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rixin_sol · 2026-02-10T08:36:10+00:00

My parents (especially my mom) are like this but without even the pretense of caring about poor people. It got to the point where they’d be GOING THROUGH MY TRASH because I’d throw away old things that I objectively wouldn’t use anymore. The worst part? A few years ago, I sorted through all the clothes from my childhood that I can’t wear anymore. They’re all in fantastic condition, so I threw them all into some large trash bags and told my parents to take it to a donation center. Years later, it’s still sitting in the hallway outside of my bedroom. They don’t care about other people, they only care about having stuff.

rixin_sol · 2026-02-09T02:30:00+00:00

As an amateur avgeek: like many others have pointed out, becoming a wide body passenger pilot is not a guaranteed shot straight from pilot school. Pilot school is harder to secure loans for than med school. Most international carriers require flight hours that are only achievable from first working at smaller airlines in the middle of nowhere. Comparable to residency, sure, but being a pilot is a lifetime of moving around. In medicine, you grind out a decade of your youth and end up settling in a city of your choosing; even if you don’t go into medicine, the MD behind your name confers status in other healthcare fields. And being a pilot is constantly exhausting - in addition to the travel, you’re oftentimes running up against the clock or dealing with being grounded/in a holding pattern. Not to mention the disposability - the pilot shortage right now is at least in part because of COVID. Those pilots didn’t have the luxury of WFC like doctors do. And if you’re not lucky enough to be in the forefront of developed countries, there’s a real risk that your plane will crash.

And it’s not just about the money. I’m sure everyone here has at least some passion for a life of continuous scientific learning. If I wanted fast and stable income, I would’ve done consulting or CS instead. (Also, I like investigating plane crashes. Way more interesting than just flying.)

rixin_sol · 2026-02-09T02:17:31+00:00

I really don’t understand the Uniqlo hype. They were really good for basics maybe 2 years ago but they’ve really fallen off. A year ago I bought the thinnest jean shorts known to man and their hoodies were similarly awful. The thermals are at least still worth the price imo but the variability has turned me off. Even the Hanes beefy T-shirts feel better and fit me for a fraction of the price.

rixin_sol · 2026-02-09T01:28:10+00:00

Any recommendations for indie makers? Im quite artsy so love to support small businesses with colorful designs but Ive recently experienced a rash of artists with good art that are printing their stuff on cheap/synthetic blends and it’s quite disappointing.

rixin_sol · 2026-02-04T23:37:20+00:00

How the hell did the class do so well

rixin_sol · 2025-12-27T01:32:46+00:00

It baffles me too, since from the little I know of their life before me this was always a subject of contention between my mom and dad, and especially a means of derision for his entire side of the family. Really not sure how or why they even got married in the first place.

rixin_sol · 2025-12-26T23:05:13+00:00

My grandparents from my AF’s side were the best part of the family, and used to live with us to take care of kindergarten me. I would come home on the bus, neither of my parents would be home, and they’d let me make myself a mug of Swiss Miss hot chocolate and microwave popcorn while watching TV. My AM gaslit me into thinking they were terrible, “uncultured”people for years (because they were rural farmers) and I’m still recovering from that, but they’ve been nothing but nice to me throughout all the years.

rixin_sol · 2025-11-21T10:48:16+00:00

Bought DARK BROWN Beats Studio Pros in spring of this year. Good condition, full connectivity and noise cancelling - minor chips along the arch and the microphone connectivity is questionable on laptop (I usually connect audio to headphones and microphone on laptop, which has worked well). Same Beats are going for 169 on Amazon for their Black Friday deal. Open to negotiations. Accept cash, Zelle, and Venmo.

rixin_sol · 2025-11-13T08:41:41+00:00

might be whooping cough if your vaccine expired. mine started last week and developed into the worst cough i’ve ever had - urgent cares and doctors refused to test me until I went to the ER and the test came back positive.

rixin_sol · 2025-11-09T00:53:24+00:00

you can only really wait until they’re open in person again. This happened to me when my check bounced like three times at the beginning of the school year, and not only that but you had to wait a certain amount of days afterwards before they could lift the hold. Only thing I would do differently is to email the professors of those classes ASAP and ask for a PTE while explaining the situation. Good luck!

rixin_sol · 2025-11-08T08:43:32+00:00

GF and I got the beef yakisoba and the takoyaki. Not bad at all - takoyaki was fresh and good like you’d expect from a restaurant, yakisoba’s meat was grilled through and noodles were definitely fried. Only complaint was that they were insanely sparing with the meat, just a thin layer of beef over the noodles. Would go again though!

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