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Notorious b.s.d. posted:that seems sad it does but i have one friend who gave up and she seems super happy with her life. some people do fine alone. i know i wouldn’t but I also have no idea if i could handle courting again thanks to middle age brainworms
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I found dating in my 30s vastly easier than when I was younger just because everyone seemed willing to be more upfront about what's really important to them it was still super annoying, mind, just less difficult
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Oct 22, 2019 17:54
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the worst part of living alone is having to take care of yourself when sick or injured
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Oct 22, 2019 18:03
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graph posted:the worst part of living alone is having to take care of yourself when sick or injured this is visible in mortality statistics living alone and being diagnosed with certain cancers is considerably more lethal than living with others
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Oct 22, 2019 18:13
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when i started dating again a few years ago i tried tinder for the first time. that was wild. i suddenly felt very old.
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Oct 22, 2019 18:21
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:that seems sad it can be that way sometimes, but it's not actually that bad. i try to be mindful of what my life is like and realize that being alone has given me a lot of freedom and the ability to do whatever i feel like i only have to put on a shirt when the food-delivery people come by, for example 
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Oct 22, 2019 18:40
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Roosevelt posted:when i started dating again a few years ago i tried tinder for the first time. that was wild. i suddenly felt very old. does tinder lack a way to filter out all the young people, or are you just a dirty old man
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Gentle Autist posted:because sometimes its hard to even know what you want, let alone articulate and communicate it clearly without fear of shame, rejection, or ridicule. hmm :7 my experience is that you can actually just talk to people in a very open manner, including being clear and open that you don’t know what you want. it’ll either be welcomed or not, but ya quickly realise that since most other people maybe are like that anyway, the admission and clarity of the communication opens it up both ways, and people start to feel something like a connection it never really succeeds if you try to talk to dudes like this, as if you’re trying to be friends.. ime, but women seem to respond well, even if the purpose is just opening up and being friends maybe my experience has just been skewed or lucky or something 🤷♂️
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Oct 22, 2019 18:45
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echinopsis posted:maybe my experience has just been skewed or lucky or something 🤷♂️ didn't you literally get paid to sex up a lady at one point? i think that counts as "skewed or lucky or something"  (apologies if i'm remembering things wrong, or if it wasn't you  )
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Oct 22, 2019 18:54
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I've tried tinder and there's no way that many people actually rock climb and/or paddleboard
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Oct 22, 2019 19:01
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qirex posted:I've tried tinder and there's no way that many people actually rock climb and/or paddleboard https://twitter.com/Just_Good_News_/status/1186350729671434241
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Oct 22, 2019 19:05
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Roosevelt posted:when i started dating again a few years ago i tried tinder for the first time. that was wild. i suddenly felt very old.  what if elastic resources but for dating and/or boning
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Oct 22, 2019 19:17
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Being 40 is the worst because either she's 20 and wants a daddy or 50 and wants a not criminal. E: or a guy who thinks I'm a bear.
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Oct 22, 2019 19:27
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i like a&t as much as the next attracted-to-women person but the idea of even hooking up with a 20 year old let alone carrying on a relationship with one is deeply unsettling. I’d gladly take instructions from a Nigella type tho 😍
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Oct 22, 2019 19:54
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i spend enough time around young people at work i don't think i would be able to handle that kind of thing in a romantic partner
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Oct 22, 2019 19:59
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Yeah that's why it's bad.
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Oct 22, 2019 20:37
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:i spend enough time around [...] people [...] i don't think i would be able to handle that kind of thing in a romantic partner
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Oct 22, 2019 20:57
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idk, being in my 30s and dating was pretty good for me since the pool of people filtered out some obvious bad life choices types at that range i also got a lot more flirting than expected when I was out at bars. i think not caring much made it easier for my personality to show through c old s: tweaked my neck last week sitting funny in my office chair, then again this week. the second time was from sleeping with the dog on the couch and it took a full day to actually bother me
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Oct 23, 2019 18:53
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goddammit ronnie stop doxxing me
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Cold on a Cob posted:goddammit ronnie stop doxxing me 
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Agile Vector posted:c old s: tweaked my neck last week sitting funny in my office chair, then again this week. the second time was from sleeping with the dog on the couch and it took a full day to actually bother me i slept funny one night last december and it hosed up my right arm for a month solid. it was like a stabbing nerve pain that went from my shoulder blade down to my wrist. i went to the doctor for it a few times and all they did was give me prescription strength ibuprofen, it did nothing. the only thing that would make the pain bearable was to hold my arm above my head. i still had to work though so i just drove to my job with my arm resting on top of my head. it went away out of nowhere in the middle of the day. about a week after that i got a call from my doctor saying that they had just got me into physical therapy lol
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DiggityDoink posted:i slept funny one night last december and it hosed up my right arm for a month solid. it was like a stabbing nerve pain that went from my shoulder blade down to my wrist. i went to the doctor for it a few times and all they did was give me prescription strength ibuprofen, it did nothing. Likely your posture is really bad and your regular movements are putting the joint in a bad place. Check your ergonomics too.
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Oh my loving god now I have loving nightmares about lying in bed with a gout attack jesus gently caress what have I done to deserve this? I only realized I was dreaming when I noticed I had a wife.
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ShadowHawk posted:You should take the physical therapy anyway, it sounds very much like some sort of impingement syndrome yeah i ended up doing the physical therapy 3 days a week for a month.
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Speaking of posture, if you're a computer toucher it is highly likely yours is terrible Stand at a wall (or whiteboard), mark your height. Then stand up straight and do it again. Then measure both. I did this a year ago and found 1) standing up straight gave me half an inch of instant height, and 2) both heights were about an inch shorter than I remembered being. One year later, with like 2 workouts a week including corrective exercises, my doctor measured me at the tallest height I've ever been (and I'm 35 years old). That's an inch and a half taller than the lower measurement a year ago. People tell me I've "lost weight" but the actual number hasn't changed.
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FMguru posted:at least ronnie lost some weight
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ShadowHawk posted:Speaking of posture, if you're a computer toucher it is highly likely yours is terrible I’d be curious what aux exercises you ended up using
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rotor posted:yeah i'm A Tall Dude and this two-dot aeron is fine. If you're Big And Tall maybe you need a three-dot but dang bro lets not say things we're gonna regret later. I don't know if I want to try again. 1k is not something I feel is a sane amount to spend on the chair. Again.  I'd rather spend that on a table saw and build a chair.
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syntaxrigger posted:I don't know if I want to try again. 1k is not something I feel is a sane amount to spend on the chair. Again. you should be able to pick up a used aeron for like $500 pretty easily but yeah i wouldn't do it without trying it on either. ps: do not try to build a chair
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rotor posted:you should be able to pick up a used aeron for like $500 pretty easily but yeah i wouldn't do it without trying it on either. why not? I mean I know it isn't easy and I probably wouldn't get it right on the first try but I'm pretty sure I'd eventually get it right.
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syntaxrigger posted:why not? I mean I know it isn't easy and I probably wouldn't get it right on the first try but I'm pretty sure I'd eventually get it right. narrator voice: they didn’t
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Oct 24, 2019 19:30
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people who design chairs for a living atill manage to make an awful one every once in a while
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lotta NON-DIY opinions ITT  I am not saying I'll make the best chair known to man that has ever been sat on thus rendering all past and future chairs obsolete. I just think I could measure self and then measure wood and then attach wood in a chair shape.
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syntaxrigger posted:why not? I mean I know it isn't easy and I probably wouldn't get it right on the first try but I'm pretty sure I'd eventually get it right. I mean go nuts, build stuff, but the idea that you're gonna build a real comfy office chair your first, second or 28th try is not really a thing
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syntaxrigger posted:I just think I could measure self and then measure wood and then attach wood in a chair shape. Have you ever made a chair before?
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Making a deck chair as a hobbyist sounds p doable. But yeah lol at the idea of making a comfortable and ergonomic office chair from scratch
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holy poo poo that is the worst idea i've heard all week, and i just got off a 90 minute call focused on k8s
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rotor posted:I mean go nuts, build stuff, but the idea that you're gonna build a real comfy office chair your first, second or 28th try is not really a thing Jonny 290 posted:holy poo poo that is the worst idea i've heard all week, and i just got off a 90 minute call focused on k8s Not sure where you are going here but I am not sure I have ever sat in a 'really comfy chair' but it DOES seem sorta silly how big of a deal you guys are making this out to be rotor posted:Have you ever made a chair before? I made swings out of wood with my grandfather when I was really little. I had the very important job of snapping the chalk line 
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syntaxrigger posted:I made swings out of wood with my grandfather when I was really little. I had the very important job of snapping the chalk line 
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Agreed. Nothing but fond memories.
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