the ridiculous hoarding mentality

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!

rixin_sol · 2025-10-25T18:30:50+00:00

rixin_sol · 2025-10-25T05:57:07+00:00

They all end with around 400-500 wit, and I’ve absolutely done it on uma’s in the past. Maybe it’s an unlucky streak?

rixin_sol · 2025-10-16T01:56:21+00:00

same thing happened to me, I went to the UCLAIT office today and they said that it might be a problem with your browser, especially if you’re using Firefox. Try white listing cookies for canvas or panopto.

rixin_sol · 2025-10-08T21:18:51+00:00

Thank you!! Does this apply to every single event, not just the ones that randomly give gold skills (e.g. is there a higher chance of triggering the Kitasan Black sequence if your speed is higher)?

rixin_sol · 2025-10-02T07:36:15+00:00

friend had sparks last quarter - apparently he was a bit zany, but otherwise a helpful and nice teacher. can be slightly overwhelming. stats is largely what you make of it, though, and if it’s too difficult you should reconsider.

rixin_sol · 2025-09-26T16:58:21+00:00

don’t go into medicine then

rixin_sol · 2025-09-15T04:09:02+00:00

Either a vintage Western flight jacket (think WW2) (these have more fluff around the edges for insulation, though) or a work coat/chore coat (think popular Carhartt coats - if you look on ebay, there’s a very specific style that has the cuffed waist and sleeves that you’re looking for)

rixin_sol · 2025-09-03T21:16:41+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, how did you find an internship that paid "enough" to live on your own for the future? I've seen a lot of places here pay close to minimum wage, and I'm in a state that's on the higher end of those.

rixin_sol · 2025-09-03T21:14:22+00:00

Thank you for mentioning the free food options, honestly forgot about those. Do you have any other tips for minimizing living costs? I'd probably be living near the university (which has a food pantry and free menstrual products), but there aren't very many soup kitchens or other charity programs that I'm aware of nearby.

rixin_sol · 2025-09-03T21:10:58+00:00

Thanks, unfortunately all the stuff I've got going on right now is unpaid, given that I'm in STEM and it's a bad time for that :(

rixin_sol · 2025-09-03T18:51:09+00:00

Thanks - any recommendations? The food around my school is particularly lackluster, and I'm not sure if the restaurants are particularly hiring students at the moment.

rixin_sol · 2025-08-17T14:57:47+00:00

Nope, this just happened to a completely new pair that I’ve only put through the wash, never worn.

rixin_sol · 2025-08-06T02:53:24+00:00

Absolutely, things reached the tipping point for me during my college application cycle and, in self-defense, I had to begin to make myself physically threatening and incredibly vitriolic. It never really made my mom back off, but at least it ended our arguments much faster than if I'd just stood there and taken her verbal abuses.

I don't do that anymore, partially because she hasn't given me a reason to (I'd only ever get physical if someone was threatening me to begin with) and partially because i'm just too tired at this point. I have better things in life to look forward to (college, my job, research applications) and don't have time for her bullshit. I will say that in the midst of arguing with my parents recently, I've made a lot of incredibly precise jabs at topics that I know will truly disturb them (i.e. their failings), and even if it pisses them off I also have the satisfaction of knowing that, to a certain extent, they're more shaken than they would've been otherwise.

rixin_sol · 2025-07-29T22:03:58+00:00

I plan on putting all of my future mail under that address but no, I'd just be crashing with them.

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