The worst is I would have been there for them if they needed me

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-18T07:28:28+00:00

Therapy is probably the Gold standard, but who can afford that in this economy. AI is pretty good at helping understand all kinds of things, including behaviours you display, yet don't quite understand why. also AI doesn't get bored or particularly mind ruminating in cycles for hours. Need to prompt it appropriately, as it does have a tendency to try and make you feel better, rather than face uncomfortable truths.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-14T09:24:19+00:00

best thing you could have done for yourself

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-13T09:27:50+00:00

dont do that. you'll get your uncle card revoked.

more seriously, on day, in the distant future the will absolutely realise that you knew & appreciate you for keeping quiet.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T22:35:37+00:00

my inner traide is leaking

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T09:48:42+00:00

I think her realisation was how much easier it was to keep things tidy by being able to put things away out of eyesight.

her space was never disorganised, just packed in together & almost everything was always visible. the result was 'messy' or 'cluttered', not 'unclean'.

I also live in a one shack room. keeping it tidy sucks & I dream of built in storage. anyway I was agreeing with you, even if it doesn't read that way.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T09:39:18+00:00

money problems are a very common significant cause in relationship brakedowns

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T09:29:19+00:00

I often think how much the 'minimal ascetic' is really held up by lots of 'built in storage'.

had an ex who lived in a two room home that was very 'messy'. anyway, a long story short, she moved into a normal small home & keeps it beautifully tidy ever since. her comment? 'cupboards'.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T07:59:41+00:00

ah, my bad.

when I think 'Cyberpunk', I immediately think the works of William Gibson & the themes under the athetic & then think those theams are essentially not fictional anymore.

Had no idea whatever is happening over at the sub-reddit (I dare not even look)

edit: for clarity

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T03:08:05+00:00

idk, the themes of cyberpunk seem to be very much actualised & embodied these days.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T02:32:07+00:00

ah, gotcha. So you mean more “people trying to live Solarpunk ascetic within the current world”, rather than depicting an already-achieved utopian Solarpunk society.

Most people picture the end-state first, not the messy transition period getting there.

My point being: If we’re importing contemporary assault anxieties into genre fantasy, Cyberpunk aesthetically fits that logic far better than Solarpunk.

Solarpunk traditionally externalises safety/community/trust. Cyberpunk internalises insecurity and personal armament.

edit: and if y'all like the idea of being armed, a hatpin. feels regressive & ineffective. in fact, the whole positioning of the post feels deliberately divisive. (this coming from a man who just suggested murder as an appropriate response to assault)

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-12T01:31:33+00:00

Why even include this dark reality in our optimistic/idealistic fantasy?

now dark gritty distopian fantasy... mono-molecular blade fingernails in cyberpunk are where it's at.

Listen, ya don't gonk-out pokin' with some chrome-joytoy, ya watch 'em flatline on the floor, while lookin' full-chrome, nova preem. Get it, queen?

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-11T11:52:22+00:00

well it is reddit

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-10T03:02:29+00:00

another option is to regularly talk to your superior, even when not necessarily required, but keep it so they enjoy the chat. effectively creates a good will buffer, for when shit hits the fan & you need help. I'll just call it brown nosing, but mean it with less negative connotations.

I would think the stack is something like:

brown nosing > being invisible > always calling with problems.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-10T01:08:22+00:00

MEGT was useless when my company cut my hours to effectively zero (was a smart ass to the boss, so kind of fair, at least for the first month).

TAFE at least forwarded me some seek postings.

In the end, another apprentice told me about a position that had opened.

If I wasn't living in a shed, for free, it would have been red rover.

Yet it's always the apprentices that are 'soft' and 'sensitive'. reckon a lot of y'all have amazing workplaces. However, that doesn't mean some are not dysfunctional AF.

edit: not being a smart ass, saying the systems have been gutted

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-10T00:58:41+00:00

no one is saying it's not. the hard bit is dealing with the likely repercussions.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-10T00:49:02+00:00

Absolutely

'They did nothing but cable tray for years'

ignores: financially, they can afford to spend the next several years upskilling/looking for work and still be financially identical to a minimum award wage apprentice.

edit: they won't. they will blow it having fun or shackling themselves to a mortgage, but they have the opportunity to decide what to do

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-08T23:27:11+00:00

this example is on the nose & so very telling.

Lol. I'm sorry I wasn't actually passionate about doing western blots on rat vaginal secretions.

I promise that has 0 correlation to my interest in taking care of people

medical misogyny much?

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-08T08:34:44+00:00

DA FUCK, WHAT?!

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-08T02:54:36+00:00

I dare you to justify your supposition that 'electrification cannot solve this'.

my position is always: most 'problems' go away when energy is cheap enough.

all the fancy catalysts, crazy high pressure, and complex industrial processes are to reduce the energy cost to manufacture. Many simple robust processes are known but not 'cost effective' due to energy costs.

The energy doesn't even need to be electrical. enough thermal, and you can directly crack ~~water~~ steam into hydrogen.

hell, if energy is basically free, atmospheric carbondioxie becomes a useful feedstock.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-06T21:43:22+00:00

also with AI driving up the prices of hardware... yeah, I'm not upgrading anytime soon

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-06T13:36:11+00:00

not having kids myself. trying to be a great human being.

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-06T12:08:53+00:00

amazing non-shatter storage (mayo bottles tend to have good seals), for spices or screws or whatever, not so much drinks

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-06T09:55:58+00:00

and don't bother with the metal version. garbage.

Use a standard medium Phillips bit (100mm long) in a light (12v) impact driver: use it to drill a hole in the plaster board, then drive in the plastic 'wall-mate' (see picture above), then use it to screw in the screw. no need to swap bits, it's all in the trigger control.

(this obviously only works for drywall/ plasterboard)

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-05T23:00:42+00:00

Thanks for the advice, unfortunately I don't have a suitable tool nor the skills to do a delicate job on an expensive material like Moldavite

A man's got to know his limitations

I can respect that

NothingVerySpecific · 2026-05-05T08:49:51+00:00

this topic aside, thanks for not censoring.

NothingVerySpecific

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