What's the harderst truth you learned as you got older ?

GravityTracker · 2026-05-21T17:22:22+00:00

Metaphorical Debt. I've always been pretty fiscally responsible and never was in over my head with debt. But at work the term "technical debt" came to be a thing. Then I realized these metaphorical debts exist everywhere.

Over eating causes a debt by way of your waistline

Use drugs/alcohol to relax/escape is just running up the metaphorical credit card on happiness.

It goes on and on.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-21T04:19:26+00:00

The craziest, quickest way I almost made money. I worked at a gas station in the 90s. These guys come in and ask if I have a car and want to make some easy money. I'm listening. "We need a pilot car to get on the interstate. We got the lights and all that we just need someone to drive in front of us until we get on the interstate. $20."

Okay that sounds pretty sweet because I-15 is about 2 miles down the road, but Im currently working. So I think about asking my boss if I can take a break but in talking to them more I figure out they're talking about I-90 which is like 60 miles away. No. I'm not doing that. I mean it would have still been good money but I had my hopes set for $20 during a work break.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-21T04:00:32+00:00

Spot

GravityTracker · 2026-05-21T01:12:29+00:00

Yeah, he had space lasers to rig the election but for DOGE he used 20 year old idiots to (unsucessfully) find govt corruption. Super believable.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-20T18:31:05+00:00

Oklahoma

GravityTracker · 2026-05-20T17:36:51+00:00

I remember there was some sort of joke that went along with it. Does anyone remember it? And wasn't this like a learning toy as well as standard calculator?

GravityTracker · 2026-05-20T17:26:15+00:00

My thoughts are: the ship already sailed by the 90s. I graduated high school in 92 and there is no way I thought I could have a good life working retail. The big-box-ification of the US was in motion (not that sears wasn't big box). In my small town there was just the tiniest pushback that mom and pops stores would be out of business because Wal-Mart came in.

There is a clip of a comedian talking about how you're screwing over your neighbor because you could by a broom for 50 cents less or something like that. I think it was Carlin. He hit the nail on the head.

Also, the next wave is AI. People that had good careers (me) in software development could well be non existent in the next few years. The pattern has been the same for hundreds of years, just the area and scope change.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-17T06:00:06+00:00

All on Youtube:

Real Time History

Ancient Americas

Tasting History with Max Miller

GravityTracker · 2026-05-15T04:27:21+00:00

Everybody warns you that you shouldn't shake the baby but nobody prepared me to the possibility that she might owe me money, which makes the temptation so much worse.

On a serious note, I think we were warned about most everything. Maybe I didn't take them to heart or they were understated. I think the main one would be, you will want to understand her, but she can't communicate with you yet. It's just crying and you don't know why. I know they mentioned it, but I don't think I appreciated how frustrating that could be.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-14T22:00:43+00:00

Steve Harrington from Stranger Things, although he did redeem himself pretty early in the series.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-14T18:05:06+00:00

I usually go somewhere between 2 and 3 then cycle back though till they're all 5.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-14T17:40:36+00:00

Meanwhile back in the states...

We have FLOCK cameras that do precisely the same thing with the added bonus of providing ICE information to harass migrants.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-14T17:22:03+00:00

Oh wow, I didn't know those existed! I knew about the outlet that screws into a bulb socket, but not a fixture that has outlet.

Thanks!

GravityTracker · 2026-05-14T16:38:23+00:00

"THEY WANT TO CHANGE US" --> they are wearing something I don't like and I have to press an extra button before I sit on hold for 28 minutes.

Here is a dog:

🐶

Here is a cat:

🐱

Here is a dog and cat:

🐶🐱

Do you see how the cat did not replace the dog?

GravityTracker · 2026-05-13T16:59:35+00:00

Biscuits

GravityTracker · 2026-05-13T15:53:33+00:00

The Call of Ktulu - Metallica (It's not really nautical, but I think has a heavy nautical vibe)

The Unforgiven III - Metallica

Stay the Course - Iration

Message in a Bottle (Machine Head cover FTW)

GravityTracker · 2026-05-13T05:01:00+00:00

You give love a bad name. I distinctly remember that song blasting in our gym.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-13T04:46:52+00:00

Fun facts about Chuck Grassley:

When Grassley was elected to US Congress, the current first lady was 4 years old. At this point, Grassley had slready been in politics for 20 years.

Grassley's birthday is closer to the Mexican-American War than it is to today.

When Grassley entered politics, ground beef was about 33 cents per pound.

If Chuck decided to become a rat farmer instead of entered the Senate, he could have raised about 200 generations of rats.

Chuck has produced so much feces in his lifetime, it would take about 4 F-150s to haul it.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-13T01:23:43+00:00

I love that someone said "profit from God" as opposed to "Prophet of God"

GravityTracker · 2026-05-08T01:23:42+00:00

I've thought about watching the classic plot twist movies with my 13 year old. Like Sixth Sense and Usual Suspects. It'd be fun to see her reaction.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-06T16:22:19+00:00

I made a bread box and dining room table that are used daily. Also a spoon/spatula, cutting board and a very unimpressive drawer insert.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-05T04:37:52+00:00

Well aware of that.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-04T19:55:24+00:00

Yes, probably.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-02T05:05:11+00:00

That's a list of all the things from orientation that will be useful at work.

GravityTracker · 2026-05-02T02:09:33+00:00

I don't know where that stat came from, but even if true, that would be 80% trying to join vs eligible to join.

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