Use a calorie counting app like lose it. Log everything you eat. It’s very tedious at first but pretty soon you get really good at judging how many calories are in things. Don’t stop logging! Track your weight. When you hit plateaus zoom out on the time scale and look at your trend line going down and feel good about yourself.

The trick is being honest with yourself. There are no free calories. Those 2-3 little cookies you had at work? They count. The extra scoop of rice? That counts. Most people have no concept of how many excess calories they’re really taking in.

Over COVID lockdown my wife and I both gained 10-15 pounds and I was already a good 20 pounds over where I wanted to be. We both started this and never stopped. I lost 40 pounds in about 9 months (230 to 185) , she lost 20, 155 to 134, and we’ve both kept it off for the last three years. We log all our meals and we exercise. Exercise becomes rewarding because burning extra means you can cheat! Did you bike twenty miles today? HAVE YOU A FUCKIN DONUT THEN!

FYI if you, like me, did not realize the third book was out, it is! I just bought it, gonna start it tonight

It owns. Haven’t read the third one yet. Not even sure if it’s out but if it is it’s next on the list.

Children of Time is nearly exactly what you’re looking for. The whole series doesn’t follow nicely with what you’re looking for but the focus remains on that aspect of things for lack of wanting to spoil anything. If nothing else read the first book, it’s exceptional.

If you can see it at all you’re positive.

Can’t argue with that!

I forgot what it was called and rolled the dice on mini. I should’ve known whichever one I picked would probably be wrong 🙃

Did I hit my head and wake up in 2002?

Pretty sure it’s easier to find a phone with a mini SD slot than a phone with a CD player.

Reporting as spam is your best tool. That keeps you from seeing them and hurts their deliverability which they VERY MUCH care about.

A better question might be why shouldn’t they? I’m not being pedantic (at least not intentionally) but if their defining characteristic is that they’re nothing special, just a simple Linux distro that does the basic shit easily enough and looks nice - that has major appeal to people unfamiliar with Linux looking to leave other OS’s behind. The vast majority of people that use an OS really have very little idea how it works or why. They just want some basic level of understanding and control over it.

I think you meant for something that sits on my counter and turns ground up bean powder into PURE UNADULTERATED JOY ❤️

Breville bambino plus. I love it. It’s quarky with the cleaning (when it decides you need to clean it you CANNOT skip the clean cycle) but honestly probably for the best since if I could I’d just skip it too often.

My espresso machine. They’re expensive. I do not know why they are, but they are. I hemmed and hawed for years about us getting one and finally decided fuck it. Im an adult, I want one, we can afford it.

In 2+ years the only times I have not made myself a cappuccino are when I have not been home to do so. It is one of my most used appliances. Espresso owns.

Yes I read some marketing emails, the ones I don’t unsubscribe from. Many brands and stores are completely online, and email is the quickest and least invasive way to keep in the loop. For example, I collect vinyl, and I stay subscribed to a few of the stores I frequent that I know when they have good deals or send personalized discounts for repeat business. Others are local breweries and businesses we like. It’s the easiest way to get notified about events, new releases, etc.

I don’t read any email unless I specifically search for it. Not even at work.

This would get me fired on an almost daily basis. Weekly for sure. Different people need email for different things.

Do you psychos not unsubscribe from things? Or mark them as spam?

Part of the reason you’re getting so many is because they’re making it to your inbox. That’s enough. A LOT of marketers care way more about deliverability than click rate. If their email is getting through, they’re likely to increase volume because it helps deliverability. Going to dead emails that never read them doesn’t matter, it means they can get into boxes with the people who may actually read them. Everyone that doesn’t unsub or mark as spam is helping their deliverability reputation, and keeps them off spam filters.

If you’re getting emails you don’t want MARK. THEM. AS. SPAM.

Correct. Benefits can and do get cut frequently without unions. Benefits cannot be cut in a union under contract, and if they try to cut them on the next contract you have the power to collectively bargain and strike if they do not come to the table and bargain in good faith. The recent WGA strike is an excellent example of all of that.

Same with

No guarantees on pay, benefits or work rules.

This is also technically true - except your union is going to collectively bargain a binding contract which gets you all those things, and prevents you from being exploited or the employer from randomly changing rules to exploit you.

I mean you could see what was on it before you bought it, that’s on you dog. All you did was prove people will pay that much for a shit sandwich.

Got em’ 😎