Alabaster_Mango
@Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Pope Joan 2 days ago:
Same energy as the boy wolf girl wolf post, lol.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
I didn’t say your advice was wrong, I said your mindset was weird to me. I will never knock people going into more manual jobs. The world needs janitors just as badly as it needs doctors.
Your argument was that their lack of drive is caused by their comfort, and the cure is to toil the days off. In my experience I’ve seen plenty of people in all quadrants of the “comfort vs drive” graph. For example: a friend of mine is worked to the bone in a warehouse, but doesn’t have any drive to look elsewhere. Also, at my last job some of the cushiest positions with very little required work were constantly used as a stepping stone for even higher paying roles with seemingly more responsibility. My friend has a surplus of labor but lack of drive, while the ladder climbers at my last job had plenty of comfort and drive.
So, in my opinion, I do not think the amount of labor/exhaustion someone experiences in their job has a guaranteed effect on their drive. Your comment makes it seem like you do think that, so that position is “weird” to me.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
Hello! I also have little drive or ambition compared to the standard portrayal in popular media. Lots of people act like what you’re “supposed to do” is keep grinding, push for promotions, be a type A or whatever. Nuts to that I say.
Back when I graduated high school I didn’t know what to do either. I come from a small small town, and I’m good at math, so everyone said to become an engineer as that’s what all the “smart people” do. The schooling sucked for me, and I didn’t really want to pursue the kind of career that an engineer would have. I ended up flunking out of the first year. That killed my mental health and self worth. I do not recommend.
What worked for me (but maybe not everyone) was to find topics I found interesting, and see what kind of jobs are available in those areas. I ended up going for electronics engineering technology (a technologist is kinda like a diet engineer) because I think it’s cool stuff, it was a shorter two year course, and there are a reasonable number of employers in my area who are hiring. I’ll probably never be “rich”, but I make enough money to not worry about food or housing, and I have time for my hobbies on the side.
My biggest takeaway from my career so far is to not fall for “grind culture”, and to maintain a separation of your work and life. Do not make your job your whole identity. I’ve seen plenty of grinders burn out and hate their jobs/lives. I’ve also seen people who want to change careers, but they’re so caught up in their work that they don’t have the time or energy to change.
If you’re unsure of what to do, shoot for something that will make you comfortable. Reasonable average pay, decent employment opportunities, and good work/life balance. Once you have that you can do some more soul searching over the next few years. Not everyone knows what they want to do at 20. The rest of your life is a long time, so don’t feel like you have to set it in stone now.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
That is a heckin’ weird mindset to me. Comfortable people can still have passions and drive. You don’t need to suffer to want something different. Plus, some people like working hard labor jobs, are they wrong to do so?
- Comment on The FTC cracks down on an AI content detector that promised 98% accuracy but was only right 53% of the time. 1 week ago:
54% of the time it’s right 98% of the time
- Comment on The Palworld dating sim was supposed to be a joke, but now it’s not 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, 100%. It’s just that usually when something like this gets a large-ish negative reaction it’s because people associate it with furries or some other “taboo” fetish/lifestyle.
I also find that furry stuff gets way more hate than it deserves (which is none hate). I say boo to that! So long as stuff is consensual and nobody gets hurt (who doesn’t want to, lookin’ at you BDSM), then let people enjoy things.
Side note: It’s hilarious how for years people were cheering on Captain Kirk for banging green alien chicks, but cat ears and a tail is a no-go. Cross-species stuff is cool so long as they’re from another planet? What if it was planet Yiff? On the topic of aliens, do we even know if Superman has a human-like penis? Maybe Kryptonians bust onto egg clutches, who’s to say?
Anywho, people are silly and really like policing other people’s likes.
- Comment on The Palworld dating sim was supposed to be a joke, but now it’s not 5 weeks ago:
Eh, I say let the furries have their fun. Like, they’re going to do stuff like this anyway. Might as well sell it to them.
- Comment on This $80 wristwatch has an Atari 2600-inspired design, features 4 playable Atari games - Liliputing 1 month ago:
Not to Alberta 😔
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 2 months ago:
Context is a fickle mistress like that. I have deffo overlooked options because the surroundings were different.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 2 months ago:
I mean, I kinda did post an ad as an example, lol. But it was the most concise video I could find in like 30 seconds of looking! I am in no way shilling for whoever the company was. Any cold shrink brand will be more or less equivalent.
And you’re welcome! I do like being helpful in areas I know things about.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 2 months ago:
In this case they can pass the cost onto the customer. The higher restrictions will always result in higher costs, so they’re probably used to it.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 2 months ago:
Ok, thought so. Another option is gel splice covers. They’re a plastic box with waterproof goo in them to cover the connection. This is just one example, but there are plenty. Wago sells some specifically for their splice connectors. There are also some where you mix your own goo, but I’ve never seen or used them.
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 2 months ago:
Wait… How are you splicing the wires? Crimped butt splices?
- Comment on How do I shrink heatshrink in an explosion proof room? 2 months ago:
Maybe you can get your hands on cold shrink tubing? It’s a rubbery tube stretched over a plastic frame thingy. You pull the frame out and the rubber shrinks down. No heat needed.
- Comment on I choose...you? 2 months ago:
I choose you, Dummythiccachu!!
- Comment on Underground Music Discovery - a wide variety of lesser known music genres 2 months ago:
When I first navigated to the community it said 0 posts, but when I refreshed they showed up. It still said 0, but I could see them. Leaving and coming back fixed it though. I don’t know if that’s on Lemmy’s side or the app I’m using (Boost).
- Comment on Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing? 2 months ago:
I think if you find all the gnomes is when it gives you gold.
