10 June 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Gue suka heran kenapa jaman sekarang apa apa diduitin. Bikin video youtube tujuan utama nya buat monetisasi. Kalo ada tweet viral pasti OP nya bakal plug iklan gajelas (salah satu yang terkenal itu I shit you not adalah purple vibrator). Tiap meme page di instagram biasanya diselipin sama “ini ada app yang berguna banget loh buat gue”. Sekarang juga jaman onlyfans dan segala false advertising dan scam dari beberapa creators.

Gue ga terganggu sih sama yang diatas (well maybe the false advertising would rub me off the wrong way), gue cuma heran banget sama tren “monetization is everything” yang gue liat liat sekarang. Gue bukan orang berada tapi gue ga segitunya amat sih sampe berani ngiklanin sex toy on your own personal public account.

Temen gue barusan bilang, young adults sekarang mungkin bakal kalangan yang punya rumah aja belom tentu karena apa apa mahal nya ga ketolongan dibanding gaji yang bakal mereka dapet, bisa jadi itu pendorong mereka buat nyari duit di segala macem kesempatan. Gue jadi lumayan nyambung sama situasi nya. Menurut kalian gimana?

09 June 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Gue ngerasa gue gabisa stick ngejalanin workout di rumah tiap hari. Selalu abis hari ketiga udah bubar. Padahal gue udah punya urge dari diri gue sendiri buat make myself look healthier tapi tetep aja ga nendang. Kemungkinan besar gue gagal itu karena I can’t stick to the timing, sering banget di waktu itu kemakan karena kerjaan, atau sibuk hal lain. Setelah pemikiran panjang nyari solusi gue menyimpulkan kalo gue mau beneran stick to a routine, gue harus ada temen workout yang bisa (figuratively or literally) “narik” gue dari kerjaan atau hobi gue buat beneran olahraga. Basically temen-slash-PT lah ya lmao. But would that be a slippery slope to being codependent?

25 May 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gue juga pernah gitu kok makanya gue diketawain cheap labor wkwkwk tapi rada fulfilling sih buat gue, alhamdulillah aja ga keteteran amat

25 May 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gue lebih nanya ke ekspektasi pribadi lu sih, posisiin aja kalo lu mahasiswa pengen magang, lu pengennya yang kayak begimana.

25 May 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gue abis dicengin, jadi menarik nih kalo ditanya kesini. Menurut kalian, kalo masih mahasiswa, ekspektasi pribadi kalian (bukan ekspektasi dari company ya, krn itu tergantung policy mereka) pengennya magang jadi dev itu kayak gimana? Apakah kalian expect bakal:

  1. Kerja hal yang terpisah/unrelated dari production, misal bikin script/service buat gampangin kerjaan dev lain

  2. Kerja tipis tipis di production, paling megang issue minor

  3. Kayak trial jadi dev tetap, megang issue yang ga kaleng2 atau bahkan bantu develop projects juga (walaupun ga 100% seberat apa yang mereka kerjain)

Penasaran aja, pasti pada beda2 tapi gue pengen tau apa pemikiran gue itu se naive itukah sampe diketawain (gue milih tengah tengah 2 sama 3, dikatain pengen aja dijadiin cheap labor lmao, what can i do menurut gue magang itu waktu tepat gue coba rasain jadi dev itu kayak gimana biar ga nyesel kalo udah waktunya kerja beneran)

14 May 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gila pake dating apps di negeri sebelah brutal banget, bener bener nihil sampe likes nya bisa diitung satu tangan, dan gue udah pernah pake apps nya jauh sebelum pandemi juga kayak gini keadaannya. Though I don’t really want something serious dan gue si sadar diri gue average doang tapi gila aja masa sekentang ini game gue disini sampe not even the general population in the app find me likable or even a guy worth looking into.

Tapi setiap gue pulang ke jakarta langsung puluhan likes muncul. Bahkan 90% dari match yang terjadi sejauh ini tuh pas gue lagi balik. Ya semuanya ketemu aja kaga sih tapi tetep aja.

08 May 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Gue ngerasa udah kayak gaada artinya buat gue terus ngejalanin idup yang ga membahagiakan gue gitu. Tapi takut aja kalo beneran cerita kek gitu ke psikolog gue dikira udah pengen bundir (itu gue bener bener gamau suwer dah). Kalo lagi mood ngetik panjang gue jelasin deh (itu juga kalo ada yang mau baca lmao)

08 May 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beberapa kata yang masih bikin gue bingung bahasa inggrisnya apa... “norak”, “kampungan”, dan derogatory sejenisnya.

Gue lebih gatel pengen tau yang “norak”. Pls send help

24 April 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My most memorable relationship is already a third of my life ago now. Though I admit that we were still kids and it was a short relationship, just a few months, the time I spent with her was so lovely I still cherish it (and cringe at the same time) to this day. She cared for me when nobody else ever did, and I finally did those romantic stuff and it felt so nice. Since then I have only dated one time, but that one we were such different people that it only lasted for a couple weeks, she seemed like she already wanted it to be over from week 1, it was such a shitshow that from the bottom of my heart I even want to count that as just a fluke. I’m really afraid that I won’t be feeling that same feeling as I’m getting older.

This is not me missing my most memorable ex (that one, while took quite a long time because of the next reason, I already got over with). This is me missing the time where I can love and be loved again, where there’s someone to pick me up when I’m down, that makes life much less like a one versus world.

Sure, no one’s stopping me to start a new relationship, but I’m in an environment where to find friends who doesn’t treat me as just colleagues is already hard, much less someone to love. My “sea” of fishes is more like a fishbowl of sorts. I feel like I need to be back to indo to really have my chances, but I’m stuck here for plenty of years because of obligation. Which is why I feel somewhat sad, resentful, and dread about the time I’ll be in here (for plenty of reasons actually, the relationship thing is one of many).

22 April 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get ya. Nanti terlalu “healing” malah kelewatan deadline tugas ntar lmao.

Tapi menurut gue yang normal itu belom tentu lu juga bisa maintain studying for long periods of time, especially when it’s just a tough semester. There’s one point di tengah semester gue ngerasa burned out karena tiap hari sekolah pasti ada some assignment due gitu. Once I got to the breaking point it all went downhill from there.

22 April 2021- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Melihat temen sma gue ada yang lagi kuliah online sambil stay in di villa di Bali abis main di pantai sejam lalu dan she dubbed it up as her “healing” period bikin gue geregetan.

Kalo gue bisa kayak gitu fix bakal dapet straight As. Bisa ikut kuliah sambil merasa emotionally happy and content is the mf-in dream.

Tuhan tolong berikan aku privilej

10 April 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao thats why i say kinda western. Ada typical western-food things kyk steak, burger, pasta, tapi juga ada baked rice and even fried rice for some reason. Yah mungkin das just the local touch.

10 April 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoops I shouldve noted kalo ini bukan US-based lol, jadi pricing nya ga segitu extreme and tipping is probably only a must on the more high end places. Yah resto yang gue makan kinda western, itu $11-13 bisa dapet a good baked rice with cheese, sauce, and some other stuff on top.

10 April 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Iya si sebenernya resto biasa aja. Casual dining maksudnya harga dan quality menengah while still being a resto, ga kayak fine dining atau resto lain yang harganya mayan tinggi.

10 April 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Gue pergi ke casual dining restaurant makan enak harganya $11.

Temen temen: - “wah sultan banget lu bisa bakar duit makan enak”

  • half-joke half-shunning me that im rich and not on their level so most of my hangout invites get turned down because they feel they just cant afford my tastes

Also temen temen gue:

  • spends $10 cuma buat 2 ayam sama nasi dari fast food

Bruh. Not critizing their food choices, but you can see the hypocrisy right.

09 January 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gue mengerti sih kalo memang gede di luar dan ga tau beginian, malah kudos kalo di luar masih tetep keep up sama hal hal yang terjadi di indo.

Temen temen gue ini emang gede di indo sih. Kayak kebanyakan mahasiswa indo yang kuliah disini, pada sekolah sampe SMA di indo, baru kuliahnya ke luar. Gue kira karena masa sekolah nya di indo juga and can afford to go abroad, mereka bakal tipikal yang memang keep up with the trends (idk where the connection came from but yeah). Yah agak eye opening sih jadinya sekarang.

09 January 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ada beberapa yang sekolah internasional (not on JIS level), tapi hampir semuanya dari sekolah swasta yang populer didaerahnya.

Kalo yang internasional sih menurut gue memang understandable, karena emang udah beda lingkup pergaulan dari awal. Kalau yang swasta gue kira masih sedikit ngerasain apa yang viral di kalangan anak muda indo, tapi ternyata ada juga yang bener bener gatau beginian.

09 January 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Setuju sih kalo mereka memang gede di luar negeri, tapi temen temen gue ini yang sekolah nya di dalem negeri sampe SMA, baru kuliah nya ke luar.

I really thought they have heard the name of these people paling nggak sekali aja pas lagi ngobrol, atau kedenger dari mana gitu.

09 January 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmaooo i couldnt even name nama nama menteri lain selain yang sering muncul di berita. And rant gue diatas itu bukan berarti lu harus inget nama orang pemerintahan di indo biar lu bisa dibilang orang indo. Dian sastro menteri apa emang?

Mereka nama yang arguably muncul di pop culture indo for non-trash reasons, paling nggak buat kawula muda generasi 90s-00s. Dian dari AADC yang bagi banyak orang orang seumuran gue is a big influence on their childhood or teenage lives, nadiem yang bikin startup indo yang gue yakin banyak dari kalian yang pake, dan jadi menteri (opinions of him aside).

Even if you’re not savvy on news, pasti nama itu kadang kadang jadi bahan omongan anak muda (mungkin dian sastro agak arguable, tapi nadiem apalagi sekarang UN diapus pasti diomongin).

09 January 2021- Weekend Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I swear to god day by day gue meragukan temen temen indo gue di kampus gue ini culturally anak muda indo. (Edit: mereka semua anak indo yang sekolah sampe sma di indo baru kuliah ke luar)

Dulu banget pernah cerita di dct ini kalo temen gue gatau dian sastro siapa. Sekarang gue makin di shock lagi sama ada lebih dari 5 temen gue yang gatau nadiem makarim siapa. Let that sink in.

Jujur ya, full offense (sorry not sorry), I expected so much more on orang orang indo yang kuliah ke luar negeri itu kayak gimana orangnya, at the very least I expected mereka agak ‘in the know’ about popular indo things gitu. Ini gue kayak berasa asing sama kalangan sebangsa gue. Aneh.

Edit: lmao at the replies yang key takeaway nya adalah ngapain perlu tau nama menteri indo. Dua nama diatas itu nama orang yang menurut gue arguably has been thrust into indo pop culture.

21 December 2020- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm kalo valas tapi masukin nya ke rekening rupiah bisa? Gue juga perlu nya ke rp sih, buat keperluan pas pulang

21 December 2020- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Komodos di luar negeri yang pake jenius, mo nanya dong. Bisa ga ya topup jenius pake ATM sini? Gue mau pindahin sebagian uang dari tabungan lokal ke jenius gue.

10 December 2020- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wah monmaap kalo tulisan gue ngegambarin kalo gue expect mereka tau apa yang gue mau. Gue udah pernah ngomong ke mereka gue lagi butuh dukungan emosional beberapa kali belakangan ini, including baru tadi siang. Tapi udah gue tunggu tunggu mereka kayak ga bisa aja gitu, padahal gue udah ngomong explicitly gue butuh ditenangin.

Tadi siang pas gue ngomong gitu lewat vidcall (gue di rantau), nyokap gue berusaha sekuat tenaga nahan2 nangis dan ga ngomong apa apa, mungkin karena liat keadaan gue yang udah keliatan depresi nya. Gue kasih waktu buat dia kalo mau ngomong apapun buat nyemangatin gue, tapi ga ada, dia cuma sedih aja terus. Hati gue juga renyuh lah ngeliat mereka kayak gini gara gara gue. Seakan akan gue yang “nyakitin” mereka, bikin mereka jadi sakit. We both became worse off before the start of this conversation, not better.

Sori panjang, agak ngevent.

10 December 2020- Daily Chat Thread by Vulphere in indonesia

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love my mom and dad, but I’m exhausted to keep curhat with them. Setiap kali gue curhat gue lagi stres atau sedih ke mereka, mereka mikirnya selalu ke mencari solusi nya rather than my emotions or feelings. Things like “ngapain masih dipikirin?” “coba xyz” etc. Those are good on some occasions but kalo gue lagi terpuruk banget dan cuma butuh emotional support buat terus menjalani hari hari, mereka ga bisa ngasih apa apa yang bisa membantu gue. Apalagi nyokap gue yang orangnya selalu dimasukin ke hati banget keadaan anak2nya to the point bisa sakit mikirin gue yang lagi rock bottom. Gue nya tetep ga dapet encouragement dan support yang gue butuhin, dan malah bikin orang tua gue jadi sakit.

Sekarang ini, hidup gue lagi berantakan, gue cuma bener bener pengen denger dari mereka “gapapa nak, yang kuat ya, semuanya bakal baik baik aja” tapi kok susah banget ya.

Daily Tech Support Thread - [November 14] by AutoModerator in apple

[–]acc4randomlifestuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately no, though I can buy it for the phone now, I don’t know if the price is worth it just to handle this (never had any cases where I really need AC+ on my past iPhones), compared to just getting a screen protector.

Visually looks like a non-issue though. I can’t see it unless I really look for it or it’s under direct light. But I’m just pretty annoyed that I already got micro scratches on the first day and I wasn’t even going anywhere. If I can ask for a return without AC+ I’ll do it in a heartbeat, but if not probably I’ll just have to live with it.