try thrifting if that’s an option near you!

babe i’ve given BOTH of us a great idea. i’ve still got my very first big ass CRT. i’d love to give it life again.

bonus points if you reuse the old DVI hookup as a video out. TIL regular-ass DVI can handle 1920x1200 @ 60hz!

do folks do pc builds inside of old CRT cases? that seems like a niche that should exist.

there’s something so funny about them both being apple products, but the offending party getting the disrespect of “this stupid antique computer”

anytime a stellar product is released there’s a glut of shittier alternatives and replacements, sometimes from the same company even. higher ups notice REAL QUICK when they shorten their average upgrade cycle from 1-3 years to something like 5-10.

shit always loops back around to planned obsolescence. if you don’t do it, you will not succeed.

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reply to the person who’s actually arguing with you, coward!

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wouldn’t you believe it, there’s a tub of mercury RIGHT NEXT to the lead!

please don’t tell the EPA

every day that tub of elemental lead looks more and more delicious

i’m so tried of snoop

i’ve got an ad-blocking DNS on home network and my phone, i use youtube revanced, i’ve even got a fucken apk patcher to strip ad shit out of mobile games. it’s WILD to me how tolerant people are of ads. like anytime someone’s showing me a video on their phone and an ad plays, i have to do a little mental math on whether it’ll be annoying or mutually beneficial to just start playing the video on my phone instead.

and it takes such little effort to get rid of them! i’m constantly offering to teach people how to use patchers or revanced, folks are just like “nah it doesn’t bother me” MAN, HOW? sponsorblock alone is a goddamn godsend, sometimes more than 30% of a video is just ads and self promotion! how does anyone happily throw away their time like that‽

i know i drank a soylent for breakfast, but i always drink a soylent for breakfast, so…

my long term pattern recognition is totally fine! :D

like half my concussions have been the stupidest shit ever. once when i was a kid i randomly decided to jump down the last 5 or so stairs. but there was a door there so i fucken CONKED my head on the frame, spun backwards, and then SLAMMED my shit for a second time on the bottom step.

that was probably the worst one, i think it legitimately fucked up the way i form memories. i have a lot of face blindness issues now, but i always INSTANTLY recognize people from my childhood.

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seconding the lighting stuff!

turn on that blue-light filter on your phone, be mindful of screen usage before bed, and ELIMINATE any lights (specifically blue ones) in your bedroom.

sometimes full dark can also be a little offputting, personally i’ve had a weird amount of luck with really low level warm lighting. just being in a dimly lit room will put me OUT way quicker than pitch black will.

i also do a podcast or something on a barely audible speaker with a 45 minute sleep timer. but that’s mostly a tinnitus thing for me, your mileage may vary.

that’s how goes in like every mmo i’ve ever played

you gotta do like:

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and it looks like:

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taking any blood thinners? they can cause/worsen the condition as long as you’re taking them.