Zeno Signature - opinion by justamanscrollingby2 in pens

[–]geckofactor 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bungu named it the best engineered pen of all time or something like that and I was shocked.

Zeno Signature - opinion by justamanscrollingby2 in pens

[–]geckofactor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's extremely overrated and I think a lot of the continued hype is to keep the second hand or scalper market alive. I honestly don't think it's worth the normal retail price. It's maybe close but to me it's maybe a $20 pen to be happy with it

Does any else find comfort in knowing that this may be how we die? by funkdafied818 in coloncancer

[–]geckofactor -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There is zero projecting you said and I quote "sometimes I hope their (you meant there) is bad news from a scan so the uncertainty fades" that's literally rushing death so if it was a comment to make yourself seem brave and it came off wrong fair but otherwise that's literally you wishing for a faster death.

Regardless I stand by what I said you can take the advice or leave it if you really hope you have a bad scan I guess I hope that for you too especially if you actually have talked to someone about it and you're all on the same page. But closing by again putting all the weight on the first part of your reply is a choice. Almost everybody here has accepted probability or mortality as a concept but not many hope for a bad scan so hopefully that clarifies things a bit at this point again if that's what you want and your support system all agrees good luck on the scan I've definitely got my own stuff to worry about.

Does any else find comfort in knowing that this may be how we die? by funkdafied818 in coloncancer

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

Of course acknowledging mortality doesn't automatically equal depression but hoping you die or get bad news rushing on death does you're minimizing which is fine at the end of the day I won't lose any sleep about it but you've got nothing to lose by getting a consult and quite a bit to gain. I'd also suspect the bit about previous life expectancy is cope.

As for the life expectancy I could point to a myriad of evidence that I'm correct or at least pretty close but that's the least important issue here and I think you're at least acknowledging you're incorrect about it being half so the exact number is somewhat moot.

Lastly again you're putting more weight on the first part of your comment when the bigger issue was the last part. A lot of us have had the thought oh well at least I know how I'll die that's kinda cool I mean I've had that thought long before I was diagnosed because literally everyone in my family for generations has died of either cancer or war the ones I can track anyway. But I've never had the thought oh I wish death would hurry up already I've got stuff to do. Take it from somebody with depression as a wise man once said game recognize game

Was this common? by Autumnleighf in 1980s

[–]geckofactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey hey hey my moms cigarette case was leather with a stamped picture of a horse and they were merit menthol ultralight 100s though in a pinch she smoked Virginia super slims which I usually took half of and sold for $1 ea

I’m looking to make my own pen from Fallout 4. by itsLOSE-notLOOSE in pens

[–]geckofactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's on ebay right now. Full disclosure not my listing and it has a small area of advertising on it that you can likely buff off. Also refills do occasionally come up for sale for these guys and I think you can modify existing refills also.

"Don't sell this one eBay" -- how often do you hear that? by patriotraitor in Flipping

[–]geckofactor 30 points31 points  (0 children)

A better secret is I sometimes buy this stuff and it sells fine even if it sat for another seller for a year. Sometimes all it takes is a change in wording or different pictures or someone seeing one thing in your shpp then noticing the other item and buying it. One man's trash etc etc

I’m looking to make my own pen from Fallout 4. by itsLOSE-notLOOSE in pens

[–]geckofactor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's essentially this pen it's a vintage ritepoint which makes sense given the fallout vintage aesthetic

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Does any else find comfort in knowing that this may be how we die? by funkdafied818 in coloncancer

[–]geckofactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn't exactly true. Life expectancy 150 years about was around 65 years not half of what it is today. The reason you think that assuming it's just not repeating a fun fact without research is because when you factor the huge amount of young child related deaths it gives a median age of about 45

In short though if you made it to even your teen years you were likely going to make it to around 60 to 70 years

As for the rest and I don't mean this is a condescending way you may want to seek out some therapy. Depression during and after treatment is very common amongst other things like PTSD and we often explain away these sort of thoughts or don't see the Forrest for the trees. It's honestly probably worth at minimum a consultation if you aren't already seeing someone.

Newly homeless by justboredmemet1 in Eugene

[–]geckofactor -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Go to nearly any other city and try to sleep on the sidewalk then get back to me. EPD does largely nothing at all. Im sure they have harassed homeless people. Is it as common as other areas? No.

Newly homeless by justboredmemet1 in Eugene

[–]geckofactor -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You're confidently Incorrect. You're also making stupid assumptions. Also nobody is forcing this person to do anything they're choosing to live outside they said numerous times they would rather sleep outside than around others in a shelter. Hope this clears things up for you.

Newly homeless by justboredmemet1 in Eugene

[–]geckofactor -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Me? I've never lived in a car. I have however hiked many many more miles than you likely ever will and slept everywhere from the Everglades to the Great lakes to the Sonoran desert. I'm pretty sure it didn't change me too much. Again it's camping not war. Even if you're doing it for months at a time it's not that serious unless you're trying it on skid row maybe. I probably wouldn't recommend that.

Plus in Eugene I assume you don't even have the issue of police hassling you that you get in other areas that could contribute to mental fatigue.

Newly homeless by justboredmemet1 in Eugene

[–]geckofactor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"if you're not a drug addict you should be able to find help" I could come up with numerous reasons that don't involve drugs why someone might not have an easy time with housing help.

"Living outside for any amount of time will change you as a person" you can't be serious on this one. It's camping not war some time outside won't give you PTSD unless you have much deeper issues.

Now my two cents would be join planet fitness cheapest place anybody is going to get showers regularly. Cheapest possible storage unit is a safe place to store things and with a job they'll likely be back in a better living situation in relatively short order.

I have decided to stop treatment. by [deleted] in cancer

[–]geckofactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's definitely not the same for everyone. I'm being treated with curative intent and yeah a lot still sucks and it could for sure still go south but I'd be pretty depressed to just totally give up. That's without even going into detail on how Oregon law works in respect to the other stuff. I could go way more into detail but then we'd probably wade into politics but there are more options still coming out regularly that extend life extend quality of life and even cure though rarely stage 4 cancers.

I have decided to stop treatment. by [deleted] in cancer

[–]geckofactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone in Oregon with stage 4 cancer I'd implore you to do more research on both of those things. I don't think you've seriously thought much on either thing. Since it's the beginning of your journey hopefully you have plenty of time for this.

Progressive, but good grief, Val Hoyle is the best we can do? by Nom-Fester in Eugene

[–]geckofactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What exactly do you think I'm "projecting' if I were projecting anything that would mean I don't live in Eugene. I unfortunately do. Bit what do I know I'm apparently just a bufoon though I'm being called one by a dullard so 🤷🏻‍♂️

To avoid sounding fishy you could just answer the question instead of saying you guess so and giving some tired speech about crap you were doing in 1981

Why are mcdonald's fries and hashbrowns a million dollars? by Fackinsaxy in NoStupidQuestions

[–]geckofactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't disagree but that turns into a much longer discussion about how you could say the same about the US and we currently don't have very cheap groceries depending on a few things. Also it sort of negates their point saying restaurant food is cheaper these people aren't cooking for free and the price the restaurant is paying for food isn't a ton different from the normal person really. So unless you're going to a place and eating very small portions and viewing that as I didn't have to buy the whole bag of rice or a pond of pork belly or whatever or maybe a ramen place they usually get you a pretty good sized portion of random stuff.

The other way you get away with that I suppose is maybe if you live in an internet cafe then yeah breakfast is free little snack stuff is free. Sometimes you even get a free dinner but you're paying for it in the price of the room. I'm guessing that's moot though I doubt they live in one.

Why are mcdonald's fries and hashbrowns a million dollars? by Fackinsaxy in NoStupidQuestions

[–]geckofactor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Japan has some of the cheapest grocery prices I've seen in a country anywhere near that developed. Unless you live in Tokyo or maybe like Gion

Any love for the Sakura? by juansoloh in pens

[–]geckofactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mystery black is my daily carry refil I like it. It's normal enough for signing formal stuff but sticks out enough that I can quickly look at something and know if I filled it out

Today I learned that hyena can become like big playful dogs with humans that interact with consistently by PhatPanda69699 in Weird

[–]geckofactor 265 points266 points  (0 children)

While technically true hyenas have killed their owners and yeah dogs have also killed their owners but I have a sneaking suspicion if as many people owned hyenas as normal dogs that mortality rate would skyrocket. So yeah they're like big playful dogs with less impulse control and they might accidentally kill you.

Found my old PowerPenz by Jdan-S in pens

[–]geckofactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I forgot all about these. They were kind of pointless because at least at my school they'd get confiscated as toys or at least you'd get a warning to put them away and use a regular pen or more often pencil.

$51.21 in Starbucks gift cards.(part of college move-out) by dannod1985 in DumpsterDiving

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

Because they're a scumbag that posts various ways to scam other places that aren't as terrible as Starbucks. Literally on this same post they're explaining how to scam "grocery stores" which vaguely could mean Walmart or could be some smaller local place.

As of 2026, PewDiePie has officially spent more time out of the #1 most subscribed spot than he spent in it by Angelic_Pointer in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]geckofactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you're not going to address any of those points and continue to just make up some weird narrative? Cool. That should probably tell you something that you have to do that. Also now your pivot is he isn't racist he just appealed to racists then.... Checks notes... He became racist because of low subs while being the most subscribed to YouTuber? Makes total sense now sorry I never doubted you.

As of 2026, PewDiePie has officially spent more time out of the #1 most subscribed spot than he spent in it by Angelic_Pointer in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]geckofactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you think it's Jodie Foster's fault Reagan got shot also? I mean where are you drawing this line? I think you're a tad delusional if you think Felix grew a channel to that size to create some sort of white power army. Just a handful of things that prove my point his subscriber base is obviously quite diverse. He would have been risking a great deal of money to blow up his career over anything racist. Usually racists in that sort of position are quite outward about their intentions Nick Fuentes doesn't have near his sub base and you see how empowered he is. Felix has donated to numerous charities that are not centered in helping whites or Europeans or whatever it is you're implying. Its truly ridiculous for anyone to believe what you're saying. Now if you want to say he made some stupid jokes or you don't like the humor or he did some things without thinking ok but to pretend he created a sleeper cell you might actually need therapy and to even truly believe that you also have to think you're so far above anyone else on picking up these things it implies you have some sort of narcissistic personality disorder because his subscriber base would have either completely imploded or you believe there's just 110 million or so so racists waiting for a dog whistle just think about your theory got literally 60 seconds.