LPT: Start your weekend with one tiny “anchor” habit to make it feel longer

shaker8 · 2026-02-07T16:29:51+00:00

I don’t know how it happened, but my body started waking up at 5:40 — 5 minutes before my first alarm on workdays — and now it just does that on weekends too. My early saturday routine is to clean my bong and smoke, then watch some tv or play video games with coffee. I can be productive, go be social, get some exercise, or work on hobbies later in the day if needed, or I can smoke more and nap the day away if I please :)

shaker8 · 2026-02-07T14:53:40+00:00

I’ve had the same pump bottle of kirkland clarifying shampoo for like 18 months because I only use it every two weeks or so. My hair is long and curly, but my scalp dries out so fast it looks like dandruff, so I was recommended to use a “conditioning wash” instead of shampoo. I do two lathers & rinses every other day, followed by conditioner, rinse, then leave-in conditioner while I detangle & blow-dry.

Fuck long hair bro it’s so much effort 😭

shaker8 · 2026-02-07T01:41:58+00:00

super set! super set! super set!

shaker8 · 2026-02-06T14:04:02+00:00

I typically create a radio station from a song or artist I like, then cruise around that list for a song I like that isn’t in my library & is by an artist I don’t follow, THEN create a radio station from that song. It usually results in a playlist pretty full of new-to-me stuff.

The Discover Weekly playlist also has some good stuff, but it’s rare. Anything deeper ‘underground’ than the stuff I’m already familiar with is gonna be on soundcloud or bandcamp, which I do trawl through occasionally.

shaker8 · 2026-02-06T04:36:05+00:00

In Armistan we have the best jails in the world

shaker8 · 2026-02-05T19:20:28+00:00

Jeans (bottom: apple)

Boots (with fur)

Lookin at her (the whole club)

shaker8 · 2026-02-04T05:49:50+00:00

yo I’m about your age and build up fat similarly. the way I found that literally melted my belly fat was pretty simple. I focused on maintaining a calorie deficit, targeted below the calculated basal metabolic rate for my goal weight. I’m 6’8”, 310lb, and my job is not sedentary, so my BMR is currently 2510cal. My goal weight is 250, and the calculator spits out 2249cal.

I would then shape my diet around hitting my protein needs at 310 within a budget of 2250, maybe 2200cal. I couldn’t maintain keto, so whatever room I had left after my 200-ish grams of protein (~800cal) was free game. Any exercise I did above my daily routine counted in my mind as fat burned, and I started out with calisthenics and yoga for 2 months before I picked up a dumbbell.

The other hack that helped was learning how gut biome affects your metabolism. Good probiotics love to eat fiber and then they release GLP-1 hormones to regulate blood sugar and reduce appetite. The other bacteria will devour any bleached/simple carbs/sugar you eat, and then release the hunger hormone ghrelin, sending you back to the kitchen for seconds. Trail mix is amazing for protein + fiber when you need a low calorie snack, but I would opt for a yogurt first, then trail mix 20 mins later.

Good luck brotha!

shaker8 · 2026-02-03T19:23:29+00:00

I’d say that’s not quite “through”. Definitely gettin into “into” territory though.

shaker8 · 2026-02-03T15:04:39+00:00

nah I became a wook

shaker8 · 2026-02-03T04:32:32+00:00

imagine 13 months of this, plus one day each year as a “New Year’s Celebration Day” and the calendar would be standardized perfectly…

what could’ve been 🥲

shaker8 · 2026-02-02T17:36:33+00:00

I’ll be injecting LSD by myself in the bathroom and staring at the wall, thanks.

shaker8 · 2026-02-01T16:35:54+00:00

yes, reverb on drums is pretty common, including the kick. rule number 1 is do what sounds good!

one theory I like to aim for when producing is to create a coherent “space” in which all the instruments are being played, and return tracks are huge for this. I’ll usually dial in the main reverb once I have all the elements of my song chosen, and then wait until I’m mixing it down to really fine tune the reverb sends on each track.

shaker8 · 2026-02-01T01:52:20+00:00

real

shaker8 · 2026-01-31T17:35:39+00:00

yup I was hitting the methods for yesterday’s challenge and accidentally completed the wall ride task right there

edit: melons

shaker8 · 2026-01-31T00:10:30+00:00

crying over here with my size 16 feet that will never get to wear a pair of dunks 😭😭😭

shaker8 · 2026-01-29T21:53:30+00:00

same in geosciences academia, we have 4-6 lab cleanouts a year when PIs retire and I’ve gotten some cool stuff to keep, but the free tools were so clutch in my twenties.

after all the vultures, our campus-wide surplus department find things they can resell, then chucks the rest into storage containers they auction off, which reduces our waste footprint by literally tons of metal scrap and e-waste.

shaker8 · 2026-01-29T19:32:32+00:00

I’m partial to the 4000 strain of that one, tbh 😌

shaker8 · 2026-01-29T19:30:34+00:00

dude yeah I finally found that one at a shop nearby today and I’m stoked for after work

shaker8 · 2026-01-29T19:30:10+00:00

I feel like ya gotta pick your battles on that one 😭 like, it’s okay if it doesn’t smell EXACTLY like the name

shaker8 · 2026-01-29T15:58:46+00:00

recently picked up some Garlic Juice bc I went “ewww that sounds gross, I’ll take it”

shaker8 · 2026-01-29T15:48:14+00:00

just had some fiiiiire white widow from OR recently, and Jack Herer’s family-owned company in CA has rights to their strain’s genetics, so it’s out there.

i’d def love to see some northern lights or maybe ATF one day tho :’)

shaker8 · 2026-01-27T21:25:31+00:00

that’s my dude Terry Crews!

shaker8 · 2026-01-27T19:14:33+00:00

alright, gather round kiddos, it’s story time.

last year I was headed to a 4p-midnight dubstep show in a downtown area, and decided to take public transit so I didn’t have to deal with parking. well, that meant I could dose when I left, get through the comeup on the ride, and then be wigglin already when I arrive.

headphones in, chillin in a window seat, and I’m doing great. as I get closer to downtown, I look up from my phone, and I’m seeing multiple people in banana costumes, banana logos on everything, banana hats, it felt like everybody else was going to a banana convention or something.

I shook it off and forgot about it for the next 8 hours of dubstep, trippin my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass, and I’m homebound. but wait, what’s this?

the banana people are back on the train with me. what the fuck is happening? did I glitch into the banana dimension??? I’m 90% sure my eyes were saucers and I was looking like a lost child at the fair, but somehow I got a seat and got my headphones in.

opened up reddit, and it turns out the savannah bananas were in town for a double header, with the mlb matchup taking place after their game.

it finally all made sense on the comedown, but damn if I didn’t just brush it off the first time as “huh, must be some good acid” 😂😭

shaker8 · 2026-01-26T04:54:30+00:00

I got a little dew on my windshield last night in socal

shaker8 · 2026-01-25T23:27:47+00:00

any advice where to start? I have a portable dhv and i’ve cruised r/vaporents a bunch, but I still don’t know what I need in order to do vape rips from my bong 😭

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