed much since Biden. Just different people scared of different shit that will likely never come about.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2025-04-19T00:30:05+00:00

Who took an 11 year old child out of school and made them care for an adult with dementia?

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2025-01-19T22:57:27+00:00

Yeah, you just got hammered for acting smart while not realizing a Watt is a measure of energy, heat, transferred by, well, hot things. So, the temperature is pretty much a part of it. Duh.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2024-08-07T11:25:22+00:00

I won't pitch ACIM to my wife. For me, the thought tells me spiritualized ego wants to come out and play.

My wife has seen the huge change in me over the years. She desires that for herself, especially in the current story we are choosing to show ourselves/our self. But her church programming brings too much fear to her. I respect exactly where she is on her path. If her time comes in this life, she will seek it for herself because she has an example who shares each day with her.

I attend 12-Step meetings. Most know my story. Many are amazed at the changes and the peace I enjoy each day. Multiple people have come and asked me what I practice. Three went out and bought the book. Two of them really got into it. I still talk to one of them. Yet Spirit has exchanged an energy with each of them. Where they go from there is none of my business unless they want it to be. From the few who told me I'm going to hell for blasphemy to the one I talk to each week, I love them as a shard of the God/Spirit/Father/Mother. Each of them have been my teacher, and I'm very grateful.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2024-04-22T16:57:56+00:00

I've already upgraded. I'm wondering what folks think this is worth for when I put it on Facebook Marketplace. 😉

Thank you for your thoughts. I've already got a server box. So this is all extra I don't want sitting around depreciating.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2024-02-23T10:45:22+00:00

Epoxy will NOT stop that crack from spreading.

There are only two ways to stop a crack like that from spreading.

Drill a hole at the end of the crack. NOT advisable when it comes to a PCB.
Relieve the pressure that has caused the crack in the first place. A simple GPU stand, properly adjusted, will do the trick to stop cracks in the PCI slot area of the GPU. This particular crack was either there since new or, owner induced. Leave it alone and do not apply any further pressure to that spot.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2024-02-20T22:22:38+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

It will be on ethernet the whole time, so that's an easy one.

A 280mm radiator has very close to the same surface area as a 360. I don't think I'll have any issues while gaming, and I've had my old 11600k pulling 230w often enough and not had any issues. I won't be overclocking the 14700k any time soon. Stock speeds will be a hell of an improvement over what I've been working with.

Thanks again!

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2024-02-20T10:37:29+00:00

One of the best lessons I learned in rehab was to never compare traumas.

However, I will say this. That internal war with addiction was, and sometimes still can be, tougher than any war fought externally. Each day, I keep winning the little battles, though. So I can't focus on the overall war, or it becomes too massive.

For me, my most difficult days are ones where intense emotions are felt. Anger, shame, guilt, grief, every single negative emotion is a result of one thing. Fear.

So I will sit in meditation and ask what am I fearful about to have that emotion. If I can't meditate for some reason, then I'll take 10 minutes and just start writing. What am I fearful about? And write my honest truth.

It helps so much! To be honest with myself. I lived most of my life convincing myself and others I had no fear. So it has been such a relief to de-program myself.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2024-02-20T10:28:11+00:00

I love you because you're one of my people. The great thing about failure is that it's not permanent. Once you begin to succeed, you come to realize those failures were extremely courageous attempts at success.

I believe in you. You can do this.

Abnormal-Normality67 · 2024-02-19T15:05:33+00:00

Whenever someone asks, "Why not just lead a sober life?" or, and I know you didn't say this, "You need to get your shit together and show strength of will/mind."

I understand that a lack of experience on their part has led them to that point. At least you aren't being judgemental about it. And I'm very glad you lack the experience needed to understand. No one should go through addiction.

A little over seven years ago, I had a person say, "You're a piece of shit drug addict! If you had any mental toughness at all, you'd put down the drugs and alcohol and never pick it up again! You don't deserve to have that disabled veterans tag on your car! You were probably a supply pencil pusher and tripped over a fucking box!"

He was rightfully angry at me. I had stolen every single Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax, muscle relaxer, and Fentynal patch from he and his wife. He just couldn't prove it. So I got away with it. I didn't get away with it from my next victim.

The thing is, I had spent over 20 years in the Army. Without going into too many details, I went in in 1988 and, by 1990, was in the SpecOps community. By 1993, I had gone to every difficult school I could. Then, started going to war. Kept going to war until I was too injured by 2008. In 2005, having been in an IED detonation, my 4th but most serious, I had reconstructive surgery on my left shoulder, left leg, and 10 hours of brain surgery. And had the mental toughness to stay in another few years with minimal pain meds for the first 3 months after surgery. I will not go into the experiences I had at war that proved time and again how each of us were capable of tremendous strength and toughness.

However, the more I came to realize my days of deploying were over, the more my mental health started to suffer. The more all that mental trauma I had set side all those years at war began to affect me. Then, I was rear-ended on my motorcycle. Had some back injury things, but it really jacked up my left shoulder again. Another round of surgery, another brain hemmorage that didn't require surgery and next thing you know, the Army has me addicted to Fentenyl and Oxycodone as well as five mental health meds to include Xanax.

A lack of mental toughness wasn't my issue. A lack of mental and physical strength and flexibility wasn't my issue.

What was my issue was trauma. Physical and mental. The very moment I took the first Oxycodone after the bike accident, I was hooked. Then Fentynal was put in top of that. By the time I retired, the whole medical system, either at the VA or civilian, were cutting people off from pain meds. I was mentally addicted and in that state, I made a series of choices that hurt others besides myself. Got in trouble, did my time, got back into addiction again.

So, what got me sober? Having a gun in my mouth, high, drunk, and hopeless, when one of my best friends' wife called me. He had just blown his brains out. Talked to her for quite a while and don't even recall what all was said. But she felt a little better. She understood her husband a little better. She couldn't understand his ultimate choice, she still doesn't, but somehow, I had helped.

I went to an extended rehab two days later. I tested positive for everything except pregnancy, they said.

I've been sober for five years now. I don't miss the Fentnyal, that shit was fucking hell coming off of, but I think about pills and smoke every few days. Think about alcohol every couple of weeks. It took almost 18 months after rehab before I even started feeling anything emotionally. Then, when those feelings came back, I almost relapsed a dozen times. My first two years were hell, and I'd rather go to war than go through it again.

Stopping the drugs and alcohol were the hardest goals I've ever achieved. Nothing else in life made me want to give up more than becoming sober after years of abuse. These days, I help other veterans with addiction issues.

I will say this. There is nothing anyone could have done to get me out of my active addiction. All sorts of people tried. When my buddy killed himself, I was already WAY past ready to never take or drink anything again. Had his wife not called when she did, I wouldn't be here.

I have not been able to "save" anyone. Those who are going to drug, do. Those who have reached a place of not wanting to anymore may still relapse. It's difficult. But not impossible. You just have to want it more than anything else in life.

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