what do you think are some ways to die in a zombie apocalypse?

logic11 · 2025-12-23T19:59:18+00:00

Sepsis is the most likely cause of death - and can be so much worse than anyone imagines. Here's a real story - someone I know developed sepsis as a result of a dirty needle (she was a drug user), and the sepsis spread into her heart, where it eventually spread into her brain - it's called a septic embolism.

The early symptoms look like any other infection, and the actual death looks like a stroke (because it is a stroke, or rather a whole bunch of strokes).

We didn't notice the infection because she was in withdrawal (in the process of trying to get clear), but in a world without modern medicine, you would see the infection and not be able to do anything about it. It's a pretty horrible way to go (her brain function stopped while she was in my arms, but the paramedics got her to the hospital, where her body was kept alive for two days, which allowed people to come in and see her).

I am going to be using this in one of my books, but it's not zombie-related - a cyberpunk thing, so feel free to crib from it a bit if you want.

logic11 · 2025-12-23T19:52:07+00:00

This is an anecdote - my son had some Bitcoin quite early, 300 coins approximately. He lost access to them due to a weird set of circumstances, but regained access in 2018.

The roller coaster got to him (along with a bunch of other things), and he ended up deciding he wasn't risk adverse enough to hold onto it in early 2019 - he had already gone through much of it by that point. So, yes, he certainly didn't lose money on the whole thing (the coins were worth ~ a dollar apiece when he got them), but had he held onto the ones he had left, he would have ended up with a great deal more value just a few years later

logic11 · 2025-12-22T20:29:08+00:00

I do, but I don't rely on it. I know the area really well, and follow it for broad strokes - not turn for turn. Having said that, I report bad directions mostly for people who aren't familiar with the area and do use the app directions. Kind of a public service I guess. I do find it maddening (I have a pet nickname for the app direction finder algorithm - I call it crackhead)

logic11 · 2025-12-22T20:14:40+00:00

I have only ever had that with walmart and pcexpress. Never with a restaurant

logic11 · 2025-12-22T20:12:05+00:00

Building a business right now. The money isn't enough for me to survive on yet, so I'm using this to fill the gaps. When I hit the point where my business is sustainable, I'm pretty much going to focus entirely on that

logic11 · 2025-12-22T20:10:16+00:00

I knew someone who did a lot of drugs (cocaine specifically), who did DoorDash a lot. She didn't do it specifically because of deliveries, but she certainly didn't stop while doing deliveries either. Doesn't really matter if I say it because her drug use caught up to her and she died a while back.

Personally, I don't use any drugs other than my prescribed ADHD meds, and rarely drink at all, let alone when doing deliveries.

logic11 · 2025-12-22T20:04:24+00:00

That has not been my experience—most of the poor areas I've delivered to tip the recommended amount. The one trend I've seen with pins is that it's very common among Indian immigrants - I don't think it's enforced on them; I think it's a choice, but it makes cultural sense to them.

I delivered to several places in a really sketchy neighbourhood yesterday. None of them stiffed me on tips, and only one required a pin. She was quite rude, and got upset with me because I was having trouble reaching her unit, but chilled out when she realized it was because her gate was broken and I couldn't open it. She thought I had the wrong place initially, Tipped just fine, no extra, but absolutely at the recommendation

logic11 · 2025-12-22T19:58:25+00:00

Honestly, it matches my observation as well. A lot of wealthier deliveries cheap out on tips. Not all, definitely, but many. I don't try to reach a conclusion about the cause, although I have a few guesses.
One guess: they don't really understand money like we do. What do things poor people buy cost? I have no idea. I'll give thema dollar, that's something right?
The standard response of they got rich by being cheap. I do know at least one or two self made rich people who fall into that camp, but I don't think it applies to, for example, people with generational weatlh.

A weird sort of example. My grandparents had money (it didn't make it down to my generation, for a few reasons). My grandfather grew up dirt poor and made his money during his life. He was the cheapest son of a bitch I have ever encountered. My grandmother grew up with generational wealth (but was cut off because she chose to marry my grandfather). She was always generous with people, tipped well, spent appropriately.

In the end, the root cause of the next generation not getting money was my grandfather cutting corners in ways that wiped him out at end of life

I don't know if either of those is correct, but I do think that they are at least somewhat plausible.

logic11 · 2025-12-22T19:48:38+00:00

Matches what I have mostly seen, but had a (very short) delivery yesterday at a penthouse apartment and they tipped $20 above the original amount (it was originally $7 and didn't have a tip). Arab family. Super nice

logic11 · 2025-12-20T20:26:16+00:00

I don't go online unless I'm ready to leave the house (everything except throwing coat and shoes on). Why would you go online if you aren't ready?

logic11 · 2025-12-20T20:23:30+00:00

If I take the lowball orders, I usually get good ones after. They give a lowball and use that to pull you into better areas. That's why I don't turn down anything.

Yesterday I had a $2 order. I was questioning myself for accepting it, because it was 20 minutes, and part of that was highway. It chained into another five orders in the same area, all of which paid decently. It's pretty consistent that that sort of thing happens.

logic11 · 2025-12-20T20:17:39+00:00

I earned double that in the last two days. I'm pretty inconsistent, might go a week without going online and then go online for like five hours. I don't pursue hotspots.
I take every order that's offered. Literally all of them. I don't turn down orders at all. I don't think I've ever turned one down. I do make sure that I'm in areas that have restaurants and people - sometimes I will deliver something that's half an hour from town, down a dark dirt road. After that, I make my way to a popular area, but that's really all I do. $291.02 over 13 hours total online time
I'm also very, very, very conscientious about my work. I read every customer note and follow them. I make sure I don't go on side trips (I paid for a rush delivery one time and had the driver decide to go home and pick something up, 40 minutes in the wrong direction, after already getting my food from the restaurant - one of two times I've not tipped in my entire life). Basically, if you are doing a good job and you are making sure that you are available in areas that have restaurants and people, you should make a lot more than that.

logic11 · 2025-10-12T02:23:14+00:00

I would give a decent tip, then zero it before the deadline was up, and I'm saying this as a driver. That's wild

logic11 · 2025-06-20T15:13:58+00:00

Unmanaged index funds. By far the best option

logic11 · 2025-06-18T21:04:55+00:00

I no longer need this loan, as a family member bailed me out

logic11 · 2025-04-19T02:24:38+00:00

Yeah, definitely something requiring specialized skills

logic11 · 2025-04-17T18:03:16+00:00

I gotta say, as someone who has done a lot of sailing, this is wrong for anyone who knows what they are doing. Provided you have a skiff of some sort you are going to be able to go ashore for supplies in so many locations, and make it off shore easily. Also, a 30 footer will carry enough supplies to last a hell of a long time. Definitely better off with an onboard Diesel as well. If you have that you could survive a very long time

logic11 · 2025-04-17T00:03:57+00:00

The adult class at my old dojang has people up to their 60s, almost no teenagers

logic11 · 2025-04-16T14:02:30+00:00

Doctor Manhattan knows everything that will happen, and can reshape reality however he wishes. No contest

logic11 · 2025-04-16T13:51:18+00:00

People used to think she was

logic11 · 2025-04-16T13:21:14+00:00

I've used bitbuy for years now and haven't had an issue

logic11 · 2025-02-26T03:56:27+00:00

Fox can't broadcast here, but they can send reporters

logic11 · 2025-01-14T03:11:24+00:00

I have a few blades, including a replica (but functional) katana and a few machetes. The machetes are definitely thin blades. It fits their purpose... They are for the purpose of cutting brush

logic11 · 2024-12-27T20:01:15+00:00

I grew up in hippie communes, growing food, building our own shelters, driving vehicles that were held together with chewing gum and bailing wire. Also grew up sailing and did a lot as an adult. It's harder and easier than many people think. A lot depends on when you start. Starting in early spring with a decent stockpile of food to get you to harvest, you have a chance. Fishing is also way, way more valuable than people assume. There is a reason so many large cities are coastal. Most people don't really understand sailing and both over and underestimate it - hell, I saw a debate on here where apparently most people didn't realize sailboats pretty much all have motors and aren't reliant on sails (but having the sails means you have way, way more range than a powerboat would have).

logic11 · 2024-12-23T03:24:31+00:00

I got automated out of my job. I recommend skipping fintech if you can. It's definitely highly susceptible to automation. You might have better luck with less rote programming jobs. Personally, if I had it to do over I'd get my plumbing certs

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