What the topic says.. It doesn't have to be super philosophical and shit but I've come to the realization that life is very short(I just turned 26, yeah quarter life crisis) and I think we can all learn from each other.
It's obvious that we all come from different backgrounds, countries, socioeconomic conditions, and all that crap, but we love the chemicals so that tells us we are more alike than not, and will very much might share similar experiences, in the past and in the future. Hope this makes sense lol
I'll start, online video games are a complete waste of time. I learnt that when I was 14.
And when the chems play near you, just GO. I learnt that when I was 16.
Lesson 3: Don't start topics on ambien. I learnt that today(or las night? i was confused)
I've learned my body ain't what it used to be. My bones creak in ways they never did before, and I'm passed out cold (usually on the couch) by 10:30 at night. I'm also learning the older I get, the faster time seems to fly. For example, my son had summer school for 3 weeks and it may as well have been dog years to him. He moaned in anticipation of it, which made it worse. To me, it just flew by. Suddenly he's sleeping late into the morning and I'm like, "Hey buddy, wake up! You're late for school!!" Then he reminds me summer school ended over a week ago.
Other things I've learned - spend time with senior folks in your family. All my grandparents are passed away now, but I was fortunate to have them all in my life up in my 30's, and my last grandparent passed away when I was 41. I spent a lot of time with him, but wish I had spent more time. I miss him, his stories, his wisdom, and his crotchety old ways so much!
The most important thing I've learned is to forgive and let go. It seems simple and cliche, but it took me a long time and a few crisis' to figure this out. I won't go into details, because I'm sure this post is pretty boring, so I'll just stop it right here. ;)
As I get up there in age, this is what I've found:
1 – beauty fades : choose a mate you actually like to hang out with
2 – be yourself (unless you're an asshole...you can tone down that shit and still be you)
3 – you never really know who your friends are until you need one
4 – don't be wasteful / destructive – you only get one body, one life, one Earth
5 – your definition of trust will change as you age
Most importantly... if Momma's not happy, ain't nobody happy
Read. Read, as much as you can. And then some more.
Quote from: satur8 on Jul 31, 2015, 18:09
2 – be yourself (unless you're an asshole...you can tone down that shit and still be you)
Good one.
This is probably told everywhere, but I learned (the hard way) that everything happens for a reason, if it's good or bad, every action you do, every moment you live, as you go on, there's a consequence that gives a result, a result that perhaps makes everything that have you been doing, works out in the future or present (as a benefit to the person. is my point).
And remember to enjoy everything you do.
Sounds cliche, but it is a good way to be more serene with your life.
don't eat yellow snow
Quote from: Bosco on Aug 01, 2015, 03:23
don't eat yellow snow
That's the best lesson that a human being can acquire through his whole life.
Invest time and love in your friends and family. I know it's obvious, but time flies and there might be time when they will not be there.
Don't deny yourself every experience, travel, see world, don't wait too long.
Don't let time run you over, be interested in world and direction it's going.
And, as Stefan said, read, read, read. World's best graphic chip is your imagination, use it. Rewards are tremendous.
Don't take troubles you might have in bed with you, it serves no purpose and can wreck your life.
Those things I picked up along the way.
Oh, and don't lick metal poles when it's cold outside. It bloody hurts :D
Quote from: Bosco on Aug 01, 2015, 03:23
don't eat yellow snow
Haha, Zappa wisdom at its best.
You do not talk about Fight Club.
Quote from: Biff on Aug 03, 2015, 20:31
Haha, Zappa wisdom at its best.
Beat me to it, lol
Never sell a a Technics turntable. NEVER. Did it in 2013. Learned it a month later, nothing can replace a 1210...
Never stop learning/reading/etc. Stupid knowledge comes in handy (see Slumdog Millionaire), life gets better the more you know about it. Learn to decipher perishable knowledge from important knowledge (the former being people magazine and the local news).
Do not compromise your education, artistic pursuits by doing stuff that's only done to approve of others! It cost too much to go to college to major in something you're really not into.
Author George Saunders once had a nice quote about how looking back on life you'll remember your regrets/moments you weren't good to others more than the rest. It's true, I wasn't a dick in high school but the 1 or 2 times I was I can remember more than anything from my algebra classes.
Also, another Zappa quote "A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole."
Speak up. Sometimes you have to be the rogue who points out how a situation is fucked.
Sometimes you have to be the "bad guy" to help others, just like in parenting.
Tip well at bars, especially ones you want to frequent. Not like 5 dollars a drink, but 2 dollars for at least your first will get you a lot of fair service. My tipping has led to many free drinks from respectable establishments.
When walking around in a shady environment, walk like you belong there. If you stick out, then you will get picked on.
Don't try to fix your bangs or sideburns. You will look worse after. Well, I ALWAYS DO GODDAMN JUST GET EVEN SIDEBURNS FFFFF
Decline the free offer for windows 10. It will render your useful PC useless.
Quote from: KNE on Aug 08, 2015, 00:49
Decline the free offer for windows 10. It will render your useful PC useless.
Really? I've got a big red exclamation mark at the bottom of my PC encouraging me to switch from Windows 7 to 10. I have ignored it so far.
Is it really that bad?
Windows 10 is awesome. Ignore naysayers. I'd hacked numerous parts of my Windows 8.1 to remove the suck from it. Windows 10 does all of my useful hacks by default as a feature. Lots of useful multitasking features. And it looks really good.
That being said they're still working out bugs - yesterday my computer was half disabled because of a major glitch in Explorer which prevented me from opening Start or configuring network settings. It's fixed now.
If you're going from 7 to 10 you won't notice quite as big of a change, but going from 8 to 10 was like a breath of fresh air.
The changeover wasn't smooth for me at all. Had to restart my system a few times to get it out of being stuck at the log on screen and spinning wheel. And my specs are well over the sys requirements. I'll give it a few more tries before I change back to 7.
My issue with Windows is I have a laptop that has this shit malware IDT/Beats sound card driver. The fucking piece of shit drivers uninstall any new ones I install (usually Realtek what what) and reinstalls itself. In all of my years of using computers, I have never failed at anything UNTIL NOW. Fuck you Dre, you woman beating sell out. Because of you, my audio output is compressed and has awful equalization.
Oh, a life lesson from this. Stay away from IDT and don't buy laptops with Beats audio, just because the laptop is super cheap. I still have to use my 5 year old macbook which cannot hold a charge, using crossover, just to make music. It takes like 10 seconds for me to turn a knob.
Lesson number 2: get rid of gnats and other invasive summer time bugs that like stinky garbage by putting out a canister of white vinegar + dish soap (or just red apple cider vinegar). They are super attracted to it and the soap causes them to be unable to escape.
Vinegar, in general, is so versatile. Need to marinate meat? VINEGAR. Need to clean up pee from a cat/drunken buddy (sometimes the same thing WAIT THAT IS ANIMAL ABUSE)? VINEGAR. Yes, the room will smell like vinegar for 8 hours, but the smell dissipates and leaves you with clean sheets. Want to make indian paneer cheese with spoiled whole milk? HEAT THAT SHIT UP YO AND ADD VINEGAR WHEN IT IS BOILING. You are left with whey and cheese. Use the whey in many things, my personal favorite of which includes boiling pasta in it. The pasta gets a slight vinegar tang, adding a new dimension. I LOVE VINEGAR. You can do this with not spoiled milk, but the lactobacillus adds another dimension to the cheese.
FERMENTATION and PICKLING. Learn about them! There are so many things that we consume that would not be possible without fermentation (and pickling). Most people think of alcohol, but soy, kombucha (which I guess is technically alcohol), tempeh, and kimchi (if you like it. I am not a fan) are fermented treats that keep your intestinal tract full of good bacteria. I hated science in school, because they did not focus on cool stuff like fermentation.
Final tip for this post: Meet Chemical Brothers forum members. Now, I know what you are thinking. Why hang out with nerds from the internet? They might talk about things like taxes, or how in high school they were sooooooo cool. And it is true, that is all you will talk about. But, you will also have the opportunity to meet some of the kindest, most welcoming people. Also, you will be introduced to the best way of living... via shrimp life.
I actually use vinegar as fabric softener! Feel the difference, Heinz vinegar > snuggle as Velvet fluff > steel wool.
edit: i got windows 10 running. apparently some functions were unavailable and took time for them to start working, cortana for example, was grayed out until this morning. She loves me now.
Quote from: KNE on Aug 08, 2015, 00:49
Decline the free offer for windows 10. It will render your useful PC useless.
It did no such thing to my computer, and is running smoothly with win 10, even better than win 8.1
although i did make a clean install, after upgrading, maybe it helped
directx12 is main reason I even considered switching to win 10, too bad current software still doesn't support dx12 (I'm looking at you, CD Project RED!)
Cmd (/cntrl) + S
Quote from: sandelic on Aug 10, 2015, 09:10
It did no such thing to my computer, and is running smoothly with win 10, even better than win 8.1
although i did make a clean install, after upgrading, maybe it helped
directx12 is main reason I even considered switching to win 10, too bad current software still doesn't support dx12 (I'm looking at you, CD Project RED!)
I'm super scared to upgrade now!
Everyone seems to be having a different experience, ranging from "It's amazing as tits" to "It broke my computer". I have no qualms with the changes they made. It seems like an improvement on both 7 and 8, but I CANNOT afford to have no working computer right now.
Quote from: Bendy1001 on Aug 13, 2015, 14:34
I'm super scared to upgrade now!
Everyone seems to be having a different experience, ranging from "It's amazing as tits" to "It broke my computer". I have no qualms with the changes they made. It seems like an improvement on both 7 and 8, but I CANNOT afford to have no working computer right now.
Well, it's alright but it doesn't come with revolutionary new features. And it's an opt-out system, means, you have to turn off all the personal data features by hand - and there are quite a lot of them. Some of them you can't even switch off entirely.
I installed Win 10 Pro on an old Win 7 Pro laptop two weeks ago just to enjoy the free giveaway copy. Everything went smoothly and after the install, I noticed that WIn 10 generated a new key which I read with a product key viewer. At first I thought the key of my old win 7 copy was overwritten and I had gotten a new key. But guess what, it's not. Today I tried to install the OS on another laptop with an Win 8.1 OEM key and it turns out It's the exact same key. It's a generic key, even though my system says it's been activated. Weird. How do I know now that both computers are seperately and independently activated and entitled to run at the same time? And what if I wanted to carry that WIn 10 over to another machine (running exclusively on that very machine) without a genuine product key?
I wonder that myself.
It seems that during upgrade, activation profile connected with your machine id (probably based on your hardware) is uploaded to microsoft (but, as I understood it, not connected to your account with microsoft), since during clean install of win10 you can skip key part and, once connected to internet, it automatically activates itself.
So, if I change motherboard or processor, my installation od win10 on new computer would not be considered activated, since new machine Id would be made?
And, as usual, microsoft is pretty vague on this issue, as far as I can tell.
http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-has-changed-activation-rules-windows-10
Quote from: androidgeoff on Aug 07, 2015, 23:31
When walking around in a shady environment...
lol i love how you start life lessons with that phrase. still ROFLing
Quote from: androidgeoff on Aug 08, 2015, 03:21
Also, you will be introduced to the best way of living... via shrimp life.
The true reason I'm going to America.
Champagne makes everything better.
Look at each others' elbows as you high five and you will have the perfect high five every time.
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 23, 2015, 05:40
Look at each others' elbows as you high five and you will have the perfect high five every time.
Works like a charm. What a lifehack man!!
Never post your real name on any site that doesn't have an option to hide it from search engines.
Don't fap too much or you'll go deaf.
What? I'm not sure I heard you.
Sorry, you have to speak louder.
And I was told you'd get blind which is why I couldn't read your post.
I'm so drunk today my friends and i'm feeling so lonely, listening different sad tracks..
Like "The Pills Wont Help" or "The state we're in" or the greatest "Snow/STA" mix from live. And not only the Chems in my playlist today.
Why.. why it's so complicated... I've been working so much to have a happy relationships..
For Explud : Wait & have hope , things will get better . . .
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Drinking when you're lonely makes things worse, go easy on yourself, Explud. I hope today is a better day for you. :)