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Cake day: July 17th, 2023

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  • How fucking hard it is to remember daily and recurring tasks. Taking meds, brushing teeth, checking email, cleaning up, cooking, laundry, on top of stuff related to work.

    Another one is that we are blind. Unless I expect to see it, I cannot see it. I literally dont see clutter. Only when I force myself to think about what I’m staring at do I realize there is a bunch of crap on a table. Its really easy for my room to get messy because of this. Because it hardly exists for me.


  • This happens every time I go outside without a coat during winter. If I’m going to the grocery store, and I’m only outside for 60 seconds, I dont need a coat. Obviously if I was going on a hike then I’d need it.

    Where’d this myth even come from about cold causing colds? Its even in the name! I can’t imagine how many hours of pointless arguing occurred between parents and children because of it










  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlHow to get past this
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    15 days ago

    There reaches a point in human stupidity that it suddenly becomes impossible to realize one’s stupidity. These people cannot be fixed and cannot be helped in anyway that benefits anyone else around them. Even therapy won’t do anything as they’ve become so stubborn and self righteous that they’d never believe the therapist, or bother to improve.

    There is a reason this saying exists. “You can’t fix stupid”.

    Ive been dealing with something similar to my mom. She’s extremely abusive and entitled. She insists that I “owe her”

    It’s repeated a lot but rings loud for a reason. Cut them out.


  • I use a 9k stone and sharpen for like 10 seconds, so its not that much material. I have an extremely high standard of sharpness.

    For the first 30 mins to an hour of work, the edge absolutely flies through food. (Hair whittling/hair popping)

    Afterwards its still very sharp and cuts very well ( clean shaving)

    Then it starts to struggle with tough skins and delicate foods (bell peppers, tomatoes, etc) this is usually where it stops shaving.

    I like to keep my knives so sharp that it flies through everything.


  • Sharpening stones and files. I can’t imagine using dull knives. I can’t stand knives duller than hair popping sharp. I have excellent knives that hold a crisp edge and I sharpen those every 30 minutes of super fast chopping (10 seconds on a 9k stone).

    Not just knives but scissors, trowels, shovels, cooking spatulas, dust pans, vegetable peelers, can openers, toenail clippers, all need to be sharp. Not being able to sharpen all of those would be a tragedy.

    If you are delaying getting into sharpening, just do it. It will serve you for the rest of your life, and I sharpen every single day (I’m a woodworker). Its truly a luxury to have sharp tools, all the time. So satisfying.

    Aside from that, chocolate. The cravings will never go away.

    Air conditioning, but I would argue that is a very expensive necessity.





  • Something niche to my field (custom furniture and woodworking) is that RAISING prices can increase sales. Wealthy clientele want both a piece that is quality, but also something “worthy” of gracing their home.

    A mentor of mine had beautiful, handmade pieces for 600$. He was still in his “starving artist” phase and kept slashing prices to make some money back. He had lunch with a friend who was a painter. he discussed the amount of time (30 hours) and materials that went into these pieces and they weren’t selling for even 600$. She immediately told him he was insane and to jack up prices. He told all the stores he was showcasing in to raise the prices from 600$ to 3000$. He sold ALL 10 of them in 3 months.

    Pricing is a careful balance of charging what is fair, and what the client expects to pay. If you are building a dining table for a client that has $500k worth of art and paintings covering the walls, he is expecting to pay in excess of $50,000. If you quote him $10,000, hes gonna get cold feet and go to someone else charging more.

    Same phenomenon in this video. Banksy selling pieces for 60$ on the street and barely sells any. His pieces usually sell for $20k

    https://youtu.be/7mxJT2uXtrE

    People are HIGHLY class oriented and kind of stupid. The price is not the piece but what it says. They want a piece that says “I’m rich as fuck”.