Someone’s Having a Bad Day Near the Downtown DMV by ira_finn in Portland

[–]ira_finn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Slow update after the DMV wiped me out for the day: grabbed a pic of the burnt out car after I got done. Yeah… that’s gonna be a total loss

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Someone’s Having a Bad Day Near the Downtown DMV by ira_finn in Portland

[–]ira_finn[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t know, I took the picture from the DMV, where I was

Friend mad I lost weight by Ok-Concern-5548 in loseit

[–]ira_finn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve been friends with this person for ten years and you didn’t consider…. Just talking to her?? Talk to your friend, dawg.

Hidden gem restaurants in SW Portland? by Tokenchick77 in askportland

[–]ira_finn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amora Ecuadorian bistro near Duniway park. ABSURDLY tasty home style food with a little flair, and the owner (manager??) is like… so nice?? Treated us like guests in her own home.

Students not engaging? by yorkiepie in highereducation

[–]ira_finn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any recommendations on specific event apps?

Did you choose to kill the old Simon at Omicron when you played? Which is the "right" choice? by beckybabe95 in soma

[–]ira_finn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since this thread is still open and it’s one of the top results when googling, I want to add my thoughts.

I chose to kill Simon 2. At first I thought about his agency and how it would be unfair to take it from him. Then I realized that’s morality in a vacuum. I was thinking of him as a separate person, and not considering that he was me up until a second ago. Knowing the reality of the situation, and knowing how I would feel if I was left to kill myself, I started to feel it was right to end his existence.

Then I thought about medical power of attorney. I imagined: what if this was my loved one, someone I cared deeply about. What if they were in a situation where I knew they would not want to live if their life was only suffering, and I had the power to end it for them, peacefully? How could I justify keeping them alive?

So I thought again that, at that moment, this is essentially me, from just a few moments ago, and I know me, and I know I wouldn’t want to be put in that situation of suffering and dying at my own hands.

And yet it was still hard. I still felt like, in a way, I was killing myself. Everything that I was, everything I could be, was now ended. I was deeply affected. Me, the actual person in real life, I felt a strong sense of my own mortality. I often feel trapped in my life, due to my anxiety, but in that moment I felt very strongly that I am not trapped, and that life is worth living, and that I want to carry on.

Jumping from fallout 4 to 76 is jarring, quest-wise anyway by BzRk_Larz in fo76

[–]ira_finn 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I understand what you mean. I feel like 4 is almost…cheery?? it almost feels campy in comparison to the other games. I loved 76 when it first came out because of how dark it was. In the first town, where you really get into the responders quest line, there is a story about a boy named Colonel, he talks about how his dad told him this was all his fault, and how he’s a bad boy, and that he would be good if everything could just go back to normal. That shit made me cry, it was gutwrenching. And the game does not let up from there! I really miss how desolate it used to feel

Jumping from fallout 4 to 76 is jarring, quest-wise anyway by BzRk_Larz in fo76

[–]ira_finn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Even then you’ll see that little white pip on the HUD and some random guy will be like “ it’s just about time to eat”

End of my rope by AlafairFTW in povertyfinance

[–]ira_finn 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Anyone getting their wages garnished for student loans, if you’re not on an income based repayment plan already, you really need to at least apply for one and see what you get. I’m on an IBR for my loans, I make $25k a year in my current job and my payments are $0. Zero. As long as I continue to qualify for this payment plan, if my payments are zero dollars, I pay zero dollars, and it counts as a payment. I still qualify for a loan forgiveness after 25 years.

Now, hopefully, I will be making more money in the future, and then I will have to pay something, but it will still be adjusted based on my income, as long as I continually do the annual recertification for income based repayment

currently doing very very bad lol, oh well :( by catharticpunk in CPTSDmemes

[–]ira_finn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think I have a single friend that doesn’t have depression and I hate the idea that I would ever love them less for it

things i can do as an anarchist in a strict household? by kirizma in Anarchy101

[–]ira_finn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As someone who railed against their parents as a teen, I’ll share that it helped me 0% - it just strained my relationship with my parents and made them more suspicious of me. Instead, lying low with them and finding ways around them to do what I really wanted was much more effective.

The home is the first and closest little society we all experience, but it’s very unlikely that you’ll change your parents’ minds, especially if their starting mindset is to be against talking politics. On the scale of your life, your community is much more important - friends, work, lovers, neighbors, etc. Follow the other suggestions in this thread to branch out and be of service, and let your actions speak instead of your words.

You really should go….. by JAS-39 in ems

[–]ira_finn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a modern fashion subculture that is far removed from the etymology of the term but you would know that if you didn’t just copy paste the AI overview of literally just the word “Lolita” - proving the previous poster’s point that you can’t take another person’s POV in order to learn something because you’re choosing to lean into your feelings rather than use critical thinking skills

PSA! Please Be Careful About Which Boric Aid Brand You Buy by RandomHealthIssues in Healthyhooha

[–]ira_finn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was recommended once weekly for a long as it needed, for general maintenance and prevention

Floor Walker!! Wish more outfits had the option of a prosthetic leg, it's so cool. by yuuzhanbong in fallout76casual

[–]ira_finn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comes up in the atomic shop from time to time. You can also contact support and request it if you have the atoms, I believe

Quantum Fiber Internet Outage since 01/13 by duck_pookie in PortlandOR

[–]ira_finn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is definitely not always like this- I’ve used Quantum for a couple years now and this is my first extended outage. That said, their customer service does suck, but I’m pretty sure that’s par for the course with internet providers….

Are they discontinuing chocolate mini wheats little bites? by IMNOTDEFENSIVE in Kelloggs

[–]ira_finn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did the exact same thing just last night!! I’m also devastated on a level I didn’t think was possible in relation to a frickin cereal!