My parents, in their 70s, started receiving a guaranteed income supplement (they’re Canadian). They’re still poor, but finally they can afford the basics of survival without having to work full time.

It’s such a huge change.

Let them spend some time in the freezer. There’s still a chance they could be used in pancakes or dog biscuits…

I mean I’d rather not die gasping for breath

How do you like it? I tried it a few years ago, but my vim muscular memory made it feel as uncomfortable as learning vim for the first time.

Just get used to

• using movement (hjkl),
• going between insert and normal modes (i and esc),
• undoing (u from normal mode),
• and saving (:w and :wq).

Don’t try to do it all at first, just get comfortable with the essentials. You can even just stay in insert mode (the only mode in most editors) at first.

Keep a vim basics cheat sheet handy for a couple weeks as you’re building in muscle memory, then slowly work in more advanced techniques and combinations.

It doesn’t take long before you start having a lot of fun just manipulating text.

PS here’s a decently basic cheat sheet I found:

oh no

Or after the “but” and before the “and”

I go back and forth. I like getting cozy and warm, but when it’s cold my skin feels uncomfortable, like it’s crawling or shrinking on me, like I put it on wrong. And my hands feel gross and cold and I rue having to touch myself with them in the bathroom.

But when I get warm enough it’s nice.

I’ve read 500 page novels that have touched me less than these 5 paragraphs.

Thank you for sharing this story.

So anyway, I love those dark maples with the leaves that are so blue they’re almost black in certain light. I call them goth maples.

Picture:

So hard to pick… But I love those bushy dark maples with the leaves that are so blue they’re almost black in certain light. I call them goth maples.

Found a picture:

EDIT oops wrong post

Robot laws innit

Idgi

E: oh, no threat of violence?

Bandcamp follows and whatever is playing on CBC music.

Condolences

You should read “Where the Trains Turn” by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen if you think trains are so bloody great. Might wake you up.

(Kidding, it’s actually a wildly unique cosmic horror novella.)

How so? I don’t know anything about him personally

I’m curious why not? Other than cash it’s all I use

It’s also about knowing that it’s so exclusive that regular people can’t experience it. Take away the pricetag and it’s isn’t nearly so appealing.

Veblen product, innit

Totally. It’s no wonder tobacco companies are deeply invested in smoking cessation and alternatives (or so I’ve heard - don’t ask me for a source).