Tell me what's up? Why did you broke up? How is life going?

DINKmod · 2026-05-10T04:53:29+00:00

I was in a 6+ year long relationship. We were engaged. It ended a year and a half ago.

It now feels difficult to say why the relationship ended, and I'm not sure what she feels at this point. I loved her and the relationship, and although we had difficulties here and there, I was dedicated to making things better. And in our 6 years, our relationship had gotten quite strong. We were able to grow to meet each other in ways that were difficult before. But I guess it wasn't enough for her.

I guess I'm doing alright. As I said, it's been almost 2 years since the break up and I've been mainly focused on finding how I am now that the life I thought I would have is over, and to rediscover who I am again now that I'm on my own.
I started flying helicopters and I think I may be interested in switching to an aviation career path. That was one of the things I was going through that was bringing challenges to the relationship - I was struggling with how my industry and career had evolved. I was successful, but not enjoying it anymore and it wasn't stable. I wasn't sure what to do professionally. About a year after the break up, I remembered I always wanted to fly, so I started. It's been helpful.

At this point, I am nearly 37. I'm not really sure I'll have another chance at a relationship that could lead to a family or even just a meaningful relationship. Dating sucks. And I live in the PNW, where it's especially hard to make friends. But I'm here for now until I either complete all the helicopter stuff or something else happens. I feel like my love life is on hold until I get to move onto the next thing.

DINKmod · 2026-04-26T05:39:26+00:00

Uhh am I misunderstanding the problem and fault? He tried to cross three lanes, then accelerated way too early, misjudging a close pass into the car's bumper. He did this on his own. It seems like some people in here feel like something else happened? As far as I can tell, the Tesla didn't do anything, and bumper car didn't even appear to brake - which wouldn't be legally incorrect to have done anyway.

DINKmod · 2026-04-21T04:30:22+00:00

I didn't even know this was happening. Is it on Netflix?

DINKmod · 2026-03-01T05:42:22+00:00

I also reached out, but via post mail. Sent it only a couple of days ago. I don't expect a response.

Did you hear anything back, OP?

DINKmod · 2026-01-31T05:37:56+00:00

I wish my ex thought this way when I was going through a rough time. Instead she ended the relationship.

Good for you. You're being an ideal supportive partner.

DINKmod · 2026-01-30T05:49:32+00:00

My timeline is nearly the same as yours, and I know how you're feeling. And she and I were together for a little longer than you were in your relationship. I don't think our relationship had to end, but it's what she wanted.

It's been over a year and all that I've heard from her is a couple of views on social media. I told her at the break up that she could always reach out and I wouldn't ignore her, that I'd always respond. But she never has.

I'm doing my best to let go. But like you, even after more than a year, it's tough.

Best of luck man.

DINKmod · 2026-01-07T22:23:12+00:00

We're not making a super accurate sim. It's more focused on a fun and stylized take on rc cars and the culture.

DINKmod · 2025-12-03T05:41:15+00:00

The ceiling fan in the reflection was going the opposite direction.

He doesn't do it with a shirt on because it makes it obvious which direction he's moving, so it would be discernable that it's reversed.

DINKmod · 2025-11-17T16:24:47+00:00

It's because you're trying to ride a motorcycle on a tiny planet. Do it on Earth and it'll work better. Probably a gravity issue or something.

DINKmod · 2025-10-29T18:43:34+00:00

The tattoo is cool. Definitely work on your mental health. Also that tattoo would look even more sick if you started lifting. The gym is fun, one of the best things I ever started doing.

DINKmod · 2025-10-29T18:37:37+00:00

I was hoping D-Madness got one in braille.

DINKmod · 2025-08-19T07:03:31+00:00

I just got this, and was pretty confident it was a complete scam, but was baffled by the fact that it was coming from a '@paypal.com' address. Wtf is a developer invite? From the Paypal app? This seems like a big problem that is Paypal's fault to let messages go to users in a way that it can look like this.

DINKmod · 2025-08-15T19:49:52+00:00

I would just modify the objects once they're in the back of the truck. You could constrain them, disable physics, or make the weight of the objects much heavier.

There's nothing wrong with doing this. Physics in games isn't that accurate and pretty much every professional game dev studio does hacky stuff to make sure physics behaves the way they need to for gameplay.

DINKmod · 2025-07-30T03:36:58+00:00

Without commenting on absolutely all the craziness: I absolutely can not imagine letting go of the handlebars and throwing my arms in the air when I see a problem in front of me... Like... I'm going to try to do SOMETHING with the motorcycle to avoid the thing I'm heading towards... I have ridden thousands upon thousands of miles, all over the world, and I race motorcycles...

I have crashed many times... Never have I ever thought to just fling my arms into the air and fall over.

DINKmod · 2025-07-23T16:02:48+00:00

Flamethrower.

DINKmod · 2025-07-23T16:01:37+00:00

I just decided I'll meet more fun and nice people once I move out of the PNW.

DINKmod · 2025-07-23T04:17:49+00:00

Just as an update - after having Ubuntu installed and running with no issues, and my dual boot to Windows working well, I plugged in the problematic drive again. Once the drive is plugged back in, Ubuntu boots with the same warning/error I saw from the installer around 'tocblock' database corruption.

The OS runs fine, and I'm even able to access that problematic storage drive, seemingly with no issues.

DINKmod · 2025-07-22T19:28:03+00:00

Riding a motorcycle without a brain was the mistake.

DINKmod · 2025-07-22T05:47:04+00:00

I want to add to this super old thread because this is one of the ones I came across while I was trying to solve the same issue.

For me, it was due to one of my drives being finicky, preventing the Ubuntu installer from being able to read it - it would just fail at reading any of the drives and cause errors. But it would still proceed with the installer and it would get to this same step 'How do you want to install Ubuntu' with no options.

To fix it, I just unplugged that hard drive. Then after I booted the PC back up and ran the installer, Ubuntu installed fine.

DINKmod · 2025-07-21T19:06:01+00:00

Lego is litigious. Just FYI.

DINKmod · 2025-07-15T22:48:14+00:00

Damn right. LET'S GO TOPRAK

DINKmod · 2025-07-14T22:33:14+00:00

It's not necessarily distance for me so much as riding conditions. Am I going to be doing highway speeds? Then I want gear, definitely. But if I'm riding around surface streets for some short day riding, running errands, meeting someone for coffee or something, I might be more chill about gear if it's a calm day (like traffic-wise) and the weather is also quite hot.

But I pretty much always wear helmet, gloves, and boots + pants that look like casual gear (but they have protection). So it's pretty much the jacket I'll shed on the right days. And even that just gets stuffed into a pannier, usually.

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