I KNEW one of you 3 was a Lemmy user

this is INCREDIBLE news for approximately 3 people on the planet lol

*looks up from bowl of junk food* there’s at least 4 :(

monkeys paw curls, you’re unemployed now

I used to do Python coding lessons and practice on a 10" ThinkPad tablet on the subway.

It was slow as fuck but so is my brain when trying to learn code :'D

thank :]

alas i am a lemmy femcel and nobody’s wife lol

Derry Girls is one of my favorite shows of all time but feck me I can’t understand shite without the subtitles

(am northeastern US yank)

i still see people help others with heavy/unwieldy loads up the subway stairs though. especially if they’re in the way lol

What I’ve been doing is shuffling the debt between new 0% APR intro-period cards every time the 0% of the previous card is going to expire, and just eating the cost of the balance transfer (usually 3–5%) which is still significantly lower than if the balance were to start getting hit by typical card APR (~25%)

I have considered doing bankruptcy but yeah I’m worried about wage garnishment. Also I had wanted to maybe buy a houseboat within the next 7 years but at this point that’s almost certainly off the table so it may actually be worth just looking into bankruptcy at this point.

Right now I’m more focused on getting a full time job since my freelance stuff has been too slow to pay all the bills…

Being a grownup is so boring I hate this

About 2 years’ worth of rent (I live in NYC, to give an idea) in credit cards and a similarly large chunk in student loans

I was someone who paid off my balance in full at the end of every month for about 10 years, then bam, COVID, more fuck shit, rent needing to be paid via credit card several months (even more expensive as they take a usually 5% or more fee), and here we are

Spending money. Thorough a combination of a lot of bad luck and a few bad choices, I’m stuck playing credit card musical chairs to keep enough cash for rent and bills. “Ability to buy groceries/toiletries/medical copays/etc.” is functionally a subscription for me. Few years of rice and beans in my future until I can dig myself out… good thing I like beans I guess

The worst I can imagine (aside from housing…) would be the others in Maslow’s pyramid base: air, water, food, clothing.

• Air would be some straight up cyberpunk shit.
• Water/food would also be horrifying. We currently see meal subscriptions as a luxury, but for those without access to a kitchen and/or with disabilities that prevent them from reliably using one… ah fuck that’s dismal.
• Clothing would be fuckin weird. Because such a ridiculous volume of it exists due to fast fashion, I can’t see this happening on Earth in the near future, thankfully.

you can be the mouse fixer of the friend group. trade fixed mice for casseroles and rides to the airport

oh man anyone that concerned with not being filmed or recorded probably fled years ago. the amount of public and private security cameras and prevalence of people filming here gives the UK a run for its money

Midtown Manhattan absolutely still gets this crowded, especially near Times Square and K-Town. Like other commentors are saying, it really depends on the location in NYC, time of year, and time of day.

Also, if a shot in a film doesn’t feature an actor interacting with the set significantly (having conversation, looking in store window, etc.) there’s a decent chance it’s stock footage of the actual street conditions.

There’s a reason New Yorkers hate going to Times Square :]

look how they massacred my boy

this is some genuine writing talent ty for sharing. might use this for future TTRPG inspo. likely a horror setting one cuz i have the stupid hole phobia.

excellent

Z IS UP AND ALSO IT’S BLUE

GS execs really did a fat line and said “lol what if we subject our wagies to crackhead craigslist”

i like superheated steam treated (Silk, Westsoy, Trader Joe’s) and freshly made Asian style

but if it’s not treated nor fresh, lipoxygenase wreaks havoc on the oils and makes it godawful yeah