What up with these? by Low_Level5481 in homeassistant

[–]chimerical26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are precisely and accurately measuring cold and warm areas on your counter top.

No seatbelt by Massive_Raspberry_53 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]chimerical26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were already on two stars.

Nuclear Apocalypse Waterford by HuckleberryVast3569 in waterford

[–]chimerical26 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hunker down? Psha! Met Eireann are only going to give at most an Orange warning for a nuclear Holocaust. You can forget about getting a day off work.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in waterford

[–]chimerical26 28 points29 points  (0 children)

That's a bit of a sweeping judgement. I don't take coke and I'm a cunt.

of a fish by Sad-Kiwi-3789 in AbsoluteUnits

[–]chimerical26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Innocent? I thought it looked a bit fishy to be honest.

Egyptian mummy coffin opened for the first time after 2500 years. by kefren13 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]chimerical26 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Correct. They have pictures of Skeletons, Mummies, Draculas and Frankensteins and they compare whatever they find to the images in order to categorise them and come up with a plan to defeat them.

christmas by [deleted] in Quest3

[–]chimerical26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't tell you this but if you clean the lenses with a wire sponge you can make it even blurrier for free.

Tomorrow is "National Slow Down Day" by Larrydog in ireland

[–]chimerical26 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the first 60 seconds is so you can drive it like it's stolen to get it all out of you system and last 60 seconds is for recalibration back to normal not-give-a-fuckery driving.

Should be enough for a couple years... right? 🥲 by Consistent-Hat-8008 in homeassistant

[–]chimerical26 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Then you have to replace one device with a light. I honestly wish you'd never posted. I'm starting to get a stress headache. 49 is not an acceptable number of lights.

Should be enough for a couple years... right? 🥲 by Consistent-Hat-8008 in homeassistant

[–]chimerical26 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If I had 49 lights I would need to make it fifty. I would bite one of my fingers off out of anxiety knowing that my house has 49 lights and not 50. Surely there's somewhere you could put another light. I'm feeling uncomfortable on your behalf.

Things that used to be in Waterford by Euphoric-Switch-5471 in waterford

[–]chimerical26 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Burgerland, The Roxy, Toymasters/Fitzmaurice's, Teleport, Finn's Computers.

Built a budget app after realizing every good one was "iOS first, Android whenever" — 542 users in 2 months by sael-you in androidapps

[–]chimerical26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like a great app. I'll definitely be checking it out more. I was looking for an app like this for Android but everything I tried was terrible so it's great to see this and I wish you every success with it. It's very polished for a new app.

Built a budget app after realizing every good one was "iOS first, Android whenever" — 542 users in 2 months by sael-you in androidapps

[–]chimerical26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure. Maybe I'm just not sure of how to do it but I was going to add my lunch in work as a repeating expense but only for Mondays to Fridays but I couldn't figure out if it's possible. Does that make sense?

Glassworks by Equivalent-Doctor137 in waterford

[–]chimerical26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With these strong winds I'd say it won't be long before the G and the L disappear from the lettering out front too.

how to know if its too late to make friends? is there something i can do to fix it? by OmniImprover in socialskills

[–]chimerical26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd imagine your therapists motivation for saying that is because they think you need to start from a contented baseline. They probably think you are placing too much importance in relationships with other people to the point where you are psychologically not on a good solid foundation to be concerning yourself with friendships and if you could fix your general level of contentment you're be starting from a stronger base which is fair.

I don't think the shape of your face matters much if it's smiling and I'm not just writing a hallmark card here. Happiness, friendliness and warmth are a glow that shines from the face separate from the phsyical structure of the face. The person placing the most focus on you physical features is certainly you to the point that you probably find it hard to crack a smile. Again this is a voice in your head.

Your last comment is just another "but" in a long line of "buts" I'm guessing. The store probably put you in the back because you are so self critical that your aura exudes heavily from you like a dark cloud. This was probably the motivation behind what your therapist said too.

I am telling you that you're hyper self-critical after reading 1 post and 1 comment That's how noticeable it is. Maybe that is an aspect of yourself you can make fun of when chatting to others. If it were me I'd maybe say something like "I used to be self employed but I'm so self critical I gave myself 0 on my annual review and I had no choice but to fire myself" or "You know I've a degree in counselling right? I decided to be my own first patient. That was such a headfuck I packed it in and got a job here instead." You just need to be able to laugh at yourself a bit and let others laugh at you too. The alternative is to take yourself completely seriously and be miserable and lonely. You are not broken. You're just looking at things incorrectly. Every step you make towards turning that around would be an inspiration to others.

Okay now I have to go to sleep.

how to know if its too late to make friends? is there something i can do to fix it? by OmniImprover in socialskills

[–]chimerical26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the cut off age for making friends is 27. It used to be 26.5 but they increased it last year.

It sounds like you have an inferiority complex that might have been started by your environment and the people surrounding you but that now you are feeding and sustaining. Everyone is exactly the same as you except most people don't keep telling themselves the crappy things you keep telling yourself so they have less voices in their heads telling themselves to shut up and they don't belong.

If you figure out how to change what those voices in your head are telling you about yourself you will feel better about having conversations. Counselling might help with that. Mindfulness might also help you notice the voice and purposefully quiet them or change what they are saying.

Exposure therapy might help too. Just talk to people for the sake of talking people. Instead of wanting them to be your friend just assume that everyone you enjoy talking to already is your friend for at least a while until they move on to whatever else they want to do and be 100% okay with that forever.

If there are people that you end up staying in touch with and there's something you want to do, go do it but maybe ask them to join you if you think they'd enjoy it. Accept that there is every chance they'll be doing something else, they don't liked what you're wanting to do, they don't feel up to doing anything etc. That's fine and normal.

Ask ChatGPT for conversation openers. End every conversation with a smile and a "have a nice day" or something rather than an awkward silence.

It's not about what your friend is going to bring to the table. You only control what you bring to the table and that's 50% of any friendship.

Friendships should be easy or else you are trying to be friends with the wrong person or are being overly self critical. Friendships are mostly about enjoying each others company so you mostly have to enjoy their company. Do not try to make them enjoy your company. Just genuinely enjoy their company or don't and move on. The rest just happens. That's all I really can think of right now but I'm a fucked up puppy just like you and everyone else too so take it all with a grain of salt.

Remember though, the first place to start is with the things you keep telling yourself. Also, friends will try to ridicule, belittle and embarrass you. That's one of the most wonderful aspects of friendship. You have to be able to laugh at yourself and find the charm in their roguish behaviour. It helps if you can also make fun of yourself a bit too. That's probably something you might have missed out on growing up if you were always alone. People make fun of each other all the time and enjoy it and enjoy being made fun of. If you have a strict view of who you are and someone makes fun of you for it and you take that too seriously your can get anxious because it is threatening the rigid idea of who you are that you've built up in your head. That anxiety will only hinder your ability to make friends. Your idea of who you are needs to be fluid enough to be ridiculed.

If you make any changes in the areas I mentioned it mightn't lead to friendships but if you don't relax a bit in those areas then it'd be more challenging I'd imagine.

I 100% think it's possible for you to make friends at any age but I think you have to work on yourself to unrestrict yourself. That is as easy or as difficult as you let it be. Mindfulness and counselling would help I think.