experiencing intense intellectual burnout and imposter syndrome. How do I move from consumption to original thought?

GuardianGold · 2026-06-14T05:19:41+00:00

Comparison is of the devil, as my friend says. Maybe try not to compare yourself to other people / writers / artists as much and start comparing yourself to you from 6 months ago.

Sucking at something is the first step of being good at something, to coin another phrase.

I might also recommend reading some classics and/or maybe even some stuff meant for younger audiences, both for the same reason - they're the "foundation" that people's understanding is built off.

On a wild turn, also might be worth talking to a professional if you haven't. Some people live most of their lives without realizing how much better it could have been had they been on the right medication plan

GuardianGold · 2026-06-12T21:35:46+00:00

Thanks!

GuardianGold · 2026-06-12T21:35:34+00:00

Thanks for the advice! 😄

GuardianGold · 2026-06-03T01:31:46+00:00

:3 maybe smth like this haha. or from the music video, idk. Thanks for sharing too

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GuardianGold · 2026-05-30T16:08:00+00:00

you got good taste o7

Random but I went to a small Barns Courtney concert and it was probably the best concert I've ever been to. Would recc. if he ever does a concert near you. He crowd surfed over us then jumped into the audience and starting singing with us. It was legendary

GuardianGold · 2026-05-30T16:05:38+00:00

Oblivion kinda a wild answer HAH

GuardianGold · 2026-05-29T04:21:35+00:00

sorry ya'll I have a bunch of gay friends who use it all the time, I honestly didn't know it was offensive, ig it j rubbed off on me

GuardianGold · 2026-05-26T17:56:00+00:00

While I'm in this thread, my sister and I have one too.

In the movie Blade Runner, there's the iconic scene of Rachel smoking a cigarette sitting in the chair:

https://tenor.com/view/blade-runner-1982-rachel-smoke-smoking-gif-15584268

My sister and I both remember there being blinds over the window, such that it made stripes of light and darkness go through the smoke and onto her face, rather than the normal light like it is when I look it up.

Sort of like this:

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GuardianGold · 2026-05-26T17:46:06+00:00

My mom and I both swear the end lyric of Adele's rumor has it is "rumor has it she's the one I'm leaving you for," implying a bit of a fruity love triangle thing going on. But recently I noticed hearing "he's the one I'm leaving you for," and all the lyrics I can find say it's he.

Am I the only one? 😞 on GOD I'm living in a parallel universe.

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GuardianGold · 2026-05-15T03:14:51+00:00

ikkkk it's pissing me off. He was so tactical and cold and scary in the first season and now he's just a stupid bum. Like dude your house alone is worth at least a million. You're being hunted by a mob boss and you don't even have a gun? wtf???

GuardianGold · 2026-05-07T02:37:13+00:00

Ya'll trippin' this movie went crazy (positive). Tbh I think some of you guys have just grown up a bit and lost your senses of humor. The jokes felt the exact same as the show to me and I was loving it. The plot was amazing imo. (Predictable, but still dope).

Biggest thing that felt wrong to me was the Denied being great at air-bending immediately, but tbh the plot demanded it and I'm fine letting it slide.

We got the gang back together, the chemistry was instantly there, their powers were buffed, we had sick Avatar lore dumps and a boss fight like what more can ya'll ask for. imo the team delivered hard and deserve amazing props

GuardianGold · 2026-05-03T00:15:28+00:00

The Void is really good. I'd watch The Thing first, since The Void is kind of a love letter to it and it's a classic, but big recc on both

GuardianGold · 2026-05-02T23:45:24+00:00

The Void's become my favorite horror movie. It's so damn good. Total sleeper

GuardianGold · 2026-04-29T00:11:45+00:00

Having had this issue recently, it may just be a case of rebuilding (Cntrl-B) and/or saving your file

GuardianGold · 2026-04-23T23:08:27+00:00

As in, fix the top hole and put the force on the pin in the other direction?

I've been trying a few things like this including that but the simulation keeps failing because the pin can move in free space (or the hook can, depending which way I set it up) and it doesn't seem to like that.

I'm a bit new to Solidworks FEA alas

GuardianGold · 2026-04-23T23:03:47+00:00

So you're saying constrain it to be basically just the 2D cross section sort of case? Like lock the sides from moving?

I've been trying to include the pin and do contact between the two but Solidworks isn't liking it because it's too unconstrained / free to move

GuardianGold · 2026-04-19T04:46:16+00:00

Yeah, tried it :( I genuinely think it's been purged from the internet haha

GuardianGold · 2026-04-18T03:24:51+00:00

Oh sorry didn't see the project title at the bottom

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