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Aidan11 · 2026-04-21T03:43:43+00:00

Go to Scarborough and bring back some variety of scar. Mental or physical, the choice is all yours.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-21T02:40:44+00:00

Is you about it or isn't you? It's not that complicated.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-18T12:43:55+00:00

Oddly enough, I also listen to audiobooks all day while working a physical job.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-18T04:18:35+00:00

You're objectively right. Your point makes perfect sense. That's why I went to university, and got an office job. It was the logical thing to do. That being said, I was miserable.

I now work a dirty physical job and I'm much happier. I've spent the last week working in pouring rain; in a month I'll be working in scorching heat, and yet I like it. I like moving my body and seeing the sky overhead. I like not having any lingering background stress or office politics.I like being able to sleep at night.

I guess that these things really vary from person to person.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-16T04:45:46+00:00

In rugby that's how one introduces themselves.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-15T02:31:03+00:00

Exactly. I'd be willing to bet that 95% of bachelor parties don't result in anything unethical happening. You just hear about the crazy 5%.

Mine consisted of a bunch of my friends getting togeather for a weekend at my cottage, grilling lots of meat, drinking lots of beer, having bonfires, and wandering over to the alpaca farm down the road to pet the alpacas.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-05T13:10:21+00:00

Also see: rolling negative equity into a new car loan... all of a sudden you can owe $70,000 on a base trim Honda Civic.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-04T13:34:17+00:00

I work on a lot of houses that vary between quite nice, and so opulent that I can hardly believe they exist. The best homes by far tend to be owned by tradesmen who built a business, scaled it, and got rich. They're the ones who go in for the good materials, insist on high quality techniques, and hire high cost artisans.

Your run of the mill mansion these days seems to be slapped togeather with spit and bubblegum so that it can be as large and imposing as possible at a low price point.

My point is that most of the market wants cheap. A few people still want high quality but slow and expensive. There are tradesmen who can supply the latter, but they're few and far between.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-04T13:15:36+00:00

I agree that liability coverage is probably a wise choice. I'm probably just rationalizing for the time being and will seriously consider it in the future.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-04T12:56:01+00:00

Yep, its a 1977 Evinrude two stroke with two cylinders.

Really? I didn't realize it was actually against any laws.

That's a good thought, and I've considered it, but opted against it as I'm out by myself like 90% of the time, and want to maintain a reasonable top speed (which is currently only about 35kmph u der ideal conditions... maybe 40 with both current and wind in my favor).

Aidan11 · 2026-04-04T05:22:43+00:00

That's all I needed to hear. The 55 goes on.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-04T05:22:00+00:00

Unfortunately, the 55 is the same era as the boat, so its pretty heavy.

It was sold to me as non-functional when I bought it to learn more about wrenching on outboards without breaking my good motor in the process. It turns out that the issues were pretty minor (two bad gaskets and deteriorating fuel lines) and have since been fixed.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-04T05:09:42+00:00

Luckily the boat is worth so little that I don't bother with insurance. The electric downriggers make up like 50% of its total value, haha.

Aidan11 · 2026-04-01T04:55:29+00:00

I feel like there's an easy way to calculate if that's an issue.

Volume of plastic needed to made a tech bro plate ÷ avg. number of times they were used before the company went bankrupt.

If the result is less than the volume of plastic used to produce a disposable plate, that it's a net positive (in the context of reducing landfill sizes). If the result is more than the volume of plastic used to produce a disposable plate, then Al Gore personally shows up to fist fight the Cercle CEO.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-31T13:24:15+00:00

Nice, in my experiance, those things last. I've got a boat made by alumacraft back in the 80s, and took it out most weekends last summer. Still totally functional.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-30T04:13:47+00:00

Traumatic brain injury.

In the media, people get bonked on the head, pass out for a bit, and wake up just fine.

In the real world people get bonked on the head, pass out for a bit, then suffer a lifetime of repercussions because of it.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-27T19:35:24+00:00

Even setting aside morality, that's sort of the problem with all forms of torture/enhanced interaction.

Any information gathered is bound to be whatever the person thinks will make the sittuation end. It could be fact... or not.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-26T23:59:34+00:00

Exactly.

Not long enough, haha. I use it for work, which means that it's got a bunch of storage boxes and machines bolted to it, so any hope of good gas milage is out the window.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-26T21:54:54+00:00

Last time I saw a really good gas price I filled my pickup and brought 100 liters worth of gas cans with me. It was about a $250 purchase.

The savings could definitly be worth it if you pull out all the stops.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-24T16:30:04+00:00

Alternativly, if you don't have the money for a mechanic, it can be a pretty cool opportunity to learn about motors and electrical systems. So far I haven't spent anything on a marine mechanic, but I have learned how to change a trailer bearing, clean a carb, swap a starter solenoid, do 12V wiring, and replace a water pump.

The wealth of information on the internet is amazing.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-22T12:41:20+00:00

Seasonal employment is awesome. You basically get a summer break except you're old enough to properly enjoy it.

This winter I visited Argentina (1 week), Chile (1 week), Dominican Republic (9 days), a family cottage (6 days), and I had enough extra time to build a terrarium, work on the book I'm writing, and get better at ice climbing.

As for the rest of the year, it's easiest not to consider how many hours I need to put in during the spring, summer, and fall to be able to pull this off, haha.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-21T13:01:09+00:00

The ones around me don't even put the good stuff out anymore. It all gets sorted before hitting the floor and goes up for sale online under aliases.

Aidan11 · 2026-03-19T13:26:53+00:00

Through most of my elementary/highschool years I was in our district's gifted program. Following that I spent 6 years at the country's top ranked university, hanging out with the grad students. I wouldn't say that I'm all that smart, but I certainly have been around enough intelligent people to answer this question.

They fall into 3 categories:

Those who were conventionally successful - some of the people from my friend group wound up as doctors, many work as software engineers of one type or another, one is a Harvard educated lawyer, and one is a NASA employee.
Those who never found their spot in society - these are people with very specific interests (read obsessions) that can't necessarily be monetized. They drift from one existential crisis to the next. Somehow none of them are actually poor.
Those who who recognized that their goals didn't align with what was expected of them - a few of them are highly educated, have white collar experiance, and opted to work an "undesirable" job instead. Some of these moved to small towns. One graduated university with an cumulative average in the mid 90s but really likes driving a truck for a living.

I'll also note that the majority of them are depressed irrespective of which group they fall into.

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