dharmacurious

My first thought when I saw the headline was "Can it help me pull this tooth without it hurting so badly?"

The wording on that one makes me wonder. It says "own a car," but I'm sure there are millions of people who own a car but don't necessarily use it daily for work. Isn't it fairly common in major cities to own a car and still take a train/bus to work because of traffic, using the car for things like weekend trips or errands? Idk if that's enough to really swing of the stats, just that I wish they had phrased it differently.

Edit: misread that. S'what I get for reading a Lemmy post before I put my glasses on, or even get out of bed to pee

That's the gig, man. A buddy of went carpenters union and made freaking bank with no degree

I'm lucky, I have a decent social circle, and I see them just about as often as I want. I'm just so much of an introvert that I don't often try to see anyone. I'll finish the bachelor's, and if I can do it, I'm going for an MFA after. My grades are amazing, so I'm pretty confident. The part that scares me is being without her, not the finances. I'll live in a car if I need to, I've done it before. Work night shift security and park somewhere semi safe and I'll be fine. But the idea of not having her is absolutely terrifying. My whole life she's been my best friend, and it's really scary to see her not able to get out of the bed now. I know people say their parents are their friends, but I mean it. We talk about everything, play games. Anything happens, she's my first thought. Major Mama's boy. Haha

I'm really sorry you've lost both your parents, and that it's been a rough transition. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of work do you do? If you're in the US, security pays kinda shitty, but generally above minimum wage by quite a bit, and most sites are so easy you can do whatever you want at work, video games, movies, or even college classes if you're so inclined. I wish I'd signed up for SNHU when I was still doing security, I'd have that MFA by now, but my dumbass never thought I was able to handle college until I bit the bullet during the pandemic.

I'd love a real answer to this lol

I'm half way through a bachelor's at 33, and we're working on applying for a home loan through the USDA. But honestly, I can't really bear to think about it. She's my life. I don't know that I'll make it through that.

We've been poor my whole life, and my mom is disabled. Our income consists of her disability and my paycheck, that I get from the state for being her caregiver. While I could never do this, she has literally asked me to do this out of concern for me should anything happen

cheesy mystery novel.

Well... I guess I'll just delete that Google doc I've been working on for 2 and a half years! 😭

My favorite way out of that situation was to tell them that the registers were automatically shut down at closing. Literally no way to ring up a purchase. It worked most of the time

I don't know why it bugs me so much, but whenever I see mixed units it really does. It's like my brain itches or something.

Also, yeah, mm makes more sense.

Why is it defined in inches and centigrade? Why not inches and fahrenheit or cm and centigrade? Mixing systems hurts my brain :(

Fair, but it still tastes like a candle.