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endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
cls: I have no butter and I must scream.

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endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

hbag posted:

i mean i MIGHT switch to linux the next time i re-install everything on my pc
just trying to decide between fedora and ubuntu
or debian

Ubuntu's the one you use if you just don't give a poo poo. Debian is the one you use if you're a grognard that doesn't like change. Fedora's the one you pair with a neckbeard.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

cinci zoo sniper posted:

fedora is a legitimate distro choice to make

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Philips-Trimmer-BT3216-14-settings/dp/B079JZZCRS/

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

cinci zoo sniper posted:

the only way i could grow a neckbeard even is to transplant some hair from my rear end

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/BG3010-15-Philips-Skin-Friendly-Razor/dp/B079H8G21J/

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

President Beep posted:

the cjs thread is all thibgs to all posters.

I just use it to post about things pissing me off with technology I can't be arsed to learn how to fix, shitpost about my latest half-assed projects, and endlessly whine about how my life sucks.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Fortaleza posted:

It’s rear end 24/7 for you now

Yeah I can tell. Christ almighty ladies.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
updating to a newer family

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
Hey yosmom, I'm having complex relationship trouble and I can't stop sassing my own rear end. Tips?

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Ellie Trashcakes posted:

stop buy so many candles

I don't know what you mean actually?

Mostly I'm going "how can I ever figure this out?" and "how did I get here?", then explaining to myself in detail exactly what's happening, exactly how we got here, and how I knew I was going to be reaping when I did the sowing. I'm being distracted from what I want to do by landing sick burns on myself for pretending to not know what the hell I'm doing.

Granted I did not see the outcomes that happened, but I knew I was taking risks.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
The problem isn't the trouble I'm in, I took risks knowing I was willing to deal with the consequences if things went bad.

The problem is I can't stop making quips to myself.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Ellie Trashcakes posted:

Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that. I mean most of my relationship advice is don't talk too soon but do talk, be understanding without neglecting your own boundaries and, well, sometimes the best thing to do is gtfo.

Am I qualified to give relationship advice? Probably not. I certainly only got around to doing any of those things during my last relationship which was an utter pigfucking disaster

No, no, I don't need relationship advice, that part I've got under control.

I need a way to stop overthinking it and screaming at my own rear end for it being simultaneously too clever and very dumb.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

hbag posted:

compulsively clicking through all my IRC channels the instant one of them turns orange because my autismo brain wont let me leave anything unread

That will heal in a decade or so. There IS a functioning regulating circuit that will come in after the frontal lobe matures.

Try setting up a setup like Jonny290's raspi that gives you every new message.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

hbag posted:

i dont think i want every new message considering some of the channels are just for bots to tell other bots when new torrents are uploaded or to notify people when someone else starts hosting on anonradio

Oh try to figure out regex to filter the messages you don't want out, and the rest piped to a ripped-out phone screen.

Oughta keep you busy for a while.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

hbag posted:

but
why would i do that
i have functioning alt-tab keys and two monitors
i can just look at my irc client if i want to read new messages

Ah, you finally found a stupid over-elaborate tech project you DON'T want to do.

Baby steps.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

cinci zoo sniper posted:

i see, cheers. i was curious if you’ve got those that stack vertically, but with fixed dividers it’s definitely not going to be something id frequently get full mileage of

I use Ikea 365 glass and muffin papers.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Sagebrush posted:

You are choosing to do this to yourself.

In general it takes about three weeks to make or break a simple habit like your bedtime. If you start getting in bed at 11pm, turning off the lights, putting away your phone and just lying there doing nothing, you will start falling asleep at that time. No it will not happen the first day instantly. You will probably have to spend at least a week lying there bored in the dark for 4 hours until your brain gives up, and then things will start to reset. But if you wuss out and start playing with your phone you have ruined it and will have to start the whole process again the next night.

You have the power to change this.

:jerkbag:

How about suggesting solutions that don't involve "it's always your fault if it doesn't work".

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Armitag3 posted:

hbag isn't interested in solutions. Every single post of theirs is a whine about current project/insomnia/life/butter being too loud

Yeah but none of our solutions help with the underlying disorders anyway. This one needs a specialist doctor and those are a bit difficult with the NHS right now.

Generic-rear end bullshit helps nobody, it's only good for looking pompous online.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Sagebrush posted:

If hbag goes to a specialty sleep doctor, the first thing they're going to ask is "are you keeping your brain active by doing stuff with your computer or phone in bed way past the time you would like to be asleep? First stop doing that."

Good to know, Doctor Sagebrush.

:jerkbag:

(No they loving don't.)

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

That's like expecting Sagebrush to post good though.

I could go into a ridiculous amount of detail about the sleep schedule problems associated with illness like hbag's but... meh, it's pretty boring and helps hbag none until hbag gets professional help and they've got most of a decade of "loving about" left until accepting nobody else will fix their life for them and you can't just common sense and try harder your way out of a brain illness.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

lament.cfg posted:

You sure are armchair doctoring just as hard as anyone else

We don't know what hbag's diagnoses are, but we know that they have trash sleep hygiene and Sagebrush's blunt but true post about stopping the terminally online 24/7 bullshit and actually trying to establish a sleep routine will absolutely help

Bull-loving-poo poo.

Making a symptom journal about trying to establish a sleep schedule will help. Trying to establish a sleep schedule without documenting it will just result in us arriving back here.

Note to hbag: Don't post a symptom journal like that online, you need a professional to interpret it. Likewise, be actually honest instead of trying to hide your problems.

Vintersorg posted:

i dont think what sagebrush posted warrants any of this insane hostility

hop off your pedestal

its basic advice and nothing like being a doctor

It's basic advice that doesn't loving work. And it only serves to make hbag feel bad about not being able to do it.

I got the same advice hundreds of times and that's why it boils my piss.

bob dobbs is dead posted:

so how do you know that hbag magically has problems similar to yours that you know about instead of garden variety dog poo poo sleep hygiene

Because he's told us what his relevant diagnoses are, because the kid's a blabbermouth with zero opsec.

I know what they do and how they're relevant to sleep quality because I've been through that loving nightmare and I hateeed it and I'd do anything to have a quick fix. Anything.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Ellie Trashcakes posted:

We don't, but are making a conscious choice not to get boomer-brained over it.

This is the right approach by the way.

Stop giving the kid advice unless you know it will work, or at least be clear about how confident you are it will work.

I'd not give good odds to hbag making a sleep schedule with those problems that have me having had thousands of nights where I'm in bed at the right time and end up tossing and turning for five hours, unable to sleep no matter how much I try, only to then find myself waking up eighteen hours after I went to bed, tired as hell, sometimes covered in sweat, after weeks of impeccable sleep hygiene.

Longest I've ever gone without an episode disrupting my sleep schedule is three weeks.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

bob dobbs is dead posted:

sounds pretty dissimilar to hbags problem of Postin, all night erry night

No, the posting comes after you realize your sleep schedule is a lost cause, you're just waking up at 6pm because that's what your body decided, and you want to sleep but instead you just sit still, not even going to bed, doing nothing in particular, just endless monotony in front of the computer, desperately trying to find something, anything, to do that your brain will accept as "productive" no matter how productive you actually are being.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
You can't "waste" the time so you end up just frittering it away on stupid arguments, being right on the internet, starting half a dozen projects you'll probably never finish and definitely never use.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

PokeJoe posted:

stimulants helped me bigly with this

Yeah I've been poking hbag with "get professional care, try meth".

Exercise, stimulants, religious following of sleep rituals, other people keeping me accountable, and a whole loving lot of professional sleep care.

And I still gotta fix it every month.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

EIDE Van Hagar posted:

you sure are confident in your diagnosis of someone else’s problems for someone saying you can’t diagnose other people’s problems over the internet

I ain't diagnosing them, they HAVE a diagnosis. I know it causes sleep problems because I have the same diagnosis. And know half a dozen other people WITH THE SAME loving PATTERN OF PROBLEMS.

And it's never just "use common sense", it's always "seek professional care".

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

lament.cfg posted:

physician, heal thyself

:thejoke:

I'm the goddamn joke. Fully aware, unable to stop it, just like everyone else with these loving problems. And my treatments conflict so I gotta pick which of these I want to suffer from.

Also it feeds into the idea that it's not a real problem, that you just need to try harder, that you can fix it as long as you've first cleared the more important priorities, like studying. Or cleaning.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

bump_fn posted:

have you tried :getout:ing

When you're right, you're right.

This is going nowhere.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

:discourse:

Didn't predict it, A+

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

Vintersorg posted:

yeah, it was a bit much.

it's pretty chill in here normally and then that happened and that avatar aint helpin em - i was like - step off

I dropped it, so. I don't see the point in restarting the discussion.

The av definitely isn't helping but I wouldn't expect anyone not used to these insufferable fuckers understand the eery way brain disorders shape behavior in nonsensical patterns. Most of that is describing my experience with the symptoms of the disorders they already have a diagnosis for. Well, some of it. The entire experience would take weeks of posting to get across.

The whole "waste your time on nonsense, looking like you're capable of going to bed even to yourself and choose not to, only you're incapable of making that choice" poo poo keeps repeating, it's a well-documented symptom. I know just how frustrating it is, and that frustration most definitely comes across in my posting.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

loving agreed. Thinking or talking about these problems except with a professional isn't doing me any favors either.

Can't stop tilting at windmills though can I.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

matti posted:

hbag

go see some professional of medicine

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
Also keep a goddamn symptom journal and keep it honest.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
Symptom journals aren't just for "weird medical poo poo you can't explain", they're especially for "poo poo that bothers me that keeps repeating" or "poo poo that I don't hear other people talk about but that seems normal to me" and "this is just like this every day".

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

fart simpson posted:

i would listen to the internet. why wouldn’t you?

The internet is full of hosed-up druggies what do they know about psychiatric medication?

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

matti posted:

sorry but not caring sucks rear end

I care about plenty of things.

That's why I don't post about them.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
Kinda our fault, we can't decide if he's posting like trash or acting like a boob.

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

President Beep posted:

i hear skateboarding is a crime. is that the customary punishment?

Punishment?

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
17 hours for Tori.

Who's excited about cycling?

endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse
Someone shove a fresh 2032 into Jonny, they're stuck in the 90's again.

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endlessmonotony
Nov 4, 2009

by Fritz the Horse

fart simpson posted:

the obvious “best” one imo would be time travel or being able to rewind and redo stuff or something, but i think it would make you kinda burn out and get depressed somehow

Your life would end up a speedrun to fix as much poo poo as you can. There isn't a point in human history that's not hosed up.

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