LemmyKnowsBest

All my life I've been a trained avid runner until the last few years I do it whenever I feel like it which is increasingly rarely. I'm 50 years old now. So suddenly I run 8 miles after not having run for months, and my aging body is like, "You're hereby punished for your months of laziness! Enjoy these shin splints & frozen painful calves!" And it takes literally 7 days for the pain to go away. How the heck am I supposed to keep running if I'm crippled for 7 days after every run??

Edit: https://leminal.space/post/29335042 I guess I should read & learn from this.

I said a firm "no" to the lady in line behind me who asked me to buy her groceries: two little bags of Doritos...at the same time the cashier lady asked me if I needed a bag.

No.

I found it to be a weird moment. That's all.

These are my most recent monthly State Farm vehicle insurance payments, from most recent ($114.35) to sometime back in 2021 ($69.32). I have no control over how much or little they decide to take out of my bank account every month. I noticed it steadily going up over the months until suddenly my December payment DECREASED by $16.75. I really don't feel like contacting my insurance company with this trifling question but I am curious what affects their fluctuating prices.

$114.35 (December 2025) $131.10 (November 2025) $131.10 $131.10 $131.10 $131.10 $131.10 $122.45 $122.45 $122.45 $122.45 $122.45 $122.45 $121.87 $121.87 $121.87 $121.87 $121.87 $121.87 $100.89 $100.89 $100.89 $100.89 $100.89 $100.89 $95.40 $84.24 $83.56 $83.56 $69.32 (January 2021)

Most devices & gadgets are rechargeable nowadays. The only thing I have that still requires batteries is a headlamp but even those are available in rechargeable varieties. House smoke detectors need a battery too.

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But also fun to watch from the beginning to see him fumble his footsteps as he tries to walk.

When you go to IMDB or Wikipedia or whatever to look up cast members of older movies, does it slightly annoy you that their photos are their current old wrinkly selves, instead of how they looked at the time they made the movie? Half the time I can't even recognize them. I'm here for the movie info. Not for the actors' latest red carpet appearances 50 years later.

... before I realized I could've also just bought 1 for $1.

But I bought 10. I've kept meticulous track of them through the years, moving residences 5+ times and traveling across the country, and I still have two lip balms left from that senile purchase decision.

Because the past few months some factors have changed, like I started contributing 10% to the 401k, and our new manager raised all our service-based commissions which vary, but I know exactly the dollars & pennies of it all, still my calculations have been way out of left field 😵‍💫 and I'm losing trust in my own brain.

I can't believe I'm just now seeing this 12-year-old video for the first time. I'm enchanted. Surely a shit-ton of work went into building these wind-propelled creatures, which makes this calming wordless video all the more elegant & respectable.