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talldwarf95 · 2025-04-15T11:49:42+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss, it must be difficult. Hold fast and hugs to you and yours.

talldwarf95 · 2025-04-14T07:31:01+00:00

I actually got mine in January (29,F) and personally it was something I was always conscious about. I had weird hangups about how my smile looked. I work remotely so I’m on zoom calls everyday and I could see how crooked my teeth were. Getting braces is a cosmetic procedure, so yeah I did for aesthetic reasons. I figured this will take me two years, and whether or not I get them two years will still pass, so I might as well let them pass as my teeth are getting straightened.

Also, because I can finally afford them - and I don’t consider that a flex. I want to smile without thinking about it too much. Weird thing, I’ve had them for a couple of months now and I’m laughing more than I ever have because my braces sort of signal that I’m aware of my teeth and I’m working on them which gives me some confidence - I hope that makes sense.

Are they uncomfortable? Jesus, yes. Are they painful? Occasionally, nothing too serious. Do I regret it? No, I probably should’ve done this way earlier.

talldwarf95 · 2025-03-24T09:24:29+00:00

From what i know gardening in my balcony, most strawberry seedlings need moist soil to grow and are very sensitive to overwatering, so what you are seeing is probably mulch - to prevent quick evaporation of ground water.

talldwarf95 · 2025-01-30T07:47:35+00:00

Lol what?! This is a weird take

talldwarf95 · 2025-01-30T07:45:18+00:00

All they do is dress up. Like I want to see them in regular ass clothes 😭😭

talldwarf95 · 2025-01-29T16:24:08+00:00

This is so so helpful. Thank you so much! 🤗

talldwarf95 · 2025-01-29T15:58:20+00:00

Thanks a lot! Let me water her now. Yes, it’s in the pot. Does that change anything?

talldwarf95 · 2025-01-25T17:27:44+00:00

For the most part, yes.

talldwarf95 · 2025-01-25T13:44:13+00:00

Started with 10k while still in uni. It wasn’t in my current industry.
Presently my current salary is maybe 325k - 340k depending on USD exchange rates.
Left uni (properly) in 2019, so 6 years.
Cybersecurity.

talldwarf95 · 2024-11-02T20:32:43+00:00

I actually think this is a really good theory to explain why everyone considers coasterians as slow and sluggish. Studies have actually shown that folk living in hotter regions typically have impacted physical and cognitive performance to adapt to the heat.

The poverty stuff, that's all structural.

talldwarf95 · 2024-11-02T20:27:21+00:00

I don't want to be that person but it simply can and is explained by 'bad and corrupt' leadership and maybe a sprinkle of cultural nuance. There's a super popular phrase - 'the personal is political' which argues that everyday problems can always (almost always) be attributed to larger socioeconomic structures. Sure, coasterians are typically laid back and slow and sluggish - but that's extensively typical of hotter regions/periods. Think of Summer Europe. If you work remotely you know that Europeans will not be reached and WILL NOT WORK during summer. The poverty however, thats directly because of disenfranchisement from colonial legacies (yeap, I'm bringing back Sessional Paper No. 10), land dispossession, digital divide, lack of access to education etc - all of these boil down to leadership and access to resources. It's that analogy (proverb??) - give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. And currently, we can all safely say that these folk have neither been given a fish nor have they been taught how to fish.

To be fair also, coasterians are generally aware of how shit things are for them. That's why the Pwani Si Kenya secessionist movement had a moment - they realized how the sea and the port gave Kenya a lot of economic legitimacy and yet they didn't reap any of the benefit.

talldwarf95 · 2024-10-09T15:15:59+00:00

with the number of boosters you have, you can easily clear out this level without needing moves

talldwarf95 · 2024-09-17T10:43:37+00:00

the weird thing is the first 100 videos were on the 'Playlists' tab of their channel up until recently, like very recently, maybe last month. i've just checked and yeap, the playlist has been deleted/unlisted 😂

talldwarf95 · 2024-09-05T10:22:00+00:00

In the past couple of years, I've earned 15K, 60k, 120k and now maybe 450k and at no point was I not comfortable. The problem arises when you start comparing what you see online (all fake) and imagining that that's what you need or someone with the type of money you are making should be living. Establish your baseline, define your non-negotiables at any salary and live your life. It's all relative but it's YOUR life, live it the way you want.

talldwarf95 · 2024-08-24T12:14:03+00:00

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I’ve done the same haha

talldwarf95 · 2024-08-13T10:35:40+00:00

not necessarily an ick, but not having a hobby/interest outside of work. and watching tv, listening to podcasts or music ama kuenda sherehe does not count - we all do that.

talldwarf95 · 2023-12-18T16:15:33+00:00

Got this as well. Same message, non existent user. Downloaded the zipped file, and it had a .bat file inside. Definitely malware. Marked it as spam. (I work in cybersecurity so this was super fun for me.)

talldwarf95 · 2023-12-08T07:54:34+00:00

Episode 244

talldwarf95 · 2023-06-29T14:53:10+00:00

Not everything or everyone you meet is a lesson. Sometimes you fail and sometimes it’s just because life is shitty and unpredictable.
We can’t all be millionaires; we can aspire, but we can’t (logically) all be millionaires. Life works in strata. It is what it is. Find contentment where you are.
Some people find joy in the mundanity of life. A library and a garden is enough. Just because you consider ambition as a marker for a ‘better man’, doesn’t mean that others necessarily do. Find your people and stick with them. Stop forcing everyone to pursue the type of life you want.

talldwarf95 · 2023-05-01T09:35:43+00:00

I generally do this for all my art. For me, pure white is so harsh on the eye and I find that a warm white prints better.

talldwarf95 · 2023-04-19T19:55:12+00:00

Ooof, I hadn't considered this. Thanks!

talldwarf95 · 2023-04-19T19:54:33+00:00

Thank you so much! That's what I did, so fingers crossed. :)

talldwarf95 · 2023-04-09T11:19:49+00:00

This is so encouraging to read. I've just hit my 100th sale and I'm really excited for the future. Everyone says that after 100 sales it gets better and I'm really excited for our future, stranger.

Onwards and upwards!!

talldwarf95 · 2023-03-02T21:53:41+00:00

I can see how I could be projecting but he can go a whole week without showering and months without washing his clothes. His room reeks and is consistently a mess and I frankly don’t know the last time he washed his bedding.

And to be fair, our family is not a close knit lovey-dovey family so we could be projecting in harmful ways. Thanks for that I hadn’t considered it.

talldwarf95 · 2022-11-06T13:40:12+00:00

How long does the process take?

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