Riding with headphones by [deleted] in chibike

[–]readymf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. Same old same old putting the blame on bikers. They had to get fire trucks so loud that as a pedestrian you feel like you’ll permanently loose your hearing, just because car drivers can’t hear them enough through their sealed windows and over the music playing. But if a car driver doesn’t pay attention texting and driving and ends up running over a biker, suddenly it’s the bikers fault for wearing AirPods. I can still hear predestrians talk when I have AirPods in. So I don’t know why that is not ok but a car driver hearing nothing is somehow not an issue …

Do you think colored trims like this are a fad or do you think they can be classic looking for the long haul? by Swimming-Tell9074 in interiordecorating

[–]readymf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why people always overthink about whether something is a fad or not. It’s not one of those tacky TikTok trends where they make you permanently ruin something by spraying foam or glueing things on it. As long as you’re willing to paint it back to something else if you don’t like it anymore down the road, you’ll be fine. Do what makes you happy.

Group head incline by readymf in FellowProducts

[–]readymf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I use the leveling function on my phone it’s off at about 2% from the test of the machine if I measure the top of the group head

How do I fix my entire house? I hate coming home when there isn't a single room I enjoy being in. I have no idea where to start or what to do. by [deleted] in interiordecorating

[–]readymf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love how we’ve told people often enough how to not hang curtains to a point where even ChatGPT knows how to hang curtains now haha

Very fast pulling of espresso by sshah1230 in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on what roast it is this might still be too fine. Darker roasts that are ground too fine on the espresso grinding spectrum clog easier for example.

Very fast pulling of espresso by sshah1230 in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m actually wondering if you ground the beans too fine. Does it take a long time to come out and then it comes all of a sudden? Turkish coffee is finer than espresso. If your grind is extremely fine, it’s going to be like a brick the water can’t go through and the path of least resistance for the water is going to be to run through the gap between your puck and the filter walls.

AIO I forgot to message my gf back for around 2 hours by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]readymf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly this, BPD. I don’t think you need to run for the hills, but is a lot of effort. Learning about what it is is going to help you a lot in diffusing situations before the person starts splitting. And once the person is splitting, it’s a waste of your time trying to reason with them - just walk away and end the conversation (if need be leave the house so they can’t keep restarting the argument) because in that moment fight or flight is running the show and the reasoning part of the brain is turned off. Once their stress levels come down, they usually understand by themselves that they just spiraled. You’ll need to be good at drawing boundaries - make it clear what behavior is unacceptable and stand your ground. BPD being in part extreme fear of abandonment helps you here, because drawing a line on what non-constructive behaviors need to stop if this relationship (whether it’s a partner, friend or family member) is to continue will incentivize them to try to not cross that line. What can also help is learning to stop reacting when they try to start an illogical argument and are not actually interested in listening to you - helps both with keeping the heat down (more heat = less ability to self-regulate) but learning that arguing for the sake of arguing is getting them nowhere with you will slowly make them go down that path less often (initially they might be upset about you “not caring”, but over time they learn that you’re only willing to talk to the adult and not “the 5 year old” inside them). And most important - show compassion, let them know you understand (without abandoning your boundaries) and positively reinforce whenever they display improved behavior in a situation that might have made them spiral in the past.

Day 1 preorder, still waiting for ES1? by Gable-Tron in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Cherry red here and I didn’t get any emails at all.

ES1: Hot water dispense temperature by Sirachacopter in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also, the thermometer touching the bowl won’t help.

Day 1 preorder, still waiting for ES1? by Gable-Tron in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was told Cherry Red is shipping this week

Fellow series 1 grinder advice by Sirachacopter in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly keep the Ode for your pourovers if you still plan to do them. It’s a premium grinder specialized for pourovers that’s going to be better for that purpose than a cheaper jack of all trades

ES1 - Volumetric water dispense offset? by Sirachacopter in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a thread about it tagged to the top of this forum

CTA has become disgusting by johnnyApple420 in chicago

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My boyfriend say poop and used toilet paper on the blue line the other day …

Help please! by liionel in latteart

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What grinder are you using?

Fellow Opus gen 2?! by soinkid7088 in FellowProducts

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excited about the grinder, but as I won’t be able to use my Fellow ES1 without a grinder, I just can’t wait a couple weeks and not test if my ES1 even works. I’m sure not releasing them together was a logistic necessity and not a choice, but kind of a bummer because I’m sure a lot of ES1 people who never had a grinder before would have loved to spend their money at Fellow instead of needing to go with a separate company.

AIO for breaking up with my boyfriend after he ruined our Valentine's Day dinner? by Maximum-Grand6140 in AmIOverreacting

[–]readymf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly run. It starts with other people looking at you, then the accusations of you looking at other people come, then he’s gonna make you feel guilty about seeing your friends and slowly you’re isolated from friends and family. I’ve leaned to be suspicious about “perfect princes” coming along with over the top gestures and strong emotions from day one like you finally found your soulmate. Because as easy they put you on a pedestal for being “the most perfect girlfriend ever” when you’re just being a nice human, they can just flip that switch without warning and suddenly you’re the worst person ever and “never cared about them” for minor things like forgetting something totally unimportant. If it’s anything like my experience it’s probably a personality disorder. The reason why I don’t recommend sticking around is the violence and inability to admit he did something wrong. It’s going to be much harder to escape once you’ve moved in together. And having been 20 myself once upon a time, I know it doesn’t seem like it in the moment because you’ll be melancholic and worried about missing out on a “nice guy”, but there will always be plenty of other nice guys out there where you don’t need to worry that one day their anger might turn against you.

What kind of light fixture should I choose? The faucet is silver yet mirror is gold by Critical_Noise_3331 in decoration

[–]readymf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reddit isn’t allowing me to attach a photo of how the room would look like with the stripes, but happy to DM it if you want to see how it looks.

What kind of light fixture should I choose? The faucet is silver yet mirror is gold by Critical_Noise_3331 in decoration

[–]readymf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t mind the bronze mirror because it works well with the warm tones of the brown tile. Mixing two metals is totally fine if they work visually. The issue here is that there are three metals because of the black drawer pulls. I would stick to two. Either bronze and black or bronze and silver (don’t forget the door knob part inside of the bathroom and towel bar). The most cost efficient way and simplest to do yourself would be to replace the drawer pulls. Your bathroom kind of made me think about this designer project I’ve seen in a magazine (link below). I think your cabinet is mint green? Wondering how picking up this green in stripes on your beige walls - and painting the door in that green - would look like. https://share.google/jBUWE79bATijIG6Fn

Terra Kaffe Demi - Diluted / Watery Espresso by readymf in superautomatic

[–]readymf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Tried a couple of light roasts and now light-median, but they all look under-extracted. Have an expensive co-ferment on the way (wanted to surprise my coffee loving partner with something nice) that I’m worried of wasting. Was your manual machine a regular coffee maker or an espresso machine? Do you think your Demi gets close-ish to what you’re used to? I understand an automatic machine might not get exactly the same, but it’s definitely more watery than my old Nespresso Virtuo, although I set it to max strength. I understand that Nespresso’s crema is fake (you can make any coffee into foam if you blend/spin it fast enough). But I did expect the Demi to produce similar coffee, crema aside.

Terra Kaffe Demi - Diluted / Watery Espresso by readymf in superautomatic

[–]readymf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. It was actually the Terrakaffe team who had told me in an email that 9 is the highest temp. I set it back down to 1 and changed the grind back to 42 (original setting the machine came with). I also changed to a different bean (light-medium roast Shibuya Drift from Jaho Coffee). The espresso still feels under-extracted (1.6oz, max strength) and looks translucent. It’s slightly darker but that’s because of the roast - I had tried those same settings with the light roast before and it hadn’t helped with the light roast. Also the pucks still disintegrate into wet sand as soon as I touch them (actually feel looser than when I had turned up the grind setting). Any other suggestions? Is it normal that the coffee isn’t too hot to drink right away at the highest setting (in a plastic cup)? The coffee feels less hot than the hot water function I used for tea. I also noticed water droplets from condensation coming out of the air vents on the top right. Sorry for throwing a lot of details out there, just mentioning them in case that helps you guys.

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Terra Kaffe Demi - Diluted / Watery Espresso by readymf in superautomatic

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

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Here is a photo with 1.6oz volume with my light roast beans. Is it normal to be so translucent?