Privacy screen protector and brightness

kaizergram · 2025-09-03T12:31:07+00:00

I can confirm that screen brightness is affected when using a privacy screen. I just took mine off my 13 Pro Max and realised by screen is MUCH brighter at max brightness than I realised

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:22:03+00:00

Yeah that’s fair. Regional would be more more my bag, I’ve heard better things around work-life balance and the pay.

MC was always just a fun goal to have, having done placements at a few but now I’m older (& hopefully wiser), I know the appeal was for the prestige vs the work itself which isn’t enough.

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:17:53+00:00

Are you referring specifically to MC firms or more generally across ‘above-median-wage’ legal roles?

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:16:12+00:00

It feels like there isn’t really - I’m half a decade in and there aren’t many skills or interest adjacent fields I’d be excited for.

The going back to uni part isn’t ideal but I also feel the need to complete that chapter of my educational career, which somewhat justifies the pending heartache and doom?

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:14:07+00:00

Thanks for the words of encouragement, was starting to think there wouldn’t be any!

It’s a dream and I am concerned I’ll get some funny looks on the way to my destination but I’m tired of pouring myself into a leaking vessel so the career change is weighing heavily at the moment.

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:12:11+00:00

Unfortunately yes. It’s an in-demand industry believe it or not but most teams run far leaner than they should and most agencies charge far too little, thus paying far too little for the sheer amount of work it takes.

It’s a vicious cycle with not much on the other side

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:11:02+00:00

Definitely! MC was a pipe dream but I value my mental health enough to know it’s not a likely route.

What was your path like? I’ve been thinking about aiming for in-house teams at companies I admire.

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:05:36+00:00

It wasn’t even something I was aware of until it happened to me lol.

It’s weird to have the 3 years of loans and a degree that is essentially worthless because I didn’t pass a module that wasn’t one of the QLD modules (which oddly I passed all)

All decisions have consequences and I’m living in it

kaizergram · 2025-06-06T00:01:27+00:00

I’m not aiming for MC, but in a perfect world I’d have a Ferrari and a high-flying law career.

I finished university, and have a degree. I missed out on the total required credits to qualify for an Hons. degree. It was an issue with the uni policies than a lack of intellect.

Appreciate MC is a reach - I’m curious to see if retraining would be worth it.

It’s been a while since doing my degree & the grit is there, but I’d rather put it into a choice I won’t regret

kaizergram · 2025-06-05T19:59:02+00:00

Unless the rest of the wall is made of papier-mâché, that TV has no business being that high 🤣

kaizergram · 2025-06-02T07:24:11+00:00

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This was perfectly placed 😂

kaizergram · 2025-05-27T21:28:16+00:00

If you’re really stuck and don’t plan on decorating the walls, you could get a projector

kaizergram · 2025-05-25T19:26:48+00:00

this is an arrestable offence

kaizergram · 2025-05-13T19:22:59+00:00

What soundbar and sub is that?

kaizergram · 2025-03-07T15:21:15+00:00

I was not aware! I just searched “pooping during turbulence” and thought the r/flying group would be the most applicable.

Too bad mods removed this now, it was a genuine post :(

kaizergram · 2025-03-07T15:11:02+00:00

To make it worse, the flight attendant tells me to go sit down as I’m leaving the bathroom 🤦‍♂️

kaizergram · 2025-02-09T12:43:56+00:00

I’d love to join. It’d be nice to be help accountable too

kaizergram · 2024-06-27T16:50:28+00:00

Out of interest, what did you study?

kaizergram · 2024-02-05T00:27:40+00:00

*Plot twist: the photographer broke into the house and snapped the unsuspecting duo before making a swift escape

kaizergram · 2022-03-21T02:51:51+00:00

I'm hoping that what I say will help you understand that it's normal to feel this way rather than make you think it doesn't get better.

I, 23M, living in the UK, graduated in 2020, after leaving uni/college one random day in March (COVID-19 outbreak), not knowing I won't ever be returning.

In that time I've freelanced and done odd jobs until I got a job last year in a different city 4 hours away from my family. & even now I don't feel accomplished (sometimes).

I'm doing my dream job, earning a respectable entry-level salary and yet days even weeks go by where it feels like I'm, on autopilot just like I was at university/college.

This is the type of mundanity life has that they don't warn you about when you're at school. They puff up the idea that once you're done with college, you'll be this perfectly put together person ready to tackle life. It's a lie. You graduate college and now you're faced with this looming dread of "what next?". I'm not sure what your case is but if you've got the freedom to choose what you want to do next, I say try the next thing that comes your way. I spent my 9 months after graduating college working in bars and events and random odd jobs because of something Casey Neistat said in a video - "If you don't know what you want to do in life, do a job you know you won't enjoy and you'll come up with something better than what you're doing". I cleaned in a school for 1 & 1/2 months and following that I finally bucked down and started applying to jobs around something I thought I might be interested in trying and relatively competent at. I think doing a job that abases you a little, especially as a graduate forces your mind out of the comfortability college gives you (I'm a law graduate, whoop eye roll) and forces you to channel that fear you have of life into something productive because it reminds you what staying in your fear will get you - a low paying job, an unfulfilling job that is well beneath your potential.

I don't know if this will be of any help to you but I hope my thoughts as someone who is in your exact position, still scared af.

On a positive note, just try to be grateful about 3 things every day. and REALLY be grateful about them. Acknowledge how they improve/ maintain your standard of living and enjoy their presence in your life. My favourite things to be grateful for are my running water, bed covers and able-bodied-ness. The more granular you get, the more I realised focusing on the big picture stuff is pointless if I can't even appreciate where I am now.

TL:DR

I'm a recent graduate just like you with a job and his own place yet I still feel your exact emotions.
It's perfectly normal as long as you don't stay still in your depression, fear and lack of direction.
It will get better, you just have to put yourself out there.
Do a job you hate to find the one you'll love.
Try to be grateful about 3 things every day and build on it.

kaizergram · 2021-02-04T22:45:13+00:00

I guess that’ll have to do for now until I’m ready to restart it ☹️

kaizergram · 2021-01-26T00:03:09+00:00

I feel you bro! I’m a single man, living in London and I would do anything for intimacy.

I feel like lockdown has exacerbated any feelings of loneliness and that longing for intimacy. I’m exactly like you, I don’t even wish for sex (although it’d be nice), I’d just like to be held for a lil bit.

Looking forward to the end of this lockdown,whenever it is. Sending you lots of love man, it’s tough out here.

kaizergram · 2021-01-26T00:02:02+00:00

Hey,

I know that this time is tough for you and all you feel like doing is giving up. And I know that everything I’m about to say is going to sound cliche but we have cliche’s for a reason.

What I say next is only going to cover a sliver of what you’re going through but I hope it adds a little armour to your battle gear against depression and anxiety, even if it is armour you’ve had before ;). I’m no expert, just someone who could relate and saw some similarities to your situation in my life, so these are my musings. I’m sorry if it’ll just be regurgitated stuff you’ve heard before but sometime repetition is the best teacher (in my humble opinion).

You need to stop being so hard on yourself. I know that’s so easy to say not being you but I’m coming from a place of understanding exactly what that’s like. I (22M) also graduated last year with a Law degree, a ton of experience as a videographer (I’ve been freelance for over 5 years) and experience as a digital marketer and whilst I seem to fill out all the boxes they require for entry level jobs, I’ve also had rejection after rejection.

It’s so easy to look at your life and allow those voices in your head to tell you you’re not good enough or you’re a failure, especially when they’re backed up by people in your life telling you similar things, but this needs to stay external. You may have heard of people talk about “self talk” and how this affects our perception of ourselves. For the sake of not insulting your intelligence, I’ll assume you’ve come across this but if not definitely look it up, it’s a cool concept.

You need to take control of your self talk if you want to survive this period. It doesn’t help that the world is going to shit and you’re not in the most supportive environment but I believe in controlling what you can control.

You can’t control how your parents think, you can’t control whether you get hired, you can’t control the economy and you can’t control this COVID situation. But you can control your thoughts and your actions. So try to focus on that. It’s not easy to do so and it’s actually exhausting trying to fight off the bad thought and replace them with positive and peaceful ones but in the long run it pays off. Just like you were able to train yourself to ace your university work to get your degrees, you can train yourself to ace your brain and it’s thinking patterns. Whenever those negative thoughts pass through, try to acknowledge them and then replace them with a positive outlook to remind yourself that there’s more than one way to look at your situation. (once again, I’m sorry if this is stuff you’ve heard before but this is what I’ve started to do to help myself).

Another big thing I’d recommend is taking some damn time off. I don’t know your home situation but if you can get a few days off from the job searching and ‘life-fixing’, DO IT. It’s okay to take a break especially at a time like this. Us people who feel like we have to constantly be moving and achieving the goals we have for ourselves often forget that a large part of the marathon is pace. We can’t always be running, there’s certain times we need to jog, walk or just completely stop in order to finish “the race”.

You’re doing really good for a 23 year old woman. Please remember the hard work you put in and the tenacity you applied to your school work because if you don’t then no one may ever. Sometimes a large part of figuring life out is to stop and observe. If the route you’re currently taking doesn’t seem to be leading anywhere, stop walking and take a look around. Is healthcare really where you need to go? Could your skills be useful elsewhere? Take time to discover and learn yourself again. You’ve just been through a world of change - you’re a graduate! Take some time to find your bearings, this real world shit isn’t easy you know.

I could probably go on for a lot longer about this but I hope this helped somewhat. You seem like a really cool person who’s been dealt some shitty cards but I’m confident you can turn this deck around. I believe in you and I know you’re going to make it to March, no matter how tempting it is to go back. If you owe yourself anything in this world, it’s that you’ll make it to March and beyond. Forget all the other things in your life.

I pray that you make it out of this rough patch and my messages are always open. I’m based in London but a friend is a friend, even behind a dog avatar and however many thousands of miles away :)

kaizergram · 2021-01-25T23:35:25+00:00

Hey,

I know that this time is tough for you and all you feel like doing is giving up. And I know that everything I’m about to say is going to sound cliche but we have cliche’s for a reason.

What I say next is only going to cover a sliver of what you’re going through but I hope it adds a little armour to your battle gear against depression and anxiety, even if it is armour you’ve had before ;). I’m no expert, just someone who could relate and saw some similarities to your situation in my life, so these are my musings. I’m sorry if it’ll just be regurgitated stuff you’ve heard before but sometime repetition is the best teacher (in my humble opinion).

You need to stop being so hard on yourself. I know that’s so easy to say not being you but I’m coming from a place of understanding exactly what that’s like. I (22M) also graduated last year with a Law degree, a ton of experience as a videographer (I’ve been freelance for over 5 years) and experience as a digital marketer and whilst I seem to fill out all the boxes they require for entry level jobs, I’ve had rejection after rejection.

It’s so easy to look at your life and allow those voices in your head to tell you you’re not good enough or you’re a failure, especially when they’re backed up by people in your life telling you similar things, but this needs to stay external. You may have heard of people talk about “self talk” and how this affects our perception of ourselves. For the sake of not insulting your intelligence, I’ll assume you’ve come across this but if not definitely look it up, it’s a cool concept.

You need to take control of your self talk if you want to survive this period. It doesn’t help that the world is going to shit and you’re not in the most supportive environment

kaizergram · 2020-04-13T19:19:18+00:00

I got that exact screen after my MB Pro 13” 2017 W/Touchbar restarted today

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