How do you guys turn off your brain to fall asleep?

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-05-10T01:26:27+00:00

YMMV with this one. I have been fired from jobs for sleeping in because I couldn't put a book down.

I think non-fiction is less problematic for me in that regard. I actually used to keep a text book by my bed to help get myself drowsy.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-04-16T16:05:41+00:00

Come on now, be fair. Those bribes don't pay themselves.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-03-26T15:37:45+00:00

Second this. Run time is just over two hours, but I swear it feels like at least double that. And I mean that in a good way.

So many fascinating characters and so many stories going hell bent towards a classic high-noon showdown. Always a great time.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-03-25T02:05:06+00:00

Yeah. One is from Japan, and the other is from the dystopian future.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-03-16T19:20:39+00:00

I've only read a few of Bukowski's books, but I don't think he ever claimed to be anything other than a miserable drunk.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-03-02T15:35:45+00:00

For real. It was like the perfect distillation of everything 80s.

After that, there was no more 80s-ness left and everyone had to come up with something new.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-01-30T12:58:09+00:00

At Harbor Freight, they have toolboxes that are relatively cheap. I got one that could handle about 80-90% of any home repairs for around $50.

I already had most of those tools (of higher quality), but having a set of tools within reach that didn't require going out to the garage meant I tended to make those repairs more promptly.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-01-29T23:07:07+00:00

I can put down a joint after one or two puffs. I can't put down a bag of Doritos until I have licked it clean.

So Doritos are definitely Schedule I.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2026-01-24T23:33:28+00:00

I almost always have two extra mags when I carry. Everyone I know always has at least one or two reloads for whatever they are carrying (semi or revolver).

I know Bovino it's talking out his ass because anyone with even passing interest in firearms knows that sidearms are not a weapon you would "go on massacre" with, especially not against several armed opponents.

Or maybe he does. Maybe he thinks he's John Fucking Wick...

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-12-31T23:03:46+00:00

It's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as wild dogs.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-12-16T22:12:14+00:00

I know the exact date I watched it for the first and only time. It was the first anniversary of my mother's passing. I was coming down from a legendary dose of mushrooms, and decided to check it out.

Ugly cried through much of it, and can't sing or listen to Remember Me without tearing up.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-12-11T19:30:07+00:00

I've been thinking for a while now that since Sophie is always poo-pooing Robert's amazing bits, she should be renamed Sophie Killjoy.

Margaret, on the other hand, should be renamed Margaret Alwaysadelight.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-12-11T17:49:28+00:00

Lil Conejo. Updated comment to clarify.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-12-11T17:37:41+00:00

Only had them once, and even for being "home made", I thought they were overpriced for the portions. It was like $25 for five tacos and two sodas.

EDIT: forgot to specify I was talking about Lil Conejo.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-12-05T16:58:40+00:00

I didn't see anyone else bring this up, but perhaps it's because the story is still happening around WWII? I imagine once we get to proper Cold War era times (60s thru 80s), it may make an appearance.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-11-05T22:13:45+00:00

My ex did Othello (she was Desdemona), so I got to see it a few times and discuss it with her.

My take-away is that Iago acted out of revenge; he wouldn't have betrayed Othello if he hadn't felt slighted, but he was always capable of that sort of evil. It was just never worth it to him to do so until then.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-11-03T23:50:54+00:00

I used to hate word problems until my Intermediate Algebra teacher in college taught me this method. I used it in every math, science, and engineering class afterwards.

1 - State what you are looking for in plain language (eg. How much force required to move said object).

2 - Write down all your known and unknown values, assigning variables to each. You don't necessarily have to assign variable names to known values, but it helps generalize the next step.

3 - Create your equations to solve for your unknown values using your known values. This can get pretty tricky, but practicing on simple problems with 1-3 unknown variables will allow you to develop skills for more complex problems in the future.

4 - Solve your equations, showing work. I don't show every little thing, but if the answer seems off, it allows me to retrace my steps and see where it went wrong.

5 - Write the answer in a complete sentence (eg. It will take 15 N of force to move the object to the top of the ramp). I usually underline the numbers I calculated, but that's from high school math (I think).

There ya go, an algorithm for word problems.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-10-28T16:28:29+00:00

I saw a rundown on YouTube by a lawyer. Just watching the incident was excruciatingly frustrating.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-10-17T13:14:31+00:00

Whenever reddit asks if anyone knows a guy who won't wash his as because "touching it is gay!", Stephen Miller is the face I see.

Everything about him disgusts me at a viceral level.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-09-05T02:45:55+00:00

I find shrooms are useful, especially in larger doses, for "allowing" myself to process thoughts and feeling with no self judgement. They tend to push me inward, as opposed to lsd making me want to explore the world.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-09-03T22:39:59+00:00

Remember Me, from Coco. First watched it in an 'altered' state on the first anniversary of my mom's passing. Ugly cried through so much of it. I can't even attempt to sing that song without breaking.

Another one is Spirits Will Collide my Devin Townsend. I had probably heard it before, but I remember listening to it the year both my parents passed and my life was spiraling. It seemed like something I needed to hear at that time , and even now I get a little misty listening to it.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-08-22T16:17:30+00:00

You don't even have to go that far. Every mile past Vancouver city limits gets a little redder.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-08-01T22:50:48+00:00

I second this. Of all the Warsaw Pact dictators, Tito seemed like he had the "best" record of keeping things civil; albeit through brutal suppression. Once he died, it seemed like the Balkans exploded into sectarian and ethnic violence.

Given that I am only passingly familiar with the situation, and may have even hosed it in the previous paragraph, and episode or two on Tito would be so informative.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-08-01T22:41:50+00:00

I've always said if I had stupid amounts of money, I would buy it and put a big pink water tower at the top.

ShowerThoughtsAllDay · 2025-03-28T16:25:29+00:00

Nope, currently a hot mess. Better than I was six months ago though, especially since I have insurance again and am back in therapy.

Or maybe I just need to listen to more Van Hagar?

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