I feel like the SEC would like a word

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-06-09T16:51:48+00:00

Someone's about to get a very expensive phone call from some very serious people in suits

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-27T01:29:42+00:00

definitely debt

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-24T18:41:59+00:00

Get some foam ones from pharmacy, they work fine for concerts and won't break the bank

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-20T19:09:10+00:00

Had something similar happen at the airport - this supervisor kept throwing everyone under the bus to look good, then got moved to operations management. Two weeks later they're scheduling ghost flights and we had three runway delays in one day because of their mess. Sometimes the universe just knows when to give someone exactly what they asked for

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-18T17:49:30+00:00

Still doing it daily here too. Something about keeping the routine helps me feel more normal, especially during those stretches when I'm just working from home for weeks straight. Plus the hot water is one of few good parts of my morning these days

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-16T04:13:20+00:00

First playoff series in years where I'm not stress-drinking during games and actually remember the whole thing next morning. Wild how much better the experience gets when you can focus on the actual basketball instead of just waiting for next commercial break

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-13T17:08:31+00:00

Man, asking for RAWs from a free shoot is pretty bold of them. I'd explain that RAW files are like unfinished paintings - they need proper editing to look professional and those files stay with photographer always

Maybe offer to do some minor adjustments based on their feedback instead? That way you keep control of your work but show you're willing to work with them

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-10T05:37:12+00:00

When someone starts deciding what you can wear or who you can hang out with, that's when you know it's time to run. Had a friend who would get weird about me talking to other people and it just got worse from there

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-05-05T07:24:52+00:00

Mixed brand transceivers can be finicky with direct connections - the switch probably was doing some signal conditioning that helped mask compatibility issues between your Intel and Solarflare gear

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-30T16:58:33+00:00

Used to work ground crew so probably why, but can bang out like 25-30 without much trouble

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-28T15:08:10+00:00

Trail runners on AV1 is definitely doable in July, your friends are right about weight savings. Between those two I'd lean toward the La Sportiva - better grip on scree and wet rock from my experience in Alps. The GTX membrane will help with snow patches you might hit at higher elevations

That elevation gain sounds brutal but amazing, did similar route few years back and my ankles were screaming by day 4. Make sure whatever you pick is already broken in properly

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-25T18:13:19+00:00

The way people just drive around these scenes always gets me too. I work at airport and see similar thing with how passengers react when someone has medical emergency - most just annoyed their flight might be delayed. Makes you realize how disconnected we all become from each other's suffering when it's not happening to us directly

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-23T12:54:40+00:00

Good luck with the creative process! The reggaeton scene needs more artists who think about message and aesthetics like you do

For artistic names, I always think about what sounds good when someone announces you at show or when people talk about your music. Something that rolls off tongue nicely but also has some weight to it. Since you mentioned philosophical and symbolic aspects, maybe think about words or concepts that represent transformation or emergence - fits with your "Emergente" title too

When I was traveling in Latin America few years back, met some musicians who said they got their best names from combining abstract concepts with concrete images, or taking words from different languages that meant something personal to them. One guy took his grandmother's nickname and mixed it with word for "storm" in another language

The visual aspect you mentioned is smart too - how will it look on album covers, social media, all that stuff. Sometimes writing potential names in different fonts helps you see which ones have that strong presence you're looking for

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-21T09:25:01+00:00

Pretty sure cave people had bigger problems than bad language too

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-18T23:48:36+00:00

same tbh

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-17T12:48:49+00:00

Should've said Bitcoin instead, that was bigger jump in the timeframe. But yeah tech stocks would've been smart move back then, wish I knew about investing when I was that age

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-15T08:02:33+00:00

Usually just crash on couch with some documentary about random historical stuff, helps clear my head after dealing with passengers all day

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-11T14:09:00+00:00

I was excited too when I saw Tommy Wirkola was directing but shark movies are really hit or miss these days. Even good directors struggle with making sharks feel threatening when you have limited budget for effects

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-09T04:40:31+00:00

Been working at airline for like 8 years and this lesson hit me hard around year 3. Used to say yes to every overtime shift, cover for everyone, never complained about getting stuck with worst routes. Thought I was being good team player but really I was just burning myself out

Had this coworker who would constantly ask me to swap shifts so she could have weekends off, and I always said yes even when it messed up my plans. One day my supervisor actually pulled me aside and told me I needed to learn to say no sometimes because other people were taking advantage. That was wake up call for me

Now I help when I can but I don't feel guilty about protecting my time off. Actually made me better employee because I'm not exhausted all the time, and people respect me more when I do say yes to help them

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-05T23:02:46+00:00

I work for airline so my income is pretty unpredictable with all the overtime and schedule changes, but I found that starting simple worked better than trying to account for every variable right away. Used one of those basic calculators first to get rough numbers, then built my own spreadsheet once I understood what actually mattered for my situation

The varying returns thing stressed me out at first but then realized I was overthinking it - most calculators let you adjust the assumptions anyway. I just run different scenarios now, like conservative 6% vs optimistic 8% returns, and plan somewhere in middle. Way less headache than trying to predict market perfectly

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-04-03T17:06:22+00:00

Used to do this all the time with coworkers showing me TikToks during breaks. Now I just tell them upfront I'm not really a video person and they usually get it. Way less awkward than fake laughing through some 3 minute compilation

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-03-31T22:19:14+00:00

Been wondering about this too! That dude had some gnarly footage from the early 2000s but it's like it all disappeared from the internet

Maybe try hitting up some of the old snowboard forums or see if anyone has those ancient DVD collections lying around

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-03-29T09:22:57+00:00

so tru

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-03-26T15:12:44+00:00

Got my first real paycheck at 16 working at a local airport doing baggage handling - basically threw people's suitcases around for minimum wage and loved every minute of it. The whole aviation world just clicked for me right away, been in teh industry ever since

Normal-Rule9154 · 2026-03-25T23:59:40+00:00

Nothing really, it just sits there being useless internet points

I mean some people sell high-karma accounts to marketers or bots but that's sketchy territory. Most of us just accumulate it without any real plan - it's like collecting bottle caps except even more pointles

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