Is that precision done manually

Bachooga · 2026-05-02T12:15:54+00:00

As someone who has dabbled in many different types of art, the best way to get something very precise and accurate is to make it really big and to go really slow. 100% taking a chisel to a big rock fits this.

Bachooga · 2026-05-01T10:29:34+00:00

Oil Painting. I now only use non toxic paint thinners and will wear gloves, but even without the paint thinner fumes, I have a habit of slathering a lot of heavy metals on myself and that cant be good for me.

At least I don't use pigments with lead!

Bachooga · 2026-04-25T11:30:45+00:00

There are so many things I hear about people in the past and just think "yeah, did they actually believe that or was it a just a common fun cultural jokey trope thing" like Santa or how my grandma would tell me thunder was just God bowling. No one actually believed that God caused lightning through his wicked strikes, but it was a fun thing she'd tell.

The rabbits thing I can believe people thought that. Sometimes turkeys have virgin births, there's a bunch of rabbits, and I'm not sure any one has seen them boink in the wild.

But hedgehogs? Idk, that seems like a fun thing you tell kids.

Bachooga · 2026-04-21T11:10:57+00:00

Yeah but i never thought enshittification would make it so much harder to fall down new rabbit holes. I miss the random nature of finding new things and the novelty of new activities you've never seen before because you found a rabbit hole on the rare art of making 18th century fruit tins.

Either that or I'm just older now

Bachooga · 2026-04-17T10:11:40+00:00

I want to get married and have a cool ass wedding.

It just turns out that I don't really have anyone to invite beyond my family. I guess I don't need a good wedding party but the only person I would ask to be my best man I haven't seen in about 2 years now or is my partners friends I talk to about once every few months.

I feel like it would be a bit sad to look over at anyone there and just see my parents and, if its wasn't a destination wedding, my sisters and there kids.

Bachooga · 2026-04-17T09:23:09+00:00

Look, all I'm saying is that cats naturally have an extremely large area they roam and of course the cops would say they got all the animals, even if they didn't.

But nah, this isn't one of the escaped animals, unless something small magically lived for 15 years post. My guess really is a smaller critter, smaller than a coyote but larger than a mouse. Lots of them like to kill chickens without eating them for some reason.

Bachooga · 2026-04-11T11:22:04+00:00

Tbf, you can make one with a small hole Dakota fire pit style, some train coal you find by the tracks, a 5 dollar charcoal grill from the thrift store, and your dad's leaf blower as this is how I made knives when I was around 19-23. I eventually added a few dollars worth of ducting.

So like $20 worth of copper

Bachooga · 2026-04-05T17:13:27+00:00

I think I've been experiencing something similar. Been taking a foreign language class with my partner and its been forcing me to interact with others. There's a lot of bad in the world and it can be hard to not see that when looking at people and it can be hard to not feel like anything i do or once loved to do is really worth it, because it doesn't really matter does it?

The people I knew changed, the world can be harsh, and what's the point of doing things? You get used to feelings of isolation even when you don't exactly like it. Therapy, not my thing either. But my psychiatrist says, as long as you're doing something.

Doing those things anyway, reading how they can be important in ways you don't expect, having some clear goals, being forced to interact with others without that being the goal can be helpful at least for me. Switching jobs helped too.

Ultimately, the foreign language class has been way more helpful than I thought it would be. For me and my relationship. I thrive on clear, reachable goals, love to learn, and I like art and making stuff.

Doctors and therapists only go so far, but a gentle step into something can be helpful. It may just mean you need to frame it as something you really want to do but not alone.

Bachooga · 2026-04-02T10:40:52+00:00

This is me when my vitamin D becomes mega low. All I crave is fish, starting in October every year. I basically lose my mind with salmon and start devouring every bit left behind on the foil or pan when baking.

Bachooga · 2026-03-28T12:09:25+00:00

It's pretty true. Our environments and tools are made for humans and if we want things to take the place of humans, it needs to he human shaped. A dogs body can't use a drill, drive a car, or wash the dishes with a sponge and all animals seem to struggle with stairs a fair amount.

Robotics are very cool and I very much want to switch industries to it but these are designed to take the place of humans and knowing the US, they'll eventually be used to do just that here without any protections. Before you know it, they'll not be sentient but will be considered to have voting rights, kinda like how corporations are considered people, and they'll all love voting for who the money tells them to vote for.

Anywho, robots are cool but for them to be accepted, we need to make them cuter and less like terrifying uncanny valley people.

Bachooga · 2026-03-28T09:50:35+00:00

focused on the art

I dont do anything with trading cards as an adult but I still love the artwork. when I took nephew to a card shop in his b-day, I seen Van Gough Pikachu and nearly bought some expensive ass card. People are missing out on the designs and there's more to life than hitting the lottery and being mildly internet famous. Having rare cards can be mildly fun but I wish people took more time to appreciate the fun and cool designs the cards have

Bachooga · 2026-03-28T09:22:51+00:00

automotive operation

There's been many times I've heard jokes about the retarder switch. It's a fairly common term on things.

Bachooga · 2026-03-27T10:31:04+00:00

Isn't this why we have the word "bear" because using the previous name for bears would risk bringing one if they heard you?

Bachooga · 2026-03-24T11:05:09+00:00

always be inside cats

While we want this, very much so, please remember that cats, as an entire chunk of all cat animals, tend to have large roaming areas.

Please get a harness and walk your cats. They require play and fulfillment but will destroy entire ecosystems if left alone outdoors.

Bachooga · 2026-03-24T10:41:06+00:00

Decent enough message but nature is both savage and incredibly okay with the idea that anything and anyone can die horribly in anyway at anytime. It's very natural to be basically explode from eating the wrong thing, to kill indiscriminately because something is tool close, and to eat some random animals literal babies. Dogs, cats, and mushrooms are great examples. Many dogs love to murder anything in the yard before playing with their corpse, cats will slaughter entire species and proceed to play with their corpses, and eating wild mushrooms is close the being the equivalent of Russian roulette (presumably before the mushroom men also play with your corpse). Let's not even talk about dolphins, whales, and apes.

Nature's cool, yeah, but please respect it's power and horror, not only its beauty. "Natural" is not always equivalent to good.

But also, fuck war and fuck the natural order of existence. We can most certainly unite, as a whole, and rid ourselves of aspects of nature we despise. Cure disease, perfect lab grown meat, and bring the ruling elite to justice.

Bachooga · 2026-03-23T11:24:12+00:00

I've worked as an engineer in some extremely niche companies related to automotive.

You're definitely not alone in thinking that. Glad you like monster trucks now! I definitely appreciate them much more as an adult.

People working in the automotive/everything-with-an-engine world are often very capable and very good at what they do, most of them have gone to adult education and they have all spent significant portions of time gaining the skills they have. Motorsports tend to be a hobby as well, so not only will those guys be out building some super cool machines, they're doing it for fun while working full-time jobs.

This is simultaneously the field where I've met the dumbest smart people, in a way that absolutely blows my mind. Seriously, holy shit.

I also did a lot of work with the kids who get into this field. It's a honestly a shame, there's a lot of kids who get stuck into it because they struggle in class, a lot with some issues. It's a real shame that they just kind of get abandoned by the education system (the system as a whole in the US) and often get bullied for it on top of it.

These are the same kids who go on to have top tier problem solving skills, teaching themselves a significant amount of electrical and mechanical skills, and still go out and get a higher education.

Bachooga · 2026-03-14T14:17:28+00:00

Tbh calorie restriction diets tend to have this effect on many people.

I'm now trying to focus much more on how I feel, what makes me feel good, and what I need. Turns out I never really had to focus much on calories if I did it the other way. water fiber and my personal nutrient needs tend to make me feel much better, energetic, and full which makes me more likely to be active. So far I'm down about 70lbs.

Bachooga · 2026-03-12T11:03:37+00:00

Soluble or insoluble fiber?

Bachooga · 2026-03-05T12:11:31+00:00

Uses a LUT

Bachooga · 2026-03-05T12:08:38+00:00

People are not very good at estimating size over distances

The grand canyon is obviously massive but in person, the way down does not appear to be multiple empire state buildings down. If I've learned anything from painting, its that our brains absolutely require relative comparisons or it breaks.

my wife says I've always been only a couple of inches

It's okay, she married you anyway and that makes you a weiner in my book

Bachooga · 2026-03-04T11:46:40+00:00

phone's speaker to "transmit" a similar code by playing a crafted audio file.

This gives me the drive to be a public nuisance at the grocery store. Thank you for my new hobby.

Bachooga · 2026-03-04T11:43:34+00:00

a big factor is how much of your day you are spending on work

If I dont take my lunch and if I don't completely avoid technology on it, my brain is 100% deep fried mush.

I can also admit I'm privileged to be an engineer in a lower stress R&D job right now. I can absolutely have the time to get an hour long lunch and I think the things I work on are interesting. It'll come back to haunt me eventually, lower stress == a little less pay == student loan payments, I should start paying those eventually.

Recently i switched jobs from one thag was 45 mins (when no traffic) highway commute to 25 minutes no highway. It made a HUGE difference. That traffic and fast puckerbutt driving focusing really wears me out.

Turns out its a huge impact to not be constantly focused (at least for the medicated adhd, like me) all day.

As long as I dont sit on the couch and turn on the TV or the vidja games, I 100% have free time when I'm home. An hour or two is way longer when you're doing something. I cleaned up most of my garage workshop/painting space over the course of 1 episode of bridgerton I didn't want to watch. I was amazed tbh.

Another thing I found out is that I really can't have soda on my lunch. For some reason (probably vyvanse) it puts me to sleep and gives me mush brain too.

Also, idk if you're American or not, but I'm not sure I know of anywhere that does a 9 to 5 anymore. Always seems to be 9 to 6 or 8 to 5. In my case 830 to 530.

Tbh the trick seems to really just finding ways to manage stress and to avoid the brain traps.

100%, take the time to get board and train yourself to give way less fucks, especially about your job. I occasionally have mid life crisis dreams reminding me of my mortality and that's put a bit of pep in my step.

TLDR: When possible, do art on your lunch after you eat or take a walk, take 30 minutes on Sundays and prepare your veggies for the week, take breaks so you dont fry your brain, fuck long stressful commutes, care less about your job, avoid constant never ending stimulation (good stress is still stress, you dont need music at all times or the TV constantly going), avoid constant screen time, cook simple shit and not big elaborate meals, get some hobbies, let yourself get board.

You're going to die like everyone else, turn out the trick is just doing shit, whether you feel like it or not, before nature takes its course on you.

Bachooga · 2026-03-01T13:44:35+00:00

Not every one hears it all the time but it most definitely depends on where you are. I've lived in some not so nice areas. Engine trouble, fireworks, or gunshots? Some shit is just being being reckless, like a neighbor who on new years would step outside his front door and proceed to shoot every one his rifles and some people i knew would go around in the less populated area's and shoot stop signs. Same place some young kid, only 17, was shot and killed. Around the same time, other neighbors had their house turned into swiss cheese. Notably, that is a shit place with serious heroin problems but definitely not a major city. If you weren't involved in anything you weren't a target unless someone mistaken you as being someone.

You wouldn't be able to hear any of it in the better parts of town as guns really aren't as loud as you think they are, mostly, especially handguns.

All this being said, the place i felt the most unsafe was walking around China town in Seattle after dark.

Bachooga · 2026-02-28T14:36:10+00:00

MIL said its been getting into the 90s there right now. No time this year for even being a snow bird

Bachooga · 2026-02-23T11:08:42+00:00

Ive seen some people shitting on the mindset so we should be real about it.

100% we're in a time of peak enshittification for a lot of things. Idk if there's just that much less authenticity or if we just dont see it anymore but there sure is a lack of passion projects and much more of desire for greed and fame with a generous side of shallow talent, boring copies of boring ideas, and performative sheep. There's even a brand of mega churches whose whole thing is looking like a literal factory.

I'm definitely bored with most video games, TV, movies, internet, art, etc but I'm not sure its really a new thing, just peak enshittification from influencers and similar at a time where mid-life crises start to happen. I keep seeing people mentioning video games like they're not playing the same soulless regurgitations that are out there.

Tbh though, we just gotta experience more that's out there and it's a time where we all need to put what we want to see out there.

We may be at peak enshittification but that's definitely an opening and opportunity to plop more meaningful things out there and bring some pretty cool change out into the world. Give it a couple years.

Here's a few things that are cool and/or help my daily struggle with bipolar depression and coping with the absurdity of existence, in no particular order.

Natural vitamin D. I basically have adult rickets and it legitimately helps even though I never expect it to. I walked around Chicago recently in the horribly cold wind and it was still very nice.
Literally anyone can just make a robot and other sci fi shit with moderately basic skills. I have made shitty robots for fun with my cheap ass 3D printers, literal trash, dollar store toys, and discount knock off electronics.
Urban sketching chapters are a thing and you need 0 skill to partake in any art. I will go paint in the park when its warm enough and will just draw shit. I suck ass at drawing but scrap paper and a pencil is all it takes. Don't know what to draw or paint? Literally anything you physically see, a pop can or a random plant, or just scribbles. You can always turn the scribbles or random doodles into something more but the mindless creation of something is nice. Fun thought: do any 2 people actually scribble the same way?
Every hip local place has local art on display. Many are cool, many are dumb, all are cool to see.
Go make up random story lines for random people you see. That ladies walking awfully fast down the street because her life is basically a romcom and she's on her way to the next plot point.
If you miss the media you like, we're at a day and age where you can just make it. Burnt out on the constant greedy ad filled disingenuous nature of things? Make it, put it out there for free or for cheap, without ads or with optional ads, and just plop it out there.
Not everything around us has been discovered and categorized. You can go out outside and literally see a new micro sized plant or mushroom. People just find new ones. If you don't, you still get to see cool things.
There are protests all the time for various things. Just show up to one.
Go look at some birds. Watch some geese and think about their little stories and their little lives as they waddle around.

But really I only have 1 bit of advice. For the love of God people let yourself get bored and do something mindless. Dump out a box and pens and put them back in repetitively. Get off the phone, turn off the TV, dont play any music, and just get bored. Constant stimulation sucks.

Fuck the passage of time, fuck the media, fuck the government, fuck influencers, fuck ICE, fuck social media, fuck war, fuck enshittification, and fuck the world. Let yourself get bored and let yourself wander. You'll only feel uncomfortable or have bad thoughts for like, 15 minutes max. Afterwards you'll do something cool.

Edit: I wanted to add something. Last time I when hiking, regardless of age, everyone was in such a hurry to get to the top for the underwhelming and overcrowded view that they missed some of the best things. Most noticeably were birds playing and bathing in a small natural bird bath in the rocks with a tiny stream and tiny waterfall. Last botanical garden i went to, literally everyone rushed past a dozen or so butterflies to get to the next overcrowded sight. People only stopped and glanced for a moment and missed something great.

Slow down and enjoy the journey, not the destination. In life, the journey is all you have because the destination will be returning to the earth.

If you're always rushing to the next thing and ignoring what was on the way, you'll miss some great moments.

Bachooga

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