dharmacurious

For interpersonal relationships, absolutely. Human-to-human interaction? Love this. For work, or when dealing with billionaires? Fuck. That.

But as far as with friends/family/neighbors/whathaveyou, my personal philosophy basically boils down to:

"anything of mine should be shared as freely as possibly without hurting me. Anything belonging to someone else should be treated as a rare and scarce resource"

That has honestly helped me so much. The caveat about hurting myself genuinely needs to be there. I will literally give someone things I truly needed, without ever considering whether I needed it or not. It is just my nature. And it's not someone else's fault for taking a thing I need if they don't have reason to believe I needed it. So I do a little internal check now to make sure it's not going to hurt me, and if it doesn't, it's freely shared. As for borrowing or asking for things, I try my very best not to, and to only ever ask if I'm desperate. I don't care if people see me as a pushover, or someone they can get something from. I'm happy to be that person. I'd rather be the fool who got duped out of 50 bucks than be the person who let another human suffer because I was too afraid of looking like a fool over 50 bucks. And for what it's worth, in the last year, as I have hit an all time low financially, all those people that I used to help when I could have rallied and helped me in myriad ways, some financial, some emotionally. But not a damn one of them abandoned me.

This world sucks so fucking much, but sometimes people make it worth living in

My answering machine script is:

Hi, this is [DharmaCurious], I'm calling about [reason]. My number is 123.456.7890, again, that's 123...456...7890. if someone could call me back, I'd appreciate it. If you're able, texting is a much more reliable way of getting ahold of me. Thank you, and have a great day

I also over pronounce the numbers on the second read through. Like hitting the T hard in Two, a bit like military radio when they do numbers. I just don't say fife for five or zip for zero like they do sometimes.

First time it's pronounced normally, second time it's elongated and over enunciated. That way they hear it normal and probably get it, and then there's clarification if they missed something. I'll shuffle it around a bit if the reason I'm calling is complicated, and I'll leave the number first before the reason, so they don't have to listen through the whole thing again if they need to replay it and hear the number again.

No, no, the pirates don't live there. They live on their boats. That's where the pirates hide their gold. Maritime law states you're allowed to take whatever you want from that room, as it's ill-gotten gains. Trust me, just go in and take whatever you see!

My favorite is the dude who dresses in a skin tight green suit, and ding-dong ditches hotel rooms. He stands at the end of a long hallway, and when they open the door he runs at them in a similar posture to this video. They freak the fuck out and to back in their rooms. But it's only gonna take one of them not being able to get their key card to work before he gets punted square in the upside down teeth. Lol

Huh, I didn't notice that in the image above. You're right. The ones I've seen have had two hand brakes, one on each side. Basically brake steering. Brake on the side you want to turn to.

Don't do this in the US. Too many folks with guns who want to be the guy who takes out the first zombie demon

It looks fun, tbh

Commented this on the other post, but I'll post here, too:

So I've seen this one floating around before (not AI specific, just the wheelchair image). It's not as weird as it may seem. There are a ton of people who have severe balance issues, blood pressure issues that cause fainting when standing, general muscle weakness that keep them from walking normally, and a whole host of other things that may prevent them from walking and balancing, but not from using something like that.

My own mother required a wheelchair for the last 10 years of her life, but would have benefited from something like this immensely for the 10-15 years prior to that. She could use her legs, but she had serious trouble balancing, standing, and walking. She routinely used one of those under the desk bicycle things for years to keep her legs active. That motion wasn't a problem for her. But she could only stand for a maximum of 1-2 minutes during that time in her life, or walk for about 50-70 feet at most around that time. Had we known about things like this, or thought to make our own, it may have extended her time moving around under her own power before having to go into the power wheelchair. It may even have extended her life by keeping her more active and healthy.

Not trying to be a spoil sport, just putting it out there. Maybe it'll make someone else consider something like this if they have a disabled person in their life that could benefit from it.

So I've seen this one floating around before (not AI specific, just the wheelchair image). It's not as weird as it may seem. There are a ton of people who have severe balance issues, blood pressure issues that cause fainting when standing, general muscle weakness that keep them from walking normally, and a whole host of other things that may prevent them from walking and balancing, but not from using something like that.

My own mother required a wheelchair for the last 10 years of her life, but would have benefited from something like this immensely for the 10-15 years prior to that. She could use her legs, but she had serious trouble balancing, standing, and walking. She routinely used one of those under the desk bicycle things for years to keep her legs active. That motion wasn't a problem for her. But she could only stand for a maximum of 1-2 minutes during that time in her life, or walk for about 50-70 feet at most around that time. Had we known about things like this, or thought to make our own, it may have extended her time moving around under her own power before having to go into the power wheelchair. It may even have extended her life by keeping her more active and healthy.

Not trying to be a spoil sport, just putting it out there. Maybe it'll make someone else consider something like this if they have a disabled person in their life that could benefit from it.

You say that, but if the alternative is a completely paralyzed body stuck in a bed 24/7, with sores on your back, ass, and thighs, and no recourse? I'd take rectal itch and tooth rot. If I can afford a brain transplant in the US healthcare system, I can afford dentures and a calamine enema

Skin flute

I can't imagine what that must be like, but I'm glad to hear you still have each other. <3