calypsopub

I take off my shoes at home, but at my best friend's house I leave them on because she has pets and the floors are always filthy.

More like blocking the sidewalk and spilling out into the streets right in front of the main library and city hall, so please move a couple of blocks to a parking lot.

Right. People complained about the library location blocking the sidewalk, so they were asked to move. The city in no way is against feeding the homeless.

Great analogy. (BTW it's "free rein")

Yeah, my first color inkjet was an HP and it was an absolute workhorse. I had a graphic design business and I remember printing 1500 4-page newsletters for a client who couldn't wait for a regular printing press due to a deadline. I stayed up all night feeding paper into that thing and had to change the black ink cartridge twice, for about $50 each, during the whole ordeal. I loved that printer. When it finally died after 15 years or so, I tried to find another HP that could do the job. What a mistake. Current models are hot garbage.

So now I have an Epson Ecotank which I bought three years ago and literally have not yet had to purchase additional ink past the first set of bottles that came with it. Sadly, the photo printing quality is not as good as the old HP, but for my purposes it is perfect.

I was born in 1962 and I consider myself a Boomer. I have a friend born in 1961 who considers himself GenX. It's life circumstances and attitude that determine where you fit.

Also, everybody please remember all these generational labels are made-up bullshit and vast generalizations that might be useful for some meta-analysis of trends, but they're less than useless when it comes to understanding individual behavior.

Like I taught my kids, the minute you start thinking all people in "Group Whatever" are alike, you lose.

My Kindle Touch has a night mode with blue light inhibitor

As a woman, I really feel bad for men in our society, especially straight men. They get very little positive interaction at all. I like to compliment strangers; it usually makes my day when somebody says, "I like your hair," or whatever, and I like to spread the joy. But I have to be cautious about giving compliments to men. A lot of them look at me weirdly if I say, "nice tie," or "snazzy shirt." I smile, say it, then move on so they don't feel obligated to respond. It appears most of them aren't used to it and don't know how to handle it. I guess other men don't compliment them (maybe for fear of being thought gay?) and women don't, either (for fear of encouraging stalking or harassing behavior). It makes me sad to think of all the lonely people who get no affirmation from anybody. I'm old enough now that my days of being constantly sexually harassed are over, so I feel safe offering a few nice words.

Gay men, OTOH, totally know how to give and take a compliment.

I agree with everything you said except the idea that I was being dismissive. It's terribly concerning, especially if the symptoms have arisen recently. Because it often takes a long time to arrive at a proper diagnosis, it's important to start down that path at once.

Gosh why can't the Democrats nominate somebody else? Ugh

If this feels new rather than something you've always dealt with, please get evaluated by a doctor right away. Nobody on Lemmy can diagnose you over the Internet.