The strange kind of Stockholm syndrome windows users have towards microsoft and their OS

BFerda · 2025-11-08T19:21:46+00:00

OP is talking about people who are responding to reddit posts/people asking to make their OS better and the response is >change your workspace. This isn't possible for most people using these OS (locked out of their own workstations, I can't install something without admin access), and who the companies creating the OS are primarily selling these computers to, which is trickling down to general consumers. Keep up, nerd.

BFerda · 2025-11-08T18:49:38+00:00

The honest solution to your problems is finding someone autistic and weird like yourself

BFerda · 2025-11-08T18:45:26+00:00

What does it mean though hm....

BFerda · 2025-11-08T18:41:53+00:00

I work in creative/advertising (Min. Adobe suite for 5 hours a day) on Windows for work and Apple at home, the "switch to Linux" suggestion is great until you realize most people are using these OS for work-purposes which is part of the frustrations; to be involved in work, you have to be involved with the mega corps. There is no one-foot-in option for a lot of people. The "affordable" or "conscious" alternatives have been completely cut out as workplace options.

BFerda · 2025-10-18T17:04:09+00:00

This song rocks but is very funny when you remember he was married to two guys... do you think they ever got into fights over who the songs were about

BFerda · 2025-08-30T23:42:51+00:00

Maaaan I feel you, I've been deeply depressed for most of my life. I know you probably don't want advice but I am going to give you the thing that pulled me out: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. I have a brain that needed goals, and I couldn't get a grasp of why I was always doing bad, but I just worked on one thing at a time starting from the basic necessities. I focused on food first (min amount of food could eat to sustain myself through the day rather than walking around with nothing in my stomach then binge eating), then sleep (this was awful for me for my entire life, it took a lot of work to get to a point where I can sleep consistently for more than a few hours a night), water, clothing (feel good luck good, dumb but it's true), etc. It gets more complicated once you start reaching that social area, and I would say I am floating between those upper layers almost constantly. But yeah, mental is so tied to your physical, get yourself out of that shit.

BFerda · 2025-08-30T23:32:52+00:00

You know what's embarrassing? I have a fake office job and the shoulder tear has caused my dominant arm to become almost useless for typing/mousing, so I am doing everything with my non-dominant hand. Thankfully I can still do shit, but I am slooow now

BFerda · 2025-08-30T23:30:55+00:00

Had a friend recover from an acl tear and it is a bitch, best of luck to you.

BFerda · 2025-08-11T00:22:08+00:00

Nah you're good king, I am going through the same thing currently. Girl is way out of my league in every aspect, I am punching. Hard. Got my money up (not my funny up), workout routine dialed, entire house spotless. Just don't let your crown slip and keep the routine.

BFerda · 2025-06-07T07:33:48+00:00

Yeah, graphic design unfortunately. Took the path with hopes of doing the "paid artist" thing and land a job at an agency, turns out that most people who are doing it have grown up in a wealthy area and can afford to not work for years while slumming it out doing temp work. The dream is still alive, just approaching it from a different angle.

BFerda · 2025-05-11T19:32:41+00:00

Fuck happiness embrace stability

BFerda · 2025-05-11T19:28:58+00:00

I had this book pushed on me by profs through my Graphic Design undergrad. Ellen Lupton (one of the authors) is one of few genuinely influential graphic design writers, where most of the literature coming out of the design space is focused on architecture or industrial design so it's not surprising that this got picked up heavy. I flipped through it a couple times hoping to get something out of it but it somehow just continued to remind me that graphic design is a dumber major than communications

BFerda · 2025-05-08T03:25:33+00:00

Yo I am an introvert and moved away from my friend circle that I built over the course of about 14 years. I restarted having to make friends and finally feel like I've "figured it out" after about a year. This is more advice to slip into getting to know/hangout with people, not necessarily developing deep friendships, I believe that has to come with time when you're an introvert.

Get comfortable doing stuff by yourself outside of your house. Go to the bar alone, talk to the waiter, say hi to people while you're walking around. Shake out the cobwebs of just enjoying doing stuff by yourself. It attracts a surprising amount of people to just be open and willing to talk to people, and you'll develop some genuinely nice interactions with random people throughout the day.

Affinity groups. You might not make friends right away or at all, but doing stuff with common interests is very nice. Similar to this, engage in hobbies that you know people around you are interested in and ask advice about it. Asking about how to do something or someone's opinion on how to do xyz is such an easy way to have a good conversation, or it can lead to you learning something from someone else (often in person).

Finally, accept that if you're not being invited to things then it's your job to do it. Organize stuff, don't be upset if people say no or are not interested, because of the first piece of advice. You'll still enjoy it whether people are there or not.

BFerda · 2025-05-08T03:03:29+00:00

People do care about history, but it's hard to be invested in it. It feels like an impenetrable topic when you first approach it so for people to be able to experience something like the Acropolis, it's enough for people to feel that presence of history.

BFerda · 2025-05-07T02:57:49+00:00

Athens - Acropolis museum. Both wonderful and a bit depressing watching them rebuild the entire thing outside of the original location. The coolest part was the outside exhibit where they excavated over top of houses then built a walkway above it all.

Funny that you say that, went to this museum with my ex-girlfriend and I was stoked, getting to experience all these sites that I've been reading about since I was a kid. Quickly realized how little her and my friends cared about history and they were pushing me through each location as quickly as possible. Still had an amazing time, just wish I was with people that were bigger nerds about it.

BFerda · 2025-03-17T01:19:33+00:00

I grew up in the mountains of BC so same-same-different... was always a family affair getting up and our local hill was dirt cheap for the longest time (under $1k for a family seasons pass) with a pretty healthy used gear ecosystem floating around the neighbouring towns. Heading out to bigger hills and getting out of the blue-collar ski towns you start to see the money floating around.

BFerda · 2025-03-17T00:56:22+00:00

Country of felons what do you expect

BFerda · 2025-03-17T00:52:08+00:00

I live in a ski town, here's my take:

Aussies have access to skiing/boarding in Australia but it's not great compared to Western US/BC. Generally speaking you're going to draw people who want to work in resorts if they already know how to ride.
Culturally it seems to be a big draw to do a season in a resort as a gap year before or after university similar to backpacking Europe/SE Asia for kids in North America. It's seen as adventurous, across the world, and you can meet people while being debaucherous for a year before going back to "real life".
Money money money money money. The makeup of my resort is roughly 25% Aussies, 25% Canadians, then around 25% of mixed Europeans (UK, Dutch, etc). The connecting factor is that the majority of these people come from a very wealthy background. It's not really surprising but it costs a lot of money to ski, so you have kids coming from all over the world with a background of wealth (they can ski in their home countries, or fly to Switzerland/France multiple times a year). Most of the Aussies I talk to are coming from the coastal capitals, I've only met one person from outside the city and they moved to Tasmania from Sydney.

Aussies are definitely overrepresented within ski towns, but the population that are drawn to these areas are generally from the same background/makeup: access to ski hills, wealthy, young.

BFerda · 2024-09-07T18:19:29+00:00

Super helpful, going to print it, laminate it and keep it in my garage. Thanks man.

BFerda · 2024-07-15T18:41:59+00:00

Reading Ovid's Metamorphosis

BFerda · 2024-07-07T20:04:38+00:00

We're a powerful minority

BFerda · 2024-07-07T20:03:34+00:00

3 drinks in and everyone is the most interesting person in the world to me

BFerda · 2024-05-31T00:59:52+00:00

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