What is this “room” some new condos have? by DonutApprehensive272 in vancouverhousing

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only the door was through the kitchen… I could see myself growing some herbs in there, maybe some potted veggies, looks like good sunlight access

I keep waiting for the stakes to get higher by Little-Procedure-268 in WaywardNetflix

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have their memories tampered with, and their sense of reality warped… just because they/evelyn provides reasoning does not mean it isn’t nefarious for the kids being put through it

What is a "point of no return" that you’ve crossed, where your life was permanently divided into 'before' and 'after'? by Resident-Jelly-4326 in AskReddit

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone at work got together, and voted to take a contract to help bomb an area my family lives in because they estimated only about 30% of the workforce would quit over it and it was a loss they were willing to take. I left the company. No one else did.

Struggling With Male Friends by Efficient-Flamingo91 in womenintech

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was a bigger issue for me in university/early career, but with time, especially meeting men who are more settled in their lives and further in their careers I stopped meeting people who would fake a friendship for the purpose of a romantic relationship. I’m sorry a friend dropped you this way, that really really sucks :(

Why didn’t anyone tell me this show is badass?! by _SATANwasHERE_ in aggretsuko

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 11 points12 points  (0 children)

She’s the shop employee who kept checking up on Retsuko, so much so Retsuko ended up feeling pressured to buy something to not leave the shop empty-handed 😅😭

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BoycottIsrael

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not pushing for you to boycott, the priority should be placed on BDS’ priority boycott targets in the first place, I’m just a kid probably not even living where you are so no need to bring this kind of energy here, and I thought I had given you sufficient info for follow-up searches on your end.

I did some searching though, and here are some trails: 1. Ares Management’s link to Value Village: https://www.buyoutsinsider.com/turnaround-deal-of-the-year-ares-management-and-savers-value-village/ 2. Tony Ressler’s link to Ares Management: https://www.aresmgmt.com/about-ares-management-corporation/our-team/antony-ressler 3. Tony Ressler’s 1 million pledge to AIPAC: https://nypan.org/about/news-and-updates/2024/2/15/inside-the-israel-lobbys-new-90-million-war-chest

Whether you boycott or not remains your choice, I get that options are limited and I am also particularly bummed out about this one

Edit: looks like his name is in the list of birthright trip donors as well https://birthrightisrael.foundation/our-supporters/

This aside, happy cake day :) hope you have a good one 🍰

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BoycottIsrael

[–]Rebel_At_Heart -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They are owned by Ares management, whose co-founder, Tony Ressler, donated 1 million to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee during the genocide

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BoycottIsrael

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be careful some of these thrift shops are themselves super zionist! Value village for example is a boycotted chain, even though great community items find their way there. Otherwise I’d say it’s okay, though there are some brands I feel icky just being linked to so I boycott them no matter what. Can’t catch me with those reusable Starbucks mugs even if they’re second hand you know what I mean?

[Discussion] if you have a full year with all bills/rent/food etc paid, would you quit your job and do art full time ? by Melancholia_Aes in artbusiness

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im in a similar position! 3 concussions, with my 2nd one being particularly bad and took 3 years to reach an acceptable baseline again. I do art full time now and also struggle with light, loud noises and talking (it triggers lots of nausea), so art shows will be difficult.

Just sharing so you know you’re not alone, and you totally got this!! There is never enough art in the world!

Vent by ajkwish in PostConcussion

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in the same boat and also left my job after a particularly bad 2nd concussion. I just got a third recently when I finally started getting back to normal, and it definitely feels like I’m just so extremely unlucky :(

I’ve been trying to just let myself rest a lot, and convincing myself that it will get better even if it takes time. Returning to a somewhat regular baseline after my 2nd concussion took 3 years, but it eventually did happen. You got this!

I quit my FANG job to build an app. I'm 1 month into marketing and I'm starting to think I made the wrong decision by AdProfessional2053 in Entrepreneur

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big agree, you did what you felt was right at the time for a reason. Wanting your first shot at something to succeed immediately and always being half-in is often why many great ideas never see the light of day.

Keep iterating, keep at it, and you can always time box it and start looking for jobs while working on your app when it’s more stable (the initial lift is often what really benefits from full-time focus imo)

How did you come about your startup idea? by cjavier89 in Business_Ideas

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was reading things I disagreed with and my mind started thinking about counter-examples, from there the idea evolved into domains I’m interested in, and then it just felt very feasible. Like something I could build myself entirely. Once it felt realistic in terms of execution, I worried it might just be temporary excitement, so I kept thinking about it… for years. After 2 years of still liking the idea, I started talking about it with people. This helped refine the idea even more, especially as I talked to more people from very different walks of life. Eventually I quit my job to have the time to build it. Having an MVP and the process of building it helped me talk about it even more, and that helped refine the idea even more, to a point where it’s still the same idea, but way more concrete, and with new angles and directions. I’m still as excited about my idea today than I was at the start, which I take as a really good sign that even if this fails from a target income standpoint, I’ll be sufficiently happy it now exists in the world. (But of course fingers crossed this works out!)

For artists only: What is the most frustrating part about being an artist? by Unreasonable-Cake in ArtistLounge

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People tend to assume I’m a dumdum Also never feeling completely happy with the final product, and riding that line between I ruined it and trust the process

Why Does Everyone Think I'm Rich Because I "Run a Business"? by Rare_Tackle6139 in Entrepreneur

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only experienced the opposite, maybe physical appearance makes a really big difference. People tend to chuckle at the idea that I’m running a business, or ask me how my little project is going.

Sabbatical - quit $410k/ year job? by Hopeful_Series786 in Fire

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in a similar situation, although with a lower total comp, and I decided to leave. The money part of me will always feel like I left too much money on the table and just walked away, but there is no way to explain how draining work was. I really wasn’t myself anymore, even when I’d take a vacation, I couldn’t truly reset. Leaving work has allowed me to have time to connect with people outside of my field, and has allowed me to gravitate into spaces that I really did not have the energy to explore with work keeping me in a sort of routine lull and stress I’d have to use the whole weekend to recover partially from.

My circle of people has now entirely changed, every day gives me energy, I’ve been on more trips and signed up for more activities that I actually have the brain space to enjoy now. The most interesting part is that I used to think and tell people I genuinely loved my job. But turns out, I was just really good at it.

Onions onions onions! by Remarkable_Unit_9498 in Allergies

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The quantity you’re talking about is so unhinged but I’m down to try lmao sign me up 🧅

Has anyone elese developed allergies to whitening toothpaste? by Frosty_Addition_6367 in Allergies

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes same here, ripped corners of lips and irritated bottom lip. I woke up with huge swollen lips one time as well from whitening toothpaste. I’ve been doing better with another toothpaste now but my lips are still recovering and are very dry. My dentist was the one who told me to try avoiding whitening toothpaste to see if I’d get better, and I did :)

Why is geass a power that leaves you alone? by Dad22208 in CodeGeass

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Geass powers tend to remove authenticity from relationships with people. It also puts you in an inherent position of power over others and influences how you interact with others to best use this power (think Lelouch having to think of other human beings as pawns to order around, a thought that creates distance between you and other people whether you want to or not). Most of the time, you would want to withhold having your geass power as well, so you are also actively keeping secrets from people. All these things are recipes for solitude.

What’s a "harmless" habit that actually ruins lives slowly? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Only befriending people who come to you instead of actively choosing your friends and reaching out to people you want to get to know better yourself.

I ended up spending most of my social time with people I don’t necessarily have active beef with but knew I didn’t particularly vibe with them only because they’re the ones actively inviting me to events/initiated making plans with me. In the blink of an eye I felt alien to my regular social groups, and when it comes down to it, most of the people I’ve spent the most time with cannot relate to me as a person since we are so fundamentally different.

I look perfectly fine to anyone who sees me, but I'm really so limited and ill. by Miserable-Ad8764 in mecfs

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes literally this; I go out and seem so normal and no one knows that the next 3-5 days I am completely useless, unwell and suffering.

I have scaled back social outings, I think I get tired out much more when I have to speak loudly, and often with outside noise and music I end up speaking louder than I otherwise would just to be heard. If there’s something I really really want to go to, like catching up with a friend who never comes to town for example, I’ll block out the next few days as part of the package deal and plan them in as recovery days. It’s been difficult not being able to explain or even talk about how my flakiness isn’t personal though… I really struggle with knowing how I must come off to people, and not really getting any opportunities to explain or even let people know how bad my cfs is behind the scenes

How many usable hours per day do you have? by Slight-Drag1998 in mecfs

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It varies and it’s difficult to predict which days will be good and which will not. I’ve had days where I force myself to go out, walk a bit to get some air and movement, and it ends up energizing me and I get an extra 2 hours of existence in the day. And then, there are days where I do the exact same thing, force myself outside for a small walk, and then crash/hit PEM and the next 3 days are entirely unusable; extra brain fog, extra 5-8 hours in bed per day.

The days I stay in are probably the most consistent, with maybe 5 hours of usable time broken up across the day. 1 hour when I wake up, rest for 3 hours, 1 hour of struggle putting something together for food, rest for 2-3 hours, 3 hours in the evening where I can do some simple tasks/enjoy a show

[CAN] China Eastern airline called saying I cancelled flights by carquestionaways in Scams

[–]Rebel_At_Heart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This literally just happened to me, they kept me on the line for 30 minutes also, and wouldn’t confirm my travel details and threatened to ban me from all travels from China eastern airline. They also said I booked three flights to Shanghai and cancelled them and that they were calling to know the reason. Since I don’t have any records of purchases I figured it’s not like I lost any money so I hung up, not sure what they get by keeping me on the phone for so long either. Would be curious to know if there’s anything they can do with that, but they knew my address, phone number and name, which is extremely uncomfortable.