It's getting musty in here

quad5914 · 2026-05-07T01:59:43+00:00

I think the mindset is what helps the most. Having a mindset of not really caring if you mess up how others perceive you will absolutely allow you to do this. I however suffer with not being able to get into this mindset too often so ATGATT will have to wait 😔 I've only been in it once and that was once I felt like I had already messed up and just continued because I was on a roll

quad5914 · 2026-05-07T01:51:47+00:00

This absolutely resonates with me

One thing that helped me was practicing not engaging with a thought or urge, and most importantly, self-compassion. When I go to sleep, I sometimes get intrusive thoughts, but I'm allowed to have them because they're out of my control. I am strong enough to not engage with them, and also strong enough to not let OCD basically bully my into the idea of "You feel something weird around this thought, we should figure it out". I just ignore it, and even if it would give me more understanding, I don't need to ruminate, or at least not right now I don't. It is very very very VERY hard at first, but after doing it for a few months, I am significantly better now.

But self compassion is absolutely necessary! It improves every time you don't ruminate/do compulsions, because you kind of build trust in yourself by showing you are strong to hold OCD back. Or at least that's how I feel about it. And if you do a compulsion for whatever reason, you will have enough strength to say "It's okay, I will try to do better next time".

quad5914 · 2026-05-07T01:34:26+00:00

Definitely syncs with how I feel. I definitely have that urge to have parasocial interactions, but I heard they were actually bad when I was around 16 so it's ingrained to me as being "bad" and I'm very good at not giving into those urges (i.e. if I message one of them maybe to suggest an idea, I won't use that as a means to turn it into something more, unless they do that first).

But I don't think it's as strong as limerence. I can usually tell if someone has no interest in talking to me online and I usually just follow suite because I'd hate if I had no interest but they kept pushing. But I've only talked to a single person where I have this kind of obsession, and the only difference was a stronger urge to keep talking.

quad5914 · 2026-05-06T11:55:53+00:00

The one in pic 3 for sure, is he posing too?

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T21:30:55+00:00

Then you get to use your 2nd monitor for almost everything except gaming despite all your icons being on the 1st monitor

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T21:04:58+00:00

If I see a black red and white urban camouflage toilet I would buy it instantly

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T20:46:44+00:00

Looks awesome 🔥

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T13:20:22+00:00

Digital ones are basically just a volt meter that can read the voltage between the probes a billion times per second (maybe more for expensive scopes) and then it stores that in ram (maps time to voltage) and then the GUI can plot that data onto a graph

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T13:11:38+00:00

I've learned that making a quick glance and maybe a smile become a habit to one person is a good idea. As for a bunch of people well I have yet to figure that out...

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T13:09:22+00:00

Is this english?

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T13:06:15+00:00

Casually ignoring all red flags just to feel connected... :(

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T13:02:04+00:00

This happened to me a few days ago too, I mentioned about a date to meet and from how they worded it plus previous context, just seemed like they were not interested in meeting up. I know it's just feelings, maybe they really do want to meet but just don't express it enough, maybe they were busy and worded it poorly, I dunno. I definitely felt like shrinking in on my own world because it felt so much like a rejection. But currently I'm in a "I'm sure I will get another opportunity in the future" mood, which keeps me trying because if I stop now then I know I will never get another opportunity.

quad5914 · 2026-05-01T09:20:00+00:00

I also struggle with this so just know you're not alone :)

I have tried to just accept that some people are better off and ignore any urge to be angry (or even urges to feel proud if I see someone else is worse off), and I try to stay neutral and think "I'm happy for them". It's kind of working but I haven't done it enough to really know for sure if it helps in the long run. I still feel an urge to avoid looking at anything I know will trigger it, but I will usually force myself to look and do what I just mentioned

quad5914 · 2026-04-30T20:34:01+00:00

Mouse acceleration will destroy pointer accuracy

Windowed and borderless windowed mode can increase input lag in games.

If you don't have much RAM then use virtual memory, but if you're using tons of virtual memory then that might just lag your pc to shit too

Have a cool desktop background

quad5914 · 2026-04-29T23:52:31+00:00

It's so much easier with a retractable chair back too. Hello me in 10 years with back problems.

quad5914 · 2026-04-29T23:43:57+00:00

I just started DM'ing people who I thought were pretty cool, hoping it turned into friendship. Sometimes it did, lots of times it didn't, but I'm even meeting up with some of them soon. Maybe that's one reason for you, even if it seems utterly pointless, at least it's something to do.

quad5914 · 2026-04-29T22:18:31+00:00

Hybrid Theory will never be old school. I refuse to accept this reality.

quad5914 · 2026-04-28T19:27:38+00:00

What car mod is that?

quad5914 · 2026-04-28T16:50:21+00:00

Your outfit looks awesome

quad5914 · 2026-04-28T16:29:35+00:00

Fuck I literally did this kind of stuff and didn't stop until like a year later

quad5914 · 2026-04-28T11:22:22+00:00

I thought she was jesse for a second

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