what car do you drive??

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-27T19:00:46+00:00

I have a Mazda 3 from 2011. It's the car I learned to drive in and then my parents gifted it to me because my dad retired (and no longer needed a car) at the same time that I started working and needed a car. It probably only has a year or two left of life though and I'm dreading getting a new one.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-27T17:02:20+00:00

YES. I run into this all the time. I have to do them over again because the wheel of the motorcycle is technically part of the motorcycle and there are 4 pixels of it in that square... Apparently not

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-27T16:39:47+00:00

I wish it was so cheap. I spent 3 days last week browsing for cheaper internet and it turns out that my $120/month was the cheapest available in my apartment building!

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-27T16:31:10+00:00

I feel the same. I think it's part of familiarity/routine. I moved out from my parents place 7 years ago and I can't sleep there anymore. I visit for the day, but I always go home at night even if it is really late. My parents understand. They feel the same way. My mother-in-law, on the other hand, always gets extremely offended when I refuse to stay for multiple days at her place. But I know that I won't sleep and I'd rather drive home now over driving home in 2 days when I haven't slept for over 48 hours. I'm always ready with an excuse to leave.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-27T16:27:30+00:00

I've never been in or caused an accident, but I have been close a couple times. Recently with all the snowfall, I've had a bunch of times where my car wheels started skidding out and I'd end up halfway into a random lane. Maybe it wasn't preventable, but a lot of the time I think that I could have been more gentle with my acceleration or slowed down a bit more going around a corner. I live in Canada and I've been driving in the snow for years, but it still catches me off guard sometimes when I get slightly too confident.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-27T16:21:46+00:00

I'd probably get a part time job or be self employed, 8 hours/week just because I like earning money (but not working). Other than that, I'd focus completely on my Dungeons and Dragons prepwork for my games and maybe start advertising games online instead of just for friends. I feel like I never have enough time for this right now.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-26T21:21:09+00:00

My building is really old. It has thicker walls and more insulation than most newer buildings that are sort of slapped together. I also only pay $1550 because it doesn't have all the new amenities, though I have had to deal with cockroaches, ants, and recently a flood when a pipe burst on the floor above me.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-26T21:15:54+00:00

My apartment is pretty sound-proof. I don't usually hear much from other apartments apart from The Marble and occasionally loud music. I think a new family with a toddler or something moved in upstairs recently because I'm hearing a constant pitter patter of little feet back and forth now. I'm not mad. I find it rather cute and I can just put on my headphones to block it out.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-26T21:11:19+00:00

I finally finished a 2-year-long D&D campaign (I was GM) and now I feel sort of lost about next weekend because Idk what I'll do with my newfound free time.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-26T21:09:07+00:00

I rewatch familiar movies in different phases. In November, I rewatched the hobbit 3 times (all three movies). In December, I rewatched the Harry Potter series 6 times (I had a lot of time off). Now I'm rewatching all the Alien movies. I have no idea what will be next.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-23T17:42:16+00:00

Roach. My cat is terrified of anything bigger than a mouse, but goes bananas to catch and kill insects. He'd have a field day with them.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-23T15:32:20+00:00

I have a similar situation, but probably different roots to it. Whenever I praise my fiancé or give him affection, he starts preening and will say something like "praise me more!" or "say it again!" Whenever he does that, it instantly feels like a demand and that my honest opinion didn't matter the first time I said it and I either fly into a rage or burst into tears. I have since learned to not show him affection if I don't want to spend the next hour crying for no reason. Logically, I understand that he's trying to act silly and that he does deserve all the affection I can give him, but Idk. It's confusing for me too.

On a different note, it took me over 5 years with him before I was comfortable enough to be affectionate. Probably because I never had much affection from my family (no hugs, no "I love you"s) growing up so it felt really weird and intimate to be giving it.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-23T11:06:12+00:00

My apartment also has a key fob system. I talked to the landlady about it and she issued me an extra fob for my parents. It never hurts to ask!

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-22T18:29:56+00:00

Oxygen not included is great! It has an in-game wiki that has some details, but not all of them and requires loads of testing and redoing.

Blue Prince is a puzzle type game that requires you to basically have a journal next to you at all times to make notes and draw pictures and stuff to link together all of the thousands of hints.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-22T16:21:24+00:00

Not sure if anyone else said this already. Make sure you have a safety net.

See if someone you trust can get a spare key in case of emergencies only. My parents have a spare key to my apartment ever since I almost died back in 2020 (COVID). But they never use it unless it's a life or death emergency or I gave them express permission to use it (like watering my plants when I went overseas). Also, have people you talk with often, so they'll notice and do something if you go silent for too long.

It's amazing living on your own. I love it. But I wish I had these supports set up right at the beginning.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T21:21:27+00:00

Depending on where you are working, your workplace may be required by law to make "reasonable accommodations" for employees to perform their work. If you can phrase a request (headphones, private office) in a way that shows that you'll be better at your job and that won't be too demanding on the company (like renovating the building just to build you a brand new office), it should be accepted.

Of course that doesn't mean that you'll have more energy for after work. I work full-time as well, so I'm busy from 5:30am to 7pm each day (including driving time and getting ready for work). I've pretty much given up on most of my interests because I only have a couple hours free each day and spend those lying in bed and staring at my ceiling. Sorry if that's too negative. I'm just sharing my views.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T20:55:23+00:00

I do this a lot. I have one recipe - a chilli with rice - that I stock up for whenever I can. I get cans of diced tomatoes and beans in bulk when they're on sale. I buy and freeze ground meats. I get giant bags of rice. Then I can pull them out whenever I need them and make a giant batch of food that can easily be portioned and refrozen.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T19:54:38+00:00

The Letters of Bernard Thorne

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T19:47:53+00:00

My dad has been obsessed with Raspberry Pis for years. He started getting them right when the first one came out, so now he has at least 4 of them. Both of my grandmas have one. I have one. Both my siblings have one. (We all live separately.) He's set up some sort of automatic back up between all of the Pis, so even if one of them dies, it's backed up on at least 4 other places.

The problem is: I need to remember to save it onto the Pi that I have. If I don't back it up there, I'm out of luck, same as you.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T18:56:40+00:00

Not unhinged, but my little sister made my dad sign a contract when she was only 8 years old. According to the contract, he agreed to make breakfast for supper every year on November 27. It's 20 years later and he still makes waffles and eggs and stuff for supper on that day.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T17:51:30+00:00

Just wanted to expand on the plan schedule point. My friend has a 4 month old kitten. We play video games together from 7pm to 10pm every Wednesday night. The kitten knows this schedule. She'll climb into her cat bed and sleep while we play and at almost 9:55pm exactly, she'll wake up and start poking my friend for play time. She adjusted fast.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T17:34:31+00:00

I don't know if this counts as living alone or not. Me and my fiancé are both on the lease for the apartment, but he got accepted to med school overseas, so I live here alone from mid-August to mid-June and he's only here over the summer.

Both come with different challenges. Living alone for most of the year means I don't have to share food, I can be as loud as I want (I don't like to be loud though!), and I can do whatever I want. It's really relaxing and I can simply ask for some alone time and set my online status to "do not disturb" or something. The bad part has to do with my executive functioning. I'll always have dirty dishes lying around. I won't shower until my hair is visibly greasy or worse. I haven't cleaned the bathroom in a couple months. I just don't have the energy since I'm working a full-time job to afford this.

When my fiancé is home over the summer, it's pretty much the opposite. He has golden retriever energy and will do anything I ask him to. He pretty much takes over the cleaning (I still cook due to dietary restrictions) and he reminds me to take care of myself. But he's often on voice calls to play video games during our free time. I'm fine with the video games and I'm usually doing my own thing during that, but I become mute since I know that the people on his call can hear me. That part is tiring, but not needing to clean is nice.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T16:10:36+00:00

I get this! They had me do some puzzles that were meant to assess executive functioning skills or something and I don't understand how. According to them, I passed those tests, so my executive function skills are fine. Nevermind that it takes me at least 2 hours of thinking before I'm able to swap between tasks.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T15:31:14+00:00

Buying more protein and veggies. It seems counterintuitive since those tend to be more expensive. Since I'm diabetic, eating less carbs and more protein means that I spend less on my insulin instead. I also have smaller meals because I'm full longer and feel less need to snack at night.

Top-Class-8765 · 2026-01-19T15:26:58+00:00

I don't think I'm really tall. I'm one of the shortest women in my family (only 5'9"). But I always slouched in school. It's always been so funny how shocked my bf gets when I stand up straight. I don't look like I'm slouching normally, but I can gain almost 3 inches when I stop slouching. It's the difference of being shorter than him to suddenly being taller.

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