What are you dealing with?

[firebriar]

in terms of problems in your life, what are you currently dealing with?

mine are:

1) I cuss like a sailor in traffic and get easily frustrated with slow drivers

2) my prescription glasses with the blue light blocking anti reflective coating, have a film built up around the edges of the lenses where the lenses meet the frame and it won't come off no matter how many times I wipe them, and the paint on the frame is wearing off.

3) I take too many bathroom breaks at work and also a woman that I love has recently become cold and distant toward me when she used to be so warm and friendly (I wonder the status of our relationship) I overheard her say to another woman that "men aren't sh!t" and she likes to be in complete control of her relationships

what are you dealing with?

[yotano211]

I am sitting here at my part time job waiting to be called for a load to the google data center while typing this.

I am currently dealing with boredom at my job. Its 2 days a week, 10hr shifts, overnight. Keeps me from killing people the other 5 days I'm off.

[rsot]

What a list to prepare hmm let's see...

[Fgrayson]

No job and no capital whatsoever to start anything. Thought of going into poultry but no capital. Don’t know what’s going on online I can start either.

[agent006140]

My Vietnamese supplier who sells pets-parakeet,cockatiel,gold fish ,rabbits etc are doing well.
His parakeets sell well,another one just died,this is the 4th one which died,I am now going to Petsmart,I dont trust him anymore .
As for raising chicken,a woman once told me raise some chicks,they lay eggs every day,sell some and keep some for yourself.
I will buy fresh eggs anytime if I CAN find them.
(Retail arbitrage is very popular these days,avoid the low price mundane stuff ,too much competition and find the higher price ones.
What can you repair?
Mechanical pocket watches are much sought after,to service one costs $250 ,there are not too many folks who know how and parts are hard to find.

[sax4]

Originally Posted by firebriar

in terms of problems in your life, what are you currently dealing with?

mine are:

1) I cuss like a sailor in traffic and get easily frustrated with slow drivers

2) my prescription glasses with the blue light blocking anti reflective coating, have a film built up around the edges of the lenses where the lenses meet the frame and it won't come off no matter how many times I wipe them, and the paint on the frame is wearing off.

3) I take too many bathroom breaks at work and also a woman that I love has recently become cold and distant toward me when she used to be so warm and friendly (I wonder the status of our relationship) I overheard her say to another woman that "men aren't sh!t" and she likes to be in complete control of her relationships

what are you dealing with?

A guy made a post a day or two on the forum saying he's got terminal cancer, maybe you can bump his the thread and tell him more about the problem with your spectacles

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by sax4

A guy made a post a day or two on the forum saying he's got terminal cancer, maybe you can bump his the thread and tell him more about the problem with your spectacles

Word. Preach, brother.

I'm in the same boat as rsot. I've basically had my life flipped upside down over the last 2 years but complaining online isn't going to do me any good.

I always tell myself.. even when I was locked up in jail.. that no matter what I'm going through, it could always be much, much worse.

[sax4]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Word. Preach, brother.

I'm in the same boat as rsot. I've basically had my life flipped upside down over the last 2 years but complaining online isn't going to do me any good.

I always tell myself.. even when I was locked up in jail.. that no matter what I'm going through, it could always be much, much worse.

I have plenty of problems but when someone asks me how I am, i say 'Fine' which can be far from the truth.

Yeah, that's true things can always get worse no matter how bad things are, Covid taught us that, and now wars going on all over the place.

Best to enjoy today instead of thinking too much about the future, as our futures can be taken away

[rsot]

Originally Posted by sax4

Best to enjoy today instead of thinking too much about the future, as our futures can be taken away

Solid approach - I'm just trying to keep the peace

[yotano211]

Originally Posted by Fgrayson

No job and no capital whatsoever to start anything. Thought of going into poultry but no capital. Don’t know what’s going on online I can start either.

Look into FDA loans for that chicken business.

[yotano211]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Word. Preach, brother.

I'm in the same boat as rsot. I've basically had my life flipped upside down over the last 2 years but complaining online isn't going to do me any good.

I always tell myself.. even when I was locked up in jail.. that no matter what I'm going through, it could always be much, much worse.

If you're locked away in jail, at least you get a roof and meals everyday.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by yotano211

If you're locked away in jail, at least you get a roof and meals everyday.

Pros and cons to each situation

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by yotano211

If you're locked away in jail, at least you get a roof and meals everyday.

I gained a lot of weight and became pretty spoiled by the situation. Pains me to say it but it was almost like an extended vacation from being an adult. Everyone in there gets a tablet with a pay per view movie library, lol. It's not quite as nice as European incarceration but it's really not that bad.

[phaz0rz]

Originally Posted by agent006140

A Lyft driver told me she raises chickens in her backyard and sell eggs in her neighborhood,she does OK/

Zoning laws in the USA are extremely strict, most of the time.


If I tried to bring chickens to my neighborhood they would be gone by the next week, and we don't even have a HOA.

[sax4]

Prison can be better than life outside of prison, there are plenty of cases of people being happier in prison compared to life on the outside. In prison you have friends to hang around with, but outside your life can be like an open prison - no friends, spend most of the time at home etc. I'm speculating because I wouldn't know about such things, depends on which country, which prison, what you are in for etc

[rsot]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

Everyone in there gets a tablet with a pay per view movie library, lol. It's not quite as nice as European incarceration but it's really not that bad.

A tablet with pay per view - wow

[rsot]

Originally Posted by agent006140

Depends on what crime you committed,white collar prison is not bad,but the blue collar or max security ones are pretty rough.

Definitely agreed - I just didn't figure that the tablets would be in effect.

[Futuremogul888]

Solution to all your problems

1) Learn stoicism (emotional control). Learn what you can and can't control. Don't get upset with things you can't control, but make sure to take full control and responsibility for everything you can control. Sounds simple but it actually takes a lot of practice and self-awareness.

2) Get better glasses. Again sounds simple right. Most people don't realize cheap is expensive. Cheap things cost you time, aggravation, and money (need to be replaced or repaired more often). Don't be pennywise, pound foolish with something that important to your life.

3)

B)Forget about the woman. She should be dead to you. Any woman who says anything remotely like "men ain't ****," is more trouble than she is worth.

A) See a doctor about the excessive bathroom use. More than likely it is just your diet better safe than sorry. This is very likely an easy fix. You just have to want to fix it and take action

Too many people want to commiserate about problems rather than solve them. If that is you, than you deserve all the pain and suffering in your life. If that is not you, will-power, delayed gratification, discipline, & intentional and intelligent actions, will take you a long way.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by agent006140

he Shawshank Redemption is probably one of the best prison movie ,it is available now on several channels free.
Another one is Midnight Express which is based on real life,the guy escaped and wrote a book which turned into movie .
Then there are movies about Thai prisons,Russian Gulag!

Might be better to post this on your movie thread

[phaz0rz]

@futuremogul - you're the guy who called $100k BTC like 8 years ago. Did you HODL?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

@futuremogul - you're the guy who called $100k BTC like 8 years ago. Did you HODL?

Interesting call out

[firebriar]

Originally Posted by phaz0rz

I gained a lot of weight and became pretty spoiled by the situation. Pains me to say it but it was almost like an extended vacation from being an adult. Everyone in there gets a tablet with a pay per view movie library, lol. It's not quite as nice as European incarceration but it's really not that bad.

I wonder why did you go to jail, Did you

A) purchase a laser pointer from Office Depot 30 minutes before closing time and then put batteries in it and aim it a police helicopter?

b) get drunk and throw a rock through your ex girlfriend's mothers kitchen window while her mom was drinking coffee (working on crossword puzzles and her dad was working on his pickup truck in the garage with the truck radio playing music?

c) steal pokemon cards from Target and got caught by security and have police show up at your house to arrest you with their bodycameras turned off?

or D) something else entirely?

either way I'm glad you're out