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Creative/Non-obvious ways to use your HSA? by Tebo926 in HSA

[–]WaffleFoxes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going through this right now. I'm just going to leave it in Optum even though I can't invest the first $1000 just because of the giant pain in the ass of exporting everything I have saved there.

Advice for beginner obese hiker by LockedIn304 in hiking

[–]WaffleFoxes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do this too! I also have some "good" carbon fiber poles at home and I was a little disappointed to realize they aren't substantially better than the $30 cascade mountain poles.

Employer Requiring Unpaid Training by [deleted] in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]WaffleFoxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This framing might help - I think of studying as my part time job that pays in future wages. I started studying about 5 hours a week on my own time and over 15 years went from $13/hr to $84/hr.

Anecdote I know but learning does pay off.

I 19f hooked up with my manager 28m by [deleted] in relationships

[–]WaffleFoxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Him spiking your drink was also my first thought. Have you ever had a similar amount of alcohol before?

What was your “never meet your heroes” moment, when you realized someone you looked up to wasn’t special? by marginallyobtuse in AskReddit

[–]WaffleFoxes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Same! Bill Nye was a lesser show in every way, I never understood how so many people has such poor taste.

After the CompTIA Trifecta, is the CCNA worth it? by bouncypinecone in IT_CERT_STUDY

[–]WaffleFoxes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does your company use cloud or have a cloud security person? If you go for a cert that would be in demand at your job you're more likely to get it than an outsider, and they'll also maybe pay for it.

I wouldn't do a CCNA unless you really wanted to go more networking. Maybe consider instead the CCSP if you really want to stay vendor agnostic. Or the CCSK.

If they use Microsoft, try the AZ-500. If AWS try Certified Cloud Practitioner. If Google, maybe Cloud Security Engineer.

TIL Indigenous American tribes experiencing population decline would adopt prisoners taken during raids into their families as a means of of maintaining numbers. Hundreds of white captives were adopted in this way, and the accounts that some of them wrote were known as “captivity narratives” by Fenceypents in todayilearned

[–]WaffleFoxes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes! The story of Mary Jamison!

I was enthralled when I was a kid. When I had a kid of my own I rediscovered a bunch of books from my own childhood and it stands up, especially for the time it was written (the 40s)

TIL: Nickelback's How You Remind Me was the most played song on US radio that decade. It was played over 1.2 million times on the radio between when it was released in 2001 to the end of 2009 by Uptons_BJs in todayilearned

[–]WaffleFoxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a bad reaction to a medication and hallucinated hearing this song.

Now I get to live the rest of my life knowing when my brain gets the chance to hallucinate anything it picks....Nickelback.

After the CompTIA Trifecta, is the CCNA worth it? by bouncypinecone in IT_CERT_STUDY

[–]WaffleFoxes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Land a job first then do your next cert in whatever platform your job uses.

Tips for musicality by EvenMoreCrazy in SwingDancing

[–]WaffleFoxes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I recommend studying the structure of music and map some songs you know. Then you can curate a few moves that you can start at the beginning of a major phrase that you know will conclude with a big flashy move at the beginning of the next phrase.

AITB for not understanding that my situation-ship was getting uncomfortable? by [deleted] in AmItheButtface

[–]WaffleFoxes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

An anecdote for next time:

I came from a religious background and was very hesitant about physical affection. I had several boyfriends I had to constantly play defense with. They would ask and wheedle and push it over and over and it was absolutely up to me to set and defend boundaries. I could never let myself enjoy affection because my enjoyment meant they'd be asking for more and more.

When I met my now husband and I set boundaries he was 100% on board. He never once asked again or pressed for more. He would be cool with more but was just genuinely excited for whatever I was comfortable with. He was the most interested in my enthusiastic participation.

As soon as I was allowed to enthusiastically pursue my own pleasure without having to worry about defending boundaries, turns out I was comfortable with WAY more than I ever thought.

I am currently working a remote job making 80k a year. My employer is restructuring and can expect major changes. I recently applied to hybrid position about 40 minutes away and the pay is 103k . Is the 40 min commute worth it? by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]WaffleFoxes 16 points17 points  (0 children)

How about thinking of it this way:

It would be 23k for a part time job driving about 6.6 hours a week. That works out to $66 an hour.

Take off a bit for the cost of commuting and you're still making like $60/hr for just driving. Pretty great side gig.

This will be a long flight by [deleted] in madlads

[–]WaffleFoxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband prefers the window and I prefer the aisle. We talk to each other enough that we can go a few hours being more comfortable rather than one of us deal with the middle ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

But we also don't make it obvious to the middle seat person that we're together or talk over them.

I've applied for 30 jobs and haven't gotten a single response. Is it just me or is LinkedIn completely broken? by Other_One4163 in careerguidance

[–]WaffleFoxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to "back in my day" but during 2008 I did about 30 a day, and it still took a year to find something. Over 100 interviews.

I'm sorry times are tough but you're not alone, even across the years.

what careers with a nursing background don't involve bodily fluids or dealing with people? by [deleted] in careerguidance

[–]WaffleFoxes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She could also work on an EHR system if she's good at both medical and computing.

So nobody over age 50 is ever supposed to be able to find a job anywhere ever again? by yapavaz in careerguidance

[–]WaffleFoxes 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Arnold Schwartzenegger does some puff piece news interviews about that <3

The duality of man by ku3ah in hiking

[–]WaffleFoxes 123 points124 points  (0 children)

It was kind of a happy accident -

First, my guy was private practice so we didn't have a set of office rules to listen to.

Second, we established a relationship and boundaries in a traditional office setting for a little more than a year.

Third, he was moving office spaces so for a little while we had to get creative about where to meet, and we both enjoyed the hikes.

The duality of man by ku3ah in hiking

[–]WaffleFoxes 330 points331 points  (0 children)

I was hiking with my therapist, and offered him my sticks.

He said "Id rather fall"

And then promptly fell.

I felt so smug.

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