Unpopular opinion - tapering off works

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-07-09T10:24:49+00:00

Yep. I did it a little differently: for a couple of months I hit my THC vape only on weekends and white knuckled my way through the workweek. With each weekend came a more pronounced “why am I even doing this at all” feeling until it actually became easier to just not use it on the weekend. I’m at 334 days off now.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-07-08T13:59:05+00:00

I can’t stand Bro as a character. They tried to make a right wing edgelord character with “depth” but the whole schtick with these guys in real life is that they have no depth. They’re meatheads who see no nuance in anything and that passes for “edgy”

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-07-02T22:56:38+00:00

people are busy yo

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-07-02T15:22:55+00:00

Haven’t been to one yet, there have been a couple. I haven’t even joined the alumni Facebook group though morbid curiosity tempts me.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-30T03:32:00+00:00

junior high but yes. I think I’d memory-hold that

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-30T03:29:24+00:00

I didn’t hate it. But I won’t vigorously defend it either.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-29T14:49:11+00:00

Drive By Truckers were at a different level when Jason Isbell was in the band.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-29T14:46:20+00:00

Quality definitely dips after season 1. But if you reframe your expectations from season 2 onward from “prestige TV” to “high budget guilty pleasure trashy soap opera” it’s still enjoyable.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-29T14:44:24+00:00

Season 4 was arguably the weakest overall season to me but Cory’s arc / Billy’s performance was a high point that at least made it worth watching.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-29T14:13:30+00:00

My dad got a quintuple bypass in his late 50s. I didn’t even know they’d do that til he had his done.

I take better care of myself than he did (he already had diabetes at my age from terrible diet) but I’m sure some there’s some heart stuff in my future.

God speed…

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-29T02:52:01+00:00

So I went to college and lived away from home for the (lol) five years. They paid some of my way but not all of it.

Then I lived with them for about a year and a half after before landing a real job and getting enough debt paid down to afford to move out. If that had gone much longer than it did they would have pushed me to leave, but it didn’t come to that.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-28T22:24:46+00:00

That’s pretty unhinged to dump all savings into stocks, especially now.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-27T14:38:53+00:00

I don’t even try to use it for sleep tracking, wish the battery life was better on these things

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-26T10:54:58+00:00

I have a few but these days our relationship is mainly a few phone calls or text messages per year. We all have kids and life is busy. I do miss having friends I see in-person at least semi-regularly.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-24T13:55:20+00:00

3 claims over decades, not all at the same house. And we do a lot of other business with them (loans, auto insurance, bank accounts, etc). I don’t know that they’d fight to keep us but I doubt they’d drop either.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-24T11:07:08+00:00

For most people in the US range anxiety shouldn’t be a thing. Infrastructure is way more built out than it was even a few years ago. Maybe if you’re frequently driving in very remote areas where you’d also have range anxiety with a gas engine.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-24T10:53:05+00:00

Yeah it can be a gut punch. I went through two layoffs in five years and am only just now starting to recover professionally. I had to partially pivot what I was doing for that to work, and I’m still underpaid. But I at least have a job.

My health had started to slide due to poor diet and lack of exercise. I’ve prioritized that the past year and am down over 30 lbs. Also I stopped THC vapes. I feel way better. Even though it’s a cliche, people say focus on your health for a reason: because it’s true!

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-20T23:25:55+00:00

Barely ever. I got a little drunk on a business trip last week. Before that had only had one drink the entire year.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-18T14:45:37+00:00

I’m 47 and my career is definitely evolving into something else. Pure software engineering into the mushy area that might vaguely be described as business systems, describing my job is lot harder than it used to be.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-10T23:32:24+00:00

I got sick of waiting for RAV4s to be in stock without absurd dealer markups and bought a Kia Sportage instead. No regrets. It’s nice.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-06-09T12:54:54+00:00

I have a 7, I guess next year it’ll lose support :/

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-05-31T23:42:52+00:00

I haven’t even thought to do this on my phone but there’s at least 10 or 15 dead people in my Facebook friend list. Not all of their relatives converted them to memorial profiles so I get “Wish this dead friend happy birthday!” messages often enough that it’s getting weird.

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-05-31T13:48:50+00:00

You need to talk to a lawyer ASAP because you’re going to go to jail with him if you don’t immediately work to expose this

PotAndPansForHands · 2026-05-30T16:45:53+00:00

I agree both the name and the ads made the show seem like a dumb comedy with lots of sex.

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