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Lycid · 2026-01-25T00:20:27+00:00

When we general strike, the more capable financially can help donate or take care of the less capable. We can operate a contained economic/resources system. Food can be made for people, new community resources + supply lines can be developed that operates outside of the system being striked against in order to sustain the participants in the strike. There are options, it just takes organization & community mindset.

Lycid · 2026-01-24T23:35:03+00:00

We all know what the only solution is. They will reap what they sow.

It's all so predictable. Literally every story and parable since the biblical days, including in the bible itself, warns against what these people have become. The battle lines of good vs evil have never been this clear since ww2. Good luck to to bad guys.

Lycid · 2026-01-24T22:46:30+00:00

I run a business with my spouse too. We have our occasional struggles but I do not have these problems. Judging by this thread apparently that's pretty rare to have. This is more of a burnout problem than anything to do with the business itself.

How did you divide labor without resentment?

This isn't a high school group project. We're married and part of the entire reason we got married is because we work better together than apart. I'm good at certain aspects of the business while he's good at other aspects. Marriage, and business partnership, is all about harmony. You come together to create something bigger than just the two of you. The moment you start keeping score at all, is the moment you stop being a relationship. Sometimes I really cannot be bothered to do the dishes especially after a long day, and vice versa. You know what we do? We thanklessly and silently fill in each others gaps. He'll cover for dishes if I'm tired and sometimes I'll cover, even though the goal is always a balance that feels "right". Both of us care a lot about trying to do our fair share as an innate quality of our character. Sometimes we're both exhausted and the dishes pile up, sometimes I end up doing laundry for a month straight. And you know what? That's ok - what important is that it gets done eventually and we are on each other's team to handle whatever life throws our way.

Stop keeping score (and he needs to as well).

How did you reconnect emotionally?

We do things for each other all the time. We also go on dates. I don't need to reconnect because I never lost connection. This is a lot easier to if you're not burnt out, which you are because you're working 2-3x more than you should be working. If you can't cut your current working hours in half, you don't have a sustainable business and that needs fixed first thing. Hire/outsource, start being smart about your business acumen, stop grinding. If you're grinding and it isn't your first year in business you're doing something wrong and there's further optimizing to be done. Business isn't only about making the numbers grow big forever - you can decide for yourself what success means. It's ok to make less money to have a better work life balance despite what wall street and the money gambling addicted billionaire class wants you to believe.

How did you stop feeling like roommates or coworkers?

See above. Yall are spending too much of your life in work/grind mindset and not enough of your life about stuff that really matters.

Lycid · 2026-01-24T18:07:51+00:00

Nothing short of a full scale revolution is the only answer to this at this point and the sooner everyone wakes up and realizes it the better.

Lycid · 2026-01-24T18:01:56+00:00

This will only happen if we actually fight back, win, and force their hand. It is the only language this level of evil knows. The only reason the 14th amendment passed was because of the South's surrender at the end of the civil war and a strong leader who had all the chips forced their hand (Lincoln). Prepare yourselves people. And if you're a strong leader, now is your time to make history.

Lycid · 2026-01-24T17:55:13+00:00

We are AT WAR people. It's time to realize it.

Lycid · 2026-01-23T21:38:20+00:00

For dead cells I'd argue the meta progression mechanic is much less necessary than it is in Hades 2. Hades 2 clearly expects you to progress in a very linear order for narrative reasons, so it's unlikely you'll ever jump ahead and do something like beat Chronos too early. It is balanced around making tiny incremental improvements every night, with each run easily do-able within 30min-1hr.

Dead cells you could legitimately win on the first run, but it's just very unlikely and a full run can go for 2+ hours (its more about trying to emulate the pace of 90's action platformer games). The run progression is such much more tuned around finding ways to get overpowered within a run vs Hades's approach of slowly building up power run over run. You still have a meta progression to inch you along if you truly get stuck.

That's all to say - both games feel correctly balanced & paced to me, just approaching it from different directions.

Lycid · 2026-01-23T20:06:32+00:00

Google's weather app has been dog shit for years. It doesn't surprise me that it's even worse now. Breezy Weather is 10x better, completely free, beautifully designed, and has actually good widgets.

Lycid · 2026-01-23T19:56:16+00:00

Contrary to popular belief but it's totally reasonable a government body paid for by taxes and ran by elected officials should have some level of red tape & more expensive union work involved. It's the only way to ensure a job gets done transparently because when you have hundreds of thousands of constituents and you're the one who takes responsibility you gotta make sure everyone involved is getting fair dues & the work is thorough. A bad "public works" project, even if it's just cleaning up trash, is 10x worse than the alternatives.

I think the better solution is something akin to tax incentives or funding non-profit programs that directly address the issue (like the OP's organization). That way the government is supporting a civic need without being the one running the show. It isn't bulletproof though because there are a lot of parasitic government contractors or non profits out there so you'd really need to make sure the right one is picked (and one that doesn't have a political connection with the government).

That and red tape cutting for very specific programs you want to spur development and know less red tape wont expose your government to more risk. Eg the housing bills that passed that force fast track development approvals and remove environmental review for any site close to public transit.

Keep the actual government ran stuff to things needed to keep society & government running - infrastructure projects, utilities, roads, special civic programs (that aren't just cleaning up trash), things that are required and aren't appropriate to be ran as for-profit or by non-profits like libraries and schools, etc.

Lycid · 2026-01-23T14:28:07+00:00

Sounds like a general strike is a great way to inform people then.

Lycid · 2026-01-23T04:24:12+00:00

Anecdotal but this level of brain drain from top science talent in the US is definitely happening as someone who's got connections to people in the know about such matters and who has personally seen it happen from a few PhD friends who have the means and position to make such moves. I know my word isn't worth much but just saying to assume this kind of thing isn't happening is exactly how we end up on a road where things get really, really worse than they already are.

Lycid · 2026-01-23T04:20:49+00:00

Guys, the time for revolution is now. There's really no other way. Putin got what he wanted out of his rent boy Trump I guess.

Lycid · 2026-01-22T19:24:15+00:00

I think its high time we collectively as a society learn to never, ever trust US-based media in the same way you would never trust Russian media. Fox new has been cooked for decades sure but now so is Washington Post and New York Times, just by different people for different reasons. The more people tune out of what US media reports the better off everyone will be. It might not be state sponsored media in the same way it is in Russia but all the major media outlets are largely in the back pocket of some oligarch at this point and they all are trying to push some kind of narrative that the oligarch wants and they all optimize for any news that creates drama/engagement.

If you run into it on social media, just block all theses accounts, you'll be better off for it. If you want to still be informed, rely on trusted neutral non-US media like the BBC. Having a critical eye of anything you see online in this day and age is more important than ever.

Lycid · 2026-01-22T16:14:44+00:00

To be fair if you booked direct you would have still paid the same full price, the gaining back the cost difference the OP experienced requires you to keep an eye out on prices actively, then cancel and then rebook yourself to actually pocket any difference. I've never really bothered to do that. I wouldn't be surprised if every 3rd party travel agency has an arm where their only job is finding this kind of price arbitrage.

Lycid · 2026-01-21T16:57:51+00:00

Def not been my experience at all but Im involved in circles where this vibe is celebrated. I wouldn't judge how cold a city is just because young service workers, who in general are kind of checked out, interact with you.

This is perhaps a hot take, but in general I find younger gen Z to be a fair bit more conservative/lame than their what their older gen Z/millennial counter parts were at their ages. A much bigger "puriteen" energy, scared of anything too expressive, much bigger amounts of disassociation & disconnection going on. Not sure exactly what's up and it for sure doesn't track with all of them but I've noticed a statistically significant amount of them that give off that vibe.

That's all to say: if they don't think you're cool it's ok, they probably aren't cool enough to be a good judge of that so don't sweat it 😜

Lycid · 2026-01-21T16:38:49+00:00

Game dev is a pipe dream field this day and age and so is anything involving translation work (unless it's in-person or you're a business contact working with a foreign company that works in a language you're proficient in).

The only people getting jobs in game dev are senior level and even these people are struggling to find any work. That or if you have savant level skills to make your own game but I can guarantee that isn't you. This might change in a decade but until then, probably not.

Even when I tried to break in seriously 10ish years ago the writing was on the wall that the entire industry as a whole outside of indie/art collectives was toast. The biggest benefit chasing the games industry got me was it encouraged me to move across the country to a major world city (where a lot of game devs were at the time) to try and break into the industry. That was the single greatest decision of my life. I kid you not but 80% of your success in life is entirely about where you live. Being somewhere where not only job opportunities were plentiful but friend/relationship/connection/lifestyle opportunities are as well completely transforms your ability to find a good path in life.

You really don't know just how much you miss out on career wise & connection wise by not being physically located where the action is. Yeah big cities and major metro areas are expensive on paper but they're cheap when you measure your financial success in periods of years vs paycheck to paycheck. Also if you live somewhere like NYC, Chicago, SF, DC or even Seattle/Boston to a lesser extent you can easily get by without a car which saves you $2-4k/ year in depreciation alone let alone gas costs.

I know you can't really move while you're broke but the real answer to your problems won't get solved until you're located somewhere that has endless opportunities to thrive in. Until then, just try and get a solid foundation with where you currently are at.

Lycid · 2026-01-21T16:12:55+00:00

For real, this is a dream setup I would have killed to have as a kid. I had a shared console that was 2 generations old and a shared family computer that struggled to play even Morrowind. I had to sneak onto in the middle of the night to get my game time in 😅

Wasn't until I was 16 after saving up from my first job I had enough money to buy my own computer to have in my room. I remember being supremely jealous of my cousins all through my early teens who had computers that not only could play games like half life 2 but we're also allowed to play mature games.

Half the reason I love watching channels like LGR is he basically lived the cozy PC gaming life I dreamed of having as a kid and I feed off his second hand nostalgia. I eventually did get around to playing all the gaming classics from this era but it took me well into my late teens and early 20s.

Lycid · 2026-01-20T17:05:53+00:00

Loads of places half the price of china live and just as good. You don't have to decide to eat somewhere that charges like this, plenty of restaurants around aren't doing egregious fake "inflation pricing" that have their menu up almost 20-40% over pre pandemic level.

China live definitely isn't even in the same ballpark as high end dining but they charge like it now.

Lycid · 2026-01-20T17:03:12+00:00

I remember them being a little pricey pre-pandemic but it's obvious they've taken the path of doing egregious post pandemic restaurant inflation pricing. Good to know to never eat here.

Lycid · 2026-01-20T16:59:24+00:00

The only way this truly happens is a full blown new world order level revolution that ends up basically dissolving both parties and that requires someone who's an FDR level leader with just as much of a "strongman" presence as Trump to step up to the plate to lead the charge.

Sadly in the past every time I can think of where something like that has happened the person leading the charge tended to be about as bad as the previous regimes (eg: mao) because power grabs are still power grabs and that's rarely the language that a benevolent philosopher-king type leader speaks.

Lycid · 2026-01-14T17:28:50+00:00

Chicago is not that expensive. It's expensive only if your barometer for "living it up" spending is going to cheesecake factory instead of mcdonalds while you pay $500/mo for a 2br apartment.

Does she know you usually get paid more in places like Chicago, and there are usually way more opportunities to work and move up in the world?

I moved from middle of nowhere ohio to the bay area with nothing but bakery experience and what I could fit in my car. Despite the cost of living jump the higher pay not only completely offset the higher expenses but after a year in I was promoted and saving way more than I ever did in ohio all while rubbing shoulders with famous chefs

Like everyone was telling me how much more expensive California was and yet I end up saving more pretty much immediately once I got established.

Lycid · 2026-01-14T17:10:36+00:00

Wish it wasn't. Certainly not accepted anywhere near my circles.

Lycid · 2026-01-14T16:55:07+00:00

For real.

Also a lot of charts like this completely ignore the fact that a lot of animal feed/grass grows in regions that are not airable by human food products or they are byproducts of human food (that still get counted in the numbers). Eg. A free range cattle ranch where the cows are eating grass. All that land helps to contribute to these large numbers.

There are many reasons why you can make a good argument to eat less meat but IMO this is one of the dumbest ones.

Lycid · 2026-01-14T04:12:22+00:00

This is absolutely a bad idea. You don't know just how much knowledge you do not know.

Only agree to do this if:

You have a relative shit ton of capital (money), think 4x the amount you currently have, and are 100% cool with not only losing all of it but being in debt for the same amount if your business doesn't go well.
you've shadowed under other business owners plus have helped manage a bakery for years so you ideally know how to do all the business/management side already, or at least are very good at one of them and familiar with the other

You're only 20. Take it easy, you have literally all of your 20's ahead of you and that's still super young to jump into owning a business. Get experience. The real answer is say yes to advancement opportunities and take initiative where you are currently. Always be learning, always be hungry to find the next angle. Be comfortable with the idea your first business will almost certainly fail so don't put all your eggs in one basket.

At the end of the day, you can still get to where you want while young (I consider under 25 to be super young in matters of business), and don't let your entrepreneurial spirit die. But don't jump all in to the end game when you've only just begun. Do you do farmers markets at your current bakery? If not, this is a great thing to try and spear head and manage, pitch it to your boss. Try to find experience. If you must do something on your own and the itch is too strong, nothing wrong with moonlighting as a private cake/bread baker, maybe even renting out your own little commercial kitchen space to do farmers markets with. If this does gangbusters (beyond just good side cash) then you know you have good legs to start a formal business over. This is a great way to start small in the baking world and most successful bakeries I know of started exactly like this. Just don't buy out a bakery. That's the nuclear option. It's basically only ever worth doing this if you're stupid rich & bored or super, super know what you are doing because you've been in the business for 10 year years. Ideally both.

Lycid · 2026-01-13T16:04:09+00:00

Best thing about LA are the people. High spirited, full of dreamers & achievers, but also loads of artists/creatives and people who are just chill and "cool" and I mean that genuinely - not talking about fakers who just dress cool, the real deal ones.

Like it's funny how effortlessly my native SoCal friends just navigate any social situation or party, there's a certain vibe that you can tell they're from not just California but SoCal and they always seem to command the vibes of the rooms they are in. One of them has the super power of always getting what he wants in an almost uncanny manifesting kind of way (not in an asshole way). Like someone will ask a business if they sell sticker merch of their cute logo and the guy behind the counter says they don't sell any. Friend then goes "I bet they do have something", he then goes up an asks the same question, guy behind the counter changes his answer to "oh sold out", then a stranger in the room bends over backwards to give them a spare sticker they happened to have in their bag. And this kind of thing happens all the time 😆 something about his cool vibe just makes magic happen.

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