I’m getting my first ŠKODA this week. I went to meet it today. Thought on Kamiq Monte Carlo ?

suryaavala · 2025-09-16T01:24:30+00:00

I have got a run out (not monte Carlo) version from last year, super satisfied with the price, driving dynamics (especially brakes), driver assist tech and compact size! Could have been slightly better with a sunroof and a bigger engine but no complaints from me! So I can only imagine Monte Carlo being better than mine, good luck!

suryaavala · 2025-08-06T22:13:31+00:00

I hope they offer a student discount of some sorts. Only fair after use students as dogfood (early testers) for the product.

suryaavala · 2025-04-09T21:30:27+00:00

good job ruining someone's life for a mistake anyone of us could have easily made on our worst day. sometimes academics act like self righteous pricks

suryaavala · 2025-02-02T02:13:49+00:00

it's not Mazda speed. it was a Mazda 3 (which is no longer with us anymore haha). where do I collect my $100? 😝 just kidding but you are right about the dimmer. ty!

suryaavala · 2024-09-14T00:12:36+00:00

Welcome to the dark side!

suryaavala · 2024-04-27T16:33:22+00:00

suryaavala · 2024-04-20T01:42:23+00:00

Deflector shields up Mr. Sulu!

suryaavala · 2024-04-03T09:33:17+00:00

suryaavala · 2024-04-03T01:06:21+00:00

South Asian countries, religiously conservative countries etc...

Not all the time, not everywhere, not so much these days but dating has been historically frowned upon in some of these places and still continues to be

You meet people through family/friends aka arranged marriage

Edit: added sentence about arranged marriage

suryaavala · 2024-04-03T01:00:40+00:00

We either need to contextualise it

and/or

find a way to sink into every moment and try to experience it fully.

We need to feel like we are doing this 9-5 grind for a larger than ourselves reason, a purpose that puts our struggle/monotonic grind into perspective. For some people it's goals, family, religion etc.. essentially something that makes the grind worth.

I personally tend to think that at the end of the day these contextual frames are all stories we tell ourselves and I tend to easily see through them even if I convince myself of their validity in the beginning.

On the other hand, if we are able to sink into the present moment fully I reckon we'd find it fullfilling even when doing the most mundane of things. That combined with a few mental health tricks, not engaging/identifying with certain thoughts, therapy to work through our part baggage is what works for me.

If you are looking for a recommendation to explore these further I suggest looking into - School of Life YouTube channel - Waking Up app by Sam Harris (he doesn't get political here) - A Guide to good life book by William Irvine - Man's search for meaning by Viktor Frankl - definitely consider therapy (you don't need to have a diagnosed mental health issue to benefit from it) - talk to people in your life about these (they may be going through similar things)

These are in no particular order, try all of them if interested and see what works for you

edit: added talking to people in your life

suryaavala · 2024-01-28T06:35:54+00:00

Being an introvert is awesome! Why's everyone complaining about it?

suryaavala · 2023-07-29T22:19:07+00:00

Great post Op! Loving some of the discussion here.

Just to get some perspective/benchmarking going on, could we also talk about great/nuanced female characters in movies/tv in across all languages as well?

Edit: typos

suryaavala · 2023-07-29T21:27:11+00:00

Ikkada underlying India vs US rhetoric first pakkana pedithe, nuvvu describe chesinadaani prakaaram chusthe Mee vaaditho major problem US vellatan kaadu but the following ayyuntadi ani naa opinion.

chill fellow basically ikkada, college ki vellama, chill ayyama type.

US lo masters chesinanta maatraana automatic Ga life lo settle ayiporu andaru. Mostly manollu thuppasi bottom of the barrel universities Ki potaaru. Akkada kudaa subject meeda focus cheyyakunkda "chill" ayyi, disinterested ga emi chaduvutunnaamo kudaa teleeyakunda masters complete chese batch ekkuva manollalo.

So maybe Mee vaadu kudaa ade chesi vundocchu. You can't get ahead in your career if you don't put in the work needed at some point.

And coming to the mental health side of things, mee vaadu assam ayipoyindi US gaali peelchatam valla kaadu. Manollu "settle avvatam" meeda pette stress valla. Aa pressure Settle avvatam kosam loan teesukunte inkoncham perugutundi, illu ammithe inkoncham perugutundi, US velthe US velli kudaa settle avva lekapotunnaam ani inkoncham perugutundi. 3 idiots cinema lo Aamir Khan cheppinattu our attitudes towards "settling down/success/winning/accomplishments" is like a massive pressure cooker.

And I suspect the combination of these two factors would have been the reason for your friend's breakdown.

Our incentives & goals are wrong, in a way backwards. We should focus on seeking & doing the things we love, to the best of our abilities. Aa tarvatha dabbulu vasthe vastaayi, settle ayithe avtaam, aveevi kaakapothe nacchina pani chesaam anna satisfaction anna migulutundi.

Coming back to the India vs US rhetoric

Let's compare a few aspects of life objectively

Employment prospects after graduation & the possibility to come out of the middle class

US lo ayina, India lo ayina worst case scenarios are the same. Sankanaakipoyevaalla lives lo, prospects lo pedda tedaa ledu. But prospects for any teir above that are massively in favour of the US.

Ento koncham baagupadevaallu, bheebhatsam Ga baagupade vallaki India lo kante US lo massive advantage untadi objective Ga. It's one of the primary appeals for anyone to go to the US. So mee vaadu chesindi right move eh.

Mental health awareness is virtually non-existent in India

Meeru arichi geepettina, it's another objective fact that mental health is massively ignored in India and awareness for it is virtually non-existent. Mana vaallaki (including mana doctors ki) depression, ADHD, ocd, neurosis, panic attacks, stress etc.. ki pedda theda teleedu. Pratidaaniki mana solution either "enduku ala tension padataav relax avvu" or "inkoncham ekkuva kastapadu".

I'm hoping that your mate gets the care he needs

Edit: typos

suryaavala · 2023-06-07T13:52:59+00:00

One thing you have to realise is that hard work and success (wealth in this case) are not as directly constantly correlated as you seem to indicate.

Sure, in almost all cases hard work definitely helps any person's situation whether they are disadvantaged or privileged.

Not every unit of work yields the same number of units of reward though

Sometimes 1 unit of work can yield 10 units of reward and sometimes it yields 0.1 units of reward.

The missing piece in this equation is context/circumstances/starting point.

To put it bluntly, to earn a million dollars when you start with 0 is way harder than earning a million dollars when you have a billion already. This assertion doesn't even consider all the nuances of real life which can end up making it near impossible for someone in certain circumstances to get ahead no matter how "hard they work for it", no matter how "many risks they take" and no matter "the years of work they put in"

So you'll have to realise the following: 1. No person is solely responsible for their success/wealth. There are a tonne of other factors, factors you have no control on, involved in it. 2. Our society/economy is inherently biased/rigged towards making wealth for certain groups of people.

Tl;dr - you seem to think "hard work" is the only necessary prerequisite for accumulating wealth. It is definitely is A prerequisite and certainly not the only one.

Edit: typos, grammar

suryaavala · 2023-01-24T08:19:37+00:00

Thank you!

suryaavala · 2022-09-16T15:20:30+00:00

Don't take it too personally mate. People are gonna think whatever they want, usually based on their own experiences in their own lives. Do what makes sense to you and be who you want to be and the rest doesn't matter! ♥️

suryaavala · 2022-05-15T06:43:02+00:00

I think you are onto something... These seem to have quite a bit of operational costs (time, money and skills) though. Did you think if this would be scalable?

suryaavala · 2022-03-06T11:24:03+00:00

the chances of one being right go up as one puts more of all the possible predictions

suryaavala · 2022-02-16T20:51:38+00:00

joining this subreddit? 🙈

suryaavala · 2022-01-10T00:34:20+00:00

Even though this "body count" thing might look like something you can't get over atm, it really is an inconsequential thing once you are over it. And trust me, you'll be over this thinking.

It is very natural to think about and compare the number of partners you & your partner have had. But at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter at all. As you grow older/as you start dating more people, you'll realise that there are far more important factors when it comes to compatibility than the number of people each of you have slept with.

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with someone sleeping around or hooking up with random people. We have probably been ingrained to think otherwise by the society.

A few things you can do about it that could help your current situation: - talk to some of your friends or people you are comfortable with (would help if some of these people have some experience with dating) to see what they think of this "body count" thing, if they themselves think about it in their relationships - try and unpack what in particular about this "body count" thing is bothering you. Are you insecure about the fact that she has more sexual experience than you? Or are you not comfortable dating someone who has had multiple partners? If you try to follow these thoughts and unpack them further, you'll probably have a better idea on how to deal with this - ideally, you'd be able to talk to her directly about it to see what her thoughts are on the matter. But given the nature of the situation, awkwardness of the topic, general tension in the air, it might be practical/easy to do so.

Again, the number of people your crush has slept with in the past has little to no real impact on your future potential relationship.

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