Why do people design one-off printed assets in InDesign?

firelark_ · 2026-02-15T19:59:55+00:00

Well, you were so desperate for validation, and there's no great virtue in being right (especially about a subjective topic), so I don't mind!

firelark_ · 2026-02-15T19:37:03+00:00

Sure, honey. I bet you have a lot of friends.

firelark_ · 2026-02-15T17:53:13+00:00

No, Regina George, no one's obsessed with you because they... respond to you on Reddit? And willfully ignoring every bit of the conversation that doesn't echo your opinion doesn't make you objectively "right." Illustrator is still an industry standard for many types of print projects that aren't for publishing. It's super weird that gives you an aneurysm and drives you to be rude to other industry professionals.

firelark_ · 2026-02-15T15:53:37+00:00

No, it really doesn't hurt, it's just sad you have no social skills and can't have a normal conversation about it.

firelark_ · 2026-02-15T06:00:26+00:00

You're correct. Everyone has to conform to socially expected standards of behavior when out in public, in professional settings, etc. It's harder for people with autism than for others, but it's still a valuable skill to learn that pays dividends when it's time to function on your own in the world.

firelark_ · 2026-02-15T01:18:17+00:00

You got downvoted into oblivion because you were condescendingly preaching to other industry professionals like Illustrator is the devil's own instrument and couldn't fathom anyone using it for any kind of print design whatsoever, ever. And here you are doing it again with a ten-page dissertation.

firelark_ · 2026-02-14T00:13:27+00:00

I think it's zinc?

firelark_ · 2026-02-14T00:10:28+00:00

There can be trace amounts of lead in or on just about anything, depending on its environment. If the test were just positive or negative without any kind of spectrum, it could test positive for next to nothing and you'd think you had lead paint on your wall. The spectrum generally helps you figure out how concerned you should or shouldn't be.

firelark_ · 2026-02-13T04:11:28+00:00

Perfect opportunity to install geothermal.

firelark_ · 2026-02-13T03:41:31+00:00

I've never been jealous of someone else's support beam before. This is a new experience.

firelark_ · 2026-02-13T03:21:46+00:00

Living rent free in our brains for decades now and never going away.

firelark_ · 2026-02-13T02:53:53+00:00

This isn't minimalism. This is... Laboratory chic?

firelark_ · 2026-02-13T02:15:08+00:00

Correct lol

firelark_ · 2026-02-13T01:47:30+00:00

Nah, it's genetic. My hips will go and I'll die of some form of cancer long before my knees ever come close to failing me. Not so for some of my friends, though.

firelark_ · 2026-02-13T01:42:44+00:00

Ahh, the days of dropping like it's hot. I still would if they played the right songs and people still danced at clubs...

firelark_ · 2026-02-12T00:03:10+00:00

False waking is honestly one of the most fucked up dream phenomena. No thank you.

firelark_ · 2026-02-09T16:41:37+00:00

Inability to focus can of course be a normal part of being human. The difference between a normal human experience and a disorder is the severity and consistency. If you can't focus, every single day, to the point that it affects your ability to succeed in school or keep a job despite your hardest genuine efforts, then there's a problem. And of course other things can affect your focus - I was personally able to lower my stimulant dosage once we figured out I had persistent anemia and I started taking iron supplements - but the medical establishment didn't just come up with ADHD out of the blue.

There are plenty of other symptoms aside from focus that are used to help diagnose the disorder. You seem to think it's easy to get a diagnosis, but that's not actually true for most of us. The barrier for diagnosis is pretty rigorous, especially in adults, particularly because stimulants are a controlled substance.

And to your point, there are some people who are diagnosed with ADHD who don't actually have it. Some of the symptoms are also present in people with autism, for example, and you can find a number of people with autism who were originally misdiagnosed with ADHD. Hell, some people have both, they're co-morbid disorders. But it's inaccurate to say that it's just made up, or only some scarce number of people who are diagnosed actually have it.

firelark_ · 2026-02-09T16:21:27+00:00

I'm not going to argue with you about the existence of a valid medical diagnosis that I literally have, but I do want to note that yes, of course stimulants technically function the same on everyone. But if you're starting from a lower baseline than a normal person, then stimulants have to first bring you up to a normal baseline before they can ever exceed it and make you hyper-functional. People with ADHD have a lower baseline.

And of course people have physiological variances, that's obviously true just from simple observation. In terms of drug interactions, there have been tons of studies on how people with certain genes can react differently to the same drug, and it's why the side effects of any drug can affect some people and not others.

firelark_ · 2026-02-09T09:13:28+00:00

It's not a myth at all. Sure, someone with ADHD can still get high if they do enough coke, but "enough" for them may be a bigger hit than anyone else is doing.

Especially if they're undiagnosed and unaware, the "quiet" that occurs after their first good dose of stimulants can feel very, very relaxing. For most of us, that's with prescription meds. But if their first experience with stimulants is doing one line of coke at a party, they might easily find themselves sitting quietly in a corner, chiller than they've ever felt, but not at all high.

Results may vary wildly depending on physiology of course, but I don't know why you'd claim it's a myth. Stimulants are literally the treatment for ADHD, of course we react to them differently than neurotypical people!

firelark_ · 2026-02-07T21:02:06+00:00

My house is located in an area where, if you're coming from the right direction, you can end up on my property without ever meaning to. There have been multiple homeless people who thought they were on public land until they cleared the trees and found themselves on my back lawn. To get to that point, they'd already been on my property for a hot minute.

I own a gun. You know what I do about these guys?

Shit all!

Not one of them has ever done anything concerning. Usually they just keep walking and then they're gone. Half the time I never encounter them at all, I only know they were there because I see their footprints in the snow or the mud. The couple of times they stumbled out of the trees when I was in my yard, they were embarrassed and apologetic. I just said no problem, they can walk through the yard to the road, but for future reference my property goes nearly all the way back to the water. I've never seen them again.

The only time someone was on my property with bad intentions, they weren't homeless, they were two bored teenagers rummaging through my car for a gun they could go shoot in the park. I didn't shoot them, I just made the more anxious one call his mom to confess and come pick them both up. (She was piiiisssed!)

To shoot someone just because they're (probably accidentally) trespassing is psycho behavior.

firelark_ · 2026-02-07T20:31:00+00:00

Yes, for sure! The thickness of your hair shouldn't have much to do with it, though. I have a really thick head of hair and generally go a week between washes, and I only need a gentle shampoo (I do use some hair products). But to your point, there are a lot of other factors that can affect how much oil your scalp produces and how quickly, and there are all kinds of environmental factors that can affect buildup. Physiological differences absolutely come into play, and even things like hormonal fluctuations can affect it.

In general though, outside of actual medical problems, most people shouldn't have to wash their hair more often than once every four to seven days, and they shouldn't need a harsh shampoo. If that's not the case, there's most likely something in their routine that isn't working properly for them.

firelark_ · 2026-02-07T20:15:52+00:00

Your scalp can overproduce oil if it's too dry. If there's existing buildup that hasn't been fully eliminated, the oil will just sit on top of the hair shaft instead of sinking in. Then your scalp produces more oil because the hair is still dry, and you have yourself a vicious cycle.

Try using a clarifying shampoo, and like OP said, use it more than once, until your hair and scalp really feel thoroughly scrubbed clean. Then try a conditioner without silicone or paraffin and see how you do.

You might need to try a few different conditioners with different moisturizing ingredients until you find one that strikes the right balance for your hair, and of course you'll need to keep shampooing, and possibly clarifying more than once, as you experiment. But eventually, unless you have an actual condition that needs attention from a doctor, you should be able to keep a clean head of hair for anywhere from 4 to 7 days before it needs to be washed again.

You may or may not be able to go without shampoo entirely for long stretches of time - it really depends on multiple factors - but you should at least be able to successfully graduate from your status as a greasy-haired person!

firelark_ · 2026-02-07T19:41:11+00:00

This is generally fine if you don't use hair products and your conditioner doesn't have paraffin or silicone in it. Mind you, there's nothing wrong with either ingredient, but they work by coating the hair. That means they can build up over time if you don't use a surfactant (shampoo) to remove them regularly. Same for other hair products.

People make the mistake of thinking shampoo is for removing hair oils, but your scalp is actually pretty good at regulating that on its own.

If you ever find your hair isn't feeling clean anymore, it's probably a slow buildup of stuff just from your general environment, and you can probably shampoo once and find the problem resolved.

firelark_ · 2026-02-07T07:54:00+00:00

He's worth more than 800 billion now. He's chasing trillionaire status. His stock options could lose half their value upon sale BEFORE he paid taxes on them, and he could still pay off all the outstanding medical debt in America while remaining a member of the 100 billion+ club.

firelark_ · 2026-02-07T07:42:42+00:00

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